Mouse Snaps
So we’ve been taking a few photos and uploading them onto Snapr. Check out the link below to see what we’ve been up to, the photos are located on a map which is cool. You can also see snaps from other people in the area(s). When you sign up to Snapr let us know and [...]
Art for Artists Sake
Do you like music? Do you like art? How about a little somethin’ somethin’ that combines the two and all for a good cause!? WELL HERE IT IS!!!!!!! Hollie Smith, Julia Deans and Riki Gooch have more than just Kiwi music in common. Along with thirteen other local musicians they’re all switching mediums to become [...]
Period Piece
Art. Sometimes it’s really fucking weird. Too weird. What do you reckon this is a photograph of? Guess. GUESS. I dare you. This is a portrait by British based artist Ingrid Berthon-Moine. And it is an image of a woman wearing her menstrual blood as lipstick. This is supposedly symbolic of Menstrual Activism. I had [...]
Snapr
Snapr is launching in Auckland tonight, which is a new thang all about sharing geotagged photos. So basically wherever you are in the world, you take a photo on your phone, load it up to Snapr, and it will be mapped on the Snapr map. It’s a rad way to see what people are up [...]
Pictures that make me happy
The title says it all… Thanks to those who shared some of these with me.
Cockatoo Island – Sydney Biennale
Sydney is a bloody great city. Not only does it have a massive and impressive art festival every two years, but they do cool things to encourage plebs like me to attend – such as providing free ferries to a free art show on an island in the middle of the harbour! Check out http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/ [...]
Grey skies. Time flies
Introducing Miss Ren… Miss Ren lives in Auckland and is all about music, art, pictures and words. She can often be found at gigs, usually with camera in hand. Sometimes she’s in a gallery or scoping the city for street art. She has a huge appreciation for a fine sentence or a drop of clever [...]
Exit Through The Gift Shop
The words genius and enigma are widely used. The Collins Dictionary defines the word “enigma” as ‘a person, thing, or a situation that is mysterious, puzzling or ambiguous’. The word “genius” is defined as ‘a person with exceptional ability especially of a highly original kind’. Given the frequency that these two words are bandied around, [...]