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It feels like it's been ages!
Best wishes to you for this New Year.
I had a quiet New Year's Eve and actually stayed at home.
I think that I was just exhausted and it didn't feel like a night
to go out.
I did however go out the previous evening on December 30th
to see You Am I play a fantastic rock and roll show with
Velociraptor supporting at The Old Museum.
I started the New Year with one of my resolutions and that is to
read more again as I plowed through the best part of Grace Coddington's
new autobiography.
It's a fabulous fashion read!
Next week, I'm finally having a little get away in Sydney as the lure
of the Sydney Festival is just too great.
So rather than a beach break, I'm taking a cultural sojourn...
There is SO much to see but
here are some of my festival hot picks:
Semele Walk
Go for baroque!
It's a bold, new interpretation of Handel's Semele Opera performed by Germany's Solistenensemble
Kaleideoskop together with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
The wild and dramatic costumes are Vivienne Westwood Couture which are enhanced by spectacular
hair and makeup so that our 1743 heroine has merged with 20th century punk. Incredible.
The legendary David Byrne (Talking Heads) has spent the last three years
collaborating with singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist St Vincent
(aka Annie Clarke / Polyphonic Spree) culminating in an album and this
performance named Love This Giant.
You may be familiar with their single Who and it's haunting video clip that was
released mid 2012.
I particularly love David Byrne's voice. He has such a strong and distinctive power.
Backed by a brass band instead of a traditional rock line-up, this is an unexpected
idea coming from an artistic basis making for something very contemporary.
Orchestre National de Jazz, France's national jazz orchestra pay homage
to British art rock icon Robert Wyatt with a live rendition of his
acclaimed 2009 album Around Robert Wyatt.
On stage, filmmaker Antoine Carlier enhances the performance with dream like
projections (pictured above) that act as a poetic backdrop to this jazz journey under the musical
artistic direction on Daniel Yvenic.
In 1967, Texan music teacher Conrad O. Johnson formed a band with his students
at Kashmere High School that combined the passion of soul and the energy of funk
with the arrangements of big band jazz.
45 years later, the Kashmere Stage Band continues it's legacy with inspirational teaching,
racial pride and their orchestral funk.
I'm not sure if the Fro's will still be this big, but you can bet that the beats will be!
Experience the Stanley Kubrick classic 2001: A Space Odyssey
with the dramatic intensity of a live soundtrack from the Sydney Symphony
and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs under conductor Andre De Ridder.
Presented at the Concert Hall at Sydney Opera House, this will be
incredible and unforgettable!
Chinese artist Song Dong presents his moving installation Waste Not
at the Carriageworks.
Conceived by the artist following the death of his father, the work represents
his mother's mourning and remembrance.
It reflects a journey from grief through to resilience and consists of the entire contents
of her house to ultimately represent a celebration of life.
We are lucky enough to have one his amazing pieces in the permanent collection here at GoMA Brisbane.
Now, a major exhibition by Indian born, British based contemporary sculptor Anish Kapoor
is currently on show at the MCA.
They are almost too spectacular for words.
It is not only the size of his sculptures that are astounding
but the effects and illusions they create.
They are truly memorable.
The Sydney Festival is on until January the 27th.
ESG (Emerald, Sapphire and Gold) is a band formed by the
Scroggins Sisters in the South Bronx, New York in the early 1980's.
ESG have been hugely influential over the years across a wide
range of musical genres with their funky sounds based on complex polyrhythms.
They have been sampled by many other artists including Wu-Tang Clan,
Big Daddy Kane, The Beastie Boys, Unrest and The Liars.
ESG are in Australia for Melbourne's Sugar Mountain Festival
and are also playing one night in Sydney at Oxford Arts Factory with Kirin J Callinan
and Terrible Truths.
See you there!
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Tonight, Baltimore duo Beach House are playing at The Tivoli
supported by Melbourne's Wintercoats.
Tomorrow night, Brisbane's Blank Realm officially release their
long awaited album Go Easy at The Primitive Room with
the love of local supports Per Pupose, Martyr Privates and Sewers!
So, the year is busy, busy already!
Stay cool and enjoy the summer.
Thea X