Mixed - Look - Melbourne Art Galleries
People who say that there is no such thing as bad art are lying. LOOK takes an objective view of the subjective world and, with a free drink in our hand, guides you through Melbourne's best galleries and art exhibitions. From institutions to artist-run initiatives, installation to illustration, photography to painting, LOOK is an ongoing document of Melbourne's ever engaging and growing arts culture.
Penthouse Mouse 2010
So I've been lurking about behind the Melbourne Club as usual, trying to jimmy that door open, get into the man garden. (Matter of time, granddad.) Meanwhile, I can tell you about some goings on in the multi-gender area of Coates Lane.
Penthouse Mouse, that bastion of LMFF's ever-expanding cultural program, is back.
'You Were In My Dream', by Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine
Nothing kills a conversation better than someone starting a story with, 'I had this crazy dream last night...'. Watch as eyes glaze over and minds wander across the world. A few things, however, can be interesting when it comes to dreams: 1) when I'm in other people's, and 2) someone once told me about how, one magical night, they controlled their own.
Finding Space
Sure, the Midsumma festival gets rid of everyone who comes to Melbourne in Grand Prix season to straighten out their gay son, but it has much more to offer than that. For instance, Jason Lingard is curating a mega group show of installation and photography, opening at the Carlton Hotel on Tuesday.
Last days of Utopian Slumps, Charlie Sofo, Facts
Utopian Slumps has been living on Easey Street for three years, but enough is enough. Mel Loughnan's closing up the gallery this week because truth be told it was never really easy (and that's why they spell it with an extra 'e'). A not-for-profit curator-run space, Utopian clocked up many firsts in its short time on earth.
You're the *Cunt*, Donut.
"Patty Hearst, you're standing there in front of the Symbionese Liberation Army flag with your legs spread, I was wondering were you gettin' it every night from a black revolutionary man and his women..." (from the spoken word ‘breakdown' of the Patti Smith Group's cover of 'Hey Joe').
'til you drop: shopping - a Melbourne history
shop: v.i. to visit shops. I know this because I looked it up in the Collins Empire dictionary I own as a result of my friend's penchant for shopping in places they sell old dictionaries. The lady down the road from me likes to shop by picking up every single watermelon in the supermarket and then buying a grapefruit.
Sweet Ride, the BFF art show
I'm sure the gym has its benefits, what with the treadmills and the headbands and the towels, but it's always been puzzling to me why you'd fork out to go to such a place when there are these wonderful inventions called bicycles which keep you fit and get you places, all the while forcing you to interact with the rest of the world and have crazy adventures.
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