Thursday May 24, 9.31am. Ahem. Gorman has 25% off everything until tonight. In-store AND online, but ONLY until tonight.
Did we mention: everything.
Tuesday May 22, 4.32pm. Sydney Film Festival have dropped a prize bomb on us! We have a million tickets to give away! OK not literally a million, but you can win a double pass to one of eight films, and if you can’t find something here that you like then you’re really playing hard to get. Choose from Greek ‘Weird Wave’ Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ Alps; gritty French police drama Polisse; family saga from Hong Kong, A Simple Life; Today follows the final day in a Senegalese man’s life; a study in class and fear in Brazil in Neighbouring Sounds; a journey into the world of organised crime in the Indian state of Jharkhand Gangs of Wasseypur; while Tabu traverses between Portugal and Colonial Africa and The King of Pigs brings South Korean animation. Phew! To enter, email sydney.win@thethousands.com.au with the film name you’d like to see as the subject.
Monday May 14, 1.13pm. The British Council wants to send you to the UK armed with $10K to work with people who’re clever, just like you. Whatever you do - from visual art to publishing, film to fashion, design to digital media – if you’re good, you could win. Watch the video here and then head here to enter. Good luck!
Tuesday 8 May, 10.02am. Newcastle’s annual festival of independent and innovative music Sound Summit (in cahoots with This Is Not Art festival) is gearing up for September 27 – 30. Now is your time to (apply to) shine, if you are a musician, producer, artist, filmmaker, author, journalist, publication or fan and feel you have something to contribute to workshops, events, panels or musically. Take part as a speaker or as a musician and get you application in by Friday 25 May.
Friday 4 May, 3.34pm. Hello emerging curators. If you have an interest in contemporary Asian art, it may please you to submit an application for 4A’s Emerging Curators’ Intensive. They’re taking on eight curators at the start of their career, and this year it will be led by Qiu Zhijie – Artistic Director of the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012, professor at the School of Inter-media Art at the China Art Academy, Director of Total Art Studio, and member of the supervisory team at the Art and Social Thoughts Institute. There are ten days left to apply – see here for more info.
Monday 30 April, 4.29pm. Want to come and work with us? We need an intern one day a week (which day of the week is semi-negotiable). We’d like to hear from you/about you, but we don’t really need to see your CV or hear your about your high distinctions. Just tell us in a brief email what you’re doing and what you’re in to. AND. Write us a Thousands-style piece of your choosing. ALSO. You will need to have your own laptop and know how to use it. Email your application to alex@rightanglestudio.com.au
Monday 30 April, 1:38pm: We were lucky enough to work with música last year on música/TUMBALONG, the smart little festival that brought out SBTRKT, Lunice and Ghostpoet, amongst others. So we’re happy to see they’ve taken the next logical step and started a label, música/RECORDINGS. They’ve signed two artists getting a bunch of heat at the moment, who’ll perform at the launch party this Saturday May 5: Star Slinger (check the recent Jet Jam mix), and BK’s maker of spacey “Electronic Reggae-Hop”, MeLo-X. It’s invite-only, but we’ve got five dbls to give away. To enter, email sydney.win@thethousands.com.au with the subject line ‘never stand still’
Friday 27 April, 1:35pm. Want to work for Alpha60? Of course you do. Lucky for you we’ve been tipped off about tempting management position in their Paddington store. Here’s the schtick:
This is a great opportunity to join a tight-knit team based in Sydney, as NSW regional manager for a Melbourne fashion label.
We place great importance on customer service, so the ability to continually exceed customer expectations is crucial to the role.
The successful applicant will have advanced organisational skills, proven leadership qualities in a similar role, and outstanding communication skills.
Candidates will also
- have a minimum 2 years retail management experience;
- have strong sales ability;
- have a desire to nurture and develop customer relations;
- have the ability to lead and inspire their team by example;
- have strong organisational and admin skills;
- have confidence in visual merchandising;
- be competent with MS office;
- work autonomously;
The position is based in Paddington, Sydney.
Apply via email to maxine@alpha60.com.au
Please include a recent photograph
Tues 24 April, 1:23pm: Vice launched their music channel, Noisey, in February and that went pretty well. Now, they’ve created a channel that is, simply, Vice. It’ll debut with three series: Vice Today, Vice Presents, and Vice Specials. The say:
“The new VICE channel on YouTube is going to burrow into your brain like an audiovisual botfly and take control of your senses in a way that will make your pants feel tingly. Debuting with three sensational new series we’ll help legitimise YouTube as a place to watch videos that have nothing to do with Lady Gaga, Charlie biting his brother’s finger, or choreographed wedding entrances. In other words, actual shows with actual hosts and things that actually happen.”
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/vice
Friday 20 April, 10am. The only thing better than going to a garage sale is conducting a garage sale. Because you make money, not slough it off on records you’ll never listen to. Knowing this, don’t you think you should register for the national Garage Sale Trail? One hot day in May (Saturday 5 May to be exact) when thousands (literally, thousands) of makers, creators and people who just plain want to offload some shit unite in a celebration of community, sustainability and micro-enteprise. Well, micro-enterpriser, you only have (as of this moment) 14 days left to register your sale. We like the whole thing so much we are a media partner so we’ll probably be there taking photos of you and your old washing machine, you guys look great BTW.
