http://www.invurt.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:52:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/interview-melbourne-underground-harold-mitchell/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/interview-melbourne-underground-harold-mitchell/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:16:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7974
CDH, a Melbourne street artist, recently sat down for a chat on behalf of Invurt with Harold Mitchell, philanthropist, business man, Melbournian of the year, and the man behind the highly anticipated and acclaimed Melbourne Underground project … Harold Mitchell is one of Australia’s most successful businessmen. He is a dedicated philanthropist, serves on many [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/23/interview-melbourne-underground-harold-mitchell/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/interview-sandra-powell-andrew-king/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/interview-sandra-powell-andrew-king/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:13:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7713
CDH, a Melbourne street artist, recently sat down for a chat with reputable collectors, fans and all round wonderful philanthropists of Australian Street Art, Sandra Powell and Andrew King … I never fully understood the expression ‘jaw dropping’ until I went to Sandra and Andrew’s house. Walking around corners, I found my mouth dropping open [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/interview-sandra-powell-andrew-king/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/23/interview-adrian-doyle/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/23/interview-adrian-doyle/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:42:49 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/23/interview-adrian-doyle/
CDH, a Melbourne street artist, recently sat down with well known Melbourne artist and street art advocate Adrian Doyle, to talk about the past, present, and future of street art in Australia …   Adrian Doyle is an artist, the director Blender studios, an arts grad student and a former employee of an inner city [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/23/interview-adrian-doyle/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/11/best-of-the-blogs-invurts-guide-to-cool-art-blogs-2/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/11/best-of-the-blogs-invurts-guide-to-cool-art-blogs-2/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:58:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=6873
Around this time last year, we did our first snapshot of some of the cool sites that we read on a frequent basis that deal with Australian and New Zealand art and other creative endeavours. Every day our editor, Facter, reads through a mountain of blogs and websites, looking for cool events, exhibitions and artists [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/11/best-of-the-blogs-invurts-guide-to-cool-art-blogs-2/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/04/outpost-project-rough-guide/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/04/outpost-project-rough-guide/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:45:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=6324
Earlier this year, we heard about an ambitious project to transform Sydneys Harbours Cockatoo Island into a mecca of street art. When we first heard it, it seemed a long way away, and we weren’t sure exactly what it entailed. Over time, we started learning more, and getting an idea as to what it would [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/04/outpost-project-rough-guide/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/13/exhibition-mother-of-millions-makatron-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/13/exhibition-mother-of-millions-makatron-melbourne/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:00:56 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6193
Next week from the hands of one of Everfresh studios own, Makatron, comes an imaginative and illustrative universe on canvas ‘Mother of Millions’ with a collection of his new works, hosted by No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne. Makatron, who is an emerging Melbourne artist, has been around the world and back many times, plying his trade [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/13/exhibition-mother-of-millions-makatron-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/04/exhibition-lite-works-stabs-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/04/exhibition-lite-works-stabs-melbourne/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:08:00 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=5920
  Melbourne’s well known and highly regarded street artist, Stabs, has brought the streets some of the coolest and originally distinctive works. After ten years of gettin around, he’s finally letting us into his inner world with some, sure to be, outstanding pieces up at Collingwoods Backwoods Gallery this October, with his solo show ‘Lite [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/04/exhibition-lite-works-stabs-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/17/saturday-snapshot-safe-standard-and-sirum/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/17/saturday-snapshot-safe-standard-and-sirum/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:30:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/17/saturday-snapshot-safe-standard-and-sirum/
Heaps of cool stuff posted up everywhere this week, hard to know where to start, but we’ll just put it out as it comes … hope you are enjoying your Saturday morning off work (and for those who are working, commiserations!) Safehouse Studio Opening @ Dangerfork We got down a bit late, but the Safehouse [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/17/saturday-snapshot-safe-standard-and-sirum/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/03/saturday-snapshots-berlin-fresh-and-logic/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/03/saturday-snapshots-berlin-fresh-and-logic/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:00:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=5387
Welcome to our first Saturday Snapshots column! Like the Thursday Transmissions, we see a hell of a lot of photos and images posted up across the blogosphere, so here we will be doing a wrap and recap of some of the cool shit that’s been sent to us, or that we’ve seen during the week! [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/03/saturday-snapshots-berlin-fresh-and-logic/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/01/exhibition-phibs-journey-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/01/exhibition-phibs-journey-sydney/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:33:45 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=5421
Graff and street artist Phibs, member of Melbourne’s Everfresh Crew, known for his “incredibly detailed cut-back technique and tribal influenced style” brings us his new solo show, Journey! “Free, loose & spontaneous. Phibs new works are experimental and diverse. There are many meanings to the eloquent use of symbols. Interpretation is a Journey for the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/01/exhibition-phibs-journey-sydney/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/16/exhibition-meggs-inner-demons-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/16/exhibition-meggs-inner-demons-melbourne/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:23:22 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/16/exhibition-meggs-inner-demons-melbourne/
This Friday we are hit with Meggs’ new show Inner Demons II, at Collingswoods Backwoods Gallery, which is a continuance of his earlier works involving the “inward exploration of duality” – no better way of putting it, really! The previewed pieces give one goosebumps, and shudders of deeply frightening yet somewhat therapeutic thoughts. This brilliant [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/16/exhibition-meggs-inner-demons-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/05/exhibitioneverfresh-ngv-closing-event-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/05/exhibitioneverfresh-ngv-closing-event-melbourne/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:33:25 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/05/exhibitioneverfresh-ngv-closing-event-melbourne/
All great things must have a closing party! So that’s what the guys from Everfresh will be doing this Friday night. As they say goodbye to their temporary work space at the National Gallery of Victoria, the crew will be displaying a whole bunch of new work that they, and some of their friends, have [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/05/exhibitioneverfresh-ngv-closing-event-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/01/interview-david-hurlston-ngv/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/01/interview-david-hurlston-ngv/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:45:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=4439
CDH, a Melbourne street artist, recently sat down with the NGVs David Hurlston on behalf of Invurt, to talk about street art, as well as the new NGV Studio in Melbournes Federation Square  … As the acting Senior Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery for Victoria, David Hurlston is the man responsible for [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/01/interview-david-hurlston-ngv/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/16/thursday-transmissions-bright-drab-fresh/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/16/thursday-transmissions-bright-drab-fresh/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:04:31 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/16/thursday-transmissions-bright-drab-fresh/
Woooot yeah, here we go! Your Thursday afternoon viewing all in one getcha goggles watch and learn time. We’re back with this weeks Transmissions, and its been a grand ‘ol week … First up, ABC in Canberra interviewed the amazing E.L.K. – everyone should check this video out, there’s no embed (ABC seems to be [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/16/thursday-transmissions-bright-drab-fresh/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/08/interview-rone/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/08/interview-rone/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:02:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=4150
If you’ve followed Melbourne street art, or indeed Australian street art, at any stage in the past decade, then there is little doubt that the name RONE is already a very familiar one. As a part of the illustrious and well respected Everfresh crew, RONE has received all number of accolades for his street art, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/08/interview-rone/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/03/friday-wrap-melbourne-street-art-isnt-the-be-all-of-australian-street-art/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/03/friday-wrap-melbourne-street-art-isnt-the-be-all-of-australian-street-art/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:31:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=4096
We like to stay away from any bias here – we do love Melbourne street art, and if you take a look through the pages here, sure, there are a shitload of events and such happening in Melbourne – but the same can be said for every other city in Oz too, its fkn heaving. [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/03/friday-wrap-melbourne-street-art-isnt-the-be-all-of-australian-street-art/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/event-everfresh-at-the-ngv-vic/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/event-everfresh-at-the-ngv-vic/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:24:30 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/event-everfresh-at-the-ngv-vic/
After little bits of teasing rumour over the past month or so, the guys from the Melbourne street art crew Everfresh have released the news of their impending visit to the NGV. This is going to be amazing – it will give everyone a crazily cool insight into the working practices of the Everfresh crew, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/event-everfresh-at-the-ngv-vic/feed/ 3 http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/26/thursday-transmissions-rone-heart-zonk/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/26/thursday-transmissions-rone-heart-zonk/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 05:05:08 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/26/thursday-transmissions-rone-heart-zonk/
Well, its a bit of a visualgasmfest like last week, and this weeks videos are grand. First up, we have something different– our friend Dynamik (Paul Wright) did this time lapse piece for us of a wall that we organised in Perth at the Platinum Zone, featuring NVS, Pore, Poise, Suloh, Tonitones, Dibs, Deej. Assisted [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/26/thursday-transmissions-rone-heart-zonk/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/25/exhibition-rone-vic/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/25/exhibition-rone-vic/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 01:27:15 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/25/exhibition-rone-vic/
In what may be one of the most anticipated solo shows of the past few years, Everfresh studio artist RONE will be displaying a range of work next month in his upcoming solo show, L’Iconnue De La Rue – the title of which, roughly translated to “Unknown Girl Of the Streets” – seems perfectly suited [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/25/exhibition-rone-vic/feed/ 2 http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/24/exhibition-phibs-eloquently-ineffable-vic/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/24/exhibition-phibs-eloquently-ineffable-vic/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 01:20:29 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/24/exhibition-phibs-eloquently-ineffable-vic/
That man with the beautifully patterned plan, Phibs, has another solo show coming up in Melbourne next month, with “Eloquently Ineffable” As always from this superbly creative artist, it promises to be another grand showcase of his latest work. “The ‘ineffable’ refers to that which cannot be spoken – put into words, or described. For [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/24/exhibition-phibs-eloquently-ineffable-vic/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/06/friday-wrap-cool-cool-cool/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/06/friday-wrap-cool-cool-cool/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 06:04:27 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/06/friday-wrap-cool-cool-cool/
Another busy week comes to an end, and all of us here are full steam ahead with a bunch of projects and fun shit. Busy busy busy, cool cool cool. We have a great art session happening this weekend in Perth, with Dibs, ToniTone, Poise, Deej, NVS and Suloh putting some licks of paint up [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/05/06/friday-wrap-cool-cool-cool/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/04/29/friday-wrap-ladies-carbon-comics/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/04/29/friday-wrap-ladies-carbon-comics/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:42:01 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/04/29/friday-wrap-ladies-carbon-comics/
So its been a little bit between wraps, Easter, busy, yada yada yada .. but here we go with this weeks one, and what a week ahead … Before we go on though, We’ve decided to change the format of the wraps a little bit – we wont be doing a run down of all [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/04/29/friday-wrap-ladies-carbon-comics/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/24/thursday-transmissions-glebe-trams-does-zonk-lush-meggs/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/24/thursday-transmissions-glebe-trams-does-zonk-lush-meggs/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:34:47 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/24/thursday-transmissions-glebe-trams-does-zonk-lush-meggs/
Another week is rolling into its final stages, and we have a bit of a mix of videos for you this week – so sit back, and enjoy the show … Melbourne artists Meggs visited Hawaii recently, and the guys at NB574 did this to document what he was up to – excellent shit. NB574.com [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/24/thursday-transmissions-glebe-trams-does-zonk-lush-meggs/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:18:10 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne/
  Another week, a few more videos … we have some spare time today (which has been in short supply!) so making sure we get this one out – apologies for the lack of posts etc this week iInterviews and Friday wraps have been casualties!), its been a hell busy one … in the meantime, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne-2/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne-2/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:50:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne-2/
  Another week, a few more videos … we have some spare time today (which has been in short supply!) so making sure we get this one out – apologies for the lack of posts etc this week iInterviews and Friday wraps have been casualties!), its been a hell busy one … in the meantime, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/10/thursday-transmissions-the-tooth-reka-mr-squiggle-melbourne-2/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/03/exhibition-james-reka-down-low-too-slow-vic/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/03/exhibition-james-reka-down-low-too-slow-vic/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:32:48 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/03/exhibition-james-reka-down-low-too-slow-vic/
We’ve been fans of Rekas work for quite some time now, and have been looking forward to another solo show since we saw his last exhibition, Such Is Life, with the Yok back in 2009, at the Greenwood Gallery. Rekas style is unique, entertaining and emotively appealing – and, having loved all the output that [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/03/03/exhibition-james-reka-down-low-too-slow-vic/feed/ 2 http://www.invurt.com/2011/02/04/friday-wrap-wet-n-wild/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/02/04/friday-wrap-wet-n-wild/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:44:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=2571
Floods, cyclones, rain – its all just another week of mayhem across Oz, and if I wasn’t such a cynic I’d be shouting global warming doom from the rooftops (okay, so 2012 is obviously the end of the world via zombie apocalypse, but I’ll hold out on my scepticism til then). The other week saw [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/02/04/friday-wrap-wet-n-wild/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/02/02/thursday-transmissions/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/02/02/thursday-transmissions/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:22:38 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=2568
Well, we don’t often post videos, but we’ve decided to cave a little – just because we keep seeing so much cool shit every week thats been filmed and produced. So this new column will work alongside the Friday wraps. This will be our spot to showcase whatever Australian videos have have come out, without [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/02/02/thursday-transmissions/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/21/friday-wrap-all-good-things-of-2011/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/21/friday-wrap-all-good-things-of-2011/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:22:47 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/21/friday-wrap-all-good-things-of-2011/
Well, its been a bit of a slow start to 2011 thus far, but we’re totally back on board and itching to get a move on on into 2011. Today we announced our logo winner, and as you’ll see – we’re now branded! Pretty excited about that, for a start. Secondly, in the coolest news [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/21/friday-wrap-all-good-things-of-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/14/live-art-lost-in-bass-vic/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/14/live-art-lost-in-bass-vic/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:48:10 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/14/live-art-lost-in-bass-vic/
You’re thinking – why a music gig event entry? Well, its been over a year since I transformed my humble website into Invurt – but, before that, if you go a browsing through some of the different categories, you’ll see that once upon a time I interviewed and wrote a hell of a lot about [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/01/14/live-art-lost-in-bass-vic/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2010/12/03/friday-wrap-the-rainy-week/ http://www.invurt.com/2010/12/03/friday-wrap-the-rainy-week/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:06:36 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2010/12/03/friday-wrap-the-rainy-week/
  As a P-towner, I’ll probably never get used to the schizophrenic Melbourne weather, and its been a rainy week this week here in Melbourne – amongst it though, there have been some cool things going on, and theres even more cool stuff coming up here and elsewhere in Oz – read on for more [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2010/12/03/friday-wrap-the-rainy-week/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/26/best-of-the-blogs-invurt-guide-to-cool-oz-art-blogs-1/ http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/26/best-of-the-blogs-invurt-guide-to-cool-oz-art-blogs-1/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:24:04 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/26/best-of-the-blogs-invurt-guide-to-cool-oz-art-blogs-1/
Invurt wouldn’t be anything without the rest of the web and arts community – we spend at least an hour or two every day going through a wide range of feeds and sites, checking for news and seeing what’s happening. Probably half the event stuff we post up is composed of things we find through [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/26/best-of-the-blogs-invurt-guide-to-cool-oz-art-blogs-1/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/12/friday-wrap-time/ http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/12/friday-wrap-time/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:28:43 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/12/friday-wrap-time/
  Its been a busy week in terms of exhibition announcements and various bits of news – looks like everyone is doing end of year shows, and its awesome to see so much happening in the lead up to the x(pissup)mass season – the more the better, as far as we’re concerned. So, heres just [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2010/11/12/friday-wrap-time/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2010/10/21/exhibition-phibs-contra-posita-nsw/ http://www.invurt.com/2010/10/21/exhibition-phibs-contra-posita-nsw/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:08:44 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2010/10/21/exhibition-phibs-contra-posita-nsw/
Following up from his last solo show here in Melbourne, and on the continuing busy run of murals, book launches and shows, Phibs is set to have his next solo show at the Oh Really Gallery next week with Contra Posita, an “exploration of the different faces of one thing.” Sweet. Who: Phibs What: Contra [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2010/10/21/exhibition-phibs-contra-posita-nsw/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2010/09/17/friday-wrap-the-week-ahead-2/ http://www.invurt.com/2010/09/17/friday-wrap-the-week-ahead-2/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:57:21 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2010/09/17/friday-wrap-the-week-ahead-2/
  Melbourne Ghostpatrol had his solo exhibition Warps Points and Seed Vault save points open last night. Melbourne Art & Culture Critic has a short review of the exhibition here – I checked it out when it seemed to be at its most busy, some wonderful work in there – looking forward to seeing it [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2010/09/17/friday-wrap-the-week-ahead-2/feed/ 0