Nathan Gray

Works Under 30 Seconds No.s 22 - 24

2015-04-20T13:38:00.000+09:30

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Works Under 30 Seconds No.s 19 - 21

2015-02-27T14:06:00.000+10:30

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Works Under 30 Seconds No.s 16-18

2015-02-22T22:57:00.001+10:30

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Species of Spaces 2014

2014-03-27T09:33:00.000+10:30

A preview of Species of Spaces a 5 channel video piece (10 channel audio) commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney. Theorist’s Training Camp/Practice Piece takes the preparatory practices of working out, study and music

Tarrawarra Biennial 2012

2012-07-26T21:41:00.002+09:30

Some of my work for Tarrawaa Biennial 2012 Page 77 and Page 131 Two pages from Treatise by Cornelius Cardew rendered as sculptural assemblages. A Scratch Ensemble will perform this work on the first Sunday of each month. Photo By John Brash 5 August 2012 - 9 December 2012 An assemblage of contemporary Australian visual artworks engaged with music, sound and voice.

Social Life of Things at Monash Faculty Gallery

2012-07-26T20:44:00.003+09:30

Window Work and detail, Score for Dance and detail 25 July to 1 September 2012 The Social Life of Things Adam Cruickshank, Arlo Mountford, David Chesworth, Nathan Gray, Sonia Leber The Social Life of Things features work from five Melbourne-based artists: Adam Cruickshank, Nathan Gray, Arlo Mountford, Sonia Leber & David Chesworth who investigate the things (

Score For Dance

2012-07-20T21:14:00.002+09:30

Score for Dance Presented by Open Archive Clear Acrylic Sheets, Black Masking Tape, Amplified Floor, Effects, Sound System May 2012

Poster for Meyer's Place

2012-07-20T21:14:00.001+09:30

Poster for Meyer's Place 4 colour poster February 2012

Theorist Training Camp/Practice Piece Part 0

2011-12-07T14:17:00.000+10:30

Theorist Training Camp/Practice Piece is an installation which creates a situation for performance. It encourages small groups of people to study, exercise and play music at the same time. The different activities form accompaniments to one another. The installation guides the performers by its layout and the types of equipment supplied. It subtly creates prescriptions for the type of piece

Theorist Training Camp/Practice Piece Pt 1

2011-12-07T01:20:00.000+10:30

This is a collection of DIY instruments made or rehoused for the show chosen for their ease of operation. They are largely Gamelan parts salvaged and roughly rehoused but also features an analogue synthesiser and cardboard amplifier, photos feature Prihatmoko Moki, Krishna and Lintang who conducted the analogue synthesiser workshop.

Theorist Training Camp/Practice Piece Pt 2

2011-12-07T00:34:00.002+10:30

Inspired by home gyms found all throughout the world photos feature Ida and Wowok. A more refined version of this sort of equipment is featured in my crypto-aerobics post.

Theorist Training Camp/Practice Piece Pt 3

2011-12-07T00:20:00.002+10:30

A small sci-fi, survival, music and art themed library based on the Indonesian practise of bootlegging books. In Indonesia this is largely due to excessive import taxes, but it has an interesting quality as if a file sharing had escaped the digital realm. Here's a link to another blog post about the Kunci cultural studies library in Jogja whcih was a source of inspiration as were the stripped

Moire studies Numbers Four to Nine

2011-09-26T00:29:00.000+09:30

make being here enough

2011-09-08T21:24:00.000+09:30

Moire Studies No.s 10 - 13 THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS someonehastodosomethiningbeforeanybodycandoanything Thursday 16 June Until 11 July 2011 with Louisa Bufardeci, Starlie Geikie & Helen Walter, Nathan Gray, Alasdair McLuckie and Francesca Rendle-Short. Curated by Martina Copley.

Perception Vibration Threshold

2011-08-26T02:24:00.000+09:30

For New Psychedelia - University of Queensland Art Gallery Curated by Sebastian Moody

ACCA ART#2

2011-08-10T22:45:00.000+09:30

All the Performances from ACCA's ART#2 inluding the above along with an interview about the project are documented online here

From the Bottom of a Long Black Tube

2011-08-02T08:07:00.001+09:30

Help To Keep Time

2011-07-09T22:00:00.003+09:30

Some outcomes of my workshop/study group with the Slow Art Collective on Cornelius Cardew's Scratch Music book. The book (pictured at top) provides a framework for collaboration in the workshop. We attempted to apply it to sculptural and performative outcomes.

Rural Infrasonics

2011-06-13T18:07:00.003+09:30

Spectral Light and Pressure Changes

2011-04-08T10:27:00.005+09:30

Instrument for Multiple Musicians, 2010 Instrument for Multiple Musicians, 2010 (video still) Proposition for Synthesizer (Act, Mishap, React, Repeat) 1 to 3, 2011 Propositions for Disfunctional Ensembles, 1 to 3, 2010 "Whilst the title of Nathan Gray's latest show “Spectral Light and Pressure Changes” describes raw, impersonal phenomena, the works

In the year 2525

2011-04-08T09:45:00.004+09:30

Everything You Think Do and Say is in The Pill You Took Today, 2011, installation Won’t Need Your Eyes 1 to 9 , 2011, ink drawing on paper, 31.5 x 24cm Nobody's Gonna Look At You, 2011, ink on paper, 69 x 50cm Inspired by the writings and predictions of futurist/entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil and social critic/terrorist Theodore Kaczynski (the Una Bomber) both of whom predict that we

Moire Studies 1 to 3

2011-04-08T09:35:00.002+09:30

Previously presented as part of "What they Brought Back" and "In The Year 2525".

What They Brought Back Revisited

2011-03-07T12:30:00.002+10:30

Photos From Ryan Renshaw Gallery Brisbane, a representation of What They Brought Back, Photso by Ryan himself. Original post here. Static structures based on rumours and rube goldberg machines.

outside the diagrammatic

2011-01-23T10:25:00.006+10:30

Two Plateaus, 2010, silk screen on paper, 67 x 56.5cm, edition of 20 andIn Conversation (LaMonte Young and Mickey Hart), 2010, silk screen on paper, 56.5 x 67cm, edition of 20. Extended Delay, 2010, silk screen on paper, 56.5 x 76cm, edition of 20 and Inner Ear, 2010, silk screen on paper, 67 x 56.5cm, edition of 20Atlas Eclipticalis, 2010, silk screen on paper, 67 x 56.5cm, edition

Introduction to a Recreation of the Melbourne Central Shopping Complex

2011-01-06T22:18:00.002+10:30

When beginning work on this project I wanted to do something which looked at the site of The Westwing, the Melbourne Central shopping complex. The theme of the show “zero dollars” seemed to be such a great contrast with an internationally financed mall and entertainment complex. I also got to thinking about MP3s and how they're free and how they've changed the way I access information and

Not a Dance

2010-12-30T13:43:00.001+10:30

Instant installation for INCU menswear in melbourne. Video by jason heller, photos by jesus.

stockroom

2010-08-12T13:40:00.002+09:30

Standalone works from the "What They Brought Back" project on show at the Utopian Slumps stockroom until the 28th of August. These works all deal with optical effects as a construct for adressing myths and contagion, history and mutation. From top to bottom left to right. Bifold 1 (bat colony), Material extrusion, Gallipoli extrusion, Moire work 3 and Bifold 2 (cane toad). Photos

precursor

2010-08-09T13:06:00.001+09:30

I present to you now another work which precedes "What they Brought Back" my project space comission for Gertrude Contemporary at this years Melbourne Art Fair. It is a comission for Acca's regional tour (ART1) clunkily titled "Permeation:for Shepparton Regional Art Gallery". The work consists of a continous and continually mutating line, brightly coloured in the subdued ligting of the gallery

Art Fair 2010

2010-07-26T16:30:00.002+09:30

I will be representing Gertrude Contemporary in a project room at this years Melbourne Art Fair. Above is a preview of part of the work and below is the catalogue essay by Ash Kilmartin. Coinciding with the show will be some new works on display at Utopian Slumps in their stock room. VARIOUS PROGRESSIONS / notes on

Permeation: For Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces

2010-07-09T10:39:00.001+09:30

Anyway. two posts to follow on recent works which need to be shown to contextualize my upcoming work at the Melbourne Art Fair. Starting as a strategy to address a perceived need, that of linking together the often disjointed end of year studio artist's show and expanding that to addressing a (also perceived) disconnection between the wider community and the gallery/studio residents. "

Aggregation 7

2010-05-31T11:05:00.002+09:30

The seventh in the aggregation series is a recreation of the 2nd aggregation made originally in 2006, and comissioned by Kate Just and Daine Singer for the Dreamweavers show at CAST in Tasmania.

possible permutations - insert coin here

2010-02-18T18:51:00.000+10:30

Insert Coin Hereis a group exhibition curated by Nella Themelios & Kim Brockett. The exhibition is part of the 2010 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival cultural program. Insert Coin Here comprises of two vending machines strategically placed in public spaces around the Melbourne CBD. Containing limited edition 'fashion objects' produced by over 50 Melbourne-based artists, the

ADSR Drawings and Studies

2010-02-08T23:03:00.001+10:30

photos above by tanja milburn and below by me

ADSR (redo)

2010-02-08T22:23:00.001+10:30

Photos above by Tanja Milburn below by me. (This post replaces the 2 previous posts concerning this show)Attack Decay Sustain Release 17th of September from 17th of OctoberCraft Victoria 31 Flinders Lane Melbourne 3000 catalogue essays by Francis Plagne, Jared Davis, James Deutsher, Simon Taylor and Helen Johnson download here or free at the show The show is called ADSR or Attack

mailboxes

2010-01-27T22:10:00.002+10:30

6 sculptures and a drawing done for 2 different shows at mailbox 141. Line curated by Martina Copley November/December 2009 and Cut That Shark Open curated by Olivia Poloni. on from January 28th 2010.

AIF - closing / book launch / snawklor gig

2009-07-15T09:47:00.005+09:30

An Infinity of traces upstairs at Studio 12, gertrude contemporary art spaces closes this saturday and Dylan and I (Snawklor) will be playing a live electro-acoustic set. With Snawklor playing 3 different types of set at the moment each geared to the style of event and type of sound system. Its a very nice thing to be able to play in a gallery space. the volume is decreased and the audience

An Infinity of Traces

2009-06-25T22:26:00.006+09:30

A new show entitled "an infintiy of traces" in studio 12 at gertrude contemporary art spaces from the 26th of june. My studio is just across the hall so come and say hello if you like. An Infinity of Traces is a fantastic assemblage built on top of a gamelan xylophone. It uses paper rope, various types of wire, styrofoam and xylophone keys smelted in bali and tuned in the Kebyar

NW

2009-05-20T18:47:00.003+09:30

new work!

SEC 2

2009-04-30T10:44:00.004+09:30

Secretion Erosion Conjunction Nathan Gray and Alex Vivian Finding a way to work together. First there is a gap. Does a gap need a bridge?. A gap is after all a sort of link because it must be between things whose proximity implies a relationship. There is a knot of ideas here, so maybe not a gap, but a collection of ideas too intertwined to be isolated, proximity issues again. There is

TQA/EIT

2009-04-27T22:24:00.002+09:30

A video work I produced in Bahia Brazil with the assistance of The Australia Council for the Arts and the Sacatar Foundation Originally Exhibited at The Narrows (gallery) in Melbourne in December 2008. Tudo Que Acho (everything I find/think) was a studio installation resulting from material enquiries into the environment and culture of Itaparica island. The video is a musical improvisation within

SEC

2009-04-23T12:16:00.003+09:30

hope you can all make it contact me if you have any questionsSecretion Erosion ConjunctionAlex Vivian and Nathan Gray May 1st to 22ndRear View Gallery (at the rear of) 244 Smith St. Collingwood(Discount Chemist Wharehouse)enter from Stanley stopen wed - sun 12-6pm

tide over

2009-01-29T11:22:00.005+10:30

Hi as this blog is slowly transformed into a site and as i put things into a more homogenous easier to access form. I thought I'd tide you over with a few pictures from Tudo Que Acho's second iteration at Narrows and a commision i made for the Fehily family early last year but only finished/photographed the other day.Stay coolN

Tudo Que Australia/Brasil

2008-12-16T13:07:00.006+10:30

(last days open from the 5th to the 15th of january by appointment only)Nathan Gray / Tudo Que AchoDecember 4 – 20 2008Opens Thursday Dec. 4, 6pmNathan Gray spent two months in Brazil producing a body of work entitled ‘Tudo Que Acho’. In English the title translates as ‘Everything I Think’ but in Portuguese it has a double meaning because to think and to find are the same idea. So the title is a

tudo que acho

2008-10-01T08:06:00.003+09:30

more extensive gallery herevideo and installation realized in Bahia, BrazilTUDO QUE ACHO / EVERYTHING I THINK NATHAN GRAY DECEMBER 4 - 20 OPENS 6PM THURSDAY DECEMBER 4with the support ofThe NarrowsInstituto SacatarThe South ProjectAustralia Council For The Arts

who has seen the wind? / quem viu ao vento?

2008-09-21T01:22:00.007+09:30

Galeria CanazaresRua Aruajo Pinho212 , Escola de Belas Artes da UFBACanela, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil11 de Setembro ate 25 de Setembro de 2008Seg a Sex - Das 9h as 18h11th to 25th of September, Monday to Friday 9-6with thanks toEscola da Belas ArtesInstituto SacatarThe South ProjectAustralia Council For The Arts

The Fruiting Body

2008-07-03T17:10:00.006+09:30

Press Release says;"The Fruiting Body" by Nathan Gray The mushroom (fruiting body) is the terrestrial expression of a vastly larger subterranean organism...Nathan Gray attempts to create works which are optimistic, dynamic and festive, brightly coloured improvised assemblages that incorporate sculptural experiments, screen print and drawing, works that are inclusive of many areas of endeavour

People/Plants Resource Book

2008-07-03T16:05:00.006+09:30

I have just put together a book of photographs from my travels, things which have informed my work lately. They're all of plants interacting with people or with each other. They divide fairly evenly into Balinese palm leaf folding, a photo documentary of a game played by children in Lombok with a greased coconut, Thai holiday beach adornements, Japanese street and temple gardens and Australian

magpie mind

2008-05-01T08:32:00.003+09:30

collaboration with jeweler karla wayfor bus gallery's skin and bones 2at fashion weekapril 08

drawings of broken, tangled and accidentally amalgamated sculptures 1, 2 and 3

2008-05-01T08:17:00.003+09:30

Exhibition: The Drawing MachineDates: 1 – 18 May 2008Opening: Thursday 1 May, 6-8pmAt: Green-Wood Gallery1 Hotham StreetSouth Melbourne VIC 3205Gallery hours: Wed – Sun, 10-4pm.

Mirka@Tolarno Gallery

2008-02-24T16:27:00.003+10:30

Up now a gallery of shots from my show at Tolarno Restaurant in St. Kilda.here

Snawklor....Quick Be the Feet...That Run to Mischief

2008-01-15T17:42:00.001+10:30

So my duo with Dylan Martorell has released a CD for the first time in 5 years, unbelievable almost. Its called "Quick Be the Feet.... That Run to Mischief"Its available on the bus gallery's Outer label contact me for info on how to obtain it.theres previews at myspace.com/snawklor and other albums can be downloaded from www.snawklor.comOfficial melboune launch is at the Toff in Town on the 31st

tolarno/mirka/acca/nathan gray

2007-12-15T12:53:00.000+10:30

New works of mine are on display at Tolarno Hotel heres the write up.ACCA and Mirka at Tolarno Hotel have joined forces to bring contemporary art to the adventurous patrons of Melbourne's brightest new restaurant. In a series of four annual exhibitions which are set to change with the seasons ACCA will give four young Australian artists a unique chance to show their work in this exciting new

pictures

2007-11-30T22:54:00.000+10:30

archives of the show at utopian slumps up today and as usual I have divided them into drawings and aggregation shots enjoy...

No Revolution, No Suicide

2007-10-27T17:15:00.001+09:30

Stage by stage, the organism increases in complexity; but that very complexity enables it to ‘live’ more satisfactorily...to produce a type of progeny with new and greater potentialities of self-expression than its parent.Theosophy’s theory for the evolution of life and form tracks the course of nature as one that slowly but persistently builds on a systematically flawless, self-organising whole

Love, Purity, Accuracy

2007-10-11T08:13:00.000+09:30

Love, Purity, AccuracyInstallation and drawings by Nathan Gray.Opening Friday 19 OctoberUntil Sun 11 NovemberAt Utopian Slumps5/25 Easey Street CollingwoodGallery Hours: Fri-Sat 12-6pmOther Times By Appointment: 0403 009 291info@utopianslumps.orgutopianslumps.orgExquisite WhispersDuring the show audience members will be invited to re-draw one of the artists drawings their drawing will then take

Archives from the fold

2007-08-25T23:05:00.000+09:30

Now the works from The Fold can be accesed from the side bar and are divided into assemblagesand collages.The Fold was an exhibition at Joint Hassles in July 2007

fold ...statement

2007-07-25T18:26:00.000+09:30

people have been requesting more info about the show so...The show was initially intended to be my own version of a museum exhibit. I went to the osaka museum of ethnology recently and was blown away. All the best parts of all the cultures of the world were mixed together, masks costumes musical instruments weapons and rituals. It was a completely different approach to a contemporary australian

the fold performances and CDr

2007-07-20T14:53:00.000+09:30

This is it folks,The Fold- Nathan Gray.From the 27th of July to the 17th of August,Joint Hassles 2a Mitchell Street Northcote 3071Opens Friday the 27th 6-8pm, then Thursday til Saturday 12 - 5pm.performances includeSat 28th July 2pmhalfman/halfmoffarahelectronic/vocal improvisationduo with chris hillSat 4th August 2pmsnawklordecade old musical collaboration with dylan martorellelectro acoustic/

The Fold

2007-07-05T10:18:00.001+09:30

This is it folks, The Fold- Nathan Gray. From the 27th of July to the 17th of August, Joint Hassles 2a Mitchell Street Northcote 3071. Opens Friday the 27th 6-8pm, then Thursday til Saturday 12 - 5pm. Check back in here for associated events.

ESP

2007-07-05T10:06:00.000+09:30

cover for a comp i designed for nervous jerk it includes tracks by Panel of Judges, Crayon Fields, Always, Calvin Johnson, Sly Hats, Guy Blackman, Kelley Stoltz, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, My Disco, Kiosk, Weird War , The Stabs, Michael Yonkers , Sean Bailey, Superstupid, Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano, Fabulous Diamonds, Francis Plagne, Birth Glow, Little Wings, Hi God People, Josephine

AIH shshshshirt

2007-07-05T09:57:00.000+09:30

Designed this t-shirt for band Architecture In Helsinki, Will Sweeney did their cover so I'm in good company.

jah jah sphinx, peloton and snawklor

2007-06-15T10:53:00.000+09:30

Been spending/wasting/killing/augmenting a lot of time on posting on and looking at this pictures only blog by a lot of melbourne artists. Purile and sublime by turns.jahjahspihnxAlso have a work ina group show at peloton gallery, a show of A0 sized works curated by Warren Taylor of my favourite gallery in Melbourne right now; The Narrows. The idea comes from crossing out letters of the name "the

bootlegger

2007-05-28T08:23:00.000+09:30

Bootlegger curated by Niels OeltjenThis is my piece for the show. An edition of five photocopys on hand inked acid free paper 60 x 60cm. Also available as bandanas in a simple blue on white colour scheme.From the site;Bootlegger is a fine art exhibition that explores the bandanna’s potential as an art object. We see the bandanna as an element of outlaw style, and we want to celebrate its

Aggregation No.6

2007-05-25T21:50:00.001+09:30

Currently on upstairs at alice euphemiaNicholas BuildingCathedral ArcadeGround Floor37 Swanston StreetCreated as part of Blame It On The Rain 07 this work was originally constructed in a night club, with the audience invited to position small works on paper, paintings and wool onto a flexible pine framework. The frame work also supported costumes and acted as a screen from which to perform

skin and bones

2007-04-04T14:20:00.000+09:30

sources and thankyous

2007-03-04T23:34:00.000+10:30

Well just started putting up photos from my travels, details, things that Ive been thinking about and would like to base work on. Its just a showing of potential source material but may be of interest. Sources.Now that the Viewmasters project is over, just like to thank everyone involved especially Takashi Kojima and Jane Hindson, The Osaka College of the arts, Sensei Kazushi Kuakabe and all his

station to station

2007-02-09T13:50:00.000+10:30

Station to Station is a collaboration between Nathan Gray and Dylan incorporating field recordings of Melbourne and Osaka and make-shift structures covered in hundreds of small works on paper. It is presented as part of Veiwmasters exhibition at Hamadera Koen Station Gallery in Osaka along with a concert on a tram.

kuchure for sure

2007-01-29T17:04:00.000+10:30

Annie Wu pictured top made two track suits which i designed the prints for theyre to be featured in Christopher LG Hill's performance 'omni 2step' at 200 Gertrude St from 2nd March to April 1, and also in Sydney show at Loose Projects from Feb 5 - 24. Meantime Dylan and i are setting up our show for Viewmasters (info in japanese is more current)in osaka at hamatadera koen station do come down

On This Joyous Occasion

2007-01-12T18:14:00.000+10:30

Heres some pictures from the open studio show aggregation 5: on this joyous occasion.p.s. Spending some time in japan working on a little something with my buddy dylan martorell, but while Iｍ　ｈｅｒｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ　ａｃｃｅｓ　ｗｉｌｌ　ｂｅ　ｐａｔｃｈｙ　ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｇｒａｍｍａｒ　ｗｉｌｌ　ｂｅ　ｓｈｏｃｋｉｎｇ　ｃａｕｓｅ　ｏｆ　ｔｈｅ　ｇｉｂｂｅｒｉｓｈ　ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ　Ｉｍ　ｗｏｒｋｉｎｇ　ｏｎ．

open studio

2006-12-11T23:17:00.000+10:30

Open StudioThomas Jeppe, Nathan Gray and Mark Roddawarehouse at the rear of 672 nicholson street north fitzroytuesday 19th 6pm and therafter by appointment (email)To end the year I will be exhibiting a new piece, a work consisting of abandoned ceramics, screen printed, dyed and marbled paper, plasticine, t-shirts, power cables, lighting and materials for the scraps bins at my day job. Everyone

snawklor to share

2006-11-22T22:15:00.000+10:30

this is our 2003 recording to share and enjoy. Let me know if you have any problems with the download ciao N.http://www.sendspace.com/file/0faa44

aggregation no. 3

2006-11-21T14:35:00.000+10:30

exhibited at the joint hassles inaugural show

in case you forgot whose site this is

2006-11-17T08:07:00.001+10:30

signiture from keith and lottie and self portrait for selena

Dylan Martorell presents

2006-10-23T21:15:00.000+09:30

As part of his fantastic art show:Snawklor (and guests) at someday gallery 4pm - 7pm tuesday the 23rd of october and the hi god people (and guests) 5:30 pm saturday the 26th someday gallery level 3 curtain houseswanston street melbourneheres a video of a sickening orgy with the the hi gods and me wearing the costume above go

post perth post

2006-10-23T21:04:00.000+09:30

pics from aggregation 4 at keith and lottie

Keith and Lottie and You and Me

2006-09-26T19:31:00.001+09:30

well the flyer says Keith and Lottie present: 4 intricately drawn screen printed works(yoinks) by Melbourne artist/ illustrator/ musician/ libertine/ diletante/ ne'er-do-well Nathan Gray with an accompanying new range of t-shirts and a new aggregation especially for perth. Oh love ya perth.Thursday October 5th to October 26th Opening night Thursday October 5th, 6 - 9pm.regular opening hours:

Ariel Pink.....

2006-09-26T19:16:00.000+09:30

Did the poster and tour single cover for this dude. You love him or you will. For Mistletone records......((((((((( on tour ))))))))Ariel Pink Australian Tour - Sept/Oct 06Melbourne - East Brunswick Club - Sept 27Newcastle - Soundsummit - Sept 29Sydney - Spectrum - October 1Melbourne - Missing Link Instore - October 4 5pmAdelaide - Rocket Bar - October 5((((((((( releases ))))))))Ariel Pink's

Joint Hassles

2006-09-26T19:11:00.001+09:30

PAECES with HALF MAN HALF MAN (me)(2pm)play this sunday the 24th at JOINT HASSLES 2a Mitchell ST northcote vic (crn of High and Mitchell)with googoogaagaa, bonesherif and guests who are special. 1-6pm*To open JOINT HASSLES first show Featuring:Sean BaileyJame Deutsher (and Hao Guo)Nathan Gray (me)Christopher L G Hill Bianca HesterHelen JohnsonJess LucasHarriet MorganJoshua PetherickKain Picken

More Trouble

2006-09-26T18:16:00.000+09:30

Well its over. Terrarium has finished well and truly. Last day was a mini celebration an unveiling of Aggregation No. 2 a temporary wall peice which I installed during the show and some music from Ian Wadley, Mof fah rah and Snawklor (my band, see entry below somewhere)all quite good I thought.....Aggregation No. 2 was an assemblage made from catalogues from the show, screen printed paper,

Aggregation of Slime Molds

2006-09-10T22:57:00.000+09:30

This is from a book called Emergence by Steven Johnson."The slime mold spends much of its life as thousands of distinct single-celled units, each moving separately from its other comrades. Under the right conditions, those myriad cells will coalesce again into a single, larger organism, which then begins its leisurely crawl across the garden floor, consuming rotting leaves and wood as it moves

some biznass

2006-08-28T19:55:00.000+09:30

Just a few Terrarium related tid bits....The show is now open...see previous posts for details. But if your not in melbourne you can pick up one of the catalogues by emailing the gallery (info@gertrude.org.au). Theyre quite the production. A5, 22 pages and a mixture of hand screened, black and white and colour pages and the price.... just $2 AUD plus postage. bonkers aye??Prints from the show are

second gardenesque aggregation

2006-08-28T17:40:00.000+09:30

Pictures are on their way of how I set up the Terrarium show. During the installation of the work it changed considerably from the rudimentary way I organized it in the photo on the entry page. The purpose of this set up which was to display the individual elements in a photograph. In the exhibition I added more elements and made a vastly more complex arrangement. Arranging them was a kind of

archive of the future

2006-08-08T23:22:00.000+09:30

Heres some of the work for "Terrarium". I've divided the archives into Prints and Sculptures but the show will see no such divisions. Theres also a few pieces that are too large to set up yet so no photos. Theres only one way to see how it comes together I guess ....Terrarium by Nathan Gray opens 25th of August runs for one monthGertrude Contemporary Art Spaces200 Gertrude Street FitzroyVictoria

cryptozoological junc

2006-08-08T21:38:00.000+09:30

Just put up the archive for my cryptozoology series which is showingJunc gallery in L.A. from the 19th of August as part of their "Flaunt" Show"The show is Scheduled for the Saturday August 19 and runs September 10. This is our annual group show where we introduce artists new to the gallery and to our patrons. The show also coincides with The Sunset Junction (LA's largest street fair August 26

Woah did you see that?

2006-08-01T22:14:00.000+09:30

If you came here via the undodesign address(and please continue to do so) you will have noticed a few changes. First of all that index page. Its all sculpture work for my show coming at gertrude contemporary art spaces its called "terrarium" and consists of sculpture, screen prints and wall paper. Its going to be the largest exhibition I've attempted so far and I gotta say I think its some of my

crypyozoology and half man/half man

2006-08-01T22:01:00.000+09:30

Detail Fom "Electrical Spirit"Pictures from my "cryptozoology" series will be showing at LA's Junc Gallery as part of their yearly "flaunt" show in august. I had a showing at my place a month or so back for the locals in which JKF and Paeces both played along with my solo act Half Man / Half Man. I hope to get a MP3 up of paeces excellent set, they have a release at the above link on Music Your

Snawklor vs the Hi God People vs Wolf Eyes

2006-08-01T21:54:00.000+09:30

Snawklor and HGP performed as one to support Wolf Eyes who are some out of town bogans. Along with Blarke Beyer and the Grey Daturas and the Ambarchi/Fushinato/Walls trio (no link, use google, too much, too famous).At the spanish club. 25th May.

best gif ever

2006-08-01T21:41:00.000+09:30

Please somebody point the way toward a t-shirt before you have to talk me out of a tattoo.

Little Angels

2006-08-01T21:27:00.000+09:30

Detail from "Little Angels" Screen Print On PaperOver the holidays I got it together to compile some music I had made for soundtracks over the last 3 years. It comes as a CDR packaged in a limited edition 12" sized screenprinted cover based on the insufferable op-shop record "The Little Angels". It was launched at the broken records show in sydney and is available for AUS$15 by mail order if you

Snawklor still exist...

2006-08-01T21:18:00.000+09:30

Snawklor, my band with Dylan Martorell, have found a label for our 5th cd release. BUS Recordings the sonic arm of BUS Gallery, will be releasing it early in 2006.See our last two self-released screen-printed CDs here and here. We will be re-releasing these at the same time as the BUS CD with different art work and music remasted by Cornel Wilczeck of Qua .Download a sample track 'Loosening of

Mum Smokes Tee

2006-08-01T21:10:00.000+09:30

Mum Smokes is a band who I designed a flyer and T-shirt for and I Love 'em. They're available in black on lemon and dark blue on light blue (the tees that is). Contrary to previously stated these luddites now have a minimal web presence here

DC 4 WWDIS

2006-08-01T20:59:00.000+09:30

Detail from my "Portrait of Darby Crash", various media on paperWhat We Do Is Secret No. 4, the Australian free press mag dedicated to punk and DIY, features a cover and centre spread by me. It's a portait they comissioned of their god Darby Crash who died 25 years ago this month (on the same day as John Lennon).This work was available for sale at Someday gallery's christmas charity show. A

Sussuruth Book by Nieves

2006-08-01T20:51:00.000+09:30

Nieves Books has released a 22-page black and white booklet of drawings that I did this (antipodean) winter. It's called Sussuruth, an onomatopea for the sound of the wind or sea. More on Nieves here.

Works for Otherworld

2006-08-01T20:29:00.000+09:30

Detail of "Totem", Screen Print on CanvasOther World a group show themed on nature and the supernatural. My work for this was a "totem" pole prayer for a society in need of the "withering of law". The show includes artists Andrew Mcleod, Josh Petherick and Ryan Hill.From 28th October. Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces. 200 Gertrude Street Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Rock Bottom at Alice Euphemia

2006-08-01T20:21:00.000+09:30

"Rock Bottom" the titular work form the show.Rock Bottom8 pen and ink drawings and a sculptureby Nathan Gray26th September to 15th Octoberat Alice Euphemia (clothes store)shop 6 Cathedral Arcade37 Swanston StreetMelbourne more images from the show There's an article about my work in the issue 5 of un magazine by my good friend Anna Daly. I found it helpful, maybe you will too.