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NGV ANNOUNCEMENT: Top Arts 2022 now open at NGV Australia

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Identity, the natural world and the issues of today are explored by forty of Victoria’s most exciting emerging artists in this year’s Top Arts showcase. On display at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, the exhibition will present forty-seven works drawn from over 1,350 applications, in a range of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, digital and mixed media.

Now in its 28th year, this year’s Top Arts exhibition highlights the resilience and creativity of young artists who completed their VCE studies during a global pandemic. Inspired by complex themes including isolation, societal pressures, injustice, time, home and the environment, the works on display offer an insight into the personal experiences of these young artists and the issues important to them.

Highlights from the exhibition include Arthur Foulkes’ painting A Party in the Closet depicting male figures dressed in feminine clothing emerging from a wooden closet, challenging gender stereotypes that restrain men from diverse expressions of self. Further exploring themes of identity and belonging, Amy Pham’s painting The Weight of Your World shows a plethora of hands surrounding her self-portrait, serving as a metaphor of the opinions of others that dictate how we act and live.

Daniel Ireland’s Breeze is a performance piece in which the artist, wearing a coat of blue and green tassels, dances in a contemporary and interpretive style to explore the beauty of freedom of nature and the threat humans pose to the environment. For Annie Zhang, immersing in the beauty of the Australian landscape provided deep inspiration for her oil painting Pastoral Xanadu: Outback Autumn which she painted based on a photo from a family trip. Similarly, Zara Blake used nature to assist in the creation of her series, capturing the image of feathers and horsehair on the surface of her clay forms in her work titled Ranges Close By.

Top Arts 2022 highlights the NGV’s strong commitment to arts education, as well as its role as a platform for emerging Victorian artists to express their diverse ideas, attitudes and beliefs. Tony Ellwood AM, Director, NGV said ‘In its 28th year, we are proud to shine a spotlight on the artists of tomorrow through the annual Top Arts exhibition. These young people are creative, resilient, and offer thoughtful and surprising reflections on themes that are both challenging and optimistic. This year’s Top Arts showcase will inspire other young people to use art and design to understand the world around them.’

Top Arts 2022 will be on display from 17 March – 24 July 2022 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Federation Square, Flinders St &, Russell St, Melbourne. Free entry. Further information is available via the NGV website: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/top-arts-2022/

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Glamorous line-up for ‘Bowie Ball’ announced

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– Kaleidoscopic experience of Bowie-influenced performers and forensically-constructed musical tributes form inaugural convention’s Bowie Ball in association with Worlds Inc. Bowie World 

– Unrivalled line-up of guests, including Bowie’s closest musical confidantes, with Bowie-inspired artists and world-leading photographers
DAVID BOWIE GLAMOUR FANZINE & SOUND CITY PRESENT
DAVID BOWIE WORLD FAN CONVENTION, FRI 17 – SUN 19 JUNE 2022
Limited remaining tickets available via https://bowieconvention.com

No less understated than Ziggy Stardust himself or lacking any of the charismatic camp of Scary Monsters-era Bowie, the line-up for the hotly-anticipated, unashamedly celebratory Bowie Ball in association with Worlds Inc. Bowie World, at the first ever David Bowie World Fan Convention has been announced. The elaborate, carefully-curated centrepiece of the first fan-gathering of its kind takes place at Liverpool’s Mountford Hall during the city-wide weekend events spanning Fri 17 – Sun 19 June 2022.
 
With fans and guests flying in from all corners of the globe and each encouraged to outdo each other in the costume-stakes, the chance to dress up and freak out to the sights and sounds associated with Bowie for one incredible night of reverie and revelry at the Bowie Ball will see nothing held back. Keeping the ball bouncing will be just-announced compere Jonny Woo, the Bowie-classic-singing drag artist and owner of world-famous, London LGBTQ+ venue The Glory, plus a founding member of Glastonbury’s drag scene at NYC Downlow.

Appropriately taking the non-literal route to paying tribute to the 20th Century’s most unconventional pop star, the convention welcomes hula-hoop artist Natasha Moonshine, dancer and performance artist Joshua Hubbard, never-understated performance artist Pretentious Dross and Liverpool’s incomparably exhilarating Eat Me Club to set an impossibly glamorous scene. The layers of immaculately-applied make-up will dazzle in equal measure to the layers of Bowie’s chameleonic artistry referenced in each, specially-devised performance.

Joining in the celebrations, Bowie World is announced as sponsor of the centrepiece Bowie Ball. Worlds Inc. (OTCQB: WDDD) worked directly with Bowie himself and Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, to create the first ever celebrity virtual reality space in 1998, the same year as Bowienet. Designed by Bowie as an online space where fans and Bowie could interact with each other and experience Bowie’s art and music, it is still live today in its original format and is the oldest continuously running metaverse.   Worlds Inc and Bowie World will soon announce a new initiative to coincide with the convention, as well as collaborate on event designs, projections and exclusive social media content.

“In honour of David’s 75th birthday and the 50th anniversary of Ziggy Stardust, we are excited to sponsor the Bowie Ball and place a spotlight on how David was such a visionary in furthering music and fan engagement via technology,” says Thom Kidrin, CEO of World’s Inc. and Bowie World co-creator.  “In this milestone year we will introduce initiatives to allow fans to utilise today’s advanced technology (which David would certainly be embracing) to experience and capture David’s excitement and foresight, just as he was helping to shape the future of the music and entertainment industry over 20 years ago.”

Sensitively stewarded by the partnership of Liverpool’s Sound City annual music festival and the passion behind the best-selling David Bowie Glamour fanzine, hand-picked musical accompaniments are also confirmed, first with internationally-touring, career-spanning, six-strong tribute experience, Rebel Heroes. Sliding in alongside the live and loud music are party-starting specialist DJs TheMenWhoFell2Earth and Sonic Yootha, both digging deep into the much-missed musical hero’s back-catalogue, the hits of associated artists and tasty, Bowie-related tangents to tempt ticket-holders onto the dancefloor.

Amongst the most striking additions to the convention line-up away from the glitter of the ballroom is Italian ceramic artist Maria Primolan and her sculptures of Bowie’s instantly-recognisable likenesses during distinct periods of his shape-shifting career. Using a breadth of sculptural and ceramic-firing methods, Primolan’s practice has been devoted to Bowie’s image. Primolan will visit Liverpool to show her latest work, from delicately coloured panels detailing Bowie’s powder-faced, Ashes to Ashes clown persona to 3D busts of the head-of-curls and beret-clad The Man Who Sold The World-era.  Also exhibiting will be painter Shaun Lowndes whose vivid, comic-book surrealism has earned critical and public acclaim.

Amongst those who knew David Bowie, few knew him on as many levels as drummer John Cambridge, whose attendance at the convention has been confirmed. Whilst being on hand at key life events, including Bowie passing his driving test, it was also on the musical front, introducing Bowie to Spiders From Mars guitar legend Mick Ronson and drumming on 1969’s Space Oddity album, that Cambridge made huge contributions. He visits Liverpool amongst an enviable line-up of authors after publishing his own autobiography, Bowie, Cambo and All The Hype.

Many of the most influential image-makers from throughout Bowie’s career will be present, in person or through their iconic images, over the weekend. Just added is Tim Bret-Day, whose elaborate work across fashion and music included the artwork and promotional imagery for Bowie’s 1999 album …hours. The range of shots taken included an inner-sleeve shot that required a dummy of Bowie himself to be produced before being set alight. Bret-Day will arrive with limited edition prints and answers to fans’ questions.

After it was announced last year that Liverpool, UK would be host to the first globally-significant fan convention of its kind, the high-profile names first revealed to be in attendance included guitarist, Carlos Alomar and his wife, singer with both Bowie and Chic, Robin Clark; bassist, Gail Ann Dorsey and the last surviving Spider From Mars, drummer Woody Woodmansey. Having collaborated on Bowie’s final album, Blackstar, saxophonist Donny McCaslin attends with special perspectives on the icon’s creative drive as time appeared to be running out.

Represented amongst the great Bowie image makers is Brian Duffy of the Aladdin Sane lightning flash fame, via The Duffy Archive. As Bowie’s official photographer on his 1983 Serious Moonlight world tour, just one of his official engagements with the artist and friend, Denis O’Regan appears in Liverpool having witnessed many sides of the man at work and play. Philippe Auliac’s 30-plus year professional and personal relationship with Bowie from behind-the-lens, starting in 1976, will also be represented by Auliac in-person and numerous famous and rarely-seen examples of his work.

Working with Bowie from 2002’s Heathen album, through the closely-guarded, surprise release of 2013’s The Next Day and onto the intricately packaged final album Blackstar in 2016, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook will talk about what it took to make Bowie’s visual ideas a reality. Amongst the influential authors to have added their words to exploring the enigma, author of The Complete David Bowie, Nicholas Pegg and writer of Any Day Now: David Bowie The London Years (1947-1974) Kevin Cann are on hand to take fans into the depths of the artist’s professional life over half a century. Cann also worked as a creative assistant on Bowie’s first solo art exhibition, held in Cork Street, London in 1995.

The David Bowie World Fan Convention brings David Bowie’s story back to Liverpool, a city which the artist played numerous times at different stages of his career, starting on Sat 8 April 1967 with The Riot Squad, performing on board the famous Royal Iris, a ferry that ran regular music cruises up the River Mersey. Bowie’s last appearance in Liverpool was on Sat 2 Aug 1997, with the arena-filling icon performing for a relatively intimate crowd of 2,000 people at the Royal Court Theatre.

For the most up-to-date information on the first, ever David Bowie World Fan Convention visit, sign up for updates and follow the event online at:

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NGV CONTEMPORARY WINNING DESIGN TEAM AND DESIGN CONCEPT ANNOUNCED TODAY Inbox contact@thepartae.com

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An awe-inspiring and timeless design by a multidisciplinary team led by Australian architect Angelo Candalepas and Associates was today revealed by the Victorian Government and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) as the winning design for NGV Contemporary, Australia’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary art and design.

Candalepas and their team of 20 leading architecture, design and engineering firms from around Victoria and Australia will create a powerful and sophisticated work of contemporary Australian architecture for the people of Victoria. This new 30,000 square metre Victorian landmark will celebrate the central role of art and design in contemporary life and features dramatic arched entries, a spherical hall spanning more than 40-metres-high and more than 13,000 square metres of display space for art and design, including exhibition galleries and an expansive rooftop terrace and sculpture garden with stunning vistas of Melbourne.

The arrival experience is focused around the visually arresting omphalos (the Ancient Greek word for the centre of the earth): a central spherical hall that soars more than 40 metres upwards through all levels of the building, connecting to a lantern in the sky. Monumental in scale, this colossal orientating hall will be an enveloping gallery for the display of large-scale artworks, and will also allow visitors to move through the building via a spiralling pathway. As visitors travel through this space, they will be offered an unforgettable architectural experience as they journey between the building’s levels, finally emerging on the spectacular rooftop terrace.

The design also features a number of exciting architectural spaces that will complement the exhibition galleries, including a large café directly connected to the expanded public parkland and a new NGV design store. Making the most of the building’s unique location, the scheme boasts a breath-taking public rooftop terrace and sculpture garden accessible from a rooftop, restaurant and members’ lounge. The rooftop offers expansive vistas of Melbourne’s CBD, parklands and the Yarra Ranges never-before-seen by the general public.

Befitting a purpose-built, twenty-first century gallery, the design features large format and highly flexible exhibition spaces with state-of-the-art display systems enabling the NGV to present significant works of contemporary art and design of unprecedented ambition and scale. The extent of exhibition space will allow the NGV to present international blockbuster exhibitions while simultaneously offering a dynamic program of thematic and focused presentations drawn from the NGV’s rapidly expanding permanent collection of Australian and international contemporary art and design. Offering a rich and all-encompassing cultural experience, the design also offers educational spaces, studios and laboratories for conservation of artwork.

With pathways through the building that connect the parklands to Southbank, NGV Contemporary will unify the surrounding Melbourne Arts Precinct by connecting together the wider neighbourhood and reshaping the urban experience of this important part of the city. In providing a unique architectural landmark for this complex triangular-shaped site, the winning design provides a generous and highly accessible building, with large arched public entries from the new public parkland, Southbank Boulevard and the corner of Kavanagh Street.

The building’s eastern façade incorporates a multi-level veranda, offering an external pathway between the building levels, as well as expansive views over the surrounding public gardens and Melbourne’s skyline.

The team led by Angelo Candalepas and Associates was selected following a nation-wide competition to find an Australian architectural team to design the new building. The winning design team for NGV Contemporary was selected by a jury of industry experts and professionals, including Tony Ellwood AM, Director, NGV; Jill Garner AM, Victorian Government Architect and Director, Garner Davis Architects; Francine Houben, Director of global architecture practice Mecanoo based in Delft; Corbett Lyon, NGV Emeritus Trustee and Director, Lyons Architecture (Jury Chair); Gerard Reinmuth, Director of TERROIR and Professor of Practice at UTS in Sydney; and Xu Tiantian, Director Founding Principal of DnA_Design and Architecture based in Beijing; and Special Advisor to the Jury Maree Clarke, a Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung woman and an independent multi-disciplinary artist, designer and curator.

NGV Contemporary is the centrepiece of the Victorian Government’s $1.7 billion Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation. Located at 77 Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne, NGV Contemporary will strengthen the NGV’s reputation for promoting local and international art and design at its major pre-existing galleries – NGV International on St Kilda Road and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square.

The winning design team comprises: Angelo Candalepas and Associates, ASPECT Studios, BoardGrove Architects, Richard Stampton Architects, Carr, Andy Fergus Design Strategy, Steensen Varming + Mott MacDonald, Taylor Thomson Whitting (TTW), Freeman Ryan Design and AX Interactive.

The Hon. Daniel Andrews, Premier of Victoria, said: ‘This state-of-the-art gallery will be a globally recognised cultural icon right here in Victoria and generate thousands of local jobs in design, construction and over its life.’

The Hon. Danny Pearson, Minister for Creative Industries, said: ‘NGV Contemporary will showcase Australian design excellence to the world and deliver a new and spectacular creative destination to Victoria, creating thousands of local jobs and becoming an iconic reference for our great city on a global stage.’

Janet Whiting AM, President, Council of Trustees, National Gallery of Victoria, said: ‘NGV Contemporary will be a new and iconic building for Melbourne. It will be a major drawcard for tourism in this country, bringing millions of culture-seekers to our city and stimulating our economy.’

Tony Ellwood AM, Director, National Gallery of Victoria and NGV Contemporary Design Competition Jury member, said: ‘This dynamic and exciting design for NGV Contemporary creates a unifying civic space that all visitors will remember. With its uplifting and generous architecture, this design provides all Victorians will a timeless building for arts and culture that will be loved for generations.

‘This ambitious project offers an extraordinary opportunity to support our country’s local design and architecture sector. I congratulate Angelo Candalepas and Associates for their outstanding contribution to this competition and for sharing their special vision for NGV Contemporary with the world.’

Corbett Lyon, Emeritus NGV Trustee and Chair, NGV Contemporary Design Competition Jury, said: ‘Visitors will enjoy an exceptional experience with gallery spaces that will host world-class exhibitions. The iconic new NGV Contemporary will welcome visitors from the Public Realm, Southbank Boulevard and Kavanagh Street, adding to the cultural and artistic hub that attracts visitors from across Australia and the world.’

Jill Garner AM, Victorian Government Architect and NGV Contemporary Design Competition Jury member, said: ‘Australian architecture and design is of great interest around the world – Angelo Candalepas and Associates’ NGV Contemporary will be an intriguing new landmark showcasing how architecture can respond to and enhance the cultural history and life of our city. This concept embeds a vision to harness and nurture a spirit of creative communication, collaboration and engagement’.

Angelo Candalepas, lead architect, said: ‘Melbourne is the cultural capital of this nation and NGV Contemporary marks its next great offering to the world. Art and design matters to all Australians: it speaks to who we are as a community. This project signals Australia as a great contemporary nation with a significant creative force. This building will be a beacon of the culture of our time.

‘I hope NGV Contemporary will personally and emotionally resonate with all members of our rich and diverse community and deepen their understanding of the possibilities of human creativity,’ said Candalepas.

ABOUT THE ANGELO CANDALEPAS AND ASSOCIATES TEAM
The winning design team, led by Angelo Candalepas and Associates, is comprised of distinguished Australian architects and designers. The Landscape Architects, ASPECT Studios Melbourne, is led by Kirstin Bauer who brings the building design into its rare setting whilst offering enduring value to surrounding streets. The team includes interior design by Carr, a practice built on five decades of experience, led by one of the country’s most preeminent interior designers Sue Carr AM. The team is also well supported by emerging local architects. Richard Stampton Architects and BoardGrove Architects, assist the team with propositions and engagement in detailed thinking. Andy Fergus supports the team as an urban theorist and advisor to steer the project towards a generous urban offering. Finally, the team includes mentorship by AIA Gold Medalists Brit Andresen and Richard Johnson.

Architect Angelo Candalepas has received two Sulman Medals, four Aaron Bolot Awards, the Seidler Award, the Frederick Romberg Award, and around 40 state, national and international prizes. The work of the office is widely published in architectural journals worldwide and is the subject of two current monographs. Recent work includes the Castle Tower, the Punchbowl Mosque and a Church in Hurstville.

ABOUT MELBOURNE ARTS PRECINCT

NGV Contemporary will be connected to the wider Melbourne Arts Precinct by an expansive 18,000 square metres of new public parkland designed by Hassell (AUS) and SO – IL (USA), with renowned horticulturalists James Hitchmough and Nigel Dunnett (UK).

ABOUT THE NGV
Founded in 1861, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is the most visited and oldest public art institution in Australia. The NGV is one of the top 20 most visited museum complexes in the world with more than 3 million visitors recorded in 2019. The organisation currently spans across two venues in the City of Melbourne – NGV International on St Kilda Road and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Fed Square. NGV Contemporary, once completed, will from the third site for the organisation, enabling the NGV to present a dynamic schedule traversing contemporary, historic, national and international art and design.

Housing a vast treasury of more than 83,000 works, the NGV holds one of the most significant collections of art and

design in the region and the largest in Australia. The NGV Collection spans thousands of years – from antiquity to the

present day – and covers a wealth of ideas, disciplines and styles from Australia and around the world. The NGV holds one of the leading collections of Indigenous Australian art in the world.

NGV attendance has more than doubled its growth in recent years, with 1.57 million visitors in 2012 to about 3 million visitors per year in 2019. With more than 1.23 million visitors, the inaugural NGV Triennial, held in 2017, remains the NGV’s highest attended exhibition to date. Occurring every three years, the NGV Triennial is a large-scale exhibition of art, design and architecture, featuring the work of leading contemporary artists and designers from countries across the globe.

In late 2020, the Ian Potter Foundation pledged the single biggest grant in the foundation’s history – towards the build of NGV Contemporary, launching an ambitious and ongoing fundraising campaign for the new building.

The NGV Contemporary Design Competition was delivered through Development Victoria and Competition Advisors, CityLab.

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Legendary magic duo Penn & Teller perform at Arts Centre Melbourne in first ever Australian tour

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Legendary magic duo Penn & Teller will bring their record-breaking Las Vegas live show to Arts Centre Melbourne from 14 – 18 June as part of their first ever Australian tour.
From humble beginnings busking on the streets of Philadelphia to acclaimed sold-out runs on Broadway to the longest running, and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Las Vegas history, magic’s legendary duo continues to defy labels – and at times physics and good taste – by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy.
The lifelong friends – also authors, directors and documentary makers with a career together spanning almost half a century – are known for their unusual mix of mind-blowing magic tricks and comedy.
Their record-breaking Las Vegas show at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino has an amazing eight wins as “Las Vegas Magicians of the Year” and was called “The single best show in Vegas” by the Los Angeles Times.
“I just love Australia. I learned to scuba dive in Cairns. I’ve eaten gelato at Circular Quay and enjoyed Shakespeare at the Opera House. I’ve scouted an underwater TV special near Melbourne, I’ve been bug-eyed at MONA and some of my dearest friends live there so it’s about bloody time we brought our show down under, don’t you think? It’s once in a lifetime! See you in winter! … What? It’s winter in June??,” says Teller.
The pair are the stars of hit series Penn & Teller: Fool Us! for The CW Network, on which up-and-comers and magic veterans try to fool Penn & Teller for a chance to star in the pair’s hit Las Vegas stage show. It  was nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award and returned for an eighth season in late 2021. The Showtime series, Penn & Teller: BS! was nominated for 13 Emmys and was the longest-running series in the history of the network.

True pop culture stalwarts, the duo has performed in hit television shows including Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family and The Simpsons as well as their own TV specials which have earnt them an Emmy and Writer’s Guild Award. They also share a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Their highly anticipated return to Broadway was the highest-grossing non-musical on Broadway for its entire six-week run. In recent years, they’ve become acclaimed documentarians with the BAFTA-nominated Sony Pictures Classic release Tim’s Vermeer, as well as producing the critically lauded feature The Aristocrats and the Showtime short The Gambler’s Ballad.
In 2020, Penn & Teller celebrated 45 years of their professional partnership.
Penn & Teller’s Australian tour will also take them to the Sydney Opera House (1 – 11 June) and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (22 June – 3 July).

“The single best show in Las Vegas” – Los Angeles Times
“The greatest performing duo in showbiz” – Jimmy Fallon
“They’re evil geniuses. Always amazing, always entertaining” – David Letterman
“The world’s funniest and most dangerous magicians” – Jimmy Kimmel

 
Tickets on sale from Thursday 3 March at 9am AEDT via artscentremelbourne.com.au

Arts Centre Melbourne presents
Penn & Teller
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall | 14 – 18 June
For more information visit artscentremelbourne.com.au
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NFT MELBOURNE SET TO LAUNCH AT 170 RUSSELL EXPERIENCE BOUNDLESS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW WORLD OF NFT

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Lucky NFT has today announced the launch of NFT Melbourne, an interactive event showcasing the boundless possibilities in the new world of NFTs, and what they can do for the arts, music, events, and brands. The event isset to be held at the classic 170 Russell venue in Melbourne on 23 February with tickets on sale now at www.moshtix.com.au 

The event will feature a variety of guest speakers and tastemakers from different walks of the creative and digital worlds who will share their insights into the exciting new technology of NFTs. 

The guest speakers include Matty A.K.A DCLBlogger, a helmsman of the NFT storm and founder of event partner “The Metakey”, Geoff Measley, a marketing and digital specialist helping to pioneer the future of NFTs, Greg Oakford, a co-founder of NFT Fest Australia, Danielle Weber, an internationally recognised and diverse Australian artist, along with Mariella Mejia, CMO of Meadow Labs. 

NFT Melbourne comes shortly after Lucky NFT’s successful collaboration with Tennis Australia to create a virtual and internationally accessible AO Metaverse closing party in a world-first. The event included a headline performance from the iconic international DJ, Steve Aoki and special guest performances from the Aussie Hip-Hop legend Masked Wolf and #1 female DJ, Tigerlily. 

Ridley Plummer, guest speaker and Tennis Australia NFT & Metaverse Project Manager will showcase how the collaboration with these creators came to life, offering invaluable insight to corporate brands and entrepreneurs looking to expand into the new and limitless NFT industry after his successful venture into the Metaverse with Lucky NFT, Run It Wild and Vegas City. 

“NFT Melbourne is a place where people can learn about a world where the physical and the digital co-exist for a greater human connection. We will be showcasing the possibilities that NFTs can bring to various industries and businesses that want to build a better connection with their audience. 

We will have Australian artists and entertainers on display and performing in both digital and  physical format as the event which will also be streamed live in the metaverse,” said Lucky NFT Co Founder, Theo Kanellopoulos. 

The evening will feature a special guest performance from global hit maker, Masked Wolf. Tickets are on sale now at www.moshtix.com.au 

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NFT Melbourne

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What is your name and role within NFT Melbourne:

Theo Kanellopoulos, Co-Founder

For those that are new to this concept, please tell us what NFT is all about:

NFT STANDS FOR NON-FUNGIBLE-TOKEN, AND IN ITS MOST BASIC FORM IS DIGITAL PROOF OF OWNERSHIP THAT IS IRREFUTABLE. THE PROOF OF OWNERSHIP AND ITS HISTORY LIVE ON A PUBLIC LEDGER CALLED A BLOCKCHAIN, WHERE IT CANNOT BE ALTERED, AND ANYONE CAN VIEW IT.

NFT Melbourne will be launching on February 23 at 170 Russell in Melbourne CBD, what can people expect from the event?

We have created NFT MELBOURNE as a way for our city to make its mark as a serious player in the global NFT space and provide a place for everyone to learn, network and lift each other up. The event will be a safe space for people to come and learn about NFTs if they are starting on their journey or come and listen to thought leadership if they are further advanced. We will have many activations that will exhibit digital and physical art as well as areas for people to network with others who are like minded and eager to learn more plus a very special guest live performance too.

Please tell us about the collaboration with Tennis Australia which included Steve Aoki, Masked Wolf and Tigerlily:

We had been in discussion with Ridley Plummer at Tennis Australia about presenting at NFT Melbourne and he invited some of the Lucky Ent. artists to perform in the metaverse for the closing party. We loved the idea as a way to collaborate with those in the space and the artists jumped right on it too.  We were lucky enough to secure international DJ Steve Aoki as well as Masked Wolf and Tigerlily.

Who will be guest speaking and what topics will be covered?

We have about a dozen speakers covering topics such as:

Fireside chat – How Web3 is impacting events and experiences. AO Art Ball use case – Matty AKA DCLBlogger, Ridley Plummer, Louie (Run it wild)

Panel – Marketing in Web3 – Geoff Measey and Greg Oakford

Panel – Aussie project spotlight

Panel – Navigating NFTs as a creative – Danielle Weber who is an exceptional artist

What do you think the future of NFT is and how will it be of a benefit to artists, brands and the public as a whole

Most of what is possible has not yet been thought of but NFTs are already helping artists, bands and the general public by creating a greater connection through a number of ways such as ownership, access, experiences and community while ensuring artists are getting a fair source of revenue directly from their fans and community.

What else does Lucky NFT have planned for 2022 and beyond?

We are speaking to many brands, artists and celebrities about how we can help them enter Web 3 and are planning to scale NFT events across Australia and NZ in the next 12 months.

 

Website info – www.luckynft.co

Twitter @LuckyNFT

Facebook – @Lucky Ent.

Instagram – @nft.melbourne

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NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA IN COLLABORATION WITH MELBOURNE ART FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THE MELBOURNE DESIGN FAIR

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2 February 2022: Presented as part of Melbourne Design Week, the inaugural Melbourne Design Fair (16 – 20 March 2022) is a commercial showcase of limited edition, rare and one-of-a kind collectable design by Australia’s leading emerging and established contemporary designers and designer-makers. An initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria in collaboration with the Melbourne Art Foundation, the Fair breaks new ground in the presentation, promotion and sale of collectible contemporary design in Australia and will offer audiences a unique cultural experience with all the design works presented available for purchase.

Melbourne Design Fair is a key event within the Victorian government backed Melbourne Design Week program, and the first of its kind in Australia to bring together designers, design organisations, agencies, studios and galleries with collectors to meet and do business over five days at Warehouse 16. 28 Duke Street in Abbotsford.

The Fair will showcase collectible contemporary design works across two platforms: PRESENT where galleries, design organisations, agencies and studios mount dedicated displays by the design creatives they represent, and SELECT, a curated exhibition featuring the best works by emerging and established designers and designer-makers from across Australia. Works across both platforms will be available for purchase.

PRESENT includes presentations by thirteen of Australia’s leading galleries, design organisations, agencies, and studios. Participation in the inaugural Fair, curated by NGV includes Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert (Sydney), Sophie Gannon Gallery (Melbourne), Studio Roland Snooks (Melbourne), Sullivan+Strumpf (Sydney), Broached Commissions (Melbourne), Agency Projects (Melbourne), Christopher Boots (Melbourne), C. Gallery (Melbourne), Craft (Melbourne), JamFactory (Adelaide), Local Design (Sydney), Modern Times (Melbourne) and Design Tasmania (Tasmania).

SELECT brings together over thirty-five Australian design creatives in a presentation curated by Simone LeAmon, NGV’s Hugh Williamson Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture. Works for sale will manifest in a compelling exhibition comprising a mix of Australian design luminaries and rising stars, including Dale Hardiman, Ashley Eriksmoen, Emery and Poole, Pirjo Haikola, Elliot Bastianon, Marta Figueiredo, Jordan Fleming, Adam Goodrum, Brodie Neill, Ella Saddington, Susan Cohn, James Lemon, Delissa Walker, Helen Kontouris, Jon Goulder, Andrew Carvolth, Cassie Leatham, Anna Varendorff and Damien Wright, among others.

Providing an unrivalled opportunity to view, discover and purchase significant works of collectable contemporary design by Australian and New Zealand designers, Melbourne Design Fair will include a program of talks and conversations with exhibiting designers, design curators, and critics to broaden awareness of the contemporary collectable design scene in Australia and internationally, and a film series presented by major partner Mercedes-Benz Australia, offering further insight into the creative practices and design work of participating designers.

Martin Pakula, Acting Minister for Creative Industries, said: “The NGV and the Melbourne Art Foundation joining forces for Melbourne Design Fair showcases Melbourne’s best talents while creating economic opportunity for local designers. Melbourne Design Fair will be a highlight of Melbourne Design Week 2022.”

Tony Ellwood AM, Director of the National Gallery of Victoria, said: “Presented in partnership with the Melbourne Art Foundation, Melbourne Design Fair builds on the NGV’s long-standing commitment to the local design sector and its practitioners. The Fair is a new and innovative opportunity to showcase the extraordinary work of our talented designers, galleries and studios. Bringing together the design sector and its supporters for the very first time, this event is a unique proposition in Australia and proudly positions design as an integral part of the artistic and fiscal vitality of our creative industries.”

Maree Di Pasquale, CEO of Melbourne Art Foundation, said: “Melbourne Design Fair marks a significant moment for design in Australia. Established in response to the increasing demand from collectors to have access to highly collectable contemporary design on Australian shores, the Fair will be a true celebration of design culture and commerce in this country. Melbourne Art Foundation is delighted to collaborate on the vision of the National Gallery of Victoria curatorial team to deliver this national first.  A platform for investment and innovation, Melbourne Design Fair will bring together the region’s most influential designers and makers, collectors, curators, and critics to cultivate a new commercial market for collectable design.

Simone LeAmon, The Hugh Williamson Curator of Contemporary Design and Architecture, National Gallery of Victoria said: “Collectible contemporary design is cultural production reflecting our time, offering alternative points of view, commentary or insights into the design, and making of objects anchored to function and the rituals of everyday life. Audiences will find prototypes, limited edition, limited serial production and one-of-a-kind, works on offer. Collectible design invites us to explore and contemplate Australian material culture through the convergence of ideas, materials and making, which is what makes the Melbourne Design Fair an event not to be missed.”

Melbourne Design Fair (16 – 20 March 2022) is an initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria delivered in collaboration with the Melbourne Art Foundation.

Located at Warehouse 16, 28 Duke Street in Abbotsford, ticket sales and a complete program of participating galleries, designers and events will be announced via designfair.melbourne in early February.

Melbourne Design Fair is a part of Melbourne Design Week, an initiative of the Victorian Government. Learn more via designweek.melbourne.

PRESENT designer and gallery participant list as of 2 February 2022: Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert (Sydney), Sophie Gannon Gallery (Melbourne), Studio Roland Snooks (Melbourne), Sullivan+Strumpf (Sydney), Broached Commissions (Melbourne), Agency Projects (Melbourne), Christopher Boots (Melbourne), C. Gallery (Melbourne), Craft (Melbourne), JamFactory (Adelaide), Local Design (Sydney), and Modern Times (Melbourne).

Showcasing the works of Broached Commissions, Trent Jansen, Don Cameron, Michael Gittings, Olive Gill-Hille, Tarryn Gill, Trent Jansen and Johnny Nargoodah, Sabine Marcelis, Adam Markowitz, Abdullah M. I. Syed, Zhu Ohmu, Rive Roshan, David Tate, Ivana Taylor, Tibet Sydney, Damien Wright, Dean Norton, Zachary Frankel, Nicole Lawrence, James Howe, Henry Wilson, Bettina Willner, Ebony Russell, Kenny Yong-soo Son, Emily Hamann, Ash Fischer, Ashley Corbett-Smith, Kirsten Coelho, Natalya Hughes, Sanné Mestrom, Ben Mazey, Connie Augoustinos, Clare Belfrage, Selinda Davidson, Liam Fleming, Susan Frost, Calum Hurley, Ayano Yoshizumi, Duncan Young, D Noah Hartley, Danielle Brustman, Elliat Rich, Makiko Ryujin, Emma Elizabeth, Tom Fereday, Tom Skeehan, Anna Varendorff, Andrew Simpson, Luke Storrier, Christopher Boots, Roland Snooks, Anastasia le Fay, Belle Thierry, Caro Pattle, Danielle Thiris, Jessie French, Lisa Waup, Misseu, Owen Rye, Vanessa Lucas, Jessica Murtagh, Dean Toephfer and Yoko Ozawa among others.

SELECT designer participant list as of 2 February 2022: Confirmed participants include Dale Hardiman, Jonathan Ben-Tovim, Ashley Eriksmoen, Emery and Poole, Marta Figueiredo, Andrew Carvolth, Pirjo Haikola, Elliot Bastianon, Jordan Fleming, Luca Lettieri, Anna Verendorff, Adam Goodrum, Rossana Ceravolo, Brodie Neill, Ella Saddington,  Jay Jermyn, Su san Cohn, James Lemon, Kate Rohde, Takeshi Iue, Delissa Walker, Anton Gerner, Ferro Forma, Helen Kontouris, Jon Goulder, Brud Studio, Delissa Walker, James Walsh, Cassie Leatham and Damien Wright.

More information can be found online at designfair.melbourne

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Melbourne’s biggest dance battle returns to the Bowl on 10-year anniversary

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City Sessions
Sidney Myer Music Bowl – 22 January & 5 February
Melbourne’s iconic and longest running freestyle dance battle showcase City Sessions returns for a second year to Live at the Bowl on Saturday 5 February as it celebrates 10 incredible years of street/social dance.
“Coming towards its 10-year milestone, City Sessions has been the longstanding connector for many different forms within street/social dance in Naarm. It has provided space for expression and visibility for the underrepresented in dance, and it fills me with joy to know that City Sessions continues to provide a platform for the next generation of artists in the communities it serves,” says City Sessions Founder Efren Pamilacan.

The raw talent seen over the past 10 years is nothing short of inspiring as competitors exhibit their skills, style and finesse. Melbourne based dancer Nonoy was just 9-years-old when he first entered City Sessions and competed. Starting dance only the year before, it was clear he had found his creative outlet.
“City Sessions has been a representation of my dance timeline. I started dancing at the age of eight and I first entered the competition when I was nine. I got through some rounds but then I entered again when I was 12-years-old and ended up winning one of the divisions.”

At last year’s event, Nonoy won two divisions in what was a massive learning curve and stepping stone in his career.

“I won the Hip Hop division alongside one of my teachers I grew up with and placed Top 4 in the House category with one of my best friends. This event showed me a lot about the culture and the journey I have with dance.”

City Sessions 2022 will take place over two dates. The Prelims free event will take place on Arts Centre Melbourne’s Forecourt on Saturday 22 January where punters can get up close as some of Australia’s best dancers battle it out 2vs2 to the music genres of Hip Hop, House and Funk.

In these preliminaries, dancers will be judged by industry veterans Daisuke Benson, Demi Sorono and Andy Kuramoto and compete to DJ sets from Antagonize, Mothafunk and Mero. Hip hop artist and rapper Philly will keep the crowds entertained as MC.

The successful dancers from the prelims will then go head-to-head at the City Sessions main event held at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday 5 February. If the 2021 event is anything to go by, it will be another spectacular evening of dance.

Australia’s hardest hitting Hammond Organ trio Cookin’ On 3 Burners and Smilez will provide the soundtrack as MCs Sid Mathur and Jonathan Homsey will keep the energy at an all-time high. Crowning the City Sessions 2022 champions will be judges Dechen Gendun and Poeone as they marvel at the talent on stage, right in the thick of the action.

Supported by the City of Melbourne and Arts Centre Melbourne, City Sessions is presented by Cypher Culture, a community-focused street/club dance initiative that fosters experiences that create spaces for social, cultural and community dance to be celebrated. City Sessions is a series of public activations that create engaging environments to showcase diverse street dance communities through freestyle dance battles. The series is recognised as Melbourne’s largest and longest standing exchange of subcultural dance in the public space.

Live at the Bowl is an open-air performance series at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl running from January – April 2022. From home-grown favourites to international acts, audiences can enjoy a stunning program of music, dance, circus, community-led and family-friendly events right in the middle of Melbourne. Created by Arts Centre Melbourne, Live at the Bowl aims to bring joy to audiences and invigorate the creative sector. As we emerge from yet another year of closure, the second series is a significant moment for live performance.

Tickets to City Sessions are on sale now and can be purchased from artscentremelbourne.com.au
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How To Reduce The Harmful Impact Of The Fashion Industry On The Environment

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The fashion industry is a huge part of the global economy, with revenue that reached $5.7 trillion last 2020. It has been estimated that consumers in Europe and North America buy around 95% of all clothes sold worldwide every year, which means that the vast majority of clothing production is focused on these two regions.

However, the environmental impact of this industry is significant because it relies so heavily on petroleum-based products for manufacturing processes, as well as using natural resources such as cotton and wool from animals during the garment-making process. This blog post will discuss how you can reduce the harmful impact that the fashion industry has on the environment through some simple changes in practice.

Shop at thrift stores

One of the primary ways that the fashion industry impacts the environment is through its reliance on fossil fuels for production. It takes a huge amount of energy to manufacture clothing, which means that more than half of all fossil fuel consumption in America goes towards making clothes. The easiest way you can reduce this impact is by buying secondhand clothing at thrift stores and charity outlets instead of new clothes. Rest assured that there are various thrift stores where you can shop. You can even take the time to explore the internet where you can come across the best online thrift stores if you want to shop online. This will help you to save money as well since thrift stores are cheaper than buying new clothes.

Do not buy fast fashion products

Another major impact of the fashion industry is its contribution towards textile waste, which can get dumped into landfills or oceans where it ends up damaging ecosystems and polluting natural resources in a significant way. As much as possible, avoid buying clothes from fast fashion brands because these products are made to be disposable. You can also reduce the amount of textile waste you produce by repairing your clothes when they get damaged instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. There are various tutorials online that show you how to do repairs on different types of clothing, so take a look and give it a try.

  • Get crafty with your old clothes

If you do not want to buy secondhand or thrift store items but still want a way to reduce the environmental impact of your fashion choices, then you can get crafty with your old clothes. Upcycling is the process of taking something that is no longer usable and turning it into a new product, which means that you can give your old clothes a new lease on life. There are various ways to upcycle clothes. You can cut them to make something new, or you can patch them up with some other material and turn them into rags.

Choose natural fabrics over synthetic materials

The production of synthetic fibers for clothing is another major contributor to environmental pollution. This is because the manufacturing process of these materials releases harmful chemicals into the air and water, which can have a significant impact on human health as well as the environment. You can reduce this impact by opting for natural fabrics instead of synthetic ones.

Natural materials such as cotton and wool are better than synthetic fibers in many ways, with the most significant benefit being their biodegradability. Cotton decomposes quickly once it is disposed of into landfills or oceans because it does not contain toxic chemicals like some types of plastic do. This way you can also be sure that your clothing does not have any harmful chemicals in it, which is a benefit for you as well because these toxic chemicals can cause health problems like cancer.

  • Buy organic cotton clothing

Another way to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion industry is by buying organic cotton clothing. Cotton is one of the most pesticide-intensive crops in the world, and it takes a lot of water to grow. Buying organic cotton helps to reduce the number of pesticides and fertilizers used in production, as well as the amount of water taken from natural sources. According to research, buying organic cotton also helps to prevent toxic chemicals from entering your body through clothing because it is grown without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.

Do not buy from fast fashion brands. If there is a need for you to shop for clothes in the future, then be sure that they are made of sustainable materials such as organic cotton so that you do not contribute to pollution and textile waste. You can even look into buying clothes made from recycled materials to reduce the number of resources that are used in the manufacturing process. These are some simple ways that you can reduce the harmful impact of the fashion industry on the environment. Be sure to try them out and see how much of a difference they make.

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