Sunday, November 29, 2015

Time to ACT - No Planet - No Future! Sydney Climate Change Rally & March.

One of the fun things I saw this morning after logging into Facebook was a fairly typical; Positive Thinking cartoon of two people riding in a bus above a valley on a curving road. One person (the negative sad one) is looking at an endless craggy rock face, a solid impenetrable wall. The other person (the happy positive one) is looking out the other side of the bus at a golden valley. The obvious conclusion is that life is how you look at it. Unfortunately life is a little more complex than simplistic solutions to all your problems and the problems of the world - #ClimateChange is real. A trip to Bali to meditate on it is not going to solve it - at least unless your mediation leads you to ACT!

Back to the cartoon, and all I could think was, "thank god someone's driving the bus"! Because these two passengers are BOTH just passive riders; and the time for being Passive Riders, Passive Consumers, just Passive, passive.. is over. So here I am today, wanting to put my two cents in, and my pictures from the march in Sydney yesterday - You should have been there! I also read the other day that there would be no fish in the sea by 2048, not concerned? Don't be lazy, Google it. It's Time to Act!!!

Don't burn my future - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Tibetans for climate action now - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Save our earth - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
If the oceans die we all die - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Solar! Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Danny's Page Its ABC, for the children - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Unless you care - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Hey Malcolm, This sign has more direct action.. Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Project Serenity, Bushcare - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Marching for the Fish - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Fight Connex, Haberfield - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Doctors for the Environment - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
100% Clean - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Save the planet, Go VEGAN - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Windmills, Renewables - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
VEGANS against climate change - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Farms not Gas, Knitting Nannas, PITTWATER - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
#March4u #Paris - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Giant puppets, Tony Abbot, Malcolm Turnbull, CBD Hi-rise in background, King Coal Forever slogan - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Large Sun banner, 100% renewables, marching Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
No Nukes, Act Now, crowd marching, Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
#ClimareShip marching Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Renewable Energy, marching Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Climate action NOW, marching Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Breaking up the march peacefully - marching Macquarie Street- Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
The whole march skilfully diffused and rendered mostly impotent by police directives and law abiding citizens..
The view, people diffused, Opera Quay, marching Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Giant puppets, Opera Quay, Tony Abbot, Malcolm Turnbull, CBD Hi-rise in background, King Coal Forever slogan - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,
Well Done Sydney banner and people after the march, Macquarie Street - Sydney, Climate Change March, The Domain, Macquarie Street, Climate Change, Protest, #NoPlanetNoFuture, #PeoplesClimate, #PeoplesClimateMarch, #Sydney,

Apparently when the march arrived at Moore Stairs, marchers were asked to head down the stairs and also put away their banners so as to not disturb people enjoying the weekend.. Ultimately some were permitted to also continue down Macquarie street to the Opera House forecourt(ish) area; but there would be no massed gathering of marchers under the Opera House sails; which as was pointed out to me by the award winning photo journalist I was standing next too, is "what you needed for international coverage, and saleable pictures".. Strange coincidence or political expedience? You decide dear reader.

View these pictures larger on Street Fashion Sydney's Facebook page HERE.

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Monday, November 16, 2015

In the Gallery - from Performance Art to Art with Performance.

A few weeks ago I wrote how great it can be to turn up at a gallery with no idea what the show would be like and be relieved it's (more or less) an exhibition of well executed figurative painting. Now that does not mean painting is not challenging and it certainly does not mean I want to live in an art comfort zone of big overstuffed chairs and couches - now there's an idea.. So it was refreshing last week to attend three shows at three separate gallery sites all of which had a some level of performance as part of the opening night.
Artist portrait of Madeline Beckett at Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
The week kicked off with Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery featuring sound artists Joji Malani and Joel van Gastel, with performances by Boni Cairncross, James Batchelor, Ryl Harris, Lucy Westbrook, Veronica Barac and Emma Batchelor. Produced by Joel van Gastel and Paul Beckett. The performances ran continuously for well over an hour, the first thing to hit me was the strong smell of fresh coffee - in a fish tank being walked back and forth across the entry area of the gallery; is it too obvious to say 'wake up - experience the art'..!! The coordinated performances making up the whole had an impeccable tempo, the mood building almost unperceivably with Joji Malani on guitar; in a NECKS like performance right there.
B&W Full room view of performance, Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Powder from the tower, performance at Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Joji Malani playing guitar for Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Full room view of performance, Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Live performance piece - Woman in white smeared plastic corridor - body being dripped with Dark StickySyrup - Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Live performance piece - Contorted male body being dripped with Dark StickySyrup - Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Live performance piece - Body floating in pool of white water - Madeline Beckett's Press Her at KUDOS Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.

What's in Dogue? Next was a perfect example of I have no idea what I'm going to see.  David Capra & Teena the Dachshund at the launch of, EAU DE WET DOGGE at Gallery 9 in Darlinghurst. Was the perfume spray, the bubble gun and Teena a performance? Of course it was! And an art installation, lots of fun; not too sure about the scent!
Artist's Portrait, David Capra & Teena the Dachshund at the launch of, EAU DE WET DOGGE at Gallery 9. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Artist's Portrait with paparazzi! David Capra & Teena the Dachshund at the launch of, EAU DE WET DOGGE at Gallery 9. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Art patrons at the launch of, EAU DE WET DOGGE at Gallery 9. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Bubble gun at the launch of, EAU DE WET DOGGE at Gallery 9. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.

Meanwhile at Art House in Rushcutters Bay the art was progressive rock-ing out with live performance by Timothy McPhee & Jason Tanpake from Firekites for Aaron Kinnane's Winter Passing, Milk Moon Rising.
Timothy McPhee & Jason Tanpake, Firekites performance kit. Amplified violin and guitar at Aaron Kinnane's Winter Passing, Milk Moon Rising. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
'Sleeping' pattern Vs Stripes! Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Timothy McPhee & Jason Tanpake from Firekites performing at Aaron Kinnane's Winter Passing, Milk Moon Rising. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Rock n Roll crowd at Aaron Kinnane's Winter Passing, Milk Moon Rising. Art House Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
Yes, my camera is pointing in that general direction! 
At Matthew Quick BASED ON A TRUE STORY, Nanda/Hobbs Gallery. Photography by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.
At- Matthew Quick's BASED ON A TRUE STORY - Nanda/Hobbs
The only 'performance' Nanda/Hobbs was my friend taking a seat on the the window sill and starting to flick through Grindr! I have been reading that Tinder is destroying the pub scene; you have to wonder if it's at all possible for the art scene to be susceptible too? You know what, I think not; Art is a completely different world, demanding of your attention, and I like that! Get out there and take a look too.

https://www.kudosgallery/
http://www.gallery9.com.au/
http://www.arthousegallery.com.au/
http://nandahobbs.com/

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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Casual Women's Wear - Pants & Pullover.

Won Hundred 2004 sweatshirt pullover with short long sleeves, short long pants - OK rolled.. and Doc's Pretty perfect I'd say. Spotted at KUDOS Gallery last night.
Won Hundred 2004 sweatshirt pullover with short long sleeves, short long pants, Doc Marten shoes. Photographed by Kent Johnson for Street Fashion Sydney.

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