Keyword results: New Zealand
Boy
Everyone's had the moment when they realise their dad's not all that. For Luke Skywalker, it was shortly after having his hand cut off on Cloud City; for me it was the day I watched Dad, resplendent in a pair of red Speedos, challenge my cousin to a race across the backyard pool at a barbecue in Wodonga circa 1987.
Unnerved, The New Zealand Project
What:
Unnerved, The New Zealand Project
Where:
GoMA, Stanley Place, South Bank
When:
Until July 4
How much:
Free
Description:
New Zealand is dark, cold and isolated. Thank god, 'cause this environment helps in producing some of the world's most contemporary art. Unnerved takes a really close look contemporary art and cinema coming out of NZ and it's all beached at GoMA. The strange awkwardness of the new generation of New Zealanders is contrasted with the intense history of this island nation.
Event Type: Other
Genre: Art
Location: Inner South
Martin Jetpack
Watching Arnold Schwarzenegger flying to the aid of his son, decked out as Turbo Man with a built in jet pack, in the 1996 Christmas classic Jingle All the Way, was truly a beautiful moment.
While once, only in the movies could that kind of crazy thing happen, now a New Zealand-based company is ready to make it a reality, having been developing a real jetpack for the past thirty years.
The Ruby Suns interview
Ryan McPhun is a musical Krishna; the multi-talented operator behind The Ruby Suns has a new album out on Sub-Pop called Fight Softly. With an almost entirely new sonic palette compared to that of 2008's lush Sea Lion, the Sun's new album represents a trip out into sparse synth land. I spoke to Ryan during my lunch break.
Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox
The history of punk and DIY music is super inspiring, and songwriting is fucking tough.
These are just two reasons why Chris Knox is revered not only in his native New Zealand, but worldwide. In 1979 he formed Tall Dwarfs with Alec Bathgate, helping to pioneer a lo-fi, DIY aesthetic that combined punk's simplicity and disdain for musical virtuosity with home-recording experiments, cryptic lyrics, introspection, and the ultimate rebellion in counter-culture circles - admitting to love pop songs and hooks.
Thumbs Down by Rene Vaile
New Zealand must be good for the photographic genes with the likes of Derek Henderson and Max Doyle. Also of NZ origins, the now Sydney based Mr Rene Vaile has built up a rapid reputation for his thoughtful images. Vaile has shot for amazing publications including Vogue, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Tokion and Mountain Fold.
Lylah
Donning a feathered shoulder pad, an array of differing black fabrics, and legendary Maison Martin Margiela hoof boots, Lylah owner Vivian Westbrook is a sight for sore eyes. Now call me crazy but I think anyone with the name Vivian is pretty darn cool, so along with the hoof boots this lady won me at first glance.
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