Museum of Our Futures Past

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog, Inspire Me, Puppetry

Don’t miss this exciting exhibition from our lovely friends at Erth – the Museum of our Futures Past. This time they are collaborating with the Central Coast based arts organisation, Art Central. The work fuses museum style antiquities and fine artworks created by 21 artists from the Central Coast. And all around the amazing theme of dugongs! How cool is …

40K Hits – A Social Entrepreneurship Story

Duckie Blog, Inspire Me

40K Hits is an exciting project instigated by my friend, collaborator and all round good guy, Giles. A regular jack of all trades he’s now documenting social entrepreneurship projects as they are being grown outside of Bangalore, in India. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS017HAEc74] Its part of larger organisation called 40K Globe, who send Aussie students to India to teach, live & implement social …

July Theatre Reviews: From politics to police drama

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog

I’ve been a busy little bee seeing theatre up and down the coast for the last few weeks. Though its statistically unlikely, everything I have seen has been fantastic! What a talented & innovative theatre community we have here. Bingo Unit I can’t even explain. So instead I just harassed numerous bystanders until they finally agreed to attend. Part backlot …

Kate Cebrano’s Magnet

Duckie Blog, Inspire Me, Video Must Sees

Wow! Kate Cebrano’s new music video is a visual feast of beautiful multi-layered moving landscapes. The good folks at Billie Jean is not My Lover did something very clever, fancy & laborious to acheive this amazing visual effect. With my talented housemate leading the helm as producer. My favourite part are the mirrored cities half way through, exquisite! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dan83tsVu9c]   …

The River Eats

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog, Performance Art & Installations

Hell yeah! I am so excited for this show. The River Eats is the stand out show for me in the Performance Space program this season. Its a surreal, extreme, visual, visceral journey of the psyche. And a little erotic. Justin Shoulder creates amazing theatre with fantastical costumes and characters like nothing I have ever seen before. His creations are …

Adelaide Cabaret Festival Promo

Duckie Video Must Sees

The talented Eleanor Winkler produced the amazing Adelaide Cabaret Festival promo with the good folks at Billie Jean is Not My Lover. The promo is absolutely stunning and is virtually an art film in its own right. The crystal clear motion, gorgeous design and beautiful Mojo Juju all come to together as a visual treat. Take a looky. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC4x23DsNqY]

Vivid Ideas Launch

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog

Last week I was lucky enough to be flick-passed an invite to the Vivid Ideas program launch, which was surely the most fashionable event in Surry Hills that night. I put on my glasses in an attempt to look more intelligent, and tried to eat as many canapes as possible (which were exquisite). I nodded politely whilst viewing 3D models …

Spider Nanny art video

Duckie Blog, Video Must Sees

I ran into Marty J at a Chicks on Speed gig. He was going on about how a spider pig has been taking up most of his time, and now it finally makes sense. Inflatable talent! Check out this amazing video by the all female collective Kingpins as part of the series Performutations, commissioned by the good people at Artbank. …

The Rocks Windmill

Duckie Art & Event Reviews, Blog, Performance Art & Installations, Visual Art

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority once again proves to be innovate and daring in its public art, historical interpretation and engagement. On Friday I attended the launch of their latest project, the Rocks Windmill. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRX2TKzQ5NI&feature=player_embedded] At first it appears to be an odd diversion, but at second glance there’s a lot more to it. The somehow sexy Costa from Gardening Australia …