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SNUGABUGINARUG

2010-04-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

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BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY

2010-04-06T17:43:00.000-07:00

Josh Johnston

Previously the Art Director of Tracks, Australia's biggest and most respected surfing magazine, Josh Johnston has returned to Sydney after spending the past 18 months working and traveling throughout the U.K. and Europe.

Whilst in London, he was the Art Editor of Mojo, Q and Kerrang! magazines special editions which included the official program for the 2009 Glastonbury festival. Josh is now going about pursuing his passion for design and creating his own business in the process. When he's not designing you can catch him drawing lines across the wave faces at one of Sydney's Eastern beaches.

Steve Tierney

Design & Illustration

Steve Tierney is an illustrator and designer from Sydney, strongly influenced by urban city culture due to a longtime passion for street skateboarding. Creating thoughtful and often humorous illustrations he works very quickly with sketchbooks and any materials close to hand allowing for unpredictability to occur. Steve finds that the best ideas and solutions tend to come by accident.

He is a member of Illustrators Australia and as well as being published within titles such as Rolling Stone and YEN magazine, solo and group exhibitions of his art and paintings include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tokyo.

Andrew Harrison

Andrew Harrison is an illustrator, graphic and textile designer with six years experience in the industry. During this time he has successfully headed up the men's and boys’ wear division at one of Sydney’s largest textile design studios, there he gained invaluable experience in all areas of the business. The latest challenge has been branching out to the world of freelance design, which he has been doing for the past two years.

Andrew now directly works with a wide range of clients (from big business to boutique) to produce designs to fit into their various projects, collections and ranges. He also sells designs straight from his extensive portfolio, which has a wide range of yardages and placement prints.

e) andrew.handdrew@gmail.com

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2010-03-01T19:11:00.000-08:00

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:
GREEDY HEN, ELKE KRAMER, BIRDS OF TOKYO, LUCINDA SCHREIBER, KEVINA-JO SMITH, BENJA HARNEY, CARA STRICKER, STUDIO 5 YEAH YEAH, CHI CHI COLETTE BLOG, MIKIE INGLIS, CHRISTOPHER SAMUEL, STUDIO 9, TO GET ON THE LIST FOR THE INVITE ONLY VIP PREVIEW NIGHT, THURS 3RD MARCH,JUST JOIN THE MAILING LIST AT BIGFASHIONSALE.

Strike a Pose

2010-02-01T20:21:00.000-08:00

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CHRISMUKKAH

2009-12-01T18:17:00.000-08:00

BJB 2009

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Photography by Cara Stricker
Art Directed by Kevina Jo Smith

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BRIDEZILLA ALBUM LAUNCH 'THE FIRST DANCE'

On Thursday the 10th of December we will be launcing our debut album 'The First Dance' at The Spanish club.
Join us for some olives, a bit of sangria and a night of sweet serenades and symphonies.
Kirin J Callinan will also be gracing us with his musical presence
....other guest(s) to be announced!
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CASTING COUCH @ THE DARLO BAR
OFFICIAL DVD RELEASE FROM PETER SCARFS FILM DEBUT
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STUDIO 1

Kevina-Jo Smith

I have been away from the studio alot!! in the past 2 months.
I have been re-visiting the world of advertising and music videos..... but mostly working with Helen, so very fun times!

Amongst other things, we had a trip to Bilpin, the land of delicious apples to make a promo ad for Music Max and Strongbow Cider. (can you spot Helen?) We bought home apple pies and fresh apple juice for all....

We worked on a Ministry of Sound commercial, directed by Studio 8's Lucinda Shreiber. Which was shot in Studio 9 at BJB.

We worked on a short film as an advertising agency's party invite... which included shooting a 'passed out Marie Antoinette' in the Botanical Gardens... very funny day.

Also I baked this pie to welcome my boy home from a trip....

See you next year with news of a very exciting and entertaining project.

STUDIO 2

Cara Stricker

Bringing upon New Years.. and with that.. my PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE... a new beginning beginning beginning

WWW.CARASTRICKER.COM

There have been some sneaky stories happening.. which will surface as the year unfolds..

Off to Tokyo to get 'lost' for a while over chrissy.. and fall into the powder

And to be revealed this week:
'The Projects' studio photographic gallery, curated by Cara Stricker.
A collection of Jack Bendwani and the Projects events over the past years. An array of lush images amongst corporate collaborations.
A sneak peak of some of the images mounted this Friday.

2010 words - inspiration, nude, music, listening, collaborate,
and ellen von unwerth

STUDIO 5
Yeah Yeah

The boys in studio 5 have this month a new addition.. Studio 4.. Yes, were expanding and taking on the world.
We have been flat out the last month in our studios working on a a massive dirty secret that will be unveiled at the start of 2010.... Be sure to keep your eyes open and ears to the ground come 01/01/10...

We've also printed fashion photographer Harold Davids Uniform World Exhibition, which opened at Penrith Regional Gallery. Another exhibition that was running hot off our printer was from BJB's own Cara Stricker, Dancing On My Bed.

Grants been busily working on a retouching site, due to launch early next year, stay tuned, this will be big! Mr Keats has also been busy retouching for one of Sydneys up and coming fashion photographers, Tanja Bruckner.

Tuffy's been kicking ass making mags, zines, flyers, posters, brands, the works..

Last week saw Chris shooting The Brunettes for Groupie Magazine. Check out the February issue for pics and interviews. After jet setting about the place, hes back in sydney undergoing the film development, scanning and editing process from his recent stint in Vietnam & Hong Kong. His 'Memory' project is also gathering momentum, look out for more info in the new year!

From all of us in Studio 4 & 5, have a good Xmas & make sure you own the dance floor this New Years!

www.grantkeats.com
www.christophersamuel.com.au
www.benjamintuffy.com
www.harolddavid.com
www.tanjabruckner.com
www.groupie.it

STUDIO 6
Greedy Hen

At Greedy Hen we've been busy making a paper diorama for a Josh Pyke music dvd cover.
Nice one!
The diorama was made completely from paper, stick glue, sticky tape, and water colour paint. And the photograph was lit with Katherine's desk lamp.
After the shoot the diorama didn't hold together so well. It now lives smashed to smithereens on our bookshelf, the lighthouse has drooped backwards so that it now rests on the hill side, and the boat has sunk beneath the waves.
This month we've also been arranging a kaleidoscope of budgies and ladies for Domino Records for Animal Collective's Australian tour. Budgies in any context will always be hilarious and awesome.

Greedy Hen also directed, produced, and made some artwork for a film clip for the Washington song 'How To Tame Lions'
Our super talented bestie, photographer Christopher Morris, was the D.O.P.
you can have a look at it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSqgCZWavc

Elke Kramer

For the last 2 months down at E L K E H Q we have been working hard on:

d e l i v e r i n g !
we have finished LOOK TWICE ORIENT SS 09/10 across australia and new zealand.
look out for it in all the best boutiques (listed at www.elkekramer.com)
and of course you can always buy mail order direct! buy@elkekramer.com

s a m p l i n g / s e l l i n g !
LOOK TWICE ATLANTIC, south hemisphere AW10, nth hemisphere SS10, is a new oceanic colourway of new and renewed favourite styles.
we have locked in a line up of fine and far-off international stores including Opening Ceremony (US & Japan), Shop & Trade (Greece), Hervia Bazaar (UK), Noi (Netherlands), Opera APC (Kazakstan!), FEISPACE (China), Siralexanderjohn (US), Henri Bendel (US) and Asos.com
the collection will also be in store in Australia/New Zealand in early 2010.

s h o w c a s i n g!
thanks to the PR wizardry of Golightly PR, we have been blessed with phenomenal editorial of late, from the best magazines across Australia.
we would also like to wish anne a tearful (yet exciting) good bye, as she leaves Golightly, after many years of the best PR we could dream of.

b l o g g i n g!
we have been invited to be part of a brilliant artist streaming / blogging site, the adam&eve projects.
squished between a line-up of wonderful artists and designers such as the kingpins, tracy emin, nick cave, david shrigley and more, its an opportunity to put together glimpses of our world.
http://www.theadamandeveprojects.com/artist/elke_kramer

c o l l a b o r a t i n g!
we were invited by adam&eve projects to collaborate with our pal Rene Vaile on a project with no brief.
the results was 'Friendly Geometries'... a spontaneous and playful shoot, on the dining table of in my new sun-drenched apartment.
check it out at http://www.theadamandeveprojects.com/project/friendly-geometries

s p o t t i n g!
its always fun spotting our jewellery on unexpected people in unexpected places.

we spied singer lisa mitchell, on the red carpet at the arias, looking hot to trot in our coral coloured oversized bracelets, along with some shit hot sexy shoes.

p u b l i s h i n g!
we were approached by Forlaget Vandkunsten K/S, a danish publishing house, requesting to use one of our campaign images on the cover of a new russian novel.
perhaps it was a steamy sordid romantic russki tale.... who knows??!
http://www.forlagetvandkunsten.dk/109155/

c o n t r i b u t i n g!
we were invited to contribute to concrete playgrounds new book, showcasing new local talent, which launches next week.
BJBs very own dashing and rather tall mikie has been laying it out next to us for the last few weeks and its looking pretty great.

* * * * * X M A S P R E S E N T S R U S * * * * *
IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A SPECIAL SOMEONE THEN LOOK NO MORE!!
HERE AT ELKE HQ WE HAVE A HUGE VARIETY OF PERFECT PRESENTS, IN A SPECTRUM OF SIZES, COLOURS, SHAPES AND PRICES.
STARTING AS LOW AS $35!
EMAIL US FOR MAIL ORDER CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS.
buy@elkekramer.com

or visit us here, at the BJB fun-house, and pick out some goodies!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS HAPPY CHANUKAH FABULOUS NEW YEARS

Wild

2009-11-01T04:21:00.000-08:00

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STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker

Weeks of blurry eyes, taking photos to fill stories of dreams, sleeping through my days and living walking through my sleeps...

I've put together an exhibition on this Thursday the 5th November, for others to join me in this state of dancing through the dots. A big photography exhibition (as tall as me on tippi toes) at Sugarmill Stairwell Gallery (more info on invite above) in conjunction with Abosolute Vodka. A music inspired collection, with Murals by Numskull and Roach, and for THE LAUNCH NIGHT ONLY, the whole top floor will also be decked out in prints, with music by Nicky Night Time, Strickmachine, Strace and Holiday Sidewinder.
Come eat, drink, look, listen, as the images walk off the screen.

STUDIO 3
Trischelle Roberts
Vivian Huynh

This month jumped off for us with This Is Not Art. We bathed in the sights and sounds, and returned with new knowledge, field recordings and bikes. Thank you, TINA, for being amazing once more.

Best performance of October, however, goes to Kirin J. Callinan. His live album recording at the Russian Coachmen was an incredible night. Truly, truly beautiful music. (The food was also good, and much easier to photograph.) Kirin has a zillion dates coming up over the next month, so I'd advise that you see him as many times as humanly possible.
Aside from this excitement, the last month has meant lots of mixing (for the secret recording project previewed last month) and making a couple of aesthetic adjustments to our instruments.

November: a quick welcome home to Vivian before No Art hit the garage for some real, serious recording with Frey Lindsay and Ivan Vizintin, of Ghoul fame. We're also playing a show or two in between, details here.

STUDIO 8
Lucinda Schreiber

No update from me last month as I was over in the US... LA, New York, Portland... dream holiday! This month I've been kept busy directing a TVC for 'Ministry of Sound'. The shoot was a whole lot of fun and incorporated dancing, animation and UV lights and was shot on site in Studio 9. Kevina took some great behind the scenes photos which will be posted next blog update. In the meanwhile, here are some random snaps from my travels...

STUDIO 9
The Twelfth Letter SS09

The Twelfth Letter SS09 from michael Tyson

DICTIONARY

Here: Where the wild things are.

Shuffling

2009-09-30T03:03:00.000-07:00

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11th Golden Eye Awards 21 October 2009The UTS Golden Eye Awards 2009 will be held this year on the night of Wednesday 21st of October. This multi award winning and prize-giving event is a festival celebrating some of the best work from Media Arts and Production students in the past two years. Fantastic prizes which will contribute to the continued creative production of the students are awarded to the winners. This will be the 11th time we have held this biennial event in the past 20 years.

STUDIO 1
Kevina-Jo Smith
The past month was about windows for me..

1st for Mrs. Press Dressing Room in Darlinghurst.
I used fabric scraps from her most current collection to create a little world in the window.
Photography Cara Stricker ....a body of water with water reeds and water birds for the pieces from the collection to float above.
2nd for Belinda MLC in the city, with the Dries Van Noten Fall 2009 collection.
Photography Cara Stricker
Thank-you to Christopher Samuel and Grant Keats from Studio 5 Yeah Yeah!!! for helping me with photography and graphic design. Chris photographed pieces I chose with bold prints from the collection and Grant helped me compile everything ready for the printer.

Both were extremely hard to photograph due to serious reflection issues and lack of time... but thank-you to Cara for following me around with her camera.

STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker

I WISHED so hard that if i held my eye lids closed for long enough, that i would just click my heels and end up at new york fashion week.

and then i woke up.. and HERE are the shots from backstage, front house, and every upsidedown.

cara-kicia.blogspot.com

P.S. Dark Side of the Sunny Moon, has been selected as is part of the official selection for the Golden Eye Awards, opening on the 21st Oct.

STUDIO 3
Trischelle Roberts
Vivian Huynh

No Art have been running wild over the last month, with more shows and a recording for ABC radio.

First up, the show at MUM. Ghoul were amazing as always, and In The Dollhouse get a special mention for their breed of discontent. This photo shows you nothing, but at least our dream-web and gear look pretty sitting alongside the silver kit.
Even Books #10 was a whole different kettle of fish. Thanks to Angela for having us - we loved every second of it.
More stunning images of the evening from Will Reichelt.

Supper Club with Jack Cowell and the Owls:
Again, this photo is not indicative, but we liked the velvet curtain.

Our recording at ABC is still a little bit of a secret, sorry. Here's some behind-the-scenes shots to tide you over until we break the news.
September involves New York, a small Irish village and London-town adventures for Vivian; while Trish and Charles will journey forward right here. We're also introducing some art into Uncharted, so vote if you like it.

STUDIO 5
Yeah Yeah

Ben, Grant & Chris in Melbourne..
www.studio5yeahyeah.com

STUDIO 7
Benja Harney

Just three images from me in Studio 7 this month.
Firstly some sneak peak images of my upcoming Incu show. Incu are redesigning their store in Paddington and having a new Topman shop above all the way from London!! whoo!!
They have asked me to install some of my paper art in the new store, so I am working with an Best of British theme. Below is a British Post Box and the Crown Jewels. Big Ben, HIgh Tea and Baked beans to come! Stay tuned =)

Also a small snap of 5 paper cities that I made for a Harpers Bazaar jewellery shoot which was fun....
Tight deadline as always, but I love these little jobs you do that are quick and enjoyable.
Can you name the cities?

That red dust storm got everywhere through me paper stuff which is a bit of a bummer...
Im currently working on some paper wings for an upcoming installation... Exciting!
See you there
Benj

STUDIO 9
'Sascha's magic faraway tree suprise 21st'

Goodbye and goodluck to Amelia, she is leaving BJB for a writers residency in Japan and Goodbye and Goodluck to Helen, who has just moved into a new extremely inspiring apartment. We will miss you both. xx.

DICTIONARY

Shuffle: To move people or things around so as to occupy different positions or be in a different order..

Starting fresh in Spring

2009-08-30T18:22:00.000-07:00

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THE BIG FASHION SALE is the culmination of the creative vision of jewellery designer Elke Kramer and the fashion know how of designer and consultant Kate Hurst.

Started in the summer of 2007 as a way for the girls and their designer friends to move their samples and excess stock, the sales have quickly grown to become the coolest fashion fanatics most anticipated event!

THE BIG FASHION SALE offers shoppers exclusive access to some of Australia’s leading designer collections with great discounts of up to 80% off retail.

Featuring a rotating list of exclusive Australian labels such as…

ARNSDORF · MARNIE SKILLINGS · ELLERY · DRESS UP · NATHAN SMITH · RITTENHOUSE · COHEN ET SABINE · MAISE ·ELKE KRAMER · SHAKUHACHI · SHONA JOY AND MANY MANY MORE

This event is a unique sale experience that no bargain hunting fashionista should miss!

The 4th installation of this popular event looks to be bigger and better than ever. Held in the newly established Surry Hills creative mecca of BJB studios (Brethren Just Below), this BIG FASHION SALE will once again feature a premium selection of Australia’s most exciting fashion talent.

With more designers than ever, an exciting new location and sweet treats on sale to complete this retail experience, THE BIG FASHION SALE is THE sale event not to be missed!

SALE DATES

VIP OPENING THURSDAY 10TH SEPT : 5PM-9PM

FRIDAY SEPT 11TH – SUNDAY 13TH SEPT: 10AM-6PM

VENUE

BJB STUDIOS

259 RILEY ST, SURRY HILLS, (CNR RESERVOIR ST)

WEBSITE

www.bigfashionsale.com.au

CONTACT

KATE - 0404 186 833 ELKE - 0403 936 008

info@bigfashionsale.com.au

STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker

An insightful eye into the inspiring mind, this month I have been flying between New York and the Caribbean, to let go of the world and find it again.
If those of you who missed out on seeing Dark Side of the Sunny Moon at the Warflower exhibition, it has been requested to screen at the Sydney International Animation Festival at the beginning of this month, Sunday 6th September. In conjunction with the festival, my lightbox etchings will be exhibited from the 5th Sept, for 3 weeks. Info and Tickets here
Dark Side of the Sunny Moon has also been nominated for Director of Best Short Film Award in the flEXiff Film Festival during September 25, 26, 27, 2009. For more Information click here
Film still from Dark Side...

STUDIO 3
Trischelle Roberts
Vivian Huynh

No Art have been busy like crazy, with new songs, shows, CDs, a photoshoot and general merriment. We've even remembered to collect evidence. (Just don't expect this every month.)

Our show with friends Ghoul and the Spheres at Dirty Shirlows was a little bit amazing. We love you!
But possibly even more, this dog loved Charles and his pizza.
This night was also the debut of our amazing new creature web, courtesy of brilliant artist/BJB creator Kevina-Jo Smith. Could that red velvet and pot plant be more perfect? Talk about a stage...Our show at Spectrum was also an excellent evening. Sadly, technical issues prevented Karoshi from playing, but we promise to join forces with him again soon... As for the other two crews, we can't decide who won: I Like Cats with their hilarity vs. cinematic brilliance, or Indian Ocean with their sneaky debut and the best African mix tape DJ set one is ever likely to hear. Here's some epic photos of us 'doing it'.
Kevina outdid herself, decorating the stage with odds and ends from all corners of her magical studio, as well as creating legs for us and amoeba-like CD art (even if these didn't stay up on the wall for long).
Kevina and Jefske also worked hard this month to transport us to the fifth dimension. Thank you both, you are the most amazing artist friends ever! Here's a peek.
Thank you x one billion to everyone who came to shows, got drunk and yelled things out. Come back and do it again sometime. For your efforts, one final treat: a mix. Download here.

More to come next month and forever. Watch out.

STUDIO 6
Greedy Hen

At Greedy Hen we've been manically drawing and cutting paper to make a giant mountain of mess on Katherine's desk ...and to coincide with the chaos we're also using the cuttings to make an elaborately animated music film clip for one of our most favourite bands The Middle East. We're seriously obsessed with them.
Greedy Hen are also currently having an art exhibition in Brisbane, which can be gazed upon until september 5th at Metro Arts Gallery, and at The Power House Museum where we're showing some limited edition sets of hand painted crockery for Design Week.
"May put you off your food" -ABC News, describing our retardo Hairy Man Chest crockery.
We were also guest speakers at The Powerhouse Museum last week to coincide with this event. yay public speaking! ....Eerrrr.

Elke Kramer

So, The big Fashion Sale will be happening at BJB Studios mid september, so come and check it out! For more info go to www.bigfashionsale.com.au

Spring is on the way, and so we are looking at flora and fauna inspiration for our new Australian Winter 2010 collection. So many wondrous plants to look at, some of our favourites are pictured below. Elke Jewelry is currently working on new designs of which will be unveiled by end september. stay tuned....!

STUDIO 9
No Art shoot, behind the scenes
Photographed by Kevina on iphone.

Photography by Jefske

Sneak peak...

DICTIONARY

Studio: Bring the outside in.

Everyone Thinks its Spring

2009-07-27T23:27:00.000-07:00

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In The Studios

STUDIO 1
Kevina-Jo Smith

Thank-You to everyone that came to my opening at Black and Blue Gallery last month (especially those who braved the stairs AGAIN after the fire brigade left???)
I was late, missed all the drama, and unfortunately most people who came. Special thank-you to Emma, Sean and Oni-Ray who travelled from Melbourne. And the ever supportive crew from BJB. And Daniel.

Thank-you to Christopher Samuel, who i enlisted to document the exhibition.. here is a snippet..
Photography by Christopher Samuel

Christopher Samuel also shot the costumes. Thank-you to Lucinda Schreiber and Grace Atkinson who modeled superbly for me. And Thank-you to Desiree for coming along after a hard day at work to do hair and make-up for the shoot.
Photography by Christopher Samuel

I took this photo on my iphone whilst building a fabric and paper garden in a shop window... very romantic in the end.Also... i just had to share this photo of Milly scoffing down herbs that Daniel grew at home. Supercute!!!

STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker

Off amongst a month of dream like fantasies.

It begun with a shoot with Bridezilla.... an open ended plan to visit 'everything'
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you'll be seeing more of this collection to come in dear time.

Working on a couple of exhibitions in the following month which will trail all things eyed... as well as an acid warped fashion ad.....

Ive spent most of my real time skipping around all weekend at Splendour in the Grass, busting out pixi reincarnated feathered headpieces, spotting their family of Warflower friends around the festival. NOW preparing the freedom venture to New York and PANAMA for a month, jetting off in a week.
(Below: The Flaming Lips)
I have also just begun shooting for KLUSTER MAGAZINE, so the documentation of festival fantasia shall triple over the next couple months.

The beginning of many new ventures, comes my new curation of short films screened fortnightly, before a feature, at the Darlo Bar on Tuesday nights.... This starts on 11th August, so make sure you come down and check it out. Send along your application or inquiry for the night to moi,
carastricker@gmail.com...

Lastly but not least, Dark Side of the Sunny Moon, has chosen to be part of:

- Sydney Internation Animation Festival, where i will also be exhibiting a collection of work for 3 weeks of September in conjunction with a screening of the film

as well as.

- FLEXIFF 2009 Film Festival, in the catagory Best Short Film Award, chosen from 300 films from 40 countries. The Festival will screen during September 25, 26, 27

LUB LUB XoX

STUDIO 3
Trischelle Roberts

Pilgrimage to the lighthouse/sun.

Holding Lost Valentinos coins to the light...

And burying the treasure for others to find (hopefully before the tide rises again).

More No Art shows again this month, (top)

STUDIO 5

www.studio5yeahyeah.com

YEAH YEAH
So its been yet another busy month in the YEAH YEAH Studio.. Even the promise of sunshine outside cant tame the boys!

YEAH YEAH will be on the road shortly, hitting Melbourne to find the best bagels, coffee and tram rides to accompany the search for ideas, peeps and creative juice. If your around and fancy a meet up for like minded activities, email us hello@studio5yeahyeah.com

YEAH YEAH is currently throwing open its door casting for an upcoming project. If your interested in fame, money, travel and late nights, social & spacial awareness, the impact of the media in your life, then we want YOU. All these things plus your wildest dreams could come true simply by being a part of the beautiful life that is.. YEAH YEAH... hello@studio5yeahyeah.com

Theres been a little bit-o-talk recently about finding oursleves an intern/office junior/mac rat/rad dude/dudet to help out around the studio, on our projects and shoots.

So, if you are in possession of digital skills, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Web Design etc, or if your in possession of a passion for learning, have patience and perserverance, then, we would like to hear from you. The lucky candidate will receive fame, money, travel and late nights, social & spacial awareness, and amongst all else, a limited edition YEAH YEAH pyjama and coffee mug set, courtesy of the artist.
hello@studio5yeahyeah.com

Christopher Samuel

Christopher has busy preparing his entry into SOYA this week, its going to be tight deadline wise, though the big edit job has begun...

Hes also just finished up a week of on set digital production for an upcoming TVC, directed by Prodigy Films's Dael Oates & Peter Eastgate DOP. Keep your eyes peeled for something beautiful to hit the screens shortly.

Mr Samuel has also recently completed a photograph for a Sydney Project thats in progress at the moment. Unfortuneatley details are kinda secret, though youll be sure to find out when the time is right.. You have been warned!

Lastly, in conjunction with Groupie Magazine, Chris is a part Mentor/part Judge of the Olympus Pen Camera competition. Check out the details here. http://pagesonline.it/olympus.php

Benjamin Tuffy

The past 4-6 weeks has been quite simply, fun. Though it has been sad not being around the office of BJB full time, it’s been rad catching up with old colleagues and friends and in many ways reliving my youth, here’s how the super tour through June and July has played out…

Through most of June and into the early weeks of July, I was remembering the golden times of early morning fruit loop cereal sessions in front of the TV set for a another dose for Agros cartoon connection, these and many other childhood memories alike being triggered as I Art Directed the launch of a Mr. Men, Little Miss Magazine for the ABC. The first one of it’s kind over it’s 30 year history, set to hit the shelves on the 18th August, the publication has been been a huge success in its development. It has been an honor to be working with Roger Hardgrave’s original work, characters and vision.

The next step down memory lane had my mind jumping tree’s and trails mountain biking through the national park in the south of Sydney in my teenage year’s, as I designed pages for the absent Art director on Australian Mountain Bike Magazine. This was somewhat more nostalgic considering AMB was where my time in publishing design began many years ago.

Full steam into July, I spent the month re-living my late teens and early twenties again, with the lads on Australia’s leading men’s magazine, ZOO Weekly. Ticking all the boxes in a blokes ‘ideal’ world, that magazine has it all, and you just wouldn’t believe what people are sending into magazines these day! Back again this week I’ll be finding myself over at ACP for a week pulling a few features together on Rolling Stone Magazine for the MIA Art Director that’s yet to find his way back from Splendor in the Grass.

Through August I’ll be working on a SuperX program for the up coming Australian SuperX series www.superx.com.au and then heading to Vietnam and Bali for a bit of văn hóa, thức ăn và uống rượu for the month of September.

Grant Keats

On the Retouching front, the last month has seen work come through the studio for fashion mag Elle, a catalogue for a hugenormous scandinavian clothing label RiccoVero, and I also helped out the one and only Ben Tuffy of Studio 5 Yeah Yeah fame with the ever impresisonable Mr Men magazine.

I have been spending some late nights and quality ink time with our spectacular poster printer. Canvas prints have been the flavour of the month, and we can now stretch, staple and varnish these things like you wouldn't believe.
We also produced some gorgeous A0 size prints for the lovely Elke Kramer and some other glorious prints that no doubt are being admired by zillions all over the globe.

And finally I have tracked down a product that I have been searching for years on end, I cant say much about it though stay excited because it will in all its glory change the world as we know it and form a creative wonderland for all to play!

STUDIO 6
Greedy Hen

Greedy Hen have just finished some artwork for a Washington record. It's Meg Washington being a lion.
If you're up Brisbane way, Greedy Hen are having an art exhibition with Dylan Martorell and Nathan Gray titled "cloudy muddy messy mucky crystal clear", at Metro Art from August 18th – September 8th 2009.
Also in August you can check out some of our hairy man chests painted onto a set of limited edition crockery at The Power House Museum for Design Week.
But the thing we're most excited about are some total sights for sore eyes music video clips we're currently making for bands The Middle East and Washington, coming out in a matter of months.

Elke Kramer

WE ARE DELIVERING NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER 09.

For this new collection elke has picked up new world renowned stockists Colette in Paris and Opening Ceremony stores in New York, LA and japan..... very exciting!

This is a sneak peak of some of the styles, which australia will be seeing later in the year in new and summery colours for delivery in september 09 for our summer season
Elke has also been working on a project for the POWERHOUSE MUSEUM Eat Green Design (EGD) which is part of design week.

This was a project that involved various young artist's who had to design and assemble their own unique dinner set.
pictures are below of the work in progress, where decals had to be placed onto the dinner sets and then would be sent for firing which would then reveal the true colour of the design.

STUDIO 7
Benja Harney

Well i havent been round much of late.
i seem to find working at the studio in winter a challenge!

Here is some images of the paper food i made for women's health magazine _august issue.
it all turned out really well - it was something new for me - to create those shaped volumes out of paper - and i learnt a bit more about constructing with it after i had finished this.
chocolate was probably most fiddly to make and i like baked beans and sardines, steak and cheese the best.

inside out featured me on their blog which was kool.
here

i also joined this interesting online community behance which is a creative network of images and design
there is some incredible work on showcase here - so much talent and inspiration out there on the interweb.
here is the site
http://www.behance.net/
and me!
http://www.behance.net/paperform

and check this russian paper art out!
it's totally hot
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Paper-sculpture/265351

i found this blog too - it had me hooked!
jjjjound
everyone should check it out - there are some poetic images on this site with no words.
some chap in quebec i think, who seems to have a interesting grab on the current design aesthetic that is seeping into everyones work

see you round soon!
benj

STUDIO 8
Lucinda Schreiber

Following on from its previous successes, "Autumn Story", the Firekites music video co-directed by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg recently screened at the prestigious annual TED conference in Oxford.
It will also be screening online for the month of August as part of the fourth annual "Portable Film Festival". You can watch the festival here: http://www.portablefilmfestival.com
And vote for it here: http://www.portablefilmfestival.com/register.php
"Autumn Story" is also eligible for the 2009 IF awards. Please log on to www.ifawards.com and rate the video... seriously we will love you forever!

In other news, "The Goat That Ate Time", a short film written, directed, animated and produced by Lucinda Schreiber will be screening at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC this fall. If you are not able to make that screening it will also be playing closer to home at the Darlo Bar (306 Liverpool Street, Darlingurst) on Tuesday, 25th August as a short before "Coming to America".

Kate Jinx

I've been keeping Helen's desk warm in Studio 8 this month, carving out a little space from which I haven't had much chance to move from. I spent July in a little haze of deadlines and coffee runs and coffee meetings (Single Origin is so close!).

Working right now on the new identity for Sound Summit, a music conference and performance festival that sits within the This Is Not Art umbrella. I'm really looking forward to it, some amazing bands both local and international are involved such as Ducktails and the Vivian Girls. The panels organised so far are looking mighty interesting too. An exciting project to take on, and an opportunity to work with people who really care about fostering local talent.

I've also taken some work doing graphic projects for a children's interior designer, erecting a tree out of vintage wallpaper and putting together some personalised wall hangings for their harbour home (no, no, not jealous at all!). And when I'm not making images, I'm writing all the live-long day, working on a big new publishing project which must remain a secret for now but let's just say it involves revisiting many of my favourite films...

STUDIO 9
BJB MARKETS
Photos by Amelia Groom

Preparation for SIBERIAN NIGHTS tent hosted by MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS at SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS

BIG Thanks from the Juggers xxxxxx

DICTIONARY

Splendour: Mushrooms, Acid, Rainbows, Tee-Pees, Mud, Red, Love, Flying, Sunshine, Woodstock, Nude, Hairy, Smiles, Blur, Fish Mongers, Poncho.

Warm Apple Pie

2009-06-29T19:11:00.000-07:00

Whats on this month
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In The Studios

STUDIO 1
Kevina-Jo Smith

This is a carving/drawing/collage on clayboard, from my recent solo exhibition 'Stay Close and I Will Never Fail You' at Black & Blue gallery, it has now been donated to the FBI Still...Life Fundraising Exhibition at the MCA. (see invite above)

Title : Dream Tree no. 2

detail (Dream Tree no. 2)
I have also been making fabric flowers to create a fabric garden in the window of a new store in Darlinghurst... photos next month.

STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker
Sunny Skies reminds me of the autumn that was and the spring that is soon to be...

Working out at Stage One in Lane Cove this month. An amazing space, , where the post production of Baz's Australia was created.....

It is here where I have been illustrating away at the 5 minute frame-by-frame animation sequence for the film The Waiting City, directed by Claire McCarthy, starring Radha Mitchell and Joel Edgerton, produced by Jamie Hilton. Hopscotch Films will be releasing the film in cinemas early next year.

One of the cinema size rooms where the sound mixing for the big screen is created.

Finished off the rest of the Van She shots.... with a lil david lynch kiss to the Varsity blue feel of things.....
see more here

And to top it off holding a stall at the BJB markets this Saturday, where a couple Warflower pieces will be up for grabs. xxxxxx

STUDIO 4
Amelia Groom

This month I started Big In Japan an online archive of Japanese art, fashion, film, architecture, music and design. From the start of August I will be relocating to Tokyo for a six-week writer’s residency.

I am also editing a new online cultural guide to Sydney called Concrete Playground which is launching mid-July (stay tuned).

I am currently busy with our indoor market elves getting ready for Saturday. There is going to be lots of new and used treasure for all, do come along.

STUDIO 5

www.studio5yeahyeah.com

Grant Keats
Chris Samuel
Benjamin Tuffy

Loads of activity around the halls of BJB this month. The new Michaella has settled into her working space in Studio 5. Though she may not say much.... she seems to be enjoying herself with the attention she has been receiving. See below for some sneaky shots of her work this month.

Benja Harney's AMAZING Harpers Bazaar pop-up book rolls off the printer.

The crafty work of Grant Keats. Family portrait with the young boy added to the image. Printed on Michaella's Fredrix Artist Canvas and stretch to a frame.

Other work from the yeah team:

It's been a month of Publishing, catalogues and buyers guides for Tuffy this time around.

Norwegian landscapes. Photo & re touch - Grant Keats.

Christopher Samuel on the lens at the Black&Blue gallery documenting Kevina-Jo Smith's solo exhibition - STAY CLOSE I WILL NEVER FAIL YOU.

Studio down time... yeah, yeah!!

STUDIO 6
Greedy Hen

Greedy Hen have been asked to DJ at the Throw Shapes relaunch as a blog night at World Bar, Wednesday July 1st.
We'll be merging with We Buy Your Kid's to form a mega super DJ team of extreme clashing musical tastes and Artistic glory.
We imagine WBYKs v's Greedy Hen will sound like the clashing of Nordic Dark Magical Beard Metal v's Footrot Flats soundtrack.
so basically it'll be equal portions horrible / fantastic, possibly even brilliant.

Also playing that night is our favourite calamity jam band Megastick Fanfare!

At Greedy Hen we like FBI Radio a whole lot, their musical musings make us feel all warm on the inside.
so to help them continue to spread the love and stay on air, we'll be exhibiting work in a charity Art auction at the Museum Of Contemporary Art, July 3rd,
with some of our favourite creative contemporaries including the likes of....
KRIS MOYES, THE KINGPINS, MS & MR, TARA MARYNOWSKY, WEBUYYOURKIDS, ELKE KRAMER, JAMES HANCOCK, SAMUEL HODGE, MARK DREW, and a whole lot of other rad artists we dig immensely.
all Art will be auctioned off at the MCA and online.
All proceeds go to keeping FBi Radio on-air.
RSVP: still-life@fbiradio.com

Elke Kramer
ANOTHER MONTH!

- We shot our campaign for LOOK TWICE, our new amazing SS 09/10 jewellery collection, in the big BJB studio 9.
It was a rather late night with lots of Peroni and outfit changes, but the results were a roaring success.
Here are some preview images and some behind the scene shots.

- I have been invited to participate in the 'remaking of crockery for Eat Green Design', an experimental design/cafe project run by the Powerhouse Museum for their Sydney Design Festival. The amazing Greedy Hen girls are also involved and we are busy coming up with designs for the crockery to be used by the temporary customized restaurant.
it runs from the 1st - 16th August, and you can eat off our plates, enjoy the space and listen to talks by environmental innovators and designers
www.eatgreendesign.com www.sydneydesign.com.au.

- I have also been invited to be part of CLOUD19, an exhibition that will be part of Melbourne's 'The State of Design Festival', on the 15 - 25 July, at the Preston School of Industry. Opening night is Friday the 15th of July for anyone in Melbourne.
The exhibition follows a ‘not one style religion’ manifesto, a place where no specific style is set but a collaboration of different styles and forms. Its idea is to create an unexpected visual landscape of design pieces, to promote the ultimate state of happiness.
www.cloud19.com.au www.stateofdesign.com.au

- Off to Bali again! I will be working on production development for LOOK TWICE, beginning to design and sample next AW10 collection for both hemispheres and also to ride motorbikes besides glowing rice fields and swim in the ocean under an apricot sunset.

STUDIO 9
Nick Coppins

"Colour holds a special place in our collective consciousness. Different colours signify different things for each of us and when we see colour around us many factors affect how we interpret it, including cultural and personal preference. the presence or absence of colour in our daily dressing conveys something about us, something we might be choosing to communicate through our choice of colour or lack of colour. colour therapy is a series of photographic explorations through high intensity colour worn in ways that we don't often see around us and how this might inform the reality of our daily environment."

DICTIONARY

BCC: Blind copy carbon, a copy of an email sent to someone whose name and address isn't visible to other recipients.

Winter Working Wonderland

2009-05-28T22:15:00.000-07:00

Whats on This Month:

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In The Studios

STUDIO 1
Kevina-Jo Smith

knitting, weaving, braiding, knotting, drawing, painting, carving, machine sewing and hand sewing.

fabric, wool, wood, string, clay-board, paper, leather, paint, ink, metal, beads, seed pods, shells, feathers, dried plants.

come to black and blue gallery on Friday 12th June. you will see what i have been busy with.....

STUDIO 2

Cara Stricker

Wallflower By Warflower exhibition launched Thursday night to a hazy room of projections, fantasies, feathers, mirroring dreams, wolfs, sounds by angels and little green fairies. The exhibition is open for another 2 weeks so if you would like to purchase pieces, email me (cara@carastricker.com) to let me know when your coming. I should be around from 12 - 5 every day (apart from sunday).

Watch a sneak video/article from the show HERE

Check out some photos from the night down below in Studio 9 photographs.

Otherwise what can a little fairy get up to in a busy week:

Shooting Vanshe Press shots for their new album Ze Vemixes

STUDIO 3

Trischelle Roberts

Things I have involved myself with, in between writing words and music, include:

- Japanese cooking

- Tellus #23: The Voices of Paul Bowles

- Illustrations of Australian native flora

- Jaguar basses, in various colours

- Rereading Heart of Darkness

- Expensive phone calls to Barcelona

More shows and new frontiers next month.

Vivian Huynh

I have been spending my time:

Buying a new guitar.It’s a shiny black on black Fender M.I.J. ’72 Tele reissue. It sounds very nice.

Quitting jobs, starting jobs. I stopped writing the Brag music news, after 4 odd years. I started working on SOYA, reviewing books for Time Out, and drinking more coffee.

Going to parent teacher interviews. I had to step up in place of my scratchy English parents, for my 14 year old brother. I found out he gets nervous when giving Tech presentations, and made one silly mistake in a maths exam.

Getting a new pen. It’s green Uniball Vision RT 0.8. It writes like a dream. I already have it in red.

STUDIO 5

Benjamin Tuffy

Grant Keats

Christopher Samuel

NUMBER FIVE IS ALIVE

This month sees the boys in studio5 come together as a collective group running under the name of Studio5 yeah yeah! With the gorgeous Michaella Solar-March moving onto her dream job at SPUNK Records, we struggled to find HUMAN replacement worthy to fill the vacant spot, so to fill the emptiness we invested in a large format Poster & Fine Art printer, and in respected memory called it Michaella.

YEAH YEAH?

Yeah thats right, Studio5 yeah yeah! will run as a digital & print media studio. Offering custom format printing, photography, high-end re touching, graphic/publishing design and Art direction.

Check our website www.studio5yeahyeah.com for all printing prices, paper stock and details, but be sure to check back on the 8th June for our complete site.

Other work from the yeah team:

Benjamin Tuffy

benjamintuffy@gmail.com

tuffydesign.com (site under construction)

0438 881 550

Grant Keats

grantkeats@gmail.com

grantkeats.com

0410602813

STUDIO 6

Elke Kramer

THE BIG FASHION SALE IS BACK!

Australia’s best young designers, all under one roof, at amazingly discounted prices.

Brands include Ellery, Nathan Smith, Rittenhouse, Gary Bigeni, Cohen and Sabine,

Kate Hurst, Shakuhatchi, Jessie Hill, Michelle Robinson and Elke jewellery.

on Fri 5th - Sun 7th of May, from 10am - 6pm, at China Heights Gallery, Crown St, Darlinghurst.

Designer clothes & jewellery at up to 75% off retail prices.

New stock delivered daily.

~~~~~~~~~~~

A sneak peak at my new SS 09/10 collection - LOOK TWICE!

Greedyhen

We'll be showing at the MCA soon
more info is here

also...
Greedy Hen made a music film clip for Josh Pyke's "Lighthouse Song" a while back
and it's now nominated for a 2009 Inside Film Award
you can vote for it here

and watch it here

x Katherine & Kate

STUDIO 7

Benja Harney

This was a bespoke one off pop-up book I made for Harpers Bazaar Australia. It was two weeks of solid work with a very tight deadline. It almost killed me, but the result was perfect and I was over the moon with it. I pulled an all nighter to meet the deadline. It was kool to spend the night working away with Kevina pottering outside my door. It made me feel more at home in the studio to work for 12 hours straight here. This project felt like the next step up the ladder in terms of my paper engineering skills and I was so proud when it was completed. Harpers were very impressed with the result and the whole office even gave me a round of applause!

Here is a movie of the pop up in action.

STUDIO 8

Helen Fitzgerald

A teepee from me this month. Made from $2 shop bath mats, my current obsession.

Also, the beginnings of a porcelain light piece that I'm making by soaking material in porcelain slip. Very crafty.

STUDIO 9

Wallflower by Warflower Exhibition

Photographs by Emilie Sullivan, Byron Spencer & Reef Gaha

THANKYOU FOR SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER. IT WAS A ROARING SUCCESS.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

EVERYONE AT BJB WANTS TO CONGRATULATE LUCINDA FROM STUDIO 8, WHO EARLIER THIS WEEK VENTURED TO MELBOURNE FOR THE ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL, AND WAS AWARDED BEST ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO AND AUDIENCE FAVOURITE AWARD.

DICTIONARY

Brisk: Cold but fresh and enlivening.

Swinging around the Maypole

2009-05-06T22:02:00.000-07:00

Whats on this month
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In The Studios

STUDIO 1
Kevina-Jo Smith

The Canopy is growing.....
slow down May.

STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker

Fast clicks of a camera squashed into a website, squished into headpieces

For the best part of this year, 3 things have played ring-a-rosy around my brain,
A mixed media exhibition involving jewelery fabricating out of a wolf falling into a puddle turning into a boy stuck on the moon film.
Turn ideas into flash into a world that you can click about.
Moments caught in photographs.

The exhibition is here, WALLFLOWER by WARFLOWER on the 28th MAY at BJB studios. Bridezilla are performing on the night, wearing customised headpieces, with new material from their upcoming album. A soiree of song singing angels...... They will play amongst the inside of a fantasy driven world with 50 unique headpieces exhibited.

The WEBSITE has finally launched at www.carastricker.com, where you can see each individual piece in the range.

AND moment filled photographs of mayhem from fashion week here

Photographer Cara Stricker, Model Amelia Groom, M/u Cheryl Tang

STUDIO 3

Trischelle Roberts & Vivian Huynh

STUDIO 4
Amelia Groom

Last month the best days were the Tuesdays, on those days I went to a lecture with my mother in the morning and we usually ate some description of cake after. I recently wrote feature articles for current and upcoming issues of Art Monthly Australia, Un Magazine, Yen, Stop Drop and Roll, SummerWinter and the AGNSW’s Look Magazine, and now I'm making stockings.

STUDIO 6

Grant Keats

Here are some images I've retouched for Garnier, Morten Qvale Photography, and a few new logo designs for local clients.

STUDIO 9

Firekites - AUTUMN STORY - Chalk animated music video directed by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg.

Taking 6 months from start to finish the Firekites music video shot in Studio 9 for the single ‘Autumn Story’ was finally completed and launched at BJB last Tuesday. Co-directed by Yanni Kronenberg and Studio 8 resident Lucinda Schreiber the project comprises of close to 2000 individual chalk images that were shot using the stills function of an HD video camera. Aside from being blogged by Creative Review http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/an-autumn-story-in-chalk/ and Kanye West http://tiny.cc/0OC37 in the same day it was recently made ‘Indie Clip of the Week’ on Rage and will screen next month at St Kilda Film Festival.

http://www.myspace.com/firekites

http://www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au/

BJB wants to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to Kate Mitchell from studio 6... earlier this month she graduated. She now has her Masters in Fine Arts. amazing.

DICTIONARY

Time Travel: When one assumes it is one date when in fact it is another. The week may disappear and one may find oneself half way through the year.

BJB FUNDRAISER exclusive

2009-04-28T17:55:00.000-07:00

www.tooheysextradry.com.au
Click images to enlarge

We wish to say a special thanks to the following people, without whom the success of the night would not have been possible. Thank-you thank-you thank-you!

Amelia Groom
Ashley Chang

Adam Poy
Benjamin Tuffy
Brock Fitzgerald
Cara Stricker
Chris Townsend
Elke Kramer
Helen Fitzgerald
Henry Brister
Jaie Gonzalez
James Shirlaw
Jefske
Jenni Stricker
John Stevy Stevanoni
Katie Ryan
Kirin J Callinan
Kiss Reid
Lucinda Schreiber
Michael Poy
Michaella Solar-March
Mikie Inglis
Peter Head
Phillip Carr
Phillip Stricker
Radge Vissukamna Ratsaphong
Samantha Lim
Trish Roberts
Tristan
Vivian Phuynh
Wade Keighran

And again to all the artists at bjb who helped gather prizes for the raffle. Amazing!!

Kevina, Scott and Sam. xox.

p.s. biggest thank-you to my "surprise" on the night. xoxoxox

Photographs by Jefske
Jefske Photography
Jefske About

Photographs by Scott Horscroft

Photographs by Michael Birchall

Love Jungle

Photographs by Amelia Groom

And We're Off......

2009-03-30T19:33:00.000-07:00

Heads down, studio students at work.

Whats On This Month:
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In The Studios:
STUDIO 1
Kevina-Jo Smith

Mostly I have been knitting capes and organising our upcoming fundraiser. This month I sold two drawings at the Linden Postcard show in Melbourne.

Photographs by Cara Stricker

STUDIO 2
Cara Stricker

Culture Club... (click for more info/tickets)

So i have been working on artworks;
In short, a large lightbox etching out a vision of my dream life fantasy, to donate to the UIA charity event, Culture Club.

Also my short illustrative film Dark Side of the Sunny Film will be screening throughout the night.

Otherwise BLINK for a second on April 26th, and dream as if the snow is eating up your frozen feet amongst the hot springs in Colorado. Run into the nearest cinema where, it seems, there is some type of gathering. Not sure if these people are escaping from the cold, or are in the know of something your not, you follow, sit down in a seat and start munching on your popcorn. As the curtains open, Dark Side Of the Sunny Moon begins to play.

STUDIO 3
A new friend to add to the spaces in between:

Ashley Chang is a gun for hire who will whore himself out for little to no monetary benefit. His dubious talents are as varied as they are vague and include writing (he has written for ‘Sup Magazine, Monster Children and Dazed and Confused among others and is the online Editor for Pedestrian TV), PR (for Sydney design studio Babekuhl) , event management (he is the Sydney Director of the Bicycle Film festival and used to run a mildly successful club night in Brisbane which, truth be told, was like shooting fish in a barrel) marketing, sponsorship, brand alignment and social media strategy - pretty much anything that involves hassling people via email with unquantifiable results. Ashley uses Studio Three as his main base of procrastination and to house his embarrassingly entry-level collection of Penguin Classics. If you need help in any of the aforementioned fields Ashley may be able to help you, but more likely, he will know someone who knows someone who knows someone that will be able to help you. Nevertheless please don’t hesitate to ask.

Ashley Chang circa 2020

EMAIL: ashley@pedestriangroup.com.au

Trischelle Roberts & Vivian Huynh

No Art gig - Oxford arts
Photographs by Christopher Samuel - click to enlarge

No Art gig - club 77

Photographs by Jefske

STUDIO 4
Amelia Groom

The best thing I wrote this month was some lines I copied out from a Kurt Vonnegut interview. My medium of choice was marker on whiteboard. My whiteboard is half white board half chalk board, and features a holder for the marker. The marker has a scent like tomatoes.

STUDIO 5
Benjamin Tuffy

Yes, well I have to admit that I've never dropped anything onto a blog before... so I've put together a little scrapbook of what I've been working on over the last month, it's been full of challenges working to a new target audience but I'm happy how the job(s) are all coming together. Next month I'll finally have my website up, with a full folio of work and illustrations.

Loving the BJB space!

Tuffy

benjamintuffy@gmail.com

0438881550

Christopher Samuel

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The Scare
Silent Hour

Michaella Solar-March

Shoot the player
Did you know soko is “dead”? www.myspace.com/mysoko Luckily we got to film her for Shoot The PLayer before she called it quits!

In the next few weeks Shoot The Player is posting videos from Soko, Jolie Holland, Reggie Watts, Ben Lee, Bridezilla, Cloud Control, and Sarah Blasko.

Plus, Amelia is about to take Shoot the Player global on an amazing odyssey across America in conjunction with an exciting photography project; Embodiment. www.mollylandreth.com

Videos on the website soon, make sure you sign up for the newsletter! www.shoottheplayer.com

and today these three albums are really inspiring me

Grant Keats

The last month has been crazy and creative. I have been retouching
mainly for magazine clients and cosmetic companies.
I have also been busy with The Silent Hour playing gigs around the
greater Sydney area.

STUDIO 6
Elke Kramer

Hello everyone!

Elke's new and intriguing collection for Winter 09 has arrived and is available for all to come and peruse AND BUY!

it is a beautiful collection and it sees the new addition of digitally printed huge silk scarfs which are already proving to be the standout piece and must have of the collection.

we have some stock available in the studio, unfortunately not an abundance though so please be quick if there is anything you might like.

The look book is attached, and the beautiful campaign that was shot as well.

please email kylie@elkekramer.com to arrange a time to come into the studio, otherwise i can easily organise mail order for those lucky enough to be interstate and overseas, or who would just like to buy straight out.

STUDIO 8
Lucinda Schreiber &
Helen Fitzgerald

BONE MOUNTAIN Exhibition
Kevina-Jo Smith, Lucinda Schreiber, Helen Fitzgerald

Photos by Yanni Kronenberg

STUDIO 9

Studio 9 is a space in our building which we are developing into a daily/weekly hireable space. At the moment it is fairly basic. the room measures approx. 15m x 7m. It has a small cyclorama approx. 4.5m wide. We have already had some exciting projects underway in there. Here are some :

A stop frame animation music video for Firekites directed by Yanni Kronenberg and studio 8 resident Lucinda Schreiber.

Photographs by Ella Condon

Behind the scene: Warflower look book by Cara Stricker

Photographs by Cara Stricker .....

Behind the scene: No Art Press Shots

Photographs by Cara Stricker
Tiger, chair + lamp shade compliments to Grace Atkinson

MTV award props built....

Photographs by Cara Stricker

more info on studio 9 soon!

THANKYOU MICK, AGAIN. ALWAYS.

ELKE WE MISS YOU COME BACK FROM BALI

DICTIONARY

Vitamin D: Something provided by the sun. If an individual spends days on end indoors, they should consumer bananas to ensure they receive the minimum requirement of Vitamin D to maintain happiness and avoid paleness.

The Studios and The People

2009-03-01T18:11:00.000-08:00

Studio 1

Kevina-Jo Smith - visual artist/art director

Kevina grew up in country Australia, building cubbies and creating spaces in which to hide and disappear. Her drawings are a natural extension of this desire for secrecy and escape, and physical manifestations of daydreams that are at once utopian and sinister. She is interested in exploring multifaceted realities that lie somewhere in between fantasy and reality, public and private, natural and artificial, light and dark. Kevina's meticulously detailed and densely layered images draw the viewer in, always allowing them to uncover a hidden message. if they so desire. Kevina is currently working towards a solo exhibition at Black & Blue gallery in Sydney.

EMAIL: kevina.79@gmail.com

Studio 2

Cara Stricker - photographer/director/visual artist

Inspired by her surroundings, Cara uses film and light to explore her subjects, taking emotive elements of our world to recreate another. Experimental in her work, she moves amongst an array of photography, film and visual art practices. Within each project, a cinematic quality brings romantic and fantastical notions to life. Her dreamlike fascination with the world is manifested in her recently completed frame-by-frame animated short film, The Dark Side of the Sunny Moon. Sydney based, she is currently working on various photographic projects and an exhibition centered on her leather-feather headpiece creations.

EMAIL: carastricker@gmail.com
BLOG: cara-kicia.blogspot.com

Studio 3

Trischelle Roberts - writer/musician
Vivian Huynh - writer/musician

We make music in our band No Art with a guy named Charles.

We write stories and reviews about film, art, theater, music,
opera, and anything else that comes to mind.
We educate about writing, speaking, history, drama, music
and the law.
We put notes on Post-Its such as 'fight in the nocturnal house',
and stick them to the window for future reference.
We form plans about what we're going to do next.

Listen to NO ART here

'Fight In The Nocturnal House'

MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/noart

Studio 4

Amelia Groom - freelance writer

Amelia uses her single studio for writing in, scheming in, sewing in, hiding in, and bench-pressing in. As arts editor for the weekly and monthly local papers City News, City Hub and Bondi View, Amelia covers art, theatre, film and music. She also does the visual art content for Two Thousand. She contributes to various art/culture/fashion publications and has written a thesis on masks, illusion, design and aesthetics in Japan. She is tremendously fond of Japan. She is less enthusiastic about not getting back all the Tupperware she has lent to people. If you have some of it, please return it.

INSPIRED BY:

EMAIL: agroom@hotmail.com

Studio 5

Benjamin Tuffy - art director/designer/illustrator

Benjamin Tuffy is a multiple award winner Art Director in the publishing industry, working within the Action Sports division of EMAP Australia (Recently bought out by ACP magazines) for over 5 years on titles such as Australian Mountain Bike, Australian Outdoor and Australasian Dirt Bike magazine he's become a versatile designer with freelance experience on magazines like ZOO, FHM, Smash Hits, Australian Skate and a range of Disney titles. With latest project 'Sydney Airport Travel Magazine' coming to a close, he's now chosen to go out on his own to work and collaborate with other artists and designers and move more towards developing design concepts for brands and companies he feels passionate about.

WEBSITE: www.tuffydesign.com

Christopher Samuel - photographer

Christopher Samuel is a Sydney based freelance photographer. He earnt his stripes gallivanting around Europe in 2003-2004 shooting musicians, sport, fashion & theatre. Published work includes SMH, Schwarzeseiten, 2020BMXMAG, AustralianMountainBike, GreenLeftWeekly, Groupie Magazine, 3D World & Bambina Borracha Prod. Recently Christopher has been shooting theatre, live music & street works. Also, he is editing for an upcoming book & is in pre production for stills & video projects. Travel again calls, in the next months he’ll be off to south East Asia for another round of inspiration & good eating!

PHONE: + 61 (0) 432 159 586
EMAIL: info.csamuel@gmail.com

Michaella Solar-March - Freelance Journalist, Magazine Editor, Publicist, Film Producer, and Music and New Media Consultant

2005-2008 Michaella hosted FBi Radio's breakfast program Up For It weekdays from 6-9am. Since she left FBi in March 2008, she has been working as the editor of Groupie Magazine and as the publicist for Sydney label etcetc, writing for various Australian and International magazines (NO, Russh, Doing Bird etc), putting on parties, editing blogs and music websites, DJing, producing films for Shoot The Player, and scouting music for Melbourne's Level Two. She also works as a new media and music consultant for companies with loads of money and no idea!

PHONE: 0421 737 555
EMAIL: m.solarmarch@gmail.com
BLOG: www.somegreygardens.blogspot.com

Grant Keats - graphic designer/re-toucher

Primarily my work is set as a photographic retoucher and my background lies solidly in the printing and publishing areas. My years have seen my artistic flair progress and in 2004 i ran my own business in Oslo, Norway for 2 years. This is where I set a solid foundation of Advertising and Photographic clientele where many of my prestigious clients lay. Essentially my retouching strengths lie in Beauty, Fashion, Commercial and Artistic retouching though a flair for design and an unhealthy addiction to making music keeps my work diverse and my brain intact. I see 2009 as great opportunity to expand my clientele in Sydney and to bring Photographic Art to a new and exciting level by collaborating with other artists and designers in our creative environment.

EMAIL: grantkeats@gmail.com
WEBSITE: www.grantkeats.com

Studio 6

Elke Kramer - jewelery designer

Elke kramer is a sydney jewellery designer, graphic artist, art-director and flower-picker.

her work celebrates the peculiar and flamboyant and stretches across a multitude of mediums, from yardage prints, illustration, branding and her own line of jewellery and accessories.

her eponymous brand, elke, is collected and coveted by art-jewellery lovers across the world.

the cornerstone of her creative endeavors though, is her experimental cookery.

known as a 'modern-day martha stewart on acid', her unconventional approach to home crafts and baking will be soon showcased in a new magazine she is co-creating, launching this year.

EMAIL: info@elkekramer.com

WEBSITE: www.elkekramer.com

Mikie Inglis - graphic designer

Michael Inglis is a lance for hire in the murky world of graphic design. He had multiple nervous breakdowns working in the art department of fashion label Ksubi from 2003 to 2007, and is now gainfully unemployed thanks to the patronage of various disreputable benefactors. He also makes a mean mix-tape, and by night he can be found playing songs to the corrupt and the craven.
EMAIL: mikieinglis@gmail.com

Greedyhen - art collective

We make sights for sore eyes, Art, record covers, books, tour posters, occasionally music film clips, and other monstrosities. "their work is like the accidental joy of seeing thestrings AND the hands in a puppet show" -Steak Mountain
Greedy Hen is an art collective / studio, housing the collaborative works of Katherine Brickman and Kate Mitchell. We are story tellers, illustrators, Artists, collectors, bookmakers, explorers and adventurers. Greedy Hen devise projects intent on creating images eluding to a playful black humour, unwritten fables, or subtle off-kilter sinister elements lurking amongst a kinder-esq beauty. We utilise various meduims preferring to let our ideas manifest in whatever way seems to be most appropriate at the time. Greedy Hen is a social sieve presenting the quirky nuances hidden in the everyday.

EMAIL: katemitchell@greedyhen.com
EMAIL: katherinebrickman@greedyhen.com

Studio 7

Benja Harney - paper engineer

Ive been constructing things out of paper since I was a kid and by complete chance, I rediscovered my love for this medium when I studied graphic design.

It has since become a real passion for me and I have been lucky enough to turn it into a career.

I love paper how paper is such a humble medium. It has historic and analogue qualities that appeal to my sensibilities. It is fragile but strong. Simple yet complex.

The technical challenge of creating amazing things with paper drives me forward. I love the sense of wonder that come across peoples faces when they open up one of my pop-up books. They're like hidden worlds rediscovered.

PHONE: 0421 833 030
EMAIL: benja@paperform.com.au
WEBSITE: www.paperform.com.au

FLICKR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/paperform/sets/72157608625823368/

Studio 8

Lucinda Schreiber - animator/director/visual artist

Lucinda Schreiber is a Sydney-based illustrator, animator and director. Her debut animated short film, "The Goat That Ate Time" recently screened widely in national and international film festivals. Written, directed, animated and produced by Lucinda, "The Goat That Ate Time" was also nominated for an AFI award, won an IF Award for Best Animated Short and received a Best Emerging Director Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. She is currently working as a director and animator on various solo and collaborative projects as well as exhibiting her art wherever the good people will let her.

EMAIL: lucindaschreiber@gmail.com

Helen Fitzgerald - designer/art director/visual artist

Helen moved from Perth to Sydney to study Production Design for Film at AFTRS. She was awarded the Fox Studios Australia Award for Excellence in Design and selected by the Berlin International Film Festival as an emerging ‘talent’. Helen’s recent work in Sydney, LA and NYC includes set and costumes design for film, animation, TV and commercials. Helen designed an installation for a full sensory fashion show for Something Else by Natalie Wood, Art Directed music videos for artists such as Sia, Hercules and Love Affair and Beck and recently created a collaborative sculptural work which she exhibited with her friends from HQ BJB.

EMAIL: mail@helenfitzgerald.com.au

Studio 9

Daniel Stricker - musician

i play music... with a lot of different toys. and i really like the ocean.. and bunnies.. and 太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険.

Here are some places you will find me:
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/midnightjuggernauts
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/fashionlaunchesrocketlaunches

EVENTS ON THIS MONTH

DICTIONARY

Rush: A sudden quick movement toward something, typically by a number of people.

BRETHREN JUST BELOW

2009-01-21T05:11:00.001-08:00

For months I had been looking for a space to set up a 'home' for some 'creatively homeless' people in Sydney. When Scott from the recording studio Big Jesus Burger (BJB) mentioned that the floor beneath them had been vacated, we decided to tackle taking it over.

After a few weeks of knocking down walls and painting the space, we were ready to move in. With 16 creative professionals taking over the 8 studio spaces, we also set up ‘Studio 9’ - a big communal space to be used as a film/photographic studio and a space for film screenings, record listening parties, picnics, exhibitions, zine fairs and whatever else we come up with.

BRETHREN JUST BELOW is now established as a nurturing and supportive hub for our collective of artists, designers, writers, photographers and musicians. From an old molasses factory it has been transformed into a creative space that offers inspiration, respite, constructive criticism, collaborations, and many late afternoon gin and tonics.

As an ode to Big Jesus Burger I decided to keep the acronym for our name. Amongst many suggestions (amazing and ridiculous!!!) Michaella from Studio 5 came up with 'just below' - and after narrowing down our favourite B words, brethren seemed to fit snuggly. So we are…

BRETHREN (‘members of a profession, society or sect') JUST BELOW (downstairs from Big Jesus Burger).

Kevina

UPCOMING SHOWS/EVENTS FROM OUR RESIDING ARTISTS

PROGRESS PHOTOS AS OUR PLACE EVOLVES

DICTIONARY
Anxiety: When an idea cannot be put into action. This communication problem creates confusion. In order to overcome this, you must do everything that your set your mind to.