9 posts tagged “adelaide”
tonight I was lucky enough to be invited to a round table meeting with the cream of the young adelaide arts, music, design and advertising scene and the adelaide city council.
- band / gig posters - the city needs more public spaces designated for sticking up posters, so people can pop by and find out what's on that night in the city.
- water frontage bars / cafes - we've got the awesome grassed areas next to the festival centre with lovely water frontage that's an ideal place to hang out on a long summer night, but we need some bars / cafes / street food there to attract people so they don't have to venture to the west end for a drink.
- reduce inner city housing costs - there needs to be something done to create affordable inner city housing for young people. at the moment there's just opposite ends of the spectrum from student 1 room accommodation to $700 / week penthouse living. more young people living in the city = more young people out and contributing.
- increase noise in the city - in the last decade pubs and live music venues have been getting screwed by suffocating noise restrictions forced upon them by touchy old residents in new apartments. the city is meant to be noisy and bustling, so stop listening to the whinging few and bring the noise back to the CBD.
- street art zones - there needs to be a few council-blind-eye areas, where street art can go up and not be buffed.
- first friday gallery night - the first friday of the month becomes a night when all galleries in the west end are open with new artwork, attracting people to west end and building a real sense of community amongst the art scene.
- short term empty shop front leases - the council needs to act as a broker for short term shop front leases, so that empty shop fronts can be transformed into month long exhibitions without the usual pain of going through landlords and huge short term lease fees.
- rolling leases - continuing on from the short term leases are rolling leases, so empty shop fronts get leased as exhibition spaces rolling month to month until the landlord has a full-time tenant. this provides great opportunities for emerging artists with little track record to exhibit and a steady stream of income for landlords that would otherwise have no income from those shop fronts.
- close hindley street - the council experimented with closing hindley street for one saturday night. unfortunately the only attraction was a hotdog and a clown. proposal is to regularly close hindley street once a month on a saturday night to traffic and have food and drink stalls from the clubs and shops on the street and some live bands playing. that would attract people, and make the street less scary / seedy.
- improve public transport - free public transport within the CBD, and extended running hours so that people can stay out in the city longer and still get around and home.
- simple bus route naming system - to make it easier for international students, visitors and the general public, there needs to be a simple naming system to replace the bus numbers in adelaide. colour coded routes and simple names of the directions busses are headed would be much more user friendly.
- dedicated street art laneway - it would be great for the council to dedicate one laneway in the CBD to foster street art. a safe place where anyone can paint anytime. a place where we can run masterclasses by the legends of adelaide street art. ideally the laneway would have a secure stereo system that artists / bands / djs can plug into and have live performances there. we'd install picture frame rails so that there could be outdoor exhibitions there.
- de-regulate the rundle st markets - the gilles street markets are a huge success because they're run by the people. move the rundle st markets to east terrace and put them back into the hands of the people, sell organic farmers market style food and have some live bands and art to attract people.
- take more risks with modern architecture - we're sick of the glass stumps going up around the city. hand some architectural design work to graduate students and talented conceptual architects so that there are more interesting buildings.
- support industrial design - after graduating, industrial design students have few job opportunities in adelaide. to keep the talent in adelaide, fund more gallery spaces devoted to industrial design to show off furniture and product designers.
- more public art - hire local designers to create more public art, especially more interactive public art. art that can be modified by either digital manipulation via SMS or the internet, or even by physical touch.
the last few months have been quite good. here's the good stuff i've been working on:
- new internationalist ethical gifts catalogues
- format festival planning for 2010
- ST5K street art festival grant applications for 2010
- a secret squirrel street art project
- teaching myself objective-c
- working on a logic brain with my good friend kuba
- cleaning my apartment
- fixing my motorbike
dear vox,
i've been kind of busy this week working on a little something for adelaide peeps with a few friends.
its a monthly email of stuff that's going on.. where to frolic and get your party on, cool new shops for essential boys & girl stuff, exhibitions, music gigs and maybe even a little rewind back to the future. :)
we've just finished the first episode..
check it out here: home-slice.net/email
like it? sign up here: home-slice.net
maybe you know of some cool stuff happening in little adelaide that we've missed? well don't just keep it to yourself, share it with like minded kids, email it to us! homeslicemail@gmail.com
well, that's about all i've got for now.. but before i go, don't forget about the short shorts party this saturday at rhino room! it's going to be pretty awesome times.. organised by the same guys and girls that brought you the pimp-my-tshirt rooftop party. so it should be loads of fun.
right, sleep time!
hugs, s. x
http://sighmon.com
ps_ credits to those involved so far:
simon hunt - creator
simon loffler - creator
yasemin sabuncu - creative director & contributor
dan - music reviews
witness_1 - photos
box of walls_
what happens when a bunch of kids get together with recycled boxes and loads of smiling enthusiasm and creativity.. :)
s. x
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made by the ex-a-sketch crew.
an open drawing night at the pub! every tuesday from 6.30pm, exeter, rundle st, adelaide.
location: union street, adelaide city. (just off rundle street opposite exeter)
hello!
i'm having an exhibition.
i'd love it if you came along.
the theme: my personal refuge.
when: thursday 7th june, 7pm.
where: wheatsheaf hotel, 39 george st, thebarton.
website: http://www.flickrsa.com
come and have a drink with me.
they have chocolate beer.
and coffee beer.
and stout.
yummy.
x
adelaide is being quite lovely this year.
don't get me wrong, it kicked ass last year too.
but i'm pretty sure that it really has outdone itself. pretty sure.
last weekend was almost definitely my best birthday ever. (even better than my 21st when i turned up in full makeup and wearing a fishnet top) why? my friends.
my friends are fantastic. particularly my new friends, but also ye ol faithful, that stick by my side no matter what controversy and no good i get up to.
so what happens when the mid-week comedown strikes after a weekend of bliss?
gnarls barkley happens!
(oh, and "the rapture")
yes, that's right, i swallowed my anti-commercial pride and went along to see the king of funk-pop-soul himself.. and let me tell you, he rocks harder than anyone i've seen rock before.
they had me from the second the lights went up when they jogged onto the stage.. dressed in old 80's tennis porn, the big black boy brought his orchestra (including super-uber-hot electric cello playing princess), back up singers, and whole host of musicians and beat makers. it was freeking nuts. add to this the slightly drunken state that i found myself in after trying one of those new black smurnoff double thingies with doody, and i was quite literally smiling from ear to ear.
somewhere between break dancing and stalker stare drool i realised, i really like gnarls.
so you think my week has highlighted already? think again my fine feathered friend.. for tomorrow i fly into sydney to meet my lovely darling sister.. and then.. AND THEN!!!!! we hire off-road motorbikes and tour through the dirt tracks of the blue mountains!!! we'll explore the hidden caves along the way, splash in mud, drink fine wine, eat chocolate and generally catch up and reflect on the tough year she's endured and the fun times ahead.
i can't wait.
hope you have a great easter too!
hugs, simon. x
ps_ my basketball team "carefactor" had a surprise upset win over "the spurs" last tuesday, so if you're in adelaide and looking for something to do next tuesday the 10th of April, then swing on over to Unley High School Sports for All basketball stadium and cheers us on! game starts at 8pm, and there's a prize for best dressed supporter! :)
pss_ if you're really bored, maybe you'd like to vote for some of my pics over at: http://jpgmag.com/people/sighmon
psss_ oh, and you must, MUST go and visit my lovely friend pippa's latest blog entry. it's a bit serious, and very important if you're young and live in adelaide. go read. now.
I saw the most inspirational film for environmental change at the Adelaide Film Festival last night.. thought you might be interested:
adelaidefilmfestival.org/films/id-41/view.html
watch a trailer at:
mercuryfilms.ca/burtynsky_intro_06.html
book online @:
It's at the Palace cinema on rundle st, Adelaide, this Friday 2nd of March at 2.15pm.
si. x
saweeeeet titties!
i just found out i got approved to get media passes for the Big Day Out!
must run home now and get ready!!!! it starts in an hour and a half!!!!!!
yay.
s. :)
