Stuff to do this week
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Friday 3 September
Strobe (Exhibition)
Kevin Tran made his solo debut in 2009, circled the globe (exhibiting all over Austalia, Hong Kong and California) and by March 2010 was granted an artist-in-residency at Newington Armory Studios, which is where he created his most recent body of work, Strobe.
Tran’s retrospective glimpse at music festivals, inspired by vivid colours and the pulsing symphony of nocturnal light shows, gets us itching for an endless summer.
(Excerpt from http://www.twothousand.com.au/look/strobe-kevin-tran/)

When: Opening night 6pm, exhibition runs till Sept 5 11am-5pm
Where: China Heights, L3 16-28 Foster ST, Surry Hills
More Info: http://www.twothousand.com.au/look/strobe-kevin-tran/
Saturday 4 September
Agoria and Superflu
Two of Europe’s finest underground arists team up for what will be a night of sweat, debauchery and never ending beats. Debutants of the Australian dance floors, Agoria and Superflu will excite and promise to deliver us to techno heaven..
(Excerpt from http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/sydney/event/60795/Agoria_Superflu)
When: 10pm
Where: Plantation Bar, 2A Roslyn St, Kings Cross
Cost: $20
More Info: http://www.inthemix.com.au/whatson/sydney/event/60795/Agoria_Superflu
Sunday 5 September
Dream Home Floortalk
Artists from Dream Home discuss their experiences documenting the homes of people from different communities and cultures, rich and poor, and the emphasis people place on the dream, despite the reality.
(Excerpt from http://www.acp.org.au/events/2010/dream-home-floortalk)
Where: Australian Centre for Photography, 257 Oxford St, Paddington
More Info: http://www.acp.org.au/events/2010/dream-home-floortalk
Monday 6 September
Surcas: Surc Do Sole Day
Manning Bar becomes a Big Top for one night only, as SURCAS presents Surc Do Sole Day. The catch? SURCAS has only one day to plan, rehearse and perform an entire circus show.
Where: Manning Bar, University of Sydney, Manning Rd
More Info: http://www.vergeartsfestival.com/Whats_On/SURCAS_SURC_DO_SOLE_DAY.aspx?t=7&d=4279
Tuesday 7 September
Shane Cotton: Smashed Myth
Trouble’s brewing in Shane Cotton’s Smashed Myth. In just over 40 square metres of canvas, Cotton (the renowned Maori artist of, most recently, Biennale of Sydney fame) has made a study in myth-busting that contemplates, among other things, colonisation, migration, resistance, religion and war. Preserved tattooed heads, rugged coastlines and biblical excerpts populate his paintings and as dark storm clouds collect, a sick sense of foreboding creeps up the walls at Anna Schwartz Gallery.
(Excerpt from http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/6236/shane-cotton-smashed-myth.htm)
Where: Anna Schwartz Gallery, CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh
More Info: http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/6236/shane-cotton-smashed-myth.htm
Wednesday 8 September
Electric Empire
As the production/songwriting/performing brainchild of Dennis Dowlut, the man’s persistence in crafting music with such feel and sincerity is wonderfully admirable given the loss of brother and musical partner Darren to cancer in 2005. With a new sound, a new scene and a newly soulful lease on life, Electric Empire is certainly the sunshine after the rain, and my what rays it casts.
(Excerpt from http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/6039/electric-empire.htm)
Cost: $15
When: 8pm
Where: Oxford Art Factory, 38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
More Info: http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/6039/electric-empire.htm
Thursday 9 September
Creating the Look: Benini and Fashion Photography
Some Benini photographs have iconic staying power (a gun-toting, shoe-stroking model in niqab, for one), while others pluck at pedestrian ’50s nostalgia. They invariably drip with glamour even when advertising mere Sportscraft dresses and Wittner shoes and work a charm even now.
(Excerpt from http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/5601/creating-the-look-benini-and-fashion-photography.htm)
Where: Powerhouse Museum, Harris St, Ultimo
More Info: http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/5601/creating-the-look-benini-and-fashion-photography.htm





















































