Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.pica.org.au

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PICA is pleased to present the first Australian showing of award winning multi-screen video installation Sekilala by Yuka and Kentaro Shimura, a Japanese brother and sister artistic duo that work together as SHIMURABROS.

SHIMURABROS are well known in Japan and across Asia and Europe for their inventive and pioneering approach to the motion picture. With Sekilala (2006-2008) the SHIMRABROS have taken their interest in the motion picture into a new realm by extending film beyond its two-dimensional limitations and employing advanced 3D technology and virtual reality programming.

Sekilala, is a three-screen immersive video installation, shot on super 16mm, filmed in Prague and with a storyline inspired by the controversial image of a mouse with what appears to be a human ear growing on its back. A family drama in which the father is obsessed with bio-furniture erratically unfolds in multiple, fractured stories. Projected onto three screens and randomly configured in twenty-six short sequences, the same story is never experienced twice, and the viewer becomes the editor of an infinite and complex film.

Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.pica.org.au

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Objects to Live By: The Art of John Meade is the first major survey exhibition of one of Australia’s leading sculptors and is currently on display PICA.

Featuring more than 17 sculptural works ranging in scale from intimate objects on table tops to architecturally scaled wall works, this exhibition brings together Meade’s larger floor-based and suspended forms, smaller 'table sculptures', and an ensemble from a collaborative installation.

Often employing geometry and soft organic forms, John Meade works in an intuitive way to materialise his ideas, creating tightly orchestrated pieces that explore the metaphysical, the surreal and the fetishistic. Tapping into the real and the subconscious, playing with scale and expectation, Meade uses minimalism and messiness, the deliberate and the accidental, to explore extremes of form and intensities of emotion.

John Meade is a critically acclaimed Melbourne-based artist who has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions since 1995. His work is also held in numerous collections, including those of Monash University; the Museum of Contemporary Art; Heide Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Victoria.

Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.pica.org.au

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An interest in diagrams, patterns, series and systems by eight influential contemporary artists are the focus of this critical new exhibition at PICA.

Love of Diagrams brings together over 50 key works by leading and emerging international and Australian artists, many of whom who will be exhibited for the first time this country.

This major group exhibition shows a range of recent and early work from each artist and in doing so considers a constellelation of complex practices. Embracing drawing, collage, painting, photography, sculpture, sound art and installation, this exhibition questions the origins of these artists' obsessions with all things diagrammatic and what this signals as a means of representing, mapping and articulating current ideas.

Artists: Armando Andrade Tudela (Peru), Bradford Bailey (USA/UK), Jose Damasceno (Brazil) Natasha Dusenjko (Vic), Marita Fraser (Australia/Austria), Joyce Hinterding (NSW), Bojan Sarcevic (Bosnia/France), David Thomson (WA)

Curator: Leigh Robb

Hours: OPENING NIGHT 10th SEPT 7.00PM TILL LATE
Wednesday & Thursday 10.30am - 6.00pm
Friday & Saturday 10.00am - 6.30pm
Sunday 10.00am - 5.00pm
Cost: free
More Info: www.thesedaysgallery.com

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THESE DAYS PROUDLY PRESENTS THE OPENING EXHIBITION FEATURING TEN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER

DAVID BRAY London

TWOONE Melbourne

BRIDGE STEHLI Sydney

JONI KEIFT Perth

DIXON Barcelona

ESJAY Sydney

NATASHA SIM Melbourne

DEATHBOT Perth

JESSIE DOUGLAS Plymouth

MISO Melbourne

Hours: 10am - 5pm daily.
Perth Cultural Centre, James Street, Northbridge
Cost: Free entry!
More Info: www.onwilliam.com.au/popsicle

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Returning to the Perth Fashion Festival for a third run, Popsicle has become a staple on Perth's independent fashion calendar. Popsicle is temporary retail space where you can browse, shop, and directly support a selection of our state's most exciting emerging talent.

Produced by the crew at OnWilliam, each year Popsicle reinvents itself in a new environment, delivering a fun and different shopping experience every time. This year we salute our local designers in style, with Popsicle being housed in two shipping containers in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre.

Visit Popsicle and enter the draw to win a $500 OnWilliam Shopping Spree!

While you're visiting, pick up your free Popsicle magnet illustrated by feature artist Sean Morris, and follow the map to collect the whole set from seventeen of your favourite OnWilliam haunts!

Enjoy! x The OnWilliam Gang

Hours: Various
Cost: Free!
More Info: www.onwilliam.com.au/news

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We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 OnWilliam Magnet Set. This years set features 17 free collectable magnets by Northbridge artist Sean Morris.

Download your printable map here: www.onWilliam.com.au/news .. and start collecting!

Magnet collecting starts 9 September, until stocks last. Be sure to grab your Popsicle magnet before the pop up store closes on 15 September.

www.onWilliam.com.au/popsicle

Hours: Tues-Fri 10.30-5.30; Sat+Sun 10-5.
Cost: Free
More Info: www.amyvinicombe.carbonmade.com

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@ Kurb Gallery - 214 William Street Northbridge
Becoming Hockney is the first exhibition by Perth photographer Amy Vinicombe. The series is a collection of photographic collages inspired by British Artist 'David Hockney' and his work in photography in the early 80's. The collection is a continuation of Hockney's work but from the perspective of a young Western Australian female in the twenty first century.
Image: 'CameraWorks'

Hours: 2-4pm every Saturday
Cost: Contribute according to your means
More Info: www.perthpoetryclub.com

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Perth Poetry Club -- where slams meet sonnets. Every Saturday at The
Moon, 323 William Street. Guest poets, short open stage slots, time to
chat. Everyone's welcome. Come and listen. Maybe share some poems.

COMING UP AT PERTH POETRY CLUB

4 September: National Poetry Week with Sue Clennell & Phil McNamara

11 September: nothing, The Moon being closed

18 September: Open Mike if The Moon is open

25 September: Dick Alderson + Ken Hudson

2 October: Flora Smith (TBC) + Chris Arnold

9 October: Annamaria Weldon

16 October: INTERNATIONAL GUEST - DON'T MISS! African-American Jazz Poet L E SCOTT


Plus 3-minute open mike spots, professional sound, interesting company, and food and drink of various strengths. 2-4pm at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge.

More info on artists and Perth Poetry Club: www.perthpoetryclub.com
Email: perthpoetryclub@gmail.com Phone: Janet 0406 624 578

Hours: Daily apart from Mondays, see our profile or website for up to date info on opening hours!
Cost: 0
More Info: www.outregallery.com

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Outré Gallery is excited to be bringing US artist Josh SHAG Agle back down-under for another three city tour of Australia in August 2010. With exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth we will be presenting original paintings, super-sized giclee prints on canvas (in especially small editions), new serigraph prints and rare prints.
The Perth exhibition will be the inaugural opening of the new Outré Gallery space in Northbridge. Having been selling and exhibiting artwork in Melbourne for the past 16 years, Sydney for the past 5, Outré Gallery is enthused to be opening a third location in Western Australia.

This exhibition is set to embrace Shag's new direction towards a darker mood, more surreal subject matter and more complex compositions.
Shag takes an artistic sidestep away from the retro iconography and lifestyle that has marked his career, with a whole new realm of crisply rendered dream-scenes, perfectly balanced hues and amazing narratives. These new style works will sit next to a collection of older prints and rare editions from the past.

The name of the exhibition refers to an exclusive (and mysterious) book that the artist has produced to accompany the paintings.

"Inscrutable Mystery Guide" is actually the little book that accompanies each small tiki painting. It's my hope that the books won't be seen by anyone except the person who owns one of those paintings. I want to bring them into my own little cult and tell them some secrets. - Josh Agle aka Shag

Outré will be hosting a series of gala openings across the three cities with the artist out from Los Angeles for the events.

There will be book signings with the artist on the first Saturdays in each city for his title "Autumn's Come Undone".

This exhibition will mark our first major international exhibition at our brand-new Perth Gallery in the freshly revitalised area of William Street, Northbridge.

Cost: FREE!
More Info: www.propel.org.au/projects/amplifier

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Amplifier is back in 2010 with an array of sessions to get those creative ideas on the move! Covering topics such as Marketing know-how, Growing Money on Trees – How to get that Grant, Arts Finance, Event 101 and much more.

Forums on Creative Collaborations and Community Cultural Development will also be a part of this years jam packed program.

Registrations are open online now @ www.propel.org.au – register early to avoid missing out, as places are limited!

Amplifier is a FREE arts business workshop and forum program designed to sharpen the arts business skills of emerging Perth metro artists and arts workers Amplifer workshops are open to young people aged 18-30 years and Amplifier forums are open to all ages. The program is aimed to provide professional skills development, networking opportunities and the chance to explore current arts issues with leading industry professionals.

Amplifier 2010 is proudly supported by Foundation for Young Australians, Central Institute of Technology and the Department for Communities’ Office for Youth.

Hours: 6pm till 12.30am
More Info: www.themoon.com.au

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$11.95 pizza or pasta.
$3 house wine
$2 soft drinks

How could you resist??

For the complete list of entertainment and food specials join our facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=432536205186&ref=ts

Hours: open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Cost: 0
More Info: www.bravenewworldclothing.com

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The ethos of Brave New World has always revolved offering distinctive styles, labels and service that will push the boundaries and create a novel experience for their clients. In keeping true to this, Brave New World presents you with a new addition to their retail world in the form of an online store.

The online store offers a greater range of products and the ease of shopping from anywhere you happen to be… (we fervently endorse shopping on the sly while you pretend to work!) . All items are handpicked and eclectic as ever in the style that Brave New World is renowned for.

Just take yourself to the existing Brave New World website and enter the store by clicking ‘online store’ in the store description, or by pressing the ‘online store’ button located above where you can join our mailing list.

www.bravenewworldclothing.com

Cost: 0
More Info: www.propel.org.au/projects/yculture

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YCulture Metro is a funding program that provides arts grants of up to $3,000 for young people aged between 12-26. YCulture Metro targets young metropolitan artists who are at an entry level in their arts practice and have had limited experience in grant application writing as well as initiating and coordinating projects.

YCulture can provide funds for projects (such as all-ages gigs) and skills development initiatives (such as workshops and creative developments).

Applications are open all year with a guaranteed 10 day turn around.

Contact Propel Youth Arts WA (08) 9328 5855 suzy@propel.org.au or Visit: www.propel.org.au/projects/yculture

YCulture is proudly supported by Healthway to promote the Drug Aware message.

Hours: 5.15pm
Cost: $15
More Info: www.futureshorts.com/index.php?site=45

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Future Shorts Perth + 1UP Microcinema have joined forces and have one fab weekly gig for you, now every Sunday start Aug 7th.

Pre sale tickets are a must! Pre buy your ticket for FS and get free entry for any other film that day!

Sundance to Cannes, Berlin to New York. FS is a global monthly short film festival which screens the world's freshest content. This is fresh cinema and we want you to be a part of it!

Buy tickets: http://www.insertcoins.com.au/microcinema/
More on FS: http://www.futureshorts.com/index.php?site=45