700 Photos - and then some MORE!

It seems this is my second outing to the Jesse Willesee "700 PHOTOS" extravaganza at Darlinghurst's Darlo Bar, a very very crowded hallway - 7 rooms of fashion and 'performance art'. The concept is all-inclusive as all-comers are asked to bring their camera becoming part of the event, photographing (being photographed) and pushing their shots up onto the dedicated Facebook page; in a kind of documentation that is as much the art work (Jesse's, Ours? ) as the nights performances themselves. This ultra high level of interactivity is perhaps the most unique part of the performance night as a whole and even the distinctly 'low art' aspect of Facebook validation of your shots and the performers work makes me wonder if the Biennale of Sydney perhaps missed out on a home-grown-art-hero by not having Jesse's extravaganza on the list of events and exhibiting artists. After all the Biennale has their own Facebook page too; perhaps its Cockatoo Island for Jesse in two years time? Fingers crossed, for my next visit I would like to enjoy the view but avoid the crush!








My first outing to 700 PHOTOS was back in 2010, crowded but with not quite the same degree of crush!




Special thanks to Kee Kee from Laurel & Hector Vintage for the invite, you can check out their Vintage Fashion here and on Facebook here.
View the 700 or 7000 photos from the night on Facebook here.

Factory 49 - Sally Clarke + Group Print Show

A cool and challenging Installation piece "Power Play" by Sally Clarke (portrait below) and lovely works on paper and fabric in the group print show. All well worth the trip to Marrickville to take a look. Lots of great looks in the diverse crowd & I loved artist Adrian Clement's classic style, wool overcoat, flannels and a dinosaur neck tie with white shirt. Perfect artist opening dress sense.

http://factory49.blogspot.com.au/

Factory 49
49 Shepherd St
Marrickville

Till July 7..

Vivid Sydney - Light Sculptures Pt 2

Vivid Sydney - Light Sculptures - Art Lights Up The Rocks, Part two
of my self set challenge to share the light sculptures of Vivid Sydney 2012 not only as I experienced them but also with a view to sharing the artists work as I interpreted it through my camera. It really has been quite a challenge to make a series of original pictures, using the camera to edit the scene with differentness lenses, exposures (time and light), angles and perspective - all in the hope that the feeling of each individual work comes through; a way of looking that presents the art work with the style pop and dash it very definitely had and the atmosphere created by this beautiful Vivid Sydney event.

I also took the time to photograph the 'light posts' that have the names of the Art Works and the Artists so I can provide the relevant details to credit the artworks you are viewing on the blog (though I missed a couple so any help much appreciated); because its not just about pretty lights and pictures its also about the people, the artists who had the inspiration to make the work for us all to enjoy.

I had a wonderful time during all three of my visits to Vivid Sydney and I have also enjoyed working on the pictures I made, selecting and editing them to bring out the best of my vision for the artists works.  While Vivid may have been conceived as a way to bring life into the city during cold dark (wet) of winter - and it has done that extremely well indeed; its not just a pretty light show, it really is a massive massive art exhibition. An exhibition that engages, excites, and encourages art interaction on a scale and at a level I have never seen before. Congratulations to all the artists and organizers involved for creating a truly stunning and exciting event.

Artists Details and titles, pictures top to bottom.

Deep Sea Diva, Crystal Chandelier, Brian Thomson.

Happy 150th Anniversary, Ian Reed, Martin Bevz."

Palette of Urban Green, Hy William Chan

Seagrass, Katheryn Clifton, Martin Bevz

Passage to Happiness, Sun Yu-Li

CLOUDscape - detail 1 by Kim Nguyen Ngoc, Nicolas Thioulouse, Victoria Bolton, Michael Day, Frank Maguire, Kristine Deray.

The Bibigloo,  CLOUDscape (above), Water Droplet and Colour3 light installations at Campbell Cove Sydney

CLOUDscape - detail 2, Artist details above.

Enough Ropelite (detail from alove), Brian Thomson.

Water Droplet by Destiny Paris, Ying Ching Hui, Akil Lau, Charlee Dare, Ramy Sorial.

Shimmer and Walk this Way, Brendan Sadgrove and Peter Grieg.

Seagrass by Kathryn Clifton and 

Martin Bevz.

Colour3 by Richard Neville, Daniel Mercer, Alex Grierson and Michael Gearin.

Digital Wattle by James Pendergrast,

Read Vivid Sydney - Light Sculptures - Art Lights Up The Rocks, Part One HERE.

Vivid Sydney - Art Lights Up The Rocks, Part 1

Well despite the cold and the wet Vivid Sydney, the festival of "Light Music Ideas" is well under way. Natasa and I had a very enjoyable time last night wandering from Argyle St in The Rocks through to Walsh Bay, Oohing and Ahhing the creative light and sculpture installations that make up the visual backbone of Vivid Sydney. As this was the first time in a long long time I had been out photographing this kind of event; and with Street Fashion Sydney on-its-knees in need of blogging material, I  joined the tripod toting tourist class; packed  a stack of camera equipment that has not seen use from for 'quite some time' to 'far more years' than I care to remember - all in the interest some 'Old Skool In-Camera' photo trickery and a story of how-fashionable-Sydney-can-be when it comes to lighting up the night. Magic was goin' to happen, neutral density filters and multiple exposure, long exposures and freakkky wide angle ZOOM stuff... And if there was any remaining doubt that in the age of digital photography, everyone is now a photographer; last night it was put completely to rest as most installations required the skill-and-cunning of a Fashion Runway Photographer (trying to get backstage) or Paparazzi trying to find some-space, to-make 'original' a shot from what everyone - yes I do mean everyone was photographing!

Anyway(s) my shots for 'Street Fashion Sydney' are below including the last shot which includes the moon in partial eclipse! Yes a great night out at what is truly becoming a major Sydney event and this has made me very happy indeed and quite proud to be a Sydneysider... Well until I went to the Vivid Sydney website today to try and find the names of the the artists and the titles of the artworks I had photographed last night. What did I find. Zip, Nothing Nadda!

Dear Vivid Sydney and Destination New South Wales; I have but one thing to say about this glaring omission. Support the artists that support you.

No Artists No Art - No Art - No Vivid Sydney!

Please please please, do not let this happen again. Yes, Vivid Sydney is supporting Artists with this great event, but the artists also support you. The artists also support Destination NSW who oversee the event as well as the hospitality and retail trades that gain the most financially from this event. In case you missed the point above let me say it again; No Artists No Art - No Art - No Vivid Sydney! Lets at the very least see a map with the names of the artists and titles of the artworks. Descriptions would be nice to but lets just get going with names and titles.

And as the big rainstorm blows up from Victoria (those guys will stop at nothing to try to ruin Sydney's fun and obsession with pretty colours and fireworks; even weather warfare!) I prepare to head out to a Vivid Sydney 'Ideas' forum. Strangely enough in contrast to the 'art' the speakers at the 'Ideas' events seem to be quite well documented. Words words words; It can be very tough for visual artists in a world of words...

If you would like to support the artists that helped make this event happen, you can email Vivid Sydney here, and Destination NSW here... to let hem know that the artists need to be recognised through on-line documentation for the art they provided to the fabulous event.

This post will be updated over the next few days to credit the artists and artworks shown below.


Mind you, I bet they would never forget to credit the names of the artists and titles of the art in Melbourne, makes you wonder...

Read VIVID part 2 here.
Art and Artists, top to bottom..



Firefly by Tim Roche, Frances Greig, Peter Grieg, Walsh Bay, Vivid Sydney 2012.
Light Breezers by Tim Hunt, Tim Carr, Mark Gilder, Jo Black, Carter Leung.
Fractured Heart by Cindi Drennan, Craig Laurendet, Luku Kukukuku, Wally de Backer (Gotye).
Light Cubes in water,  Walsh Bay, Artist Unknown.
Underbrella by Anna Meister, Jorden Martin;Portrait with artwork.
Underbrella by Anna Meister, Jorden Martin.
Moravian Stars by Jacqui Adamse,  Walsh Bay, Vivid 2012.
Light cubes on walkway (before being tossed in water),  Walsh Bay, Artist Unknown.
Beige Light tubes,Light Breezers by Tim Hunt, Tim Carr, Mark Gilder, Jo Black, Carter Leung
Tic Tac Toe by Richard Neville, Daniel Mercer, Alex Grierson, Michael Gearin.
Up, and away, neon art installation by Vellachi Ganesan, Key Anderson, Tim Carr, Tim Hunt, Alma Banuelos, Francesco  Anselmo"
Light Breezers Blue, purple version, by Tim Hunt, Tim Carr, Mark Gilder, Jo Black, Carter Leung.
Argyle in Bloom by Mark Hammer & Andre Kecskes
Underbrella by Anna Meister, Jorden Martin, Art and partial lunar eclipse,  Walsh Bay, Vivid Sydney.