Putting The Drama In Dama
It might sound a little complex, converting a play into a movie and then a television show before bringing it to Australia as a multi-lingual musical… complete with subtitles. But such is the premise of Dama Orchestra’s I Have A Date With Spring, a work which spans three decades of love in a Shanghai nightclub. (more…)
I Can’t Say No To All That Jazz
Perth is spoilt for choice when it comes to big musical productions these coming months.
Chicago has made a home at Burswood Theatre until March 28, Oklahoma! will nestle into His Majesty’s Theatre from March 17 to 20 and… wait for it… Cats are coming to town in April.
Oklahoma! director John Senczuk said he is trying to make Perth a hub for musical theatre and its pool of young talented stars. (more…)
Trend Predictions 2010… Part Two
There’s no need to say too much. With the start of not only a new year but a new decade, fashion is sure to once again reinvent itself. The basic premise is that we borrow from 20 years back (the opposite being in architecture, where we build for 20 years in the future) to inform and influence the present. It’s enough distance to make sense of the good, the bad and the ugly while rediscovering what made that era so exciting, transmuting that zeitgeist into something new, yet slightly nostalgic. (more…)
It’s A Jungle Out There
Dance is a form of interpretation. Through it, we can transform the individual and their place in the environment. Dance has the ability to shift, beguile and communicate in a way that language can’t.
For Martin del Amo, dance is a way for him to explore the relationship between the individual and the place they occupy. His new work, It’s A Jungle Out There, del Amo has created a piece which incorporates dance, movement and spoken text, with collaborator Gail Priest supplying an experimental and electronic sound score, one filled with field recordings. (more…)
Perth Street Art Profiles: Captain Plaknit
Yarn-bombing is not about spinning stories that fail dismally. Rather, it’s a technique of bringing craft skills and aesthetics to the streets, in effect creating graffiti out of thread and wool by using crochet or macramé or some other form of knitting.
It’s a form of street art that would seem more at home in your grandmother’s house but has a huge following in Texas, London and Vancouver. In fact one of the leading practitioners of yarn bombing, WooWork (aka Howie Woo), did a recent installation at Vancouver’s Davie Street Gardens, installing loads of crocheted water droplets, each one with either an amigurumi* cat or dog’s head poking out of it. Apparently it does rain cats and dogs at the Winter Olympics. (more…)
Art Shorts - February
ART SHORTS compiled by scott-patrick mitchell
STORMIN’ LIKE STORMIE
We have some undeniable powerhouses of talent here in Western Australia, a veritable role call of awesomeness across many fields (think Danny Green, Dr Fiona Stanley, John Kinsella etc etc). When it comes to street art, one name is the top of that game: Stormie Mills. This March Stormie returns to LK Galleries in Subiaco with 100 x 150, an exhibition of work which explores the streets of New York. His usual flair for dark and brooding character work is there, yes, but so are yellow cabs, Central Park snack stands, Macy telephones and all manner of Big Apple-isms. Sure to be yet another success. www.lkgalleries.com.au (more…)
Bigger Than Berlyn!
James Berlyn is hitting the stage this summer… and how? After taking out the jury prize at last year’s Putting On An Act, Berlyn is now getting ready with a swathe of shows including appearances at The Blue Room’s Solo Spots and PIAF’s Beck’s Music Box.
‘I’m road testing some ideas for a new one-man-show creative development, supported by DCA, PICA and Blue Room, called The Penwald Project,’ Berlyn says of his upcoming appearance at Blue Room. ‘The piece for Solo Spot is a very early sketch of some of the ideas that are to be explored in a larger piece later in the year, specifically notions of the challenge of learning and skills acquisition and the action of giving up…’ (more…)
Trend Predictions for 2010… part one
Compiled by Scott-Patrick Mitchell
When it comes to trend predictions there are two schools of thought. The first is that there are no trends, simply style. Which, by and large, is true – as a lover of fashion you should use the experience to cultivate a style rather than a look, a philosophy of how to dress rather than a wardrobe which dictates your mood.
The second school of thought is that trends are there to be followed. These are the larger scope of ideas and products being pushed on to the public. They are the shapes and silhouettes that appear on the catwalk, filter down through popular culture and remerge on the streets. (more…)
FotoFreo 2010
FotoFreo takes place in the city of Fremantle this coming March and along with it comes the promise of some truly amazing exhibitions. The likes of Claire Martin’s Slab City landscapes, Carrie Levy’s exploration of male identity and David Dare Parker’s look into the cultural history of Fremantle’s clubs are just some of the photographic delights on offer. (more…)
Gale Warning
When it comes to describing Patrick Gale’s writing, the obvious analogy is food. It even says on the front cover of his latest collection of compelling short stories that the tales within are delicious. Rightly so – the book itself is called Gentleman’s Relish.
It’s a collection that in true Gale form sees the writer hone his skill with all the precision of a beautifully cooked meal. After all, it contains the ingredients of a perfect banquet. There’s love, desire, a dash of obsession and some darker undertones. Yes, here Gale turns his hand to craft some superb ghost stories. (more…)
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