ST2K – HERE COMES TROUBLE

Well, a whole new litter of gameboy plushies have come into fruition, and will be shipping off tomorrow for Sydney’s ST2K Street Art Festival.  Check them out at Pine Street Gallery’s ‘Here Comes Trouble’ exhibition from 1 – 30 October 2008.

ST2K - Here Comes Trouble

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE & BACK AGAIN

I have some work coming up in a Melbourne all-female show. Curated by Yasemin Sabuncu, ‘Across the Universe & Back Again’ is set to showcase some of the most fresh budding female artists in Australia and I am humbled to take part. The show boasts the inclusion of Adelaide based :nickas:. and Lisa King, ex-Adelaidean Snookie, as well as Melbournians Nicole Tattersall, Bec Winnel, Scarlett, Kelly Smith, Deb, Honor Bowden, and Rachee Renee (apologies to those I could not find links to!)

So if you’re in Melbourne at 6pm on 15 October, come along to:

No Vacancy gallery, QV Building – Red Carpet Lane, Melbourne

Across the Universe & Back Again, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne

Pimp My Kettle!

Fantastic noodles and Mtv have come together to bring you a collection of hot, pimped kettles by hot, pimpin’ artists from all corners of Australia and beyond.  From the painted and stitched to the outright bizarre, check out these quirky creations at pimpmykettle.com.  We’re happy to have been involved with the campaign, so if you like our work be sure to sign up at pimpmykettle.com and let us know!

And while you’re at it, don’t miss out on picking up your very own pimped kettle to impress the guests.  Search for them now on ebay.com.au!

Lauren Sutter at PimpMyKettle.com

Gameboy plushies!

Now that the weather is fining up, we think its time to take our work outside and get the sewing needles out again for some more Gameboy plushies. Trying to track down an image of said plushies, we accidentally stumbled upon a few websites that seem to like our work. These include: GeekSugar.com, Craftzine.com, TrendHunter.com, ForeverGeek.com, ThisNext.com, ThatGirlsSite.com and Kaboodle.com.

Head over to cloudsparrow.etsy.com to get your very own customised Gameboy Plushie – guaranteed to give you company with all its fuzzy 8bit love!

Gameboy Plushies at cloudsparrow.etsy.com

ELECTROFRINGE 08

We of Hidden Village are proud to announce that we will be giving a presentation and a workshop as part of Electrofringe 08 in Newcastle, Australia. The festival, which runs concurrently with ‘Critical Animals’, ‘National Young Writers Festival’, ‘Sound Summit’ and ‘This Is Not Art’, brings together artists and musicians at the forefront of electronic exploration, with over 5 days of workshops, presentations, gigs, panel discussions, exhibitions and screenings.

Workshop:

HIDDEN VILLAGE – CONSIDER ALL EIGHT BITS

Car-boot treasures and back-of-the-cupboard discoveries finally put to use: exploring the use of obsolete and circuit-bent video game systems for artmaking.

What: Workshop

Where: TAFE Workshed

When: Friday 3rd October, 14:00pm – 17:00pm

Who: Lauren Sutter (Adelaide), Seb Tomczak (Adelaide) and you.

Presentation:

HIDDEN VILLAGE

Using explorative, obsolete and circuit-bent technologies for sound performance. The Hidden Village duo draw upon an eclectic collection of retro game consoles and recently developed sound software to create their electronica performance.

What: Artist Presentation

Where: University House – Round Theatrette [UNH G.9]

When: Saturday 4th, 12:00pm – 13:30pm

Who: Lauren Sutter (Adelaide), Seb Tomczak (Adelaide)

GET MORE DETAILS HERE:

http://www.electrofringe.net/

Hidden Village, Tyndall Assembly presentation 2007

A photographic project.

I can’t say much at this stage but I’m feeling really excited about a new collaborative photographic project that we will begin preparations for in the coming days. It will be a lot of work, but expect something very dramatic, surreal and high camp. I’ve been greatly inspired by the artists at 666 Photography (Austin, Texas), who utilise hand-made props and costumes for their vintage-inspired fine art photographs. Visit the 666 Photography site to view more of their incredible work!

666 Photography, 'Victorian Pygmy Goats 3'

New work: ZOMBIES!

I’ve enjoyed regressing back to my childhood joy of watercolours. These two works are for a submission for an interstate show.

watercolour, pencil and pen on paper, 29.7 x 21.0 cm, 2008.

watercolour, pencil and pen on paper, 29.7 x 21.0 cm, 2008.