http://www.invurt.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/2012/01/18/exhibition-the-conservatorium-project-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-the-conservatorium-project-perth/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:38:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7905
There’s a new creative space in P-town, and next week they’ll be holding their very first show. As an Artist Run Initiative (ARI), Paper Mountain has set up home in the hub of creative Northbridge, and looks to have a promising future ahead of it. The first show looks pretty intriguing! "The Conservatorium is a [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/18/exhibition-the-conservatorium-project-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/snapshots-miss-tones-dibs-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/snapshots-miss-tones-dibs-perth/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:26:51 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7831
We were sent these images from two of our favourite Perth artists, Miss Tones and Dibs – who recently finished a commissions piece for Dimattina Coffee in Osbourne Park. It’s a large piece and beautifully executed – we expect big things from both these guys this year, they’ve already hit Woolstores and Miss Tones huge [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/16/snapshots-miss-tones-dibs-perth/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/chasing-ghosts-top-10-2011/ http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/chasing-ghosts-top-10-2011/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7696
One of our favourite discoveries last year was the fantastic Chasing Ghosts blog. After having met the wonderful duo behind it at all, we asked if they’d like to put together a Top 10 of all their favourite images that they captured on their journies between Europe and  Melbourne this year – enjoy! Our top [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2012/01/10/chasing-ghosts-top-10-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/snapshots-backyard-project-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/snapshots-backyard-project-perth/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:40:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/snapshots-backyard-project-perth/
Back in early November, we heard about a new online radio venture of some ambition that was happening over in Perth; loving music as we do (and having a close association with OnlineClubber who run out of our studios in Prahran), we got in touch, got the low down on the project and did the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/22/snapshots-backyard-project-perth/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/2011/12/20/interview-kid-zoom/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/20/interview-kid-zoom/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:59:31 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/20/interview-kid-zoom/
Originally hailing from Perth, Kid Zoom is an enigmatic artist who has pushed, stretched and manipulated the boundaries and limited circles of what people traditionally think of as “street art”. As an artist whose hard work has done as much for his own success with the exposure he has garnered, as it has for the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/20/interview-kid-zoom/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/14/exhibition-chris-hancock-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/14/exhibition-chris-hancock-melbourne/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:23:39 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/14/exhibition-chris-hancock-melbourne/
Chris Hancock does some amazing work. Having recently moved from Perth over to Melbourne, he has started getting up about the place and will be having his first Melbourne show next Tuesday at the Black Cat Cafe in Fitzroy. Chris has a mad illustrative/tattoo derived style that crosses from low-brow to street. We foresee grand [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/12/14/exhibition-chris-hancock-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/30/exhibition-daek-william-still-under-the-influence-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/30/exhibition-daek-william-still-under-the-influence-melbourne/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:55:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/30/exhibition-daek-william-still-under-the-influence-melbourne/
We knew this one was coming up, and damn we’re looking forward to it. Since interviewing the man himself earlier this year, we’ve been hankering for a chance to see this Perth artists work in a full blown solo show – and it’s almost here, thanks to Prahrans RTIST Gallery. "A composite mesh of graffiti, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/30/exhibition-daek-william-still-under-the-influence-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/22/exhibition-preview-el-deejo-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/22/exhibition-preview-el-deejo-perth/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:00:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=7165
We are big fans of Perth artist Paul "El Deejo" Deej here on Invurt, in fact, we interviewed him just before his highly successful first solo show last year – and we’re happy to announce yet another solo show opening this week in WA. Deej has been hard at work in the studio, painting up [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/22/exhibition-preview-el-deejo-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/09/exhibition-east-west-national-grid-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/09/exhibition-east-west-national-grid-sydney/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:13:36 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/09/exhibition-east-west-national-grid-sydney/
Having that love in the bones for our ancestral home in the West, seeing great art come out of there is always pretty cool – but couple that with an equally fine selection of artistry from the east coast just completes the awesome factor. Taking nine artists from the west coast, and nine artists from [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/09/exhibition-east-west-national-grid-sydney/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/02/exhibitioncharity-event-ihart-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/02/exhibitioncharity-event-ihart-perth/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:16:00 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=6497
Charity events always warm the cockles of the heart don’t they and specially ones that also warm the feet! IHART is a charity sneaker exhibition being held at The Claremont Hotel’s Grey Door Gallery in Perth, with all proceeds heading to the Heart Foundation, of course! With twenty painted converse, thirty skateboards, thirty limited edition [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/11/02/exhibitioncharity-event-ihart-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/31/exhibition-one-sugar-to-go-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/31/exhibition-one-sugar-to-go-perth/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:00:18 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/31/exhibition-one-sugar-to-go-perth/
One Sugar To Go has already proven a huge success, its first show in 2010 showcased a huge range of talented Western Australia artists and was a much loved event. The premise is simple – each artist gets a take away coffee cup, and goes to town … the end result is a unique show [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/31/exhibition-one-sugar-to-go-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/19/exhibition-for-against-the-truth-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/19/exhibition-for-against-the-truth-perth/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:17:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/19/exhibition-for-against-the-truth-perth/
We spotted this show over at Vandalog in our daily read, which we weren’t expecting! Stormie Mills has put together a cool group show in Perth (Subi) to showcase a awesome range of national and international artists, with a great premise behind it all. "Artists Remi Rough (London), John Fekner (NYC), Kenton Parker (Los Angeles), [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/19/exhibition-for-against-the-truth-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/11/exhibition-roa-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/11/exhibition-roa-perth/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:13:08 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/11/exhibition-roa-perth/
We knew he was in the country for Outpost Festival, but this news caught us by surprise – it seems that ROA has already hit our shores, and has been crossing the country doing a bunch of research for a solo show in Perth! One half of us is completely stoked, the other half if [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/10/11/exhibition-roa-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/30/interview-sean-morris/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/30/interview-sean-morris/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:18:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=5964
  Sean Morris is a guy who isn’t afraid to turn over a few stones, looking under the skin of our metropolistic culture for gems of uniqueness. Not all of these gems are beautiful in the traditional sense, however the scenarios and characters that his work portrays hold their own attraction – you know, like [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/30/interview-sean-morris/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/09/event-relative-sketch-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/09/event-relative-sketch-perth/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:00:22 +0000 FacieB http://www.invurt.com/?p=5562
The first instalment this month of Relative Magazine’s new live art event is Relative Sketch at Four5Nine Bar at The Rosemount Hotel in North Perth. A wicked event in celebration of the communities talent and enthusiasm, this group show brings together Perth illustration artists Anya Brock, Daisy+Boy, Natasha Muhl, Owen Wachla and Radam, Fudger and [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/09/event-relative-sketch-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/05/interview-stormie-mills/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/05/interview-stormie-mills/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:55:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=5491
Stormie mills is one of those artists that, if you follow street art, needs very little introduction. For almost thirty years, the Perth artist has plied his trade – painting, drawing and decorating walls and gallery spaces the world over with his unique and enigmatic characters. His depictions of often solitary characters belie any thought [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/05/interview-stormie-mills/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/02/exhibition-aaron-main-a-few-little-bits-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/02/exhibition-aaron-main-a-few-little-bits-perth/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:26:26 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/02/exhibition-aaron-main-a-few-little-bits-perth/
Tonight in Perth a show of 8bit goodness will be launching, and, as we love Perth, and we love 8 bit computer games, we love the looks of this show! "A lot of you may remember spending countless days after school and weekends locked in your room playing games over and over again, trying to [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/09/02/exhibition-aaron-main-a-few-little-bits-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/17/press-mill-wednesdays-august-2011/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/17/press-mill-wednesdays-august-2011/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:55:02 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/17/press-mill-wednesdays-august-2011/
Back again after a massively hectic month of article writing and editing! August has been an interesting month in the news, so here is your wrap up of all (most all!) things media related in Oz and New Zealand … Mandy Ord and her work was in the SMH last week also – you mgiht [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/17/press-mill-wednesdays-august-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/15/book-launch-craigie-tales-perth-2/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/15/book-launch-craigie-tales-perth-2/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:41:54 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/15/book-launch-craigie-tales-perth-2/
For our readers who are uninformed of some of the background of Invurt’s editor, Facter, he actually grew up a stones throw away from the Perth suburb of Craigie, 6025 – (sharing the same postcode in neighbouring Padbury), and one of the landmarks near there, was  "the Craigie Wall." Described as a legal wall that [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/15/book-launch-craigie-tales-perth-2/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/interview-zach-freshwater/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/interview-zach-freshwater/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:50:01 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/interview-zach-freshwater/
The west has many great things. Beaches, wineries, Little Creatures Sunday sessions, mintox d’n'b gigs, rad friends, Northbridge at 1am on a Friday night (okay, not so great) but, mostly, it has a plethora of talented artists. Perth has always had an extremely rich art scene, especially when it comes to the aerosol and street [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/interview-zach-freshwater/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/exhibition-enix-sayonara-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/exhibition-enix-sayonara-melbourne/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:39:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/exhibition-enix-sayonara-melbourne/
Our friend Enix will be taking off to distant shores soon, but before he heads off to the wide world of madventureland, he’ll be having a last display of his recent work – his fourth solo show, Sa.yo.na.ra! "This will be the final exhibition before en?x goes to swim in a larger pond in Europe. [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/09/exhibition-enix-sayonara-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/04/exhibition-zach-freshwater-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/04/exhibition-zach-freshwater-perth/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:02:02 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/04/exhibition-zach-freshwater-perth/
Zach dropped us a line about his show some time ago, but we wanted to keep it fresh and in your minds for the launch! We’ve been following his work for a while now and we really like what we see – his flare for the abstract is concise and stylised, his palette is colourful, [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/04/exhibition-zach-freshwater-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/01/exhibition-stormie-mills-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/01/exhibition-stormie-mills-melbourne/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:48:20 +0000 Cholo http://www.invurt.com/?p=4823
  Last month in our Thursday Transmissions we featured a piece from Stormie Mills, and with a career spanning over twenty fives years, a whole slew of out shows across the continent, we were happy to see that he has another show coming up at Metro gallery this week. “Since launching his career as a [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/08/01/exhibition-stormie-mills-melbourne/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/26/live-art-event-art-attack-2-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/26/live-art-event-art-attack-2-perth/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:31:19 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/26/live-art-event-art-attack-2-perth/
Live art battles in Perth? Hell yeah! No idea how we missed the first instalment of this, but we’ve be keeping a keen eye out for more in the coming months. There’s nothing better than a good old fashioned battle, as events such as Secret Wars, Red Bull Wreckers and others have already shown, and [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/26/live-art-event-art-attack-2-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/21/thursday-transmissions-paste-rollin-key/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/21/thursday-transmissions-paste-rollin-key/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:41:43 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=4697
It seems that Thursdays always roll around really quick – but perhaps its that we’re so busy that it just seems that way, but man, are there some grand videos out this week … First up, the guys at VNA released this video a couple of days ago – Kid Zoom, Lister and Meggs painting [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/21/thursday-transmissions-paste-rollin-key/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/20/exhibition-familia-last-chance-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/20/exhibition-familia-last-chance-perth/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:19:00 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/?p=4645
We always get excited when we see shows from back in our P-town hood, not least of which when the show puts forth new creations by one of our favourite studios, Last Chance. With a bunch of new ‘heads working out of the studios in recent times, its an excellent chance to see what the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/20/exhibition-familia-last-chance-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/13/exhibition-red-bull-wreckers-yard-sydney/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/13/exhibition-red-bull-wreckers-yard-sydney/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:42:33 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/13/exhibition-red-bull-wreckers-yard-sydney/
We only just got notice of this, and hopefully everyone gets a chance to check it all out! Its a busy week this week with a bunch of stuff on, but checking out the fruits of the entire Red Bull Wreckers competition? That’s something that has to be seen! “Red Bull Gallery proudly presents a [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/07/13/exhibition-red-bull-wreckers-yard-sydney/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/23/thursday-transmissions-rain-dreams-paste/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/23/thursday-transmissions-rain-dreams-paste/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:27:41 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/23/thursday-transmissions-rain-dreams-paste/
Okay, a bunch of really different stuff this week, and its jam packed! Just got notice that the last episodes of the whole NB574 story are now up! Particularly of interest (though they’re all really great) is the last edition on Meggs, his solo show in London, and his residency with the rest of the [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/23/thursday-transmissions-rain-dreams-paste/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/22/event-red-bull-wreckers-yard-finals-melbourne/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/22/event-red-bull-wreckers-yard-finals-melbourne/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:25:44 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/22/event-red-bull-wreckers-yard-finals-melbourne/
It’s been raging the past few weeks, but now each city has claimed its own champion, and their set to battle it out to the finish at this weekends Red Bull Wreckers finale in Melbourne. We’ve seen pics along the way, and we know that the talent is superb – but who will reign supreme? [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/22/event-red-bull-wreckers-yard-finals-melbourne/feed/ 1 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/17/exhibition-three-kurb-gallery-perth/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/17/exhibition-three-kurb-gallery-perth/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:16:01 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/17/exhibition-three-kurb-gallery-perth/
More great shows from Perth keep coming, and this one looks pretty damned cool to us – that’s because we love ink, and we love artists that put their mark upon people for perpetuity. Unleash a tattoo artists onto a canvas, place them into a gallery setting, and its usually a given that they’ll produce [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/17/exhibition-three-kurb-gallery-perth/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/14/exhibition-pool-epic-illustration-wa/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/14/exhibition-pool-epic-illustration-wa/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:17:01 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/14/exhibition-pool-epic-illustration-wa/
We love Kurb gallery, theres nothing quite like it in Perth – and this next group show looks totally up our alley, being the lovers of illustration that we are – and, to top it off, the flyer has a stegosaurus on it! Anything with thunder lizards on the flyer has to be great. Dinosaurs [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/14/exhibition-pool-epic-illustration-wa/feed/ 0 http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/exhibition-out-to-get-ya-wa/ http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/exhibition-out-to-get-ya-wa/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:05:28 +0000 Facter http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/exhibition-out-to-get-ya-wa/
We’ve been a little unavoidably behind on our events this week, winters hit the health pretty hard! However, we didn’t want to miss getting up news about this event that is on tonight (only), in P-town – because it looks pretty grand. “Inspired by low brow, street and youth culture, these young emerging artists are [...]]]> http://www.invurt.com/2011/06/02/exhibition-out-to-get-ya-wa/feed/ 0 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