Keyword results: Eclectic

Stephen Haley - Mesh: Paintings, Virtual Photographs & Projected Spaces

25th Oct 06
Medium: Mixed
Drink: Bottle of red
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This small exhibition in South Yarra is only on for a few more days, but is a compelling enough concept to make the journey. Stephen Haley's Mesh is a series of virtual landscapes, and just how they are produced is half the art; a complex series of computer manipulations that abstract the idea of a photograph to the absolute degree; they are everything but photos.

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Clor

3rd May 06
Release: Album
To Cure: A predictable playlist
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Who? Clor? Never heard of them. At least we hadn’t until about a week ago, and the long and short of it is that we still don’t know what to think. We’ve played it constantly in all sorts of places, we’ve looked at it through a magnifying glass, held it up to the light and used centrifugal force in the hope of distilling its essence.

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Tokyo Risen

19th Apr 06
Release: Album
To Cure: A predictable playlist
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A seemingly simple rearrangement of words can have startling effects. For example, "album cover" equals great, while "cover album" equals terrible.

Queen of Japan have made a name for themselves doing clever covers of old hits and misses. Most often, this is a recipe for disaster (Vonda Shepard anyone?).

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The Tom Tom Club

18th May 05
Release: Album
To Cure: A predictable playlist
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The Tom Tom Club's 1981 self-titled debut is a rare nugget of bold artistic genius and its stupidly fun. Comprising of Talking Heads' rhythm section Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz on the tail of TH's Remain in Light release, the husband & wife duo formed The Tom Tom Club; a combination of 80's arty new wave, timeless funk and shambling schoolyard rap.

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