Public Pool Series #1
Hello summer! OK, yes it might still officially be spring, but in our high-UV-insanely-hot little city, summer weather certainly feels a little more frequent than a heady three months once a year. Thankfully, FourThousand is proud to present ‘The Public Pool Series' - a list of local places to take a dip in the stick and swelt of the coming months.
2high Festival
Don't you just love it when a festival has it all? Music, visual and performance art, atmosphere, values, no ‘roided up guys with their shirts off... Sounds too good to be true, right? Well it ain't, sista (/brotha)! Backbone Youth Arts and the Powerhouse team up for a celebration of culture and the arts right here in this city we call home - or as some say "a sleepy little, backwards, bogan-packed country town".
PAP SPEARS
PAP SPEARS is a themed exhibition curated by Mariam Arcilla and lovingly features emerging artists Sue Dodd, Mari Hirata, Anthony Lister, Alasdair Macintyre, Daniel Mc Kewen, Sebastian Moody, Archie Moore, David Spooner and Jemima Wyman.
If you're game to make the trip to the Very GC, on this very spooky night, then you'll be in for more than a fright as Karen 19 turns into celebrity-style gala.
Edra Diamond Flap Sofa
Bling, bling, bling... designed by Franceso Binfaré and owned by the likes of Madonna, Naomi Campbell and Kanye West, the Flap Sofa is upholstered in over 750 000 Swarovski crystals fixed onto a highly resistant Kevlar fabric. The sleek shape of the upholstered base has parts that tilt at various angles to become backs and rests for unhindered relaxation positions.
Strike Bowling Bar
Strike is a bowling alley for adults. They've got cocktails and they stay open late. Granted, the ten-pin bowling scene isn't for everyone. I might be slightly biased, because I quite happily chose to celebrate not one, not two, but three of my teen birthdays at bowling alleys (they may have also been costume parties).
A Street Art Exhibition
A night of taggin' on walls, faggin' on ciggies and slappin' on stencils right? Oh no pal, you got the wrong side of the tracks. At Boxcopy's latest group exhibition, A Street Art Exhibition there won't be graff, stencils or stickers - but they remain adamant that it's Street Art, although, after this show you may need to reconsider what Street Art actually is.
Pecha Kucha Night
20 slides, 20 seconds each, 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame.
Founded by Klein Dytham Architects in Tokyo in 2003, Pecha Kucha (Japanese for 'the sound of conversation') came along and answered our prayers; bringing us a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown. Plus, you get to go on stage and talk about yourself and your work.
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