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The idea for this series of artwork comes from a 25 metre mural hand painted at the Oxford Art Factory, in Feb 2008. Piles of tapes, about 150 individual albums, ranging from BDP and The Pharcyde, to G’N’R, Nana Mouskouri and beyond. It was a tight turnaround (overnight), to be ready for some big festival afterparty. My assistant LDC, and I, locked ourselves in and had well reached the point of insanity by 10am the next day. But it was worth it. Some guy that Ed reckons was Dizzee Rascal was at the afterparty, and he stood there reading all the titles. Everyone kind of did. I realised that it wasn’t just my history up there, but most peoples. It brought back a lot of memories. Who had which tapes, which one that guy at school nicked... Overall, the general feeling I got was that the graphic side of music has been dulled by the digital age. It’s great to have five thousand albums on your hard-drive, but hark back to the school-bus era, re-winding a tape with a pencil in one hand (to save battery life), and reading the liner notes with the other - there was a real affinity with the music. And there had to be, as you probably only had about ten tapes. And one of them was a cassingle! I ignored the CD for quite some time, I just didn’t think it would catch on. And when I finally cracked, I couldn’t bare to throw away my tapes. A lot of the music I listen to daily in the mp3 format is stuff I was listening to back on that bus ride, and this show is a testament to that time in all our lives. Well, everyone above about 25, anyways... (text taken from the exhibition program) |
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| MIMEOGRAPH PRINTS (2009) |
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"LOVES GONNA GET YA" edition of 50 each, only available through stupidkrap.com
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| PIECE FOR GROUPSHOW AT PALMER PROJECTS, SYDNEY (2009) |
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"TAPE INSERT"
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| C-90 SOLO EXHIBITION, DON'T COME GALLERY, MELBOURNE (2009) |
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After the first Sydney exhibition sold out, I was invited to continue the body of work and show at Don't Come gallery in Melbourne. None of the outside walls were suitable, unlike at the first Sydney show, so we projected the rap special inside. It was taped from TV in 1992, and is guest hosted by Ice Cube, and Ice T. Frozen frame below from 'Steady Mobbin', and a Top 50 singles chart, saved from 1987 as it had the Beastie Boys Fight for your right to party on it. They came in at #42.
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| TAPE TEE - FOR THE HOMIES |
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"Growing up, album artwork and sleeve note shout-outs were the origin of a lot of my information. Being strictly into Hip-Hop, it was difficult to get news on the artists I was into. Rage would play the occasional filmclip late at night, and Smash Hits would have some small gossip about the Fresh Prince (and many, many interviews with KrisKross), but it was mostly dead ends. Plus also I didn't want to hear about kids my own age in backwards pants, I wanted to hear about guns, over beats! Living pretty far from the source (and not being able to afford The Source), repeatedly reading the fine print of my cassettes, I pieced together the personal feelings of rappers, noted which god they were down with, which MC's they dissed, learned their mother's names and who's couch they slept on during production. Only getting a new album every few months at the most, there wasn't much else to siphon knowledge from. Each crack and fold on this graphic comes from the bottom of my schoolbag, and is a testament to the tape."
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| DECKS FOR VARIOUS GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2007-2009): |
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skateonce.blogspot.com WHERE'S ANIMAL CHIN?
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| ASSORTED LOGOS (2004 - 2009) |
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Dobry Den - fashion boutique
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| C90 SOLO SHOW, PALMER PROJECTS, SYDNEY (2008) |
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The first of the C90 cassette tape shows.Large hand illustrated canvasses, and a scale model sculpture of a cassette case.
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| SELF PUBLISHED ZINES (A SMALL SELECTION FROM 1994 ONWARDS) |
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Making zines has been a hobby since highschool. Some are graphic, some are text based. Some made solo, some made with amazing friends.
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| LOCALISM - GROUP SHOW (2008) |
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Joseph Allen and Dave Ladd curated an event called Localism. Its purpose was to bring a group of people together, whom all make art in similar veins, but may not have physically met. To encourage personal interaction, there was to be no email contact, other than the initial invite. My response were these two pieces; HOT! RECKLESS! TOTALLY INSANE! - Photographs of a projection of the movie "Thrashin", showing the Valley guys celebrating the completion of their ramp, and the Daggers burning it down. The outcome was a small (but jam packed!) exhibition in a Barber shop in Darlinghurst, Syd, and a publication by the same name. It's available online through either Joe or Dave:
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| GIVERS TAKERS LOVERS HATERS (2008) |
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Gocco print (and later becoming a t-shirt graphic for 100% Mambo)
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| ASSORTED LOGOS PII (2004 - 2009) |
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Oxford Art Factory - venue
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| TAPE WALL AT OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY (2008) |
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I painted this wall (with the help of Luka du Chateau) in the gallery section of Oxford Art Factory. It was a mega 24 hour stretch, but made for a good family history lesson, with all the tapes coming from mine and my siblings personal collection.
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| INCU's INHOUSE LABEL, WEATHERED (2008) |
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Their second season included my bowler hat icon embroidered on each garment, and these 2 tee prints.
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| THE CHRONIC (BRISBANE 2008) |
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A selection from the 15 gocco prints exhibited at The Outpost in Brisbane, as a small retail shop installation.
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| FRISONI FINETTI FASHION WEEK INVITES + ADDITIONAL LOGOS (2008) |
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| TAPE TEE FOR MAMBO (2008) |
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Used for their Billboard campaign, coupled with some classic Reg Mombassa boardshorts.
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| ANOTHER INCH SHOP WALL WITH TRISTAN CEDDIA (2007) |
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Never Now / Making Ends, Another Inch shop wall After working together on a similar styled zine a few months earlier, Tristan Ceddia and I put together this wall piece for Ritchie at Another", on Burton St in Sydney. Order of the evening was no plan - just meet with sketchbooks and a some reference material, and a $50 photocopy budget at kinkos, then get busy pasting freeform style...
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| TEE DESIGNS FOR 'THE END' LABEL (2007) |
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THE END ... THAT SHIT'S OVER!
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| COPYRIGHT THEFT - EASY COME, EASY GO (2006) |
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A group of people were asked to collaborate with Another Inch to celebrate their 1 year anniversary. Coming from the gallery angle, I wanted to make a print rather than a t-shirt. I've been making zines and photocopying things for years, which is where the copyright theft idea came from. Ritchie from Another Inch contributed the vintage stamp, which appropriately translates to 'easy come, easy go'.
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Tee print for Sixpack, France - http://www.sixpack.fr
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