Friday 22 January

Late at the Garden w Hermitude

Continuing the party well into the night, Sydney Festival’s Late at the Garden plays host to some of the most creative, innovative and explosive underground and independent bands around, all right at home in the lush surrounds of The Famous Spiegeltent.

The act tonight is Hermitude – combining Cuban-influenced rhythms and dark melodies with jungle drums and formal jazz training, Hermitude deliver an engaging and innovative live show full of progressive hip-hop sounds.

When: From 11.30pm

Cost: FREE

More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Free/Late-at-the-Garden/

Saturday 23 January

500 Days of Summer (Bondi OpenAir Cinema) + Music

Tom, a greeting-card writer who dreams of finding his true love. He meets Summer (day 1) a vintage-looking beauty whose ideas about love are entirely modern. This film has a healthy mix of cynicism and romance – perfect for seeing under the stars whether you’re in blissful coupledom or footloose and fancy free.

I am Apollo play from 7pm at the Nova Sunset Stage pre-film.

Where: Promenade, Bondi Beach

More Info: http://www.bondiopenair.com.au/film.aspx?film=78

Sunday 24 January

The Now Now

The Now Now is a one-of-a-kind experimental, impulsive and improvised music and film festival.  A busy schedule of more that 50 musicians over 3 days, including an act called the S.I.M.S Project who incorporates SMS into their compositions.

When: 8pm

Cost: $15 – $50

More Info:  http://thenownow.net/2010-festival/

Monday 25 January

Girl Talk Australian Summer Tour (Concert)

If you are predisposed to crazy dancing, mega pop hits, golden oldies and banging electro remixes, then going to a Girl Talk (producer/DJ Gregg Gillis) show is probably the most fun you will ever have. There will be nudity, there will be classic hits (Elton John) mixed with crazy new jams (Lil Wayne), there will be sweat flying, and there will be girls. Loads of girls. Gillies also understands that music lovers sometimes don’t have much cash to spare, and so allows free downloads of all of his records from online record label Illegal Art. Nice guy!

(Excerpt from www.concreteplayground.com.au)

When: 7pm

Cost: FREE

More Info:  http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=GIRLTALK10&v=NMO&searchId=2ebdc1b6-7c2c-400b-8386-4dd79b7c1b37

Tuesday 26 January

Australia Day at The Rocks

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority presents a truly home-grown Australia Day as more than 70 Australian singers and songwriters belt out 10 hours of free live entertainment in The Rocks.  Party on the lawn to blues and reggae, rock by the harbour, soak up classics on the cobblestones, chill out with waterfront acoustic and folk, bring the kids to their own special sing-a-long and even catch choirs singing in the lanes.

(Excerpt from www.therocks.com)

When: 11am – 9pm

Cost: FREE

More Info:  http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Things_To_Do-The_Rocks_Australia_Day.htm

Wednesday 27 January

Six Characters in Search of an Author

When Luigi Pirandello’s Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore premiered in Rome in 1921, the play introduced the idea that fictional characters could exist beyond their creator, lost out in the world as orphans craving attention. Rupert Goold, artistic director of the British company, Headlong, has re-imagined Pirandello’s tragicomedy for a world besotted with the media.

(Excerpt from www.concreteplayground.com.au)

Where: Seymour Centre, Cleveland St & City Rd, Chippendale

More Info: http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/472/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author.htm

Thursday 28 January

The 7^th Future of Digital Advertising

Hosted by AIMIA and IAB Australia, this event will explore the future of digital for 2010 and into the future.  Speakers include Paul Fisher of the IAB, Pippa Leary from Fairfax Digital, Mark Shaw from Media Smart Sensis, Mac Walker from Hyro, Claudia Sagripanti from GroupM, Clifford Rosenberg from LinkedIn and our very own Creative Director at white, Darwin Tomlinson.

When: 8am – 12pm

Where: Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo

More Info: http://www.aimia.com.au/i-cms?page=6540

Ongoing Exhibition

Artefact H10515

A contemporary sculpture, an interactive installation, an artificial life form and a museum artefact.  “I’m interested in how people respond to it and interact with it,” says Craig Walsh, the resident artist. “Museums usually display static objects and provide a full explanation of it. I am denying information and encouraging interpretation.”

Where: Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo

More Info: http://artefact.powerhousemuseum.com/

Another interesting AR concept. Not sure how well Flash can handle a full-blown 3D car models, but we might be able to do something simpler for… Lexus?

Found an interesting experiment with AR. Definitely can be achieved inFlash 3D and FLARToolkit But the idea of putting it on the back of a cereal box is creative.

Two incredibly inspiring street artists, Blu and David Ellis recently joined forces in a collision of largely improvised motion painting and public installation to create this piece (link below) on the streets of Italy:

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

They battled rain, mosquitoes and bored assistants over the gruelling week it took them to create it. It was created as part of the Fame Festival, Italy, and dubbed a materpiece by festival organisers.

An inspiration for thinking big and creating above and beyond contextual confines…

Friday 15 January

Beck’s Festival Bar w/ Music

Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter Vieux Farka Toure is the son of African music legend, the late Ali Farka Toure.  Drawing on Malian traditions and incorporating his father’s signature desert blues style, Vieux’s ear for the future also sees his music traversing reggae, funk, rock and RnB.

Playing no-frills blues rock, Sydney duo The Mess Hall are renowned for their raw, explosive live performances.

With a sound that is equal parts blues, soul and country, Dan Sultan’s songs showcase his knack for storytelling. DJ Russ Dewbury mixes up the heaviest Afro-soul sounds.

When: 8pm

Cost: $38

More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Music/Vieux-Farka-Toure-The-Mess-Hall-Dan-Sultan/

Saturday 16 January

Circa 1979: Signal to Noise (A day of free talks)

From 1979 to 1985, parish halls, abandoned warehouses and run down apartments rumbled and screeched with new sounds during one of the most creative periods in Australia’s music history.  Avant garde, post-punk, new wave and early electronic styles of music cultivated a thriving underground scene, heard on Sydney-based labels M Squared and Volition. Circa 1979: Signal to Noise is a celebration of this unique and influential period.

(Excerpt from http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/)

Cost: FREE

Where: The Seymour Centre, Cnr City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale

More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Talks/Circa-1979-Signal-to-Noise/

Sunday 17 January

Lynette Wallworth (Sensory Exhibition)

A little too real to be dream-like and a little too dream-like to be familiar, Wallworth’s environments are an exercise in unexpected concentration and unusual exploration, often involving wordless narratives that attempt to emotively fertilize a sense of intimacy and empathy between the moving image and the participants moving body. And although the Wallworth experience is usually no roller coaster ride, it may offer a moment of sensory gratification and some time for healthy reflection.

(Excerpt from http://concreteplayground.com.au/)

Where: CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh

More Info: http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/483/lynette-wallworth.htm

Monday 18 January

Joanna Newsom @ Sydney Opera House (Concert)

“This extraordinary harpist has a glorious, untamed voice and a sheaf of tricky song-poems…conjuring one startlingly vivid image after another.” – The New York Times

After beguiling audiences with her performance with the Sydney Symphony last year , California-based harp virtuoso Joanna Newsom makes a much anticipated return to Sydney Opera House for one Sydney show only.

Cost: $49-75

Where: Sydney Opera House

More Info: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/joanna_newsom_2010.aspx

Tuesday 19 January

Tot Mom

Steven Soderbergh has created Tot Mom – a compelling look into how a crime can come to grip an entire nation through intense media and public attention. Tot Mom seeks to hold up a mirror to our society, raising ethical questions about the way in which such a case is dealt with in the public domain.

(Excerpt from http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/)

Cost: FREE

Where: The Seymour Centre, Cnr City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale

More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Talks/Circa-1979-Signal-to-Noise/

Wednesday 20 January

Where the Wild Things Are @ Moonlight Cinema
as recommended by our very own Siouxzi Mernagh

The highly anticipated adaptation by director Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION) of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s story. When Max, a young boy acting out, is sent to bed without his supper, he creates his own world – a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

(Excerpt from www.moonlight.com.au)

Where: Belvedere Amphitheatre, Centennial Park

More Info: http://www.moonlight.com.au/main.php?location=Sydney

Thursday 21 January

Dark Matters (Dance)

Dark Matters is a haunting portrait of the unknown, a performance that pulls itself apart in an attempt to discover what it’s made of.

When: 8pm

Where: Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay

Cost: $55-$70

More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Dance/Dark-Matters/

Ongoing Exhibition

Seen and Heard (Film Festival)

A free film festival that battles the celluloid ceiling, celebrating the diverse and extraordinary work of women filmmakers and their not-to-be-underestimated diverse and extraordinary audiences. Seen and Heard in 2010, its second year, will follow on from a showcase of questions on class, race, ability/disability, gender and sexuality.

(Excerpt from http://seenandheardfilms.com/)

When: 14 – 17 January

Where: Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville

More Info: http://seenandheardfilms.com/

A testament to how effective this interactive piece is from Intel is whether you feel like touching your computer screen when you’re watching it…

http://www.contagiousmagazine.com/2010/01/intel_1.php

Direct You Tube link:

Intel InfoScape Double HD Touchscreen Internet Experience

Creative Director of Google Creative Labs… Ji Lee on doing your own thing. Watch. Listen. Then go do something
Via: SwissMiss

Not only was he EOTY (employee of the year 2009) he’s also the only person from outside of the creative department to do his own white agency home page... Nice work MB.