Wednesday, April 14, 2010

UnEarthen - Fresh From New York



"It is possible that most Unearthen pieces have already chosen their
bearers. The uniting of the crystal and empty bullet creates a powerful
opposition, causing old dreams and new beginnings to fall upon its bearer.
For this reason, the stone with the right properties for your needs will
inherently attract you. Each crystal carries distinct properties. Its aims
may be to clear your mind, focus your heart on goals you struggle to
achieve, provide comfort in difficult times, or simply remind you of the
balance between destruction and creation. Unearthen pieces should be chosen
with care.

Gia Bahm, creator of Unearthen, selects the crystals and bullets according
to the histories, qualities, and sizes of the materials. She is a collector,
an aesthetics, a creator, and a destructor. much like all of us who are
constantly perplexed by the forces of nature and humankind. She lives and
works in New York City, balancing her life between wardrobe styling and
jewellery design, between summer nights in the woods and winter days on the
streets."

In store now exclusively at Behind the Monkey

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Oneness Day Petition To The United Nations



Humanity’s Team is collecting at least 50,000 signatures as part of a campaign to appeal to the United Nations to declare a global Oneness Day, a day set aside and embraced by individuals, communities and nations each year in which people celebrate, discuss, demonstrate and thus experience our commonality, while still acknowledging and respecting our beautiful cultural diversity . . . a shared day to unite in Oneness every year for the greater good of the Human Family.

To see the Petition, just click on this link (or cut and paste it into your browser's address bar)
www.humanitysteam.org/sai/oneness-petition/document

More info here

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010

‘CERVEZA TROPICAL: Caught in a Cuban Timewarp’

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An exhibition by Julian Tennant as part of the FotoFreo Fringe Festival

Julian Tennant is a photographer and artist based in Perth, Western Australia. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions within Australia as well as in Europe and South East Asia. J

Julian is a member of the professional photographers association, the Australian Commercial + Media Photographers (ACMP) and is represented in Thailand/South East Asia by the Pikture Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand. When not engaged in his professional practice, Julian works as a contract lecturer within the Photography and Media departments at Central TAFE.

In 1958, Graham Greene published his classic comedy, "Our Man in Havana", which told the story of Mr Wormwald, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts and intrigue. Half a century later and the US imposed embargo has left Cuba caught in a physical timewarp where things look much as they did in Wormwald's day.

Using Greene's novel as his guidebook Julian travelled through Cuba, drinking beer (Tropical Cerveza is Cuba's oldest beer, first brewed in 1891), playing dominoes under crumbling facades with Cubans who could speak no English nor him Spanish, as vintage gas guzzlers chugged past and impossibly gorgeous women shimmied through salsa tunes coming from inside. And along the way Julian took pictures… photographs that show a Cuba of the early 21st century, but a physical space that could easily be mistaken for the world of Mr Wormwald and Batista's henchman, Captain Segura.

"Cerveza Tropical: Caught in a Cuban Timewarp" is part of a larger photographic body of work that follows in the footsteps of the protagonists of classic literary works. A limited edition "Cerveza Tropical" Artist’s book will be released to coincide with the exhibition.

Exhibition runs from 2nd April to 18th April in the Cracked Gallery.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Broken Doll

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An exhibition by Veronica Mauri as part of the FotoFreo Fringe Festival displayed intriguingly on ostrich eggs by way of Polaroid lifts.
A digital image was printed onto fine art paper,
and then shot with a large format camera loaded with Type 59 film.

The image was then separated from its backing by submerging in boiling water and placed on the eggs very carefully to avoid tearing. As the film is no longer in production, the eggs themselves are highly collectable and are editions of one only.

Displayed as a Window installation at the Behind the Monkey store, the Broken Doll exhibition coincides with Easter. In keeping with this theme Veronica Mauri will also be hosting and serving a celebration of chocolate treats to mark the exhibition display at the shop between 11am-1pm on Easter Saturday, 3rd April.

Monday, March 15, 2010

"Sons Of Ganga" Opening Night.

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The opening night of Seng Mah’s wonderful exhibition ”Sons of Ganga” was a great success with a bighearted crowd raising over $600 as they participated in a silent auction of selected work generously donated by Seng for the "Our Home Charity" in Kerala India.

Our Home Charity provides homes for abandoned children and orphans.

The Ganges at Varanasi is so heavily polluted that its waters are septic. Undeterred by this, the people of Varanasi continue to bathe in the Ganges and to use her banks and her ghats when praying. Strangely, Ganges water is mysteriously rich in dissolved oxygen – a remarkable phenomenon given its pollution.

Mah responds on a quietly instinctive level to this confusing and complex kaleidoscope of the spiritual and the unsanitary. View “Sons of Ganga” until the 31st March and enter with Mah the spaces usually occupied only by the people of Varanasi.

Mah is a WA based freelance photographer. His previous exhibitions include underwater portraits in “Under H20”, the WA surf life saving scene in “Sons of Beaches”, and the solitude of the lone traveller in “Chaos and Drama”. Seng is the coordinator of the FotoFreo 2010 Fringe Festival and also runs workshops in Fremantle.

Exhibition will run at Behind the Monkey until 30th March 2010.

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

In The Press - Mania Mania 2

Sunday Times Magazine 14th March 2010 - Style section Editor: Claire Davies.

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Clothes above: Bianca Spender waistcoat from Carla Zampatti Claremont and Lisa Ho Feather Skirt from Lisa Ho, Subiaco.
Mania Mania
Neckpiece From BehindThe Monkey.

Clothes Below: French Connection Dress from French Connection, Subiaco
Mania Mania Cuff Bracelet from Behind The Monkey.


Credits: Sunday Times/Photography: Jordan Graham