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hot list 24th-30th October
Funny Bones
In a dark, dark town there was a dark, dark street
and in the dark, dark street there was a dark, dark house,
and in the dark, dark house there were some dark, dark stairs
and down the dark, dark stairs there was a dark, dark cellar
and in the dark dark cellar….
three skeletons lived!
There was a BIG skeleton, and a LITTLE skeleton, and a DOG skeleton! Rowf!
Happy Halloween from Black Tomato…
Until November 12th, Roy Lichtenstein: Entablatures, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. An exhibition of works by Roy Lichtenstein from his celebrated Entablatures series.
Until November 19th, Josh Keyes: Migration, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York.
Until 28th October, Ray Harris, Hold Me Close and Let Me Go, at the Australian Experimental Art Foundation. Hold me Close and Let me Go, explores the need for oneness that lingers in our hearts.
Until 30th Oct, Sydney Architecture Festival, Sydney,
Until 30th October, Craft Beer Week, Sydney. Have a crafty pint at the various venues celebrating Craft Beer Week in Sydney from the 24th-30th October.
Until 8th January, Baltic Presents Turner Prize, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, London. Arguably the world’s most recognised and prestigious award for contemporary art, the Turner Prize sets up for the first time at the BALTIC.
Until 19th November, Jumpy at the Royal Court, A frank and funny family drama questioning parental anxieties and life after fifty, starring Tamsin Greig and Smack The Ponies, Doon Mackichan.
This Week:
Monday 24th October, Tom Waits Playback Competition, Rough Trade East, London. To celebrate the release of Tom Waits’ new album ‘Bad As Me’ Rough Trade & ANTI have a special listening / give-away evening in-store.
Tuesday 25th October, Real Estate & Twin Sister & Trailer Trash Tracey’s, The Garage, London.
Wednesday 26th October, Eat Your Heart Out Presents: Trashing Performance, Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London, Cabaret evening, featuring a lecture of performance papers, key note speakers & various diagrams exploring the importance of live art.
Wednesday 26th October, Chris Levine: Selected Works, opens at The Little Black Gallery, London until November 26th. Selected works from one of the world’s best light artists, including prints of the Queen and Grace Jones.
Thursday 27th October, Halloween House Party at the Macbeth, Hoxton Street, London. A Halloween party inspired by this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTe4vOlbYlk
Friday 28th October, Torture Garden, Masque of the Red Death Halloween Mass, at Mass & Babalou, London. Masquerade Theme Dress Code, features The Red Death Ballroom, Pit & The Pendulum Club Arena, Imp of the Perverse Dungeon Crypt and Tell-Tale Heart Couples Playroom.
Saturday 29th October, London Borough of Bass Halloween Rave, Bussey Building, London. Seven of London’s best promoters go head-to-head in another unsightly edition of the London Borough of Bass.
Saturday 29th October, ‘Death to the Disco’ LOVELESS Halloween Party with Dee Rüsche, Catch, London.
Saturday 29th October, Torture Garden, Haunted Palace Halloween Ball, The Coronet Theatre, London. Featuring Haunted Theatre, Haunted Forest Dance Floor, Voodoo Ballroom, Hellfire Dungeon Arches, Satanic Harem Playroom and Horror Cinema. Capacity is 2000+
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Postmodernism is renowned for its extravagant aestheticism, irregular beauty and unashamed devotion to style over substance. Which is exactly why we like it. The overtly conspicuous movement is currently being celebrated in the V&A Museum exhibition, Postmodernism: Style and Subversion. Postmodernism was a brassy creative pastiche, with oodles of chutzpah – plundering and pillaging art movements of the past. Bold and boundless in its influence, the movement trickled in to every aspect of culture. Its iconology lives on today in some of the most visceral architectural creations in the world. Intoxicating in their allure and inspiring in their form, here are some of our favourites from around the globe. Four more reasons to grab that passport.
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China Central Television Headquarters, Beijing
This clinquant 44-storey skyscraper is the home of the China Central Television HQ. Construction of this beautiful building, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, began in 2004 and was completed in 2008. It is said that a taxi driver, mesmerised by its bizarre shape give the building its nickname, ‟dà kùchǎ‟, which literally translates as ‟big boxer shorts‟. Probably the most beautiful pair of boxer shorts in the world.
HSB Turning Torso, Sweden
The Turning Torso, situated in Malmo is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden standing at a vertiginous 623ft and 54-storeys high. The swirling construction was based on a sculpture by the architect and engineer of the building, Santiago Calatrava, called the Twisting Torso. The building is constructed in nine segments of five-storey pentagons that twist as it rises.
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Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis
This coruscating jumble of discombobulated shapes that is the Weisman Art Museum was designed by internationally acclaimed architect Frank O Gehry. The buildings undulating stainless steel forms glimmer by the side of the Mississippi River and have become a landmark for the University. Housed inside are some of the most gorgeous galleries in the world.
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St Mary’s Cathedral, Tokyo
If all churches looked like this, we’d go every Sunday. St Mary’s Cathedral in Tokyo is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo. The original wooden structure was burned down during World War II, the present design, in the form of a giant cross, dates from 1964. Amen.
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Private eye at 50
The days are getting shorter and shorter, and pretty soon the clocks will go forward and eat another hour of light from our days, but fear not, even the onslaught of winter can’t deter us. Culture stops for no man.
Until 11 December: Remember, remember: A history of fireworks in Britain. The history of fireworks in Britain will be vividly brought to life in this multi-media display.
Until 29th October: John Divola and Amir Zaki; Despite Intentions. A gorgeous exhibition of photographs of the architecture of Southern California at the Angles Gallery, LA.
Mon 17th October: An Ode to Hip Hop at Adelaide Cinematheque, ‘Style Wars’ screens today, a documentary directed by Tony Silver, brings to life the birth of the movement and in particular the rise of the train graffiti world.
Mon 17th October: Science Fair: Volcanoes! at The Book Club, London. Hosted by volcanologist Dr Carina Fearnley, who is an expert at keeping people safe from volcanoes. Have a go at building your own erupting volcano while you sip a beer and listen to the sounds of Bright Star Catalogue.
Tues 18th October: Matilda the musical opens today at the Cambridge Theatre, London.
Tues 18th October: Scratch & Sniff: A Scented Journey, at The Book Club, London. Get ready to get acquainted with the art of smell with renound perfumist Angela Flanders.
Tues 18th October: Private Eye: The First 50 Years, opens at the V&A. The satirical magazine Private Eye has made its reputation by combining hard-hitting journalism and poking fun at public figures, it celebrates its 50th birthday with this V&A exhibition. Runs until 8th January 2012.
Tues 18th October, The Obama Syndrome, Bishopsgate Institute, London. Tariq Ali in conversation with novelist and playwright Bonnie Greer about President Obama’s reform systems.
Wed 19th October: London Science Festival 2011, various venues acrosss London until 26th October.
Wed 19th October: Phyllida Barlow: RIG, Hauser & Wirth, Piccadilly, London. ‘RIG’ features immense, new sculptures constructed in situ that respond to the architecture of the gallery.
Wed 19th October, Alien screening at the Everyman Cinema, Baker Street. Alien’s Associate Producer Ivor Powell and Special Effects Supervisor Brian Johnson (London only), together with Ian Nathan – author of new book Alien Vault and Executive Editor of Empire magazine – discuss the making of Ridley Scott’s Alien, and introduce a special Everyman screening of the movie.
Fri 21st October: Bloomsbury Festival, Russel Square. London’s best free cultural festival begins today and lasts all weekend.
Fri 21st October, Textile Foundation End of Year Show, Morley College Gallery, Southbank. London’s only Textile Foundation Course at Morley College are putting on their end of year exhibition, promising a range of works from a wide and varied background.
Sat 22nd October, Luxury Wedding Show, Saatchi Gallery. Taking place over Saturday and Sunday the Luxury Wedding Show London covers every aspect of planning your big day, from designer gowns and accessories through to top venues, honeymoon destinations, florists and photographers.
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Hello sailor….
As the curtain closes on New York Burlesque festival this weekend, we take a look at some more titillating happenings to add to the diary and a cheeky trend that’s sweeping the States.
Electric lights, taut corsets and cheeky glimpses of flesh. There seems to be a trend in burlesque chasers…they’re everywhere. Catchpenny strip joints live a bane existence next to these cheeky pomp parades. What better way to enhance a theatrical experience than with bare skin and ludicrous outfits?
Having evolved alongside vaudeville and cabaret, burlesque shows highlight vintage glamour, and the art of seductive satire. If your thirst for entertainment can’t be quenched through live music or stand-up, add a pinch of heat to your night with these shows streaming nationwide…you’ll be fully transported back to the glittery nightlife that was born and bred on Bourbon Street. So if you missed the Brooklyn Bowl this weekend in NYC–there are many more to follow…
New York: http://www.thenewyorkburlesquefestival.com/index.php
San Francisco: http://www.redhotsburlesque.com/
Dallas: http://bit.ly/pryTst
Chicago: http://vaudezilla.com/broadzilla.htm
And one for the U.K….
London: http://londonburlesquefest.com/
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Frank Stella exhibits
Just because its autumn, doesn’t mean the social life has to come to a grinding halt. Get your pen and diary at the ready for our pick of the best cultural happenings around the globe – whilst the leaves might be falling, the creativity is well and truly blossoming. Hurrah.
Until 29th October: Welcome To Earth, Tim Barber photography exhibition, will be at Yuka Tsurono, Tokyo. Tim Barber’s breath-taking photography is impossibly prolific, emotionally aesthetic and raw. A must see.
Until 19th November: Frank Stella: Connections at the Haunch of Venison, London. The most extensive show to date, of this abstract art forerunner. Expect many of Stella’s monumental geometric shapes made with unorthodox materials.
Until 23rd October: Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair, York Hall, Bethnal Green. Do you like wearing old fusty garments laced with stories that old people have died in, then this is the place for you, the country’s biggest and best vintage market.
This Week:
Mon 3rd October: London Restaurant Festival starts today, until 17th October, Various Venues.
Mon 3rd October: The Alibi Film Club, (every Monday) 91 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London. See the website for the latest film. It’s always a classic. Last Monday was Steven Seagal as the pony-tailed, v-neck wearing, hunk of manly beast; Gino the cop, in Out For Justice. 80s gold.
Tues 4th October: SBTRKT at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London. Dub-step? Post dub-step? Who knows, it’s not about that anyway, it’s about freedom of expression, looking beyond genres and embracing sounds from elsewhere, resulting in a beautiful pastiche. Just go to the gig, you’ll like it.
Tues 4th October: Fringe, The Last Tuesday Society, Fringe Club, North Melbourne Town Hall, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne. The Last Tuesday Society spends a night re-enacting their first ever on-stage performances.
Tues 4th October: Vinyl Replay, an exhibition by Constantine Gras, Rough Trade East, London. Held as part of Photomonth, East London’s Photography Festival from 1st October – 31st October 2011. This exhibition is a unique visual exploration of Gras, a multi media artist and project manager’s record collection.
Weds 5th, October: Antenna International Documentary Film Festival, Chauvel and Dendy Opera Quays, Sydney. Documentary makers and industry members will come together for five days of discussion and enjoyment of excellent documentary films .
Wed, 5th October, Codex 8 Exhibition, POP Gallery, Brisbane, Australia. A collaboration between Australian and UK printmakers and papermakers over eleven days, the finished product will be made into a book.
Wed, 5th October: Fecks, ‘Island Limits’, 276 William Street, Northbridge (enter via back laneway), Perth, Australia. First solo show of graffiti artist, Fecks, at the Butcher Shop. To get in you have to go down the back laneway. Sneaky. Until October 19th
Thurs, 6th October: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman at the British Museum, London. Starts today and runs until 19th Feb. Grayson Perry, the art worlds most famous tranny, puts his legacy in order, with a very personal show at the British Museum.
THIS MONTH, LAST CHANCE TO SEE, BOOK NOW:
Frida Kahlo & Diego Riviera, Pallant House, Chichester until October 9th. Rivera and Kahlo are the two most famous artists to come out of Mexico. This exhibition is the first time in the UK that the husband and wife’s paintings have been shown together.
The Wonders of the Invisible World, Part 1, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK until October 8th. Paintings, photography and installation by an excellent array of artists like Peter Doig, Susan Hiller and Charles Leadbeater. Answering the call by curators to ‘see the universe holistically rather than in baldly scientific terms.’
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...the hot list: 26 Sept – 2 Oct
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This week is a juicy one. What with rooftop film screenings, invisible men, nighttime walks and oodles of food and wine – take a look at this mouth-watering selection of happenings from around the globe. Get that knife and fork at the ready.
Mon 26th Sept: Running until Weds 28th, National Artists Self Portrait Prize 2011, UQ’s Art Museum, University of Queensland, Australia. The exhibit will feature twenty three competing artists contributing new works.
Tues 27th Sept: The Rooftop Film Club, The Queen of Hoxton, London – Tuesday’s screening is a classic chick flick – Mean Girls ‘you chose books, I chose looks’
Weds 28th Sept: Warhol’s Chelsea Girls, 6.30pm, BFI, London – a screening of Warhol’s Chelsea Girls shot with his trademark static camera. Look out for scenes from legendary spots The Chelsea Hotel and The Factory
Weds 28th Sept: Liu Bolin, the Invisible Man, New York exhibition at Eli Klein Fine Art Gallery – this amazing artist managed to paint himself into well known landmarks, each image taking him up to ten hours at a time. Patience is a virtue.
Thurs 29th Sept: Open Frame Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse Rooftop, New Farm, Brisbane, Australia – an annual exploration into music and media arts. This year’s festival features New York conceptual artist icon, Marina Rosenfeld
Thurs 29th Sept: Sound Summit 2011, The Cambridge Hotel & The Croatian Club + surrounding venues, Sydney. Live musicians from near and far, innovative lables and collectives curating their favourite musical tastes for people who just love music.
Fri 30th Sept: The Big London Night Walk, London. To celebrate 20 years of The Big Issue and raise funds for homeless people, this after-dark event aims to get 1,000 people walking 25km through London. There will be live music performances at refreshment stops along the route. Go forth.
Sat 1st Oct: New York City Food & Wine Festival, USA. Fill your belly at the Food & Wine Festival with all proceeds going to charity. The festival is the only one in New York to bring together both legendary culinary icons from around the globe and America’s most beloved television chefs.
BOOK NOW:
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for London Film Festival, BFI, London 12th – 27th October
Don’t forget Frieze Art Fair, 13th October. Frieze Art Fair takes place every October in Regent’s Park, London. The fair showcases new and established artists to an international audience.
Words by Lilee Cathcart
(3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...the hot list: 19- 25 sept
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We’ve been keeping our ears to the ground and our eyes peeled back this week to bring you a little list of happenings that we think are oh-so-hot. Get your diary out and a ball point pen at the ready because, oh my, have we got some stuff to be keeping you very busy indeed.
THIS WEEK….
15th-26th Sept: Prodigy star, Maxim debut art exhibition at the I.N.C Space, Covent Garden, London
Tues 20th Sept: Bob Dylan exhibition ‘The Asian Series’ opens at the Gagosian Gallery, New York
Sat 24th Sept-8th Jan 2012: Post Modernism Style and Subversion opens at the V&A, London
Until Sun 25th Sept: In Bloom: The Nirvana Nevermind Exhibition, Mon – Sun 1pm – 7pm Trumen Brewery Brick Lane, London
Until Sat 24th Sept: Georg Baselitz first commercial show in Australia, Rex Irwin Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
Sept 15th – Oct 5th: Italian Film Festival 2011, all Palace Cinemas, Sydney
From Thursday 22nd September: London Design Festival has a wide array of design events. Our top picks are ‘Mindful’ at the Old Vic Tunnels, launching Mind’s new creative therapy fund and ‘Reddress’, York Hall, London – a colossally big red dress that has to be seen to be believed.
20th-22nd Sept: Secret Sensory Suppers, Andaz Hotel, London
12th Sept: Peckham Artist Moving Image festival (PAMI) launches this week
THIS MONTH…
Sept 9th – Oct 2nd: Sydney Fringe Festival. Ghost stories, tonnes of comedy, dance, film and digital art
Until 31st Oct: Own Private Neon Oasis exhibition, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane. A blockbuster project involving the works of both international and local artists to create their Own Private Neon Oasis.
LAST CHANCE TO SEE…
Kate’s Crochet Market, Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Charlotte Street, London, ends 24th September
Wool Modern, La Galleria Pall Mall, Piccadilly, ends 29th September
Enjoy.
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Fancy stepping life up a gear? Then come with us as we take a little glimpse at Singapore’s upcoming Grand Prix – one of the most spectacular F1 events on the planet. Kicking off on 16th September, the motoring world’s glitterati come together alongside Asia’s movers and shakers to soak up the high octane glamour and sophistication laid out before the city skyline.
pedal to the metal
All the action takes place at the iconic Marina Bay, where the first night-time race in Formula One history once took place. This year sponsors, Sing Tel, will be introducing a multi-platform unique experience for your viewing pleasure. The course is staged in the hub of this cosmopolitan city, over the two bridges across the harbour, past the famous Padang Park and the Singapore Flyer. The floodlit streets and bright lights of the city’s financial district give a unique dimension to the race like no other in the world. As Florescent lights illuminate the course, world class DJ’s dazzle the ears with electrifying beats that’ll keep you dancing until dawn.
By day, check out Bollywood musicals, Venetian festivals, comedy sketches, mobile sky drumming, art in motion by kinetic artist Brian Olsen, Brazilian and Pan African performers. But for the ‘piece de resistance’, prepare for stunningly star studded performances from the likes of Grammy award-winning Shakira and Linkin Park. With all this action, tummies are bound to be rumbling so keep refuelled with some of Singapore’s finest grub.
Get that pedal to the metal.
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Behind closed doors
‘You never know what goes on behind closed doors, dear.’ This is a quibble that has leapt off the tongue of every mother, aunty and nosey neighbour in the land. How true it is too. A front door can be a mask to much tomfoolery and skulduggery; domestic wars, sibling rivalry or just life’s plain old mundanities, like TV dinners scoffed on one of those little padded trays. What goes on behind most closed doors shall remain cloaked in mystery (and maybe for the best in our books) but this weekend in London, September 17th-18th, you are being invited to venture beyond some of these doors. It’ll be like stepping into Narnia from your wardrobe.
Open House London, allows members of the public to freely wander round some 700 buildings. Amongst which are some of the most architecturally impressive in the city, as well as private homes and government buildings. To help sift through the panoply, check out this Open House App. Oh how we love technology.
Speaking of inviting people behind closed doors, London is home to some of our favourite underground Supper Clubs, which operate secretly through hushed whispers around the city. So take a peek through the key hole at our top Supper Club picks. Keep one ear to the ground intrepid diner.
1) The Pale Blue Door, run by set designer Tony Hornecker. Sign up for ‘Dinner, Disco and Dancing’ this September and October.
2) The Rambling Restaurant. ‘Good food in unexpected places.’ Keep up to date with Rambling events by signing up to the monthly newsletter.
3) MsMarmitelover’s Underground Restaurant. Cunningly described as ‘anti-restaurant, guerrilla dining’, MsMarmitelover’s suppers are a huge presence on the Supper Club scene. Up and coming events include Barbra Striesand Night and Judy and Liza Night.
4) White Room Supper Club. ‘Delicious food in stylish surroundings.’ Up and coming events include, Autumn Dinner, which starts off with pineapple rum punch and a selection of miniature quiches.
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Who needs Woodstock…
Some of us at Black Tomato are 80’s children, so the heady decade of the 60’s has a unique draw. All that peace, love, rock n’roll and ‘you know what’ that imbued the Woodstock generation is a far cry from the shoulder pads and Wham compilations of our slightly naffer decade. The 80’s really haven’t aged well. So, as the 42nd anniversary of Woodstock rolled in this week, our thoughts naturally wandered to that achingly hip generation we will never be part of. But then, that would put most of us in our 70s, every cloud….
So just as we were becoming despondent, especially with our dear home up in flames during recent riotous events, our local watering hole The Book Club came to the rescue.
Bookstock Street Party 2011
Yes friends; who needs Woodstock when we now have Bookstock. This coming Sunday 28th August, those of us not jetting off shall be dancing in the streets at The Bookstock Street Party 2011. There will be music, dressing up, games and one of our favourite live acts, The Correspondents. We challenge you to find a more energetic front man. The MC/DJ duo whose sound is best described as a hybrid of jazz, swing and synths, will be joining a line up that includes Little Boots, Brassroots and Disco Shed.
Couple that with the promise of a ‘small army of face painters’ and we don’t need much more of an excuse.
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