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As long as events are inspiring and tinged with an underground edge, we’ll have them covered: happening parties, spine tinglingly good gigs, the best underground art shows. Whether it’s a warehouse rave in England or a dance performance in Australia, we’ll let you know. Or we’ll see you there.

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Window washers turn Spiderman to cheer up sick kids

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By Low Lai Chow in New Events on Wednesday 23 January 2013

Window washers scale walls. Which naturally makes them a bit like the real-life counterparts of Spiderman. It’s fun to see three window washers take to dressing up as the friendly neighbourhood hero while cleaning the windows of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Apparently, besides waving, they also got into goofy character by spraying colourful string at the children too. We’re pretty sure they cleaned out some grim looks from their young faces.

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Venice6114: the mechanic’s garage art gallery

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By Matt Warren in New Events on Thursday 17 January 2013

Situated at Venice and La Cienega, Venice 6114 is a hidden gem amongst Culver City’s more established galleries. Run by Sergio Bromberg, the gallery shuns the traditional white cube space adopted by its neighbors. Instead it uses the locale, which still retains the facade and feel of the mechanics garage it once was, as a shell to transform into whatever environment is necessary for the featured artist. Bromberg doesn’t simply put on exhibitions – he puts on events.

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Extraordinary footage of escalators hoisted into WTC

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By Low Lai Chow in New Events on Thursday 17 January 2013

A couple of weeks back, as the last two escalators, each weighing 38,000 pounds, were hoisted into the One World Trade Center. They certainly made somewhat of a majestic visual spectacle snaking their way up in the air like that. Scott Lahmers, the technical specialist for ThyssenKrupp Americas who worked on the installation of 74 elevators and 9 escalators in the building, captured some gorgeous pictures of the process.

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Artist Sam Holt’s pop-up show in Sydney tonight

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By This Island Life in New Events on Wednesday 16 January 2013

Up and coming Sydney-based artist Sam Holt is having an exclusive one night only pop-up show and you’re invited. Using a palette reflective to his environment, Holt captures mood and feeling in one seriously solid collection of abstract paintings.

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Amazing light installation at a Japanese botanical garden

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Events on Wednesday 9 January 2013

These incredible light installations in Nabano no Sato’s botanical garden in Japan might just be the greatest winter light show in the whole country. Millions of brilliant LED lights arranged in intricate patterns and arrangements illuminate this already beautiful garden, creating a visual experience like no other.

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Australian team creates animation for Saks window

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By Lost At E Minor in New Events on Wednesday 9 January 2013

Two Australian artists created a stop motion chalkboard animated store window for the famed Christmas display at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. The 80-second film by directors Lucinda Schreiber (from Photoplay) and Yanni Kronenberg was the only window of the six at the flagship store that was created by international artists. It has the distinction of being the only window by any invited artist, as Saks’ long-standing design company contractor installed all other windows. The technique used was similar to the pair’s award-winning Firekites music video. The clip garnered half a million YouTube hits and caught the attention of Saks Fifth Avenue executives, which led to the direct invitation to create the Christmas window commission. The window animation ran until New Year’s Day.

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50-foot rubber duckie in the River Thames

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Events on Monday 24 December 2012

Jackpotjoy.com‘s latest Facebook initiative, FUNdation, sent a 50-foot giant rubber duckie floating down the River Thames in London. FUNdation is a £250,000 crowd-sourced fund dedicated to…well, fun. The giant rubber ducky drifted past London’s famous monuments, and the Tower Bridge even had to be lifted to let the oversized bath toy through.

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Batlow Premium Cider’s Poolcide Xmas Shindig

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By Cormack O'Connor in New Events on Tuesday 18 December 2012

If you like to party (we know you do) we have found a perfect way for you to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon before the chaos that is Christmas finally hits. Batlow are throwing a poolside Christmas party at the Clovelly Hotel in Sydney and are promising Batlows, blow up pools and a set from Little Bastard. If that isn’t enough to get you drooling in anticipation then Batlow’s new Cloudy Cider surely will. We know from experience that Batlow Cider is the secret to setting off any party.

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Punto y Raya: the Spanish Festival of Dots and Dashes

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By The Suicide Of Western Culture in New Events on Thursday 13 December 2012

Punto y Raya is a unique festival that allows only works made from dots and dashes. It may seem too specific, but if we look a little back in time – the history of images in motion – one realizes that they are the most basic form of visual building blocks. Look at Larry Cuba, Norman [...]

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Race in a marathon without actually running

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By Low Lai Chow in New Events on Thursday 13 December 2012

Okay, hands up, all you bums who want to complete a marathon without actually getting up from your bed. Seen via Wired: Orlando-based outfit Ridiculo.us is faking a marathon, and you can run in it if you want to.

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Beautiful reworking of controversial dance pieces

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By Evangelia from Lolas Bad in New Events on Thursday 6 December 2012

I never use this term but Beyond Ballet Russes, the English National Ballet’s show in honour of Sergei Diaghilev’s legacy, was truly mesmerizing. I watched Programme 1 at the National Opera earlier this year and my enthusiasm is focused on ENB’s versions of the legendary choreographies, L’après-midi d’un faune, and The Rite of Spring by Vaslav Nijinsky. Beautiful and in-depth reworkings of these old and controversial works, the latter one accompanied by Stravisky’s breathtaking score.

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Anew: a group photo exhibition in DUMBO, Brooklyn

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By Alison Zavos in New Events on Wednesday 5 December 2012

I am thrilled to have teamed up with United Photo Industries to curate Anew, a group exhibition featuring nine photographers who unearth beauty in the seemingly irrelevant, everyday objects that most people disregard, revealing that unnoticed and banal items can sometimes be quite magical. [see more photos at Feature Shoot]

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Heavy Press photo zine exhibition in Sydney

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By The Heavy Collective in New Events on Tuesday 4 December 2012

The Heavy Collective has a group Photo zine exhibition coming up on December 5 at Kind Of—Gallery on Oxford St, Sydney. Featuring Matt Martin, Sam Stephenson, Natalie Nikitovic, Ryan Florig, Will Braden, Geordie Cargill, Anthony Robinson, Jack Harries, Alex Cooke, Aedan Lee, Tommy Thoms, Alex Serafini.

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Extreme piercings may give you nightmares

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By Low Lai Chow in New Events on Monday 3 December 2012

This year’s Phuket Vegetarian Festival may have just passed, but the scary images we’ve seen aren’t leaving us alone just yet. Contrary to the peaceful connotations of its name, the festival — celebrated by Thai-Chinese devotees on the island — is more of a graphic visual assault, heavy on street processions and ritualistic practices involving hot oil baths, extreme self-mutilation and fire-walking.

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Highlights from the Moniker Art Festival, London

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By Jessica Birkett in New Events on Wednesday 28 November 2012

Moniker Projects reputation is gained from the exacting and flourishing of its niche in the art market, hosting flagship artists such as Eine and Beejoir. Their broad ability to recognize contemporary art’s most distinctive and burgeoning talents is matched by their skill in harmonizing the work between them. All of which helped to produce another remarkable event.

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