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/2012/02/10/submissions-t-shirt-designs-vice-versa-project/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/10/submissions-t-shirt-designs-vice-versa-project/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:31:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8412
We like getting random news about cool stuff, so when Darcy Johnson from the Vice Versa project dropped up a note on our facebook page earlier, we wanted to get something up pretty pronto. On first impressions Visa Versa looks like just another up and coming clothing label, one of many that we always see [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/10/submissions-t-shirt-designs-vice-versa-project/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/03/interview-caitlin-rigby/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/03/interview-caitlin-rigby/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:26:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8304
A couple of years ago, I purchased a painting by an artist who, until that moment, I was quite unfamiliar with. Beautifully flowing, almost organic, autonomous lines forming an ever so slightly forlorn and contemplative character. The piece, by Melbourne artist Caitlin Rigby, is, unabashedly, a personal favourite in my meagre collection. It sits centre [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/03/interview-caitlin-rigby/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/thursday-transmissions-sear-punk-squish/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/thursday-transmissions-sear-punk-squish/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:25:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8278
Oh have we seen stuff this week, and oh have we loved it. One of the best things about following all this kind of art these days is the amazing documentation of it all – so many people doing videos, so many great little productions … err, and lots of amateur stuff, that we love [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/02/thursday-transmissions-sear-punk-squish/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/01/exhibition-cheech-sanchez-girls-got-kicks-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/01/exhibition-cheech-sanchez-girls-got-kicks-melbourne/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:53:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8231
This is one of those rare times we post up something about a photographic exhibition – but we have absolutely no qualms about this one. Girls Got Kicks looks to be not only a great night of entertainment, but there will be some luscious imagery from Cheech Sanchez of kicks and chicks, oh, and there’s [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/02/01/exhibition-cheech-sanchez-girls-got-kicks-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/26/thursday-transmissions-6/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/26/thursday-transmissions-6/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:02:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8160
We’ve had a quiet start to the year with the Transmissions column, we skipped last week as there weren’t very many videos released. However, it feels like we’re back into it and we have a bunch of video for you this week, so without further ado … DrewFunk, Mysterious Al and Heesco did a live [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/26/thursday-transmissions-6/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/24/exhibitions-mark-bod-melbourne-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/24/exhibitions-mark-bod-melbourne-sydney/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:21:29 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=8054
Cobalt 60. Lizards. Cheech. If those names don’t ring a bell, then you sure as shit need to go and do your research, and do it now. "For two generations Mark and his father Vaughn Bode have forged an artistic legacy that has had a profound effect on graffiti, street art and underground comics. In [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/24/exhibitions-mark-bod-melbourne-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-steve-cross-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-steve-cross-melbourne/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7979
The last time we caught some of Steve Cross work was at last years Twitching group show, alongside Ken Taylor, Bec Winnel and Alex Louisa. Come Monday, this Melbourne artist, who is also well known for his work through Korpus tattoo (and some of those mad Bliss n Eso album covers, amongst many other things), [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/20/exhibition-steve-cross-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-caitlin-rigby-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-caitlin-rigby-melbourne/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:19:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7852
"This Path We’re On" will be the first solo show from artist Caitlin Rigby in over five years, and we just couldn’t be happier to see it come up! "I will be exhibiting a range of my paintings from 2009, 2010 and 2011, some works have never been exhibited before." For us, having only seen [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-caitlin-rigby-melbourne/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/17/exhibition-tour-niels-shoe-meulman-melbourne-sydney-auckland-singapore/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/17/exhibition-tour-niels-shoe-meulman-melbourne-sydney-auckland-singapore/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:02:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7850
  For over thirty years Niels Shoe Meulman has plied his craft across the world – traversing design, calligraphy, graffiti and painting. Yet for all the places visited and travelled to, it is only now that Shoe is making his way down under – and it has the look of one epically cool tour. He’ll [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/17/exhibition-tour-niels-shoe-meulman-melbourne-sydney-auckland-singapore/feed/ 4 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-french-brisbane-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-french-brisbane-melbourne/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:32:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7838
There are two great exhibitions coming up over the next few weeks by one great artist – French. Hitting both Nine Lives Gallery in Brisbane as well as Backwoods Gallery in Melbourne, French brings forth a world of fantastical, and at times macabre, imagery with deft and texturally inked precision. "The artist by the name [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/exhibition-french-brisbane-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/11/snapshots-union-lane-paintup/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/11/snapshots-union-lane-paintup/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:25:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7747
On a sunny day just after Xmas, the Blender crew and some of the guys that paint with the Revurt project met in Union Lane to have a bit of a paint-up and refresh the street art on the walls. Absolutely mad day, everyone had a ball and the public seemed to really enjoy seeing [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/11/snapshots-union-lane-paintup/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/snapshots-rone-sojourn/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/snapshots-rone-sojourn/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:42:02 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7724
We have seen a couple of these over at the EF blog, but Rone just sent us through a few that we hadn’t seen before (plus they’re all just pretty damn cool), so we thought we’d post them up for all of you to enjoy. After having flown over to Miami Basel in November, Rone [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/snapshots-rone-sojourn/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:21:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/
Welcome to 2012 all! We’ve had a pretty restful break – lots of painting and a few ciders here and there and a hell of a lot of relaxing and doing absolutely nothing – just what we needed!! So, catching up on a bit of a backlog, we have a whole heap of snapshots to [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/08/snapshots-blender-xmas-party-exhibition/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/25/merry-xmas-and-happy-new-years-from-invurt/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/25/merry-xmas-and-happy-new-years-from-invurt/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:55:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/25/merry-xmas-and-happy-new-years-from-invurt/
Well, it’s been a huge year for us here at Invurt, but its holiday, beers, sun and chill time now so we wanted to wish you all the best for Christmas and New Years on this warm Melbourne day! We wont be completely shutting shop but our regular event updates and Transmissions will be on [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/25/merry-xmas-and-happy-new-years-from-invurt/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/thursday-transmissions-5/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/thursday-transmissions-5/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:53:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/23/thursday-transmissions-5/
Well, this is the last Transmissions for the year people, and it isn’t a huge one, but its a quality one! We’ll be back with our regular video wrap ups of whats been released in January, until then, enjoy these fine moving images from across the world of Australian street art… First up we have [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/thursday-transmissions-5/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/13/live-art-metro-xmas-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/13/live-art-metro-xmas-melbourne/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:03:22 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/13/live-art-metro-xmas-melbourne/
With Christmas making its ponderous way towards us (hurry up, annual leave) everyone seems to be getting into the xmas spirit with parties, shows, and, of course, live art. Metro Gallery has had a phenomenal year, with solo shows from Swoon back in January, Michael Peck, D*Face, Stormie Mills, Anthony Lister, and their great Things [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/13/live-art-metro-xmas-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/08/thursday-transmissions-dregs-war-draw/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/08/thursday-transmissions-dregs-war-draw/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:53:19 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/08/thursday-transmissions-dregs-war-draw/
Well, it’s been a bed ridden summer-flu week here, but we’ve still managed to keep our head above water (for the most part, excuse yesterdays lack of updates!) and we’ve still managed to find a crapload of awesome videos for this weeks Transmissions … so, without further ado … First up, man, are we looking [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/08/thursday-transmissions-dregs-war-draw/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/event-exhibition-blender-studios-xmas-exhibition-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/event-exhibition-blender-studios-xmas-exhibition-melbourne/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:23:45 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/event-exhibition-blender-studios-xmas-exhibition-melbourne/
Of course, being that time of year, everyones having their Xmas parties, and the Blender studios crew really know how to throw one! With Dark Horse Experiment holding the show itself, and with lots of performances and installations happening in conjunction with the show, this is one of those studio bashes that you just have [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/event-exhibition-blender-studios-xmas-exhibition-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/open-studio-miso-ghostpatrol-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/open-studio-miso-ghostpatrol-melbourne/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:09:16 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/open-studio-miso-ghostpatrol-melbourne/
Once a year Miso and Ghostpatrol open up their studio for a sale of works directly from the Fortress itself – and if you know these artists as I’m sure you do, this is a great chance to see where they work, what they do, and to snap up some really limited works that they [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/05/open-studio-miso-ghostpatrol-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/exhibition-surface-tension-ambush-gallery-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/exhibition-surface-tension-ambush-gallery-sydney/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:22:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/15/exhibition-surface-tension-ambush-gallery-sydney/
You would think that the boys from aMBUSH Gallery would have their hands full with the ongoing Outpost Project, but no – these guys just keep powering on, and the next show up at aMBUSH Gallery sees a bunch of our favourites smashing it down in Sydney with an awesome group show, Surface Tension. "Australia’s [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/exhibition-surface-tension-ambush-gallery-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/drawing-session-trails-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/drawing-session-trails-melbourne/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:56:57 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/drawing-session-trails-melbourne/
Back in October, we finally had a chance to get down to one of the Trails drawing sessions. Hosted by Braddock at the infamous Blender Studios, the theme behind Trails is simple – you turn up, take a pen, and draw your heart out alongside others in a mad massive collaborative fun fest.   Held [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/25/drawing-session-trails-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/21/event-farewells-at-large-end-of-lease-graff-battle-sale-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/21/event-farewells-at-large-end-of-lease-graff-battle-sale-melbourne/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:28:54 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/21/event-farewells-at-large-end-of-lease-graff-battle-sale-melbourne/
It was a sad moment last week when I got the invite from the At Large crew about their closing down event this coming weekend. I knew it was on its way, but it was still lamentable when I got the invitation to their very last event – and I’m even sadder still that I [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/21/event-farewells-at-large-end-of-lease-graff-battle-sale-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/18/arty-graffartis-top-10-october/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/18/arty-graffartis-top-10-october/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:40:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/18/arty-graffartis-top-10-october/
No, its October. Honest. Really. Look, it is if I say it is .. but, anyways. We were supposed to get this up late last month, but with so much in between we had a massive backlog. This, however, is the last of it and we’re all caught up (actually, “catch up” seems like such [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/18/arty-graffartis-top-10-october/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/thursday-transmissions-ha-ha-drypz-and-layers/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/thursday-transmissions-ha-ha-drypz-and-layers/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:49:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/thursday-transmissions-ha-ha-drypz-and-layers/
Theres always time on a Thursday lunchbreak to take a few minutes out and check out some cool assed videos from around Oz and NZ, and thats what the Transmissions are for! Watch on, viewers, as we compile this weeks videos we’ve seen around the traps …  (image via The Conspiracies of Ha-Ha by Kieran [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/thursday-transmissions-ha-ha-drypz-and-layers/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/exhibition-roman-the-green-robot-andrea-prosciutti-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/exhibition-roman-the-green-robot-andrea-prosciutti-melbourne/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:33:39 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/exhibition-roman-the-green-robot-andrea-prosciutti-melbourne/
Not only do those cool crew over at Dangerfork have a mad popup shop running at the moment, but they also have a few shows here and there in the space. This one, however – well, we LOVE robots (yeah, we do have a slight obsession with them, we must admit), so how can we [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/17/exhibition-roman-the-green-robot-andrea-prosciutti-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/13/snapshots-heesco-pierre-lloga-smirnoff-nightlife-exchange/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/13/snapshots-heesco-pierre-lloga-smirnoff-nightlife-exchange/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:31:00 +0000 starma http://www.invurt.com/?p=6923
Invurt went to Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange last night to see Pierre Lloga and Heesco do some live art for the event at Melbournes Docklands. It was a pretty interesting night, as Smirnoff went all out in creating a unique nightlife experience. With four differently themed rooms, we found ourselves mostly in the “urban streets” with [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/13/snapshots-heesco-pierre-lloga-smirnoff-nightlife-exchange/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/10/exhibition-11-11-11-cocoa-jackson-studios-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/10/exhibition-11-11-11-cocoa-jackson-studios-melbourne/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:04:44 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/10/exhibition-11-11-11-cocoa-jackson-studios-melbourne/
Cocoa Jackson studios in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick will be having an elevenses shindig this Friday, with eleven artists and eleven DJs. If you haven’t heard of Cocoa Jackson just yet, you should have – this newly minted studio up Brunswick way is set to start moving and shaking into 2012, and its on [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/10/exhibition-11-11-11-cocoa-jackson-studios-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/08/exhibition-fintan-magee-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/08/exhibition-fintan-magee-melbourne/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:25:06 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/08/exhibition-fintan-magee-melbourne/
After we interviewed him a month or two ago, prior to his solo show "House Of Giants", we heard rumour that Fintan Magee would be heading down to the ‘burn for a little while – well, he arrived, and in the time since his extraordinary work has been showing up all over the place. As [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/08/exhibition-fintan-magee-melbourne/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/05/exhibition-dreaming-with-open-eyes-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/05/exhibition-dreaming-with-open-eyes-melbourne/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:59:49 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6716
Monday night at Vic Bar in Melbourne, Barney Stonier will be exhibiting his solo show “Dreaming with open eyes”. “An exhibition, which is inspired through a conscious representation of Barney’s passion, dreams and experiences, translated into a series of limited prints.” Have a look see for yourself, as it looks pretty sweet! Who: Barney Stonier [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/05/exhibition-dreaming-with-open-eyes-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/02/gallery-opening-chatsworth-gallery-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/02/gallery-opening-chatsworth-gallery-melbourne/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:41:27 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6501
Here at Invurt we’re always smiling when a new gallery opens and this is one of those joyous times – Chatsworth Gallery is the new venture from awesome local photographer Julius Kellar and his mates. This Semi-professional gallery in Prahran, which is a totally awesome looking space by the way, is launching this Friday with [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/02/gallery-opening-chatsworth-gallery-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/01/snapshots-dface-hits-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/01/snapshots-dface-hits-melbourne/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:56:51 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/01/snapshots-dface-hits-melbourne/
Over the last few days, D*FACE has been traversing the streets, pasting up and leaving his mark on the ‘burn in the leadup to his show at Metro Gallery tomorrow night. Accordingly, much of it was documented along the way … the team at Bright Things TV caught up with him on Saturday and sent [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/01/snapshots-dface-hits-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/28/event-pret-a-zombie-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/28/event-pret-a-zombie-melbourne/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:34:43 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6396
Halloween is upon us, ghouls and ghosties, and Richmond’s Owl and the Pussycat is home to all creatures living or living dead! This is something a bit different to our normal fare posted here, but what the hell, its Halloween bitches! Pret-a-Zombie will have “Zombies descending as they moan, groan and roam their way right [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/28/event-pret-a-zombie-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/27/thursday-transmissions-80s-drew-heat/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/27/thursday-transmissions-80s-drew-heat/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:05:01 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/27/thursday-transmissions-80s-drew-heat/
Buckle up all – we’ll be taking a small hiatus next Thursday from our Thursday Transmissions, but, never fear – we’ll have something even better for you; live blogging, photos, video and much more goodness all from the wonderful Cockatoo Island in Sydney. For today though, check out some of the goodness that is in [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/27/thursday-transmissions-80s-drew-heat/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/26/exhibition-you-are-all-the-same-adrian-doyle-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/26/exhibition-you-are-all-the-same-adrian-doyle-melbourne/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:37:00 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6368
Adrian Doyle ’s first solo show in over a year is the boldly yet aptly named “You Are All The Same”. Exhibiting at Darkhorse Experiment in the beginning of November, Doyles art will coincide with other solo shows by Kim Guthrie on the Propaganda Windows and Max Burns in the Blender Studios. Doyle is an [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/26/exhibition-you-are-all-the-same-adrian-doyle-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/26/event-bend-snap-design-market-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/26/event-bend-snap-design-market-melbourne/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:56:00 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6360
1000£ Bend never stops amazing, with many a hand in many a crafty pie! So it is not at all surprising when we hear they have set up a new monthly indoor design market of local illustration, fashion, design, jewellery and textiles. ‘Bend & Snap’, which held its inaugural market last month will be continuing [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/26/event-bend-snap-design-market-melbourne/feed/ 0