blonde venus: November 2012

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Hi Everyone,

I went to this on Wednesday night...

Queensland College of Art

"Up Start" 2012 Photography Honours

"Spr ead" 2012 Fine Art Honours

Graduate Exhibitions

Plastic by Gerwyn Davies from the photo series A Million Bucks

Astro Turf by Gerwyn Davies from the photo series A Million Bucks

http://www.gerwyndavies.com/

Photos by Tegan Truman from the series You Look Just Like Your Mother

http://tegantrumanphotography.com/

Still from video piece Moving into Stillness by Sarah Oxenham

Still from video piece Time Study No. 18 by Sarah Oxenham

http://sarahoxenham.com/

Mariko 2011 by Louis Lim

http://louislzm.com/

Photo Drawing by Dan McCabe 2012

Pencil on archival matte photograph

http://www.danmccabe.info/

Light Render by Caitlin Franzmann

Double projection, live video feed, timber, mirror and cotton

http://caitlinfranzmann.tumblr.com/

I spent nearly 2 hours crawling all over this sprawling exhibition

that contained the work of around 32 artists, obviously stopping for

chats on the way.

It contained a lot of progressive work covering some confronting

themes and statements of personal exploration, sexuality,

social and political indigenous issues.

Above are a selection of my favourites from the show.

If you would like to see more from these artists, please click on their

respective links.

Better still, if you would like to see them in person,

the exhibition is open now until December 2nd

@ QCA, 226 Grey Street, South Brisbane.

Opening hours are 10am to 4pm.

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Tonight, I'm going to see more of the OtherFilm Festival.

Free your mind with a mix of experimental film, art and performance!

The national event debuted in Brisbane last night at the Queensland

Maritime Museum.

The night was actually held on the old dry docked war ship and it

was unforgettable.

There were "things" happening in rooms all the way through the ship,

all the way down to the lower deck.

Audrey Lam / Caitlin Franzmann on the Lower Deck

Kiah Reading: Sex Waves on the Upper Deck

Highlights for me were Sally Golding, Audrey Lam/ Caitlin Franzmann,

Horse Macgyver and I think a highlight for everyone was Kiah Reading's

Sex Waves room which was hilarious and clever and really set the night

alight with it's energy.

Must have been the Rum and bananas!

Tonight and tomorrow night, the event continues at the Institute of Modern Art (IMA)

before going on to Melbourne and then the Meredith Music Festival.

Come along!

http://otherfilm.org/off2012/

http://www.ima.org.au

The cinemateque at GoMA is also continuing it's musical programme with

Get Down! Dance on Film since the 1970's.

Tonight you can see Xanadu on the big screen at 8pm.

I'm hoping to see Cabaret at 5:30pm on Sunday...

See the full programme here:

http://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinematheque/current/get_down!_dance_on_film_since_the_1970s

On Saturday night, I am also seeing another of of my favourite Australian

bands Boomgates from Melbourne, supported by Brisbane's Cannon and

Tight Slip.

This show has now moved to my new favourite live venue, The Primitive Room

at Spring Hill.

Get ready for some dancing. This will be lots of fun!

See you soon,

Thea X

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Hi Everyone!

The Lost Race Festival was fantastic and a great turn out despite

the storm.

I couldn't get there until early evening, but personal highlights

were Day Ravies and Cobwebs.

Hopefully we will be back at the Coorparoo Bowls Club in no time!

I'm on track with the Brisbane International Film Festival and tonight

makes number 12, with Last Days Here.

It's such a great social connector and I have bonded with strangers

over some very moving moments.

There's only a few days to go so if you haven't seen anything - hurry up!

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I have made a head start and there's a beautiful story on African artist Esther Mahlangu,

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See you soon,

Thea X

Win Ticket to the QUT Fashion Graduates Runway Show! Chaos and Control

We have FIVE tickets to giveaway to the premier runway show
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The show details are:

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Thea X

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Hi Everyone!

I popped down to Sydney on Monday to see some more

treats like the Provensen AW13 shoe collection and the latest

jewellery delights from Adriana Giuffrida's extraordinary POMS.

Jane Morley, Alison Robinson, Me, Karen Turnbull and Monique White feeling the VISION of Vreeland!

On Monday night, a little group of about 18 of us saw our first BIFF

film for the festival, the documentary called Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.

I gave the film 5 stars and can't wait to see it again.

It was very funny and very inspiring.

If you happened to miss it, luckily the film now has a season release

and will open next Thursday night the 22nd at 6:30pm at Palace Centro on a new

night called Premiere Thursday!

Premiere Thursdays will feature special treats and giveaways and

to celebrate the opening of Diana Vreeland, we are giving away 2 x $100 vouchers!

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All the films I've seen so far at BIFF have been great but my other higlight

was Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present.

That's another 5 stars from me. What a woman.

There has been a lot of talk recently about the decline of print media.

I couldn't disagree more.

I've never really been one for the throw aways or the gossip magazines

but I really identify with quality print that you have the desire to keep

on your bookshelf.

I'm advocate for turning off the television (AND the computer) and having a

quiet, uninterrupted read.

I'm a advocate of The Gentlewoman, Purple Magazine, i-D, Another, Self Service

Apartamento, Another, Dazed & Confused and Fantastic Man.

The latest Fantastic Man (AW12 issue) is such a good read that I thought I'd share a little

bit with you and hope that you might go an buy it.

Here are a couple of amusing excerpts from a story titled -

UGH

SOME THINGS TO DETEST

FLAT AND WHITE

The Flat White, the smuggest of coffees, consisting of a shot of espresso topped with hot milk, but

bereft of the latter's most capricious characteristic - froth - is a drink prepared exclusively by a

stock character who, himself, is always smug, flat and white - and who confuses barrista skills

with the predictable cool of the fixed-gear bicycle, an armful of regrettable tattoos and a

charity plimsole.

FRAGRANT WAX

The apparently popularly held illusion that the addition of a measure of scent to a common

household staple, the wax candle, bestows upon it a sense of luxury and elegance.

AIR FORCE

The experience of being on a long-haul flight - whether in economy or business -

on which first wine is manically poured and then blinds are suddenly drawn and

lights switched off before one has even had a sip, and on which a sorry imitation

of a proper breakfast is served 90 minutes before landing - 90 minutes that could,

and should, have been used for glorious sleep.

WRAP

The practice, favoured by a staggering majority of lunch outlets, of ruining perfectly good

food by serving it wrapped in a cardboard-like, wheaten sheaf and attaching to it the fallacy

that the 'wrap' somehow, constitutes a healthier choice.

http://www.fantasticman.com

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