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Wednesday 27th Sept – 4th Oct
Melbourne speaks its own language and its language is not always easy to understand. Without the correct interpreters it can potentially be dangerous, words can be easily misconstrued, reputations can be damaged, faces can be slapped. God knows, we’ve been there.
ThreeThousand issue 074 attempts to decipher the madness of the week ahead, to take all the press releases, word of mouth whispers, posters on poles, emails, invites, chalk on pavement, condensing vapours in the sky and turn it into something that just makes sense. |
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ThreeThousand Issue 074 – speaking your language
Cover photo by Martin Brown. If you would like to submit a cover photo, email photo@tinanded.com.au |
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No, its not a collection of art critics; almost the opposite. There's a sense of lost opportunity walking out of some galleries; 'emotionless', 'formless' are rarely properties of art; they are best used as insults. To paraphrase Philip Brophy, 'please stop with the boring art.' A painting of someone's favourite bar or a video of some half-arsed confessional are only as interesting as the people they document.
You can genuinely look forward to Nasty.... Not Nice (dubbed the 2006 edition). Last year it was one of the only art experiences that pulled off with genuine verve and excitement what hundreds try with an affected condition; emotion. In this case, the red and black of blood, religion, nakedness and an overpowering sense of dread. This year's Nasty is a collection from much of the same circle of artists who have carved out their own worlds. Artists Fiona Dalwood, Lauren Olney, Bobby Harrington and Shannon Hourigan array photography, painting and yes, sculptured dolls. The kind of images evoked are twisted bodies in grim locales, images of dread on the moor, eyeless horrors peering at you behind plastic veils. All that, and your feeling is more likely to be decadent exultation than horror.
Nasty... (Not Nice) is part of the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival, which is much like the other arts festivals on offer in Melbourne, but you know, fringey. |
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What:
Nasty... (Not Nice)
When:
Free Beer Opening at 6pm-8pm Friday September 29.
11am-6pm Tuesday to Sunday until October 12
Where:
Brunswick Street Gallery, Level 2, 322 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
How much:
Free
Contact:
The exhibition online or the Brunswick Street Gallery 8415 0066 |
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When word has it that your country’s film industry is putting $3.5 million into a production directed by Geoffrey Wright, starring a strong cast of Australian acting talent and written by Shakespeare - you expect big things.
Macbeth is definitely big, but in all the wrong places. The gun-fights are big, the words are big, even the cast’s wardrobe is well, big. But not once does the film ever resonate past a big flop.
Maybe we expect too much, maybe it’s a case of poor casting, or maybe it’s the fact that throughout the film everyone from Macbeth (Sam Worthington) to McDuff (Lachy Hulme) appears to be ‘performing Shakespeare’, instead of speaking real words that denote real emotions.
ThreeThousand was unsure whether to even peg this review. There’s so much to get excited about in our creative city, there are also some beautiful films bearing the Australian stamp. So we say this, go see Macbeth, be it at the cinema or on DVD. See it and if you’re involved in film on any level, create something brilliant to counter it. |
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What:
Macbeth
Where:
Most major cinemas
Watch the trailer:
here |
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At first glance, Mart 130 looks like a road-side stop on the way to Hicksville, not St Kilda. But come closer and the scent of freshly-brewed coffee wafting from the doorway suggests otherwise.
Cushion-lined benches, fresh flowers and tables big enough to handle a double page broadsheet makes a stop here worth running late to work. But the small team’s swift service means you’ll probably still make 9am, as they whisk up coffee, toast, fresh bircher museli, pancakes and porridge with relaxed gusto.
We’re trying not to gush, but if you have time to linger, Mart’s north-facing balcony provides lofty vistas over Albert Park. With views this organic and fresh, you even begin to forget that the beer swilling haven known as Gunn Island is just across the tramline… |
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What:
Mart 130
Where:
Middle Park Light Rail Stop, 107a Canterbury Rd, Middle Park
When:
Daily 7.30am-5pm
Contact:
9690 8831 |
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What:
Crayon Fields
When:
Friday Sept 29, 8pm
Where:
The Salon @ Melbourne’s Spanish Club, 59-61 Johnston St, Fitzroy
How much:
$10 from the venue |
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Description:
They’re being compared to the Beach Boys come the Zombies; Melbourne band The Crayon Fields launch their new album Animal Bells. Check out our review here, then go see them live. With Ned Collette and The Joannas, and Minimum Chips.
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What:
TROUGH #9
When:
Fri Sept 29
Where:
Sin Bin, Geddes Lane, Melbourne
How much:
$10 |
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Description:
This is funnier than anything we could ever write so we may as well use it verbatim – “Can’t get a good genuflection? Then come down to TROUGH #9 this friday and kneel before the House of Daniel Wang in full arms control. Berlin resident Daniel Wang will be channeling the italo spirit along with the local fierceness of Jimothy K, Pete Kung and Vinyl Richie."
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What:
Dreamland
When:
Fri Sept 29 – Fri Oct 6
Where:
The Rehearsal Room @ Arts House, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne Town Hall
How much:
$15 full, $12 concession book online |
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Description:
Part of the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival, director and choreographer Ivan Thorley has devised Dreamland - a vaudeville dance/artistic work starring one really pissed off clown and an extraordinary two-headed woman. Set against the background of thousands of tiny LED lights, this one looks set to baffle.
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What:
The Howling Bells
When:
Sat Sept 30, 8.30pm
Where:
The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan St, Richmond
How much:
$15 + b/f from The Corner box office or WIN one of three double passes here. Email your name and mobile before 10am Thurs Sept 28 |
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Description:
They’re currently based in the UK, but the Howling Bells are back in Melbourne to take on a headline tour and a support gig with Placebo. Their haunting self-titled album has already made waves round Europe, but you can catch them at the Corner with Bit By Bats. |
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To All The People We Love
When:
Sat Sept 30, 9pm
Where:
Backstage, cnr Lt Collins and Russell St, Melbourne
How much:
$10 or $5 after the bands |
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Description:
To all the kids that dance, To All The People We Love and EXO Records have found you a dance floor and sound courtesy of Temper Trap and New Zealand’s 1QA live, and DJs SJX, Vinyl Richie, Bromance and Lucy Lux. |
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ThreeThousand is a weekly snapshot of Melbourne's subculture, fired by email into the loving arms of people who realise that the best things in life are often hard to find. It is compiled by an amorphous gaggle of writers, stylists, designers, photographers, sub-cultural attaches and a large troupe of monkeys who enjoy working for peanuts.
Without editorial independence ThreeThousand has nothing. All editorial you read is featured because it's worth it – not because it's paid for.
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Feedback:
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