Wednesday February 22, 10.23am. Check out this great tree Danny from The Thousands planted in front on the Taj Mahal in India. Danny has this master plan to travel the world planting trees and hey, Danny, please don’t leave us when you hear that The Vodafone Foundation’s just launched the World of Difference program and are encouraging five people to quit their jobs and work for a charity. In return they’ll pay a salary of up to $60k plus expenses! Can somebody find a not-for-profit that picks coconuts from beaches on secluded islands for us?
Thursday 16 Feb, 1.45pm. Gallery 4A requires volunteers to be available between 2-4pm this Saturday for two projects that are part of their Saturday forum which involve talks about naming, situations where people had to change their name and the significance of names.
Two things will happen:
-A project which involves stitching a name that is of significance to you or another
-Volunteers to have their names translated into Indonesian
If you are interested please contact simon.soon@4a.com.au or 02 9212 0380
You can learn more about it here. Help them out, they are the best!
Thursday 16 February, 1:02pm. NEW AUTOLUX VIDEO – THE SCIENCE OF IMAGINARY SOLUTIONS
Featuring the Artwork of Mark Whalen (Kill Pixie), Animated by Thomas Mcmahan
Wednesday February 15, 1.54pm. Singapore Eats has hit a few little towns around the world (New York, Moscow, Delhi) and now it’ll be in Sydney March 12-14. It’s a mobile kitchen run by Iggy Chan, of Iggy’s in Singapore. Quick refresher: Iggy’s was voted 27 in San Pellegrino World’s Best Restaurants for 2011. There’s a five-course dego Wednesday March 14, but it’s 30 places so it’s by ballot only. Hit here to enter the ballot.
Tuesday 31 January, 3.42pm. You guys, this week Vice are launching Rdio, which is basically an unlimited, on-demand social music service from the makers of Skype. It’s based on cloud access, meaning you can listen to whatever you want (over 11 million songs and more coming) on your smartphone or iPad, in your car or online. You can build your own playlists and friend lists through Rdio as well as Twitter and the Zuckerbook. Anyway, check it out. (Also we started an account this week – Powwoww TOP OF THE LIST.)
The launch party is called Chateau Rdio and it’s happening this Saturday 4 February from 7pm at Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel. The line-up includes Das Racist, Canyons, Alpine, Collarbones and Jonti, plus DJ sets from Twin Shadow and Austra. You can enter to win tickets here. When you enter you get the option of a free Rdio trial. If you don’t want to enter but you’re into the music thing just go straight to rdio.com and sign up for a free trial there. (PS: We just rang and asked how to pronounce it and it’s arrrr-de-oh. Like a pirate.)
IMAGE: A picture of Das Racist.
Monday 30 January, 12.20pm. Entries are now open for the 2012 Ursa Prize. The young/emerging artist who wins gets $2000 to help them with their practice. You need to be under 30 by the closing date for entries, which is 9am Monday July 16, and it’s judged on excellence in one of the following forms – photography, painting, illustration, graphic design, digital art, sculpture, jewellery design, textile design, fashion design, pottery, glassblowing, and printmaking. For more info see their website, Facebook, or Twitter. Good luck!
Friday 27 January, 4.03pm. This is tonight! “Something new for 2012… the inaugural NOT ANOTHER DISCO PARTY kicks off at Sydney’s Civic Underground on Fri 27 Jan – headlined by Modular Records’ Canyons, some of our fave home-grown disc jockeys and beat makers, plus a shit load of stoopid stuff to put a smile on your balls.
Featuring…
CANYONS (disco set)
JENSEN INTERCEPTOR
SOFTWAR
SLOW BLOW
R+R
FREE JELLY & ICE CREAM
FREE GIVEAWAYS
DRESS UP: COLOUR ME BADD
10pm – Late
Cnr Pitt & Gouldburn St, Sydney
$15 Heaps Cheap / $20 Standard.
Tickets: www.residentadvisor.net and www.notanotherdiscoparty.com”
Image courtesy of The Modular Agency
Monday 23 January, 3.37pm. It’s Chinese New Year, which means 4A’s annual street screening is on again. On Friday 3 February, Cinema Alley will show Double Vision, a two screen lineup of video works from Australia and Asia. And the bar is run by Grasshopper, which is a very good thing. The screening is free, but bookings are a must, and they’re going fast. Head to 4a.com.au to reserve your spot.
Monday January 23, 1.53pm. Odd Future will popping up their, *ahem*, Sweat Shop this week. Opens tomorrow, Tues Jan 24, basement of 80 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. Judging by the capitalisation, Tyler explained it on their tumblr like this: “OF Pop Up Shop. Sydney. Come, We Will Be There Saying Hi Tomorrow, Mate.” Key point: they will be there. They hung out a lot at Supply round the corner last time they were here:
Tuesday January 17, 3.43pm. Calling artists, designers and makers of things! Alex De Bonis and Louise Helliwell (of Tough Titties fame) invite submissions for well-designed local products to sell in their pop-up, The Dollar Shop, set to launch at 58 Oxford Street in late February.
Items might include (but are not limited to) clothing, jewellery, bags, stationery, self-publishing, photography, posters, instruments, kitchenware and craft. All items sold will be under $20, with a small commission going to The Dollar Shop, so your item must be able to make a profit/break even within this price point! They are also seeking interns/volunteers to help run the shop. For more info hit www.dollarshopsydney.com.au or email info@dollarshopsydney.com.au, or to submit, email submit@dollarshopsydney.com.au