tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55960304624007371592018-05-29T14:06:52.025+10:00A collection of media showing some obscurities of Sydney, Art and FashionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596030462400737159.post-56385350611063008202014-11-16T21:05:00.001+11:002015-02-08T20:22:28.547+11:00

It feels weird to return to this blog after many months away. I often return to observe all the work I have put in and see areas I can up the quality of my content. I want a new project, but everytime I think about it, I want an evolved version of Scenes of Sydney that offers more freedom to discuss subjects that can't be easily defined or aren't solely based in Sydney. To do this I need a

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Arts collective Performance Space once again hosted their engaging 'Micro Parks' events appropriating public parks into gallery spaces. Art installations and groups have for a long time been democratising art often in unconventional contexts making it more accessible for people to participate which not only broadens its audience, but also elevates it into new opportunities.  Wimbo park

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Image from Kaldor Public Arts website. Kaldor Public Art Projects is one of Australia's leading art philanthropists commissioning Jeff Koons, Thomas Demand, Christo & Jeanne-Claude and the like to create large art installations for the Australian public. For their 45th anniversary project they are holding an open call to Australian artists to audition and produce their next work.  For

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A Romance Was Born runway show is anything but typical, but this year at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia (MBFWA) they opted to show their creations through an exhibition. A worthwhile production seeing that they can manipulate a space more and create a bigger experience for the viewer than the small bump in and out time allotted for a standard show.  The exhibition was by

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G'day! It has been some time since my last post after my travels became 7.5 months instead of 3! I find myself back in Sydney where a bus takes me to my local station instead of some isolated mountain village! Travelling so long meant that I really got to know the land, people and politics of Turkey, Israel, Palestine, Morocco, Italy and Greece where I lived more than I visited or travelled.

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And no it's not about a puberty, coming into adulthood story. I am heading overseas for 3-ish months visiting, Turkey, Greece, Israel, Palestine, Morocco, Italy and the United Arab Emirates. Scenes of Sydney and I will return in January. Scratch that, May after my trip has been extended. Follow my twitter @mrtdion which is and will be very active or visit the widget in the sidebar for

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The fashion community of late has been very enamored with fashion films, being able to translate the concept of the collection, show movement in the garments rather than static editorial shots and it creates some good publicity and buzz for the brand. Most of the films being seen and produced have been for the main fashion houses particularly Prada who seems to bang out one each couple of months,

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A cement remote in Redfern Here in Redfern I found a second TV remote made of cement, fixed to the ground and wedged in the pavement between two different structures so that it won't be seen unless you come by it by happenstance. I suppose you could call it graffiti in 3D, guerilla art or a prank to see how many naive folk would try and fail at picking it up. It is akin to an old gag where

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Some time ago the International Symposium of Electronic Arts teamed up with Vivid Sydney to produce a one night only event that is particularly unique to the Vivid calendar of events being a more abstract and conceptual representation of matter, time and space through the correlation of sound and visuals in this dynamic audiovisual work. Continue reading at Culture Redux

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Tropfest the popular Aussie festival of short films has grown year after year with larger audiences than the last, often televised on Telly and has been able to expand the event in other regions like Israel, USA, Malaysia, India, Paris, China and even Abu Dhabi to represent the Middle East. The New York contingent recently passed with a pair of Aussies Nick Baker and Tristan Klein taking out

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The building on the right Hibernian House is a beautiful, old art deco building that houses a lot of artists, creatives in Surry Hills which I would really like to photograph properly and give it justice, but for now I find what links the two buildings really fascinating. The beams seem to be an makeshift tool to hold off any structural damage, poor urban planning or a creative attempt to

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Whether intentionally or by happenstance these pipes really mimic the cold tin of a robot characterised by old cinema even without the white face that's been painted on. Who know perhaps they could be functioning pipes or art that is trying to blend in with its environment by using typical materials.  Assuming they are working pipes it's really cool someone has re-purposed an object

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When you were a child you wore whatever your friends wore, for me it was surf wear because that's what you do when you live in a beach loving country, then your tastes change and you become more aware of other brands and start to try other styles. That often is the case with alcohol or vodka particularly because your entry into alcoholic drinks were whatever you were introduced to by your

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In the middle of historic Sydney, The Rocks you will find a mock windmill all too teach visitors about energy production and agriculture. All part of a local museum's fun fare when you visit the museum you can pick up a bag of wheat (or whatever grain/crop I forgot it was) and take it to the windmill to grind ready to consume. It is such a fun, interactive way to get people involved in

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In such an eclectic suburb as Surry Hills you're sure to meet a diverse range of characters, but I didn't think I would find such a random garden ornament of a rhinoceros that is to a close scale to a baby rhino! Hopefully it is supposed to be a baby rhino who hasn't grown its ivory tusks yet otherwise poaches have struck this beautiful styrofoam/plastic soul

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This looks like an old factory or workshop from some disbanded government agency in Alexandria! I suppose its been forgotten since it's not as sexy as the old tram yards in Rozelle. 

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Fashion Week is a lot of things and often not what the general public thinks it is. It's hard not to be dazzled and engrossed amongst the throngs of parties and fashion shows which seem to harbour beautiful people, the goodie bags thrown to patrons and often being wined and dined all for free all in an attempt for brands to score media coverage and their merchandise picked up by stores. 

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We’re in an age where information is so readily accessible that new smartphone models are outlasted by long life milk where you’d think having or needing a leader in cultural and social life would go the way of The Buggles song ‘video killed the radio star.” With creative industries gaining more prominence and an increasing informal society you would think people would master and lead by their

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Alex Perry RAFW 2011 2013 will be my 6th year attending Australian Fashion Week, and the 3rd covering it as media. With all the changes underway having being brought forward and changed venues with bigger showrooms it really will be a new event particularly because it is hosting more unknown designers than just the regulars. Below is a list of some of articles I've produced over the years; 2

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Sky Mirror (2006) Anish Kapoor The back of Sky Mirror (2006) Anish Kapoor Anish Kapoor's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art was extraordinary, the whole time I felt I was inside the lens of my DSLR camera as Kapoor explores concepts of mass, space and perceptions in his mammoth installations.  Sky Mirror (above) a giant concave mirrored disc guards the entrance of the MCA

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Sky Mirror (2006) Anish Kapoor The back of Sky Mirror (2006) Anish Kapoor Anish Kapoor's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art was extraordinary, the whole time I felt I was inside the lens of my DSLR camera as Kapoor explores concepts of mass, space and perceptions in his mammoth installations.  Sky Mirror (above) a giant concave mirrored disc guards the entrance of the MCA

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This photo was taken as I was descending the stairwell of the Museum of Contemporary Art when I thought both the walls of the old and new structures framed the scene so well especially since it felt you are in a broken moment in time seeing that you are so many metres high; yet you can touch the outside wall of the MCA's old building, but remain inside it. Or that you are outside or between

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Who knew that a parade of people walking down King Street some Saturdays ago holding banners was not a protest, but a roving street party moving through the streets and laneways of Newtown all in the name of the community. Can you imagine large throngs of people dancing in the street to silence, to the sound of the crowd; boomboxes made out of wheelie bins and movable DJ stations playing

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