5 Must-Watch Films, South East Asian Film Festival @ SAM
Singapore’s second Southeast Asian Film Festival kicks off this month, featuring 20 works by the region’s filmmakers from Myanmar to Indonesia. The festival covers subjects as diverse as Cambodia’s Pol Pot regime, Myanmar’s controlled media landscape and a surreal tragicomedy about a Filipino couple that has a fish as a son. The people behind the event say [...]
Kirin Presents, GO FONT UR SELF* BOOK 2
Kirin Presents, GO FONT UR SELF* BOOK 2 A PUBLICATION OF TYPE BASED ARTWORKS – A 56pp book celebrating the 2nd year of a project involving 84 local & international artists, 17 exhibitions across 4 capital cities over 2 years, over 9,000 people in attendance, 2 books & 13,680 Kirins. The 2nd Book of the [...]
STATE OF DESIGN
The State of Design Festival is the largest and most innovative design event in Australia and the heart of design thinking and design activity each year. Taking place from July 20–31 2011, the State of Design Festival increases awareness of the value of design and showcases how design generates innovation and adds value to both [...]
ANIMAL KINGDOM
This movie is wild. An Australian family of criminals lives by the ‘kill or be killed’ street code. The psycho eldest son, the “Pope”, (chillingly played by Ben Mendelsohn) is caught between fear & guilt in the Melbourne underground. As the family members are pursued by each other and the police, an internal struggle threatens [...]
FEIYUE AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH
Originating in Shanghai, the Feiyue sneaker first appeared in the 1920s. In 2005, a group of French sneaker aficionados took over the brand and re-worked the entire production process to create a new visual identity. In 2011 the footwear anomaly that went from a disappearing Chinese icon to Europe’s item du jour makes its official [...]
TRON LEGACY PREMIERE – A LIGHT SESSION
Old-time skaters ENESS jumped at the chance to bring skateboarding into the future by blending interactivity and high-tech mastery for the Tron Legacy premiere. Each rider is equipped with an ipod and our custom-built app to measure their air time and trigger graphics whilst in the air and on landing.
PARKLIFE 2010
Parklife is Australia’s unparalleled electronic/indie music festival and first major festival of the summer, jam-packed with artists who completely define the moment in music. Parklife Queensland celebrated its 10th birthday in Sept 2010 with a move to the Gold Coast from smaller digs in Brisbane and a massive line-up for 2010. Bloc Party lead singer [...]
STEREOSONIC 2009
The Stereosonic Festival 2009 tour took place November 2009, with promoters Hardware and Onelove taking it to the five major cities for the very first time. What stands out most about last year’s Stereosonic lineup is the ‘now’ factor. While it’s toplined by Deadmau5, a favourite with Australian audiences who’s arguably the most successful DJ/producer [...]
SUMMAFIELDAYZE 2011
The monster lineup that’s set to descend on the Australian summer for the 2011 Summafieldayze festival simply couldn’t be contained any longer. The combined might of promoters Fuzzy and Future Entertainment had their work cut out for them to top the 2010 lineup which featured big names from across the dance scene including Carl Cox, [...]
GOOD VIBRATIONS 2010
ONE of the fastest growing music festivals on the Gold Coast, Good Vibrations has enjoyed sell-out success with strong headline acts pulling bigger crowds each year. The 2010 line up included The Killers, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden, Gossip, Salt-n-Pepa, Friendly Fires, Busta Rhymes, Z-Trip, Kid Cudi, Naughty by Nature, Plump DJs, Gym Class Heroes, [...]
