Nine Lives x No Years: Poster Callout
Speaking of callouts (I admit this is not the most creative segue but it will have to do), Nine Lives Gallery is looking for submissions for a poster exhibition which is being held at NO YEARS Festival at the end of this year.
They want Brisbane’s best artists, graphic designers and photographers to submit all types of creative posters. Best of all, they’ll get to show alongside some amazing established creatives including: Beastman, Numskull, Leif Podhajsky and WeBuyYourKids!
Submissions close 3pm December 7. For details on how to enter, click here.
In the meantime, I leave you with this tasty promotional video made by local artist, Amy Longworth. Warning: You may develop Type 2 Diabetes after the video has completed.
Skater Chix
words by Alice Rezende
There is nothing worse than writing on a Facebook event wall why it is that you’re not attending said event: this is called The Not Attending Whine. The honest truth being, most people don’t care and the event host is going to get quietly pissed off with you for about 10 minutes during his/her lunch break despite delighting you with a very polite return comment. If you’ve ever been a host, you will know that they secretly hate acknowledging that you are going to “a really important 21st”, caressing Dolphins in Hawaii for 3 months, or just “hanging out with Mum”. You bloody liar.
Anyway, I may or may not have done The Not Attending Whine in what I found to be one of the coolest events yet to ever grace my fingertips on Facebook the other day. Whilst casually stalking my friend Kate, I noticed this:
… And this is how I found out about a start-up girl ‘skate gang’ happening in Brisbane a la Skate Witches, minus the leather jackets since it’s so fucking hot right now.
Formed by a group of girls who run the QUT Women’s Collective (and insist feminism is not a bad word), the Women’s Skate Gang Launch aims to get a shitload of girls keen to go skating together. The launch of this gang bang is happening Tomorrow, November 19th at Musgrave Park. Foods and beverages are encouraged and so are cute boys and non-QUT affiliated peeps. The event says it’s all in the name of fun – meaning no one will be landing double kick-flips on your foot or pushing you down the half-pipe with a dirty grin on their faces. It also tells you to bring a helmet. I laughed.
(But seriously, safe skateboarding is a lot of fun.)
Personally, I started crushing on the idea of girl skaters when I first saw my friend Vlada speed down James St after a night of beers and breaking plastic chairs. She bent down on the board while cars flashed past the crossroad and then disappeared into the corner. I stood there, barefoot (she sprinted out of the house really quickly, I had no time) and frozen until she came back laughing. From that moment on I thought she was THE badass of New Farm badasses. I thought she was a frilly-skirted goddess. So, the next morning I texted her and said I was buying a skateboard. Her reply was the equivalent of a shrug and a ‘meh’, which made me all the more eager to spend my money and make her love me like I loved her skating.
But if you really want to know, the life of a skater isn’t as easy as it looks. Be aware of leg bruises and that knee pads are a sign of pussy-ness. Be aware of lolling your body around on concrete. And that you’ll always look stupid carrying a skateboard in the city/at the line at Macca’s (been there done that). Be aware, mostly, of drunken Filipino lads saying they can land all these awesome tricks but instead sucking hardcore at life in general. Really he’s just trying to steal your board while your boyfriend is still drunk inside the house. If you can emerge victorious after that, and still wear a frilly skirt with confidence, then congratulations, you have finally found a use for your Vans shoes. Now let’s go skatin’ bitches, make me proud while I’m away caressing Dolphins on the Sunshine Coast (sozzz!!! can’t attend etc etc etc!).
Smell You Later, University!
Three years of sleep deprivation, corrupt Photoshop files, drinking V and Redbull religiously, disastrous printing issues, ridiculous deadlines and dealing with obnoxious mature aged students in tutorials is over. Praise the fucking lord.
This Thursday night, QCA Design graduates (including BATS editors Kelsey Heinrichs and Emily Donohoe) say goodbye to 8am lectures for good. Come along to the old Prop House (Corner of Glenelg and Cordelia Street, South Brisbane) from 6pm for the QCA design graduate portfolio exhibition, Non Parallel. Free grog too apparently!
In the meantime check out the graduates in all their glory at qcagraduates.com
A BATS guide to: a non-Splendour weekend
For those of us who decided to give Splendour In The Grass a miss (either due to lack of funds or a general disinterest in the somewhat questionable lineup… The Living End? Again? Really?), next weekend does not have to be spent on Facebook, dying inside every time some wanker with an iPhone checks in to the festival.
In fact, we’ve put together a mini-guide of some of the awesome events that are happening right here in Brisbane and nearby Queensland, including an event hosted by yours truly…
HOLE HEARTED
Former QCA student, Laura Horrocks, has her debut show - Hole Hearted - launching next Friday night @ White Canvas Gallery. With support by various other artists (Luke Kidd, Charlie Hillhouse, Dominique Elliott, Alex Winters, Holly Ryan, Jack Pemble, Tom Dalmau & Martha Poggioli), this is definitely an exhibition worthy of eyes (both old and new).
Event info here
24 HOUR ZINE MAKING CHALLENGE (AND REWARD)
Book stores have been closing in and around Brisbane lately, but print ain’t dead - D.I.Y. zines are still alive and kicking, and we should know. July is International Zine Month, and to celebrate Toowoomba based store, Smells Like Zines Distro, are challenging you to create a zine (from scratch to finish) in 24 hours, from 12pm Saturday to 12pm Sunday. However, you don’t have to live in Toowoomba to be a part of this project (though it does help to visit the store and use their resources and seek out some inpisration), you can still post up your creation and be involved. The reward? Having your zine credited and exhibited on the walls of Smells Like Zines for 2-3 weeks in alls its paper based glory.
For more info & details on how to get involved, visit: smellslikezines.com
TOO POOR FOR SPLENDOUR
The name alone of this event sings true for many of us. But that doesn’t mean we have to miss out on a day & night filled with quality acts - even if they’re not The Mars Volta or Mogwai :,). Picture Show Productions present Too Poor For Splendour @ South Leagues Club - a poor man’s alternative to the aforementioned festival. Featuring a lineup of many local acts such as: Pink Services, Cobwebbs, LeSuits, Cannon, His Merry Men, The Mouldy Lovers, Ivy May Dillon, Woodville House, Papperbok & more.
Tickets are selling fast though, and are available now at Rocking Horse Records. For more event info, click here.
DEAD PEOPLE’S THINGS FOR SALE
Garage Sale meets Vintage Market = Dead People’s Things For Sale. The team members of BATS and our friends are hosting a massive garage sale. We’re selling shit loads of vintage clothing & accessories (ladies & mens). So come by and pick up some quality (yet seriously cheap - none of that overpriced BS) items. Not to mention we’ve been busy printing & hand making all the past issues of BATS, which we will be selling on the day (along with baked goods and other miscellaneous treats).
Details on the poster below or RSVP to our event page here.
Frankly! It’s a Pop Festival
If frankly were a person, she/he would be a stereo pumping harajuku that I wish would hold my hand and trade me the best pokemon onto my gold version.
Frankly! It’s a Pop Festival is back for a third time in 2011, and this years event features an array of visionary pop goodness via the likes of: LA Vampires, Wet Hair, Miko, Ytamo, Oorataichi & more. And just recently, curator Lawrence English announced a 2nd lineup consisting of Australian acts Pikelet and Twerps.
If the lineup itself didn’t create enough hype, English has also put together a free sampler featuring rare/unreleased/interesting tracks from bands on the lineup.
