Canvas Magazine

True Story: When Space Invaders was first launched back in 1978 it created a nationwide shortage of pennies in Japan. People were dropping some much...

'Welcome to Hell.' Quick sketch of a cinematic cliché: Hard-as-nails Drill Sergeant welcomes green-as-grass bunch of recruits to bombed-out battlefield...

Hey Melbourne, as of 4pm today, get ready for "a breath of fresh beer air in a world of same same." Somewhat confusingly The Pond is not a body...

The onslaught of anime in the '90s brought us tentacle sex, exploding heads, ninjas drowning in molten gold and psychic children who might be god...

I may sound like a terrible turncoat, but let's face it, New Zealand is punching well above its weight. So much good stuff comes out of the place; The...

Zaishu is derived from the Japanese word 'zaisu' meaning small seat. Inspired by a 16th century nomadic Samurai the Zaishu is the little chair with...

Framed is ‘an exhibition by purveyors of fine BMX’, and first and foremost we would like to congratulate the curators, Urchin Associates...

Someone once said, writing about art is like dancing about architecture. Or something like that... Of course we could regurgitate the press release, and...

There's crappy plastic chairs, and some partially deflated green balloons. Are you enthralled yet? You should be, because the walls at Sports Club may...

Bred from dissatisfaction in homo culture's convergence with mediocrity through its inter-breeding with the mainstream, Melbourne-based They Shoot Homos...

The Cold War may be over but this doesn’t mean our world is free from nuclear threat. With Saddam allegedly hiding WMDs, and Uranium mines in our...

Sure, the UN has a ‘counter terrorism strategy’. When it comes to the crunch though, who’s really going to protect us? As Einstein said...

Walking into Match on a Tuesday afternoon I found it hard not to imagine the place on a Friday night, teeming with types I cross the road to avoid, but...

There is nothing worse than driver's arm. In the harsh elements of the Melbourne summer it's hard to avoid sun exposure when you're on a coast trip...

Recently I found myself shark hunting in the Gulf of Mexico with my very special friend Mr. Lou Diamond Phillips. We were sitting aboard my boat The...

The organisers say this collection of 44 black and white photographs is not a show about masterpieces. What is it then? Maybe it’s about the idea...

The future of Melburnian fashion isn’t necessarily stocked in-store, it’s evolving within studios, sketched in black folios and stitched together...

On the radio smash “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt”, We Are Scientists announce “If you wanna use my body/ go for it”. That’s...

I fucking hate Lomos.

All that don't think, just shoot bullshit. To be stupid is one thing, but to make yourself more stupid? Something else altogether...

Sure, Dexter has its tough side. The Bloody Marys are a peppery concoction of kicks and wallops that will cure a hangover with the swift bitch slap exclusive...