Octopus 7: don't show me your poetry
What:
Octopus 7: don't show me your poetry, a totally neat show of art and stuff by Josh Petherick, Geoff Newton, Paul Knight, Is Not Magazine, Amanda Maxwell and Alin Huma
Where:
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, 200 Gertrude St, Fitzory
When:
Launching Fri Aug 3, 5.30-8.30pm
Exhibition runs Fri Aug 3 - Sat Sept 1
How much:
Free
Contact:
9419 3406
As I write this there's only four sleeps to go 'til Australian Idol. Yay! I'm a big fan. What I like is not the talent or the public shaming of clownish contestants. No sir. Because I'm a "sophisticated adult", what I dig is this far more subtle thing. It's that no matter how far the singers get in the competition, right up until making their album even, they seem to carry the clammy stench of the bedroom with them. These folk never feel natural and like with it. They always stay pathetic and aspirational.
Man, I love that. It makes me feel like we live in a world where to be a try-hard, to be still striving and trying to be this great thing and never really getting there even when you get there is okay. In my book it's more than okay. In my book the sad-tragic efforts to be more than you are, is totally where the soul is; trying is an art form!
Which, kiddos, is a mighty long-winded way of saying that is what Octopus 7: don't show me your poetry is about. It's basically a bunch of really nifty artists who I've loved over the years, and in a couple of instances found the love just recently, whose practices are about the act of beautiful becomings and the breakdowns, weirdness and happiness of all of that. Better than Australian idol? Well almost, almost.
Medium: Mixed
Drink: Anything, as long as you look good holding it
Keywords: Art, Gertrude Contempory Art Spaces, Gertrude Street
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