Hours: 9-11pm
Cost: Standard: $42.50; Friends: $39.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/MEN

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Welcome to the new dance insurrection, a magnetic gender-bending blend of potent pop, driving beats and synthy goodness from former members of Le Tigre. JD Samson and company launch the night into the stratosphere with songs from Talk About Body.

Hours: See website
Cost: Standard $39; Friends $29.50; Concession $29.50; FT Students (U/30) $15.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Driving-Into-Walls

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Pashing, fighting, laughing, dancing and confessing ... drawn from over 500 starkly honest and highly confidential interviews with Western Australian teens, this intimate and confronting play draws back the curtain on what it means to be young in our modern, media-driven society.

Five teenagers walk an emotional tightrope of online and offline relationships, colliding with one another and driving into the walls built around them. This daring, immersive production gives you a raw and voyeuristic view of their deepest secrets, rages, anxieties and hopes.
Suitable for 13+.
Part of Perth International Arts Festival Vital Stages program.

Hours: 9pm - midnight
Cost: Tickets: $25+BF
More Info: www.nowbaking.com.au/ticketing/EventDetails.aspx?EventGuid=ac5cb4ca-aa29-426f-8cea-094d4d37f583

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Ola!
Perth's favourite Central American siblings, The Cuban Brothers, are going to whip you into a frenzy at The Bakery with their zany cabaret on Saturday 25 February.

There are two things The Cuban Brothers do better than absolutely anyone: perform and party. This shizz is a wild act of camp musical theatre serving beats, soul and sex; shaken and stirred. It's Cuban. It's cabaret. It's comedy. It's COOL. The throbbing members of the Cuban Brothers will deliver let's-get-physical dancing, rapero, Cubano and chico. There's a reason they are live entertainment darlings the world over, and you're about to find out why.

It's a wild act of club-camp musical theatre featuring crazy characters serving broken beats, soul and sex in a show combining cabaret, comedy, rapping and Cuban cool. Born of the loins of 70's Havana, the Brothers were nurtured on a diet of soulful, sexy tunes and Cuban mythology.

Performance pants will be pulled up tight and therein guarantees the boys will deliver let's-get-physical (break)dancing, rapero, Cubano and contemporary soul music.

And touching. Lots of touching! El infierno si!
(Translation: HELL YES!).

*Caution - this show will contain nudity.

http://www.thecubanbrothers.com/

Supported by: Marty McFly, Junior

Hours: 9-11pm
Cost: Standard: $59.50; Friends $54.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Bonnie-Prince-Billy-featuring-The-Cairo-Gang

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An enigmatic genius of many guises (Palace Music, Palace Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy), Will Oldham ranks among America's most formidable singer-songwriters. After much pleading, the Bonnie Prince makes a triumphant return to Perth for a night of sublime Appalachian folk and indie rock.

Hours: Fri 24 Feb: 12-8pm
Sat 25 Feb: 12-8pm
Sun 26 Feb: 10am-5pm
Tue 28 Feb: 2-5pm
Wed 29 Feb: 2-5pm
Thur 1 March: 2-8pm
Fri 2 March 2-8pm
Sat 3 March: 10am-6pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Home-Sweet-Home

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Put your creative talents to the test as we build a vibrant new Perth from the ground up. Using our special cardboard kit, you can design and decorate a dream home, nightclub, surf shop, bird sanctuary or whatever you like – the more imaginative the better.

Pop in regularly and witness the city’s astonishing evolution. Keep on top of the latest news and gossip with the bulletin board, post box and community radio station and make sure you’re at closing night for the smallest (but most festive) street party of the year!

Hours: 20:00 until 23:00
Cost: $15
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/348710368476891/

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SLEEPMAKESWAVES have announced an extensive Australian tour, celebrating the recent success of their debut album "...and so we destroyed everything."

The bands '(hello) Australia' tour sees them visiting 6 states in February and March, before heading overseas to showcase at SXSW in Austin, Texas and then embarking on a headlining European tour, including co-headlining Belgium's Dunk! Festival, alongside Pelican, This Will Destroy You and 65daysofstatic.

With special guests Usurper of Modern Medicine + Apricot Rail + Ron Pollard Quintet

www.sleepmakeswaves.com
www.birdsrobe.bandcamp.com

Hours: 8-10pm
Cost: Standard: $42.50; Friends: $39.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Cut-Chemist

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He's a founding member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, collaborated with DJ Shadow on two of the most in-demand remix CDs ever and is a solo dynamo. Now turntablist extraordinaire Cut Chemist unleashes his envelope-pushing cut 'n' scratch audio-visual blowout Sound of the Police.

Get set for 'beat music across borders', a free-flowing conversation with East African, Nigerian Afrobeat, Cuban percussion, Brazilian Tropicália and surprises from Cut's big bag of tricks.

Hours: 8-11pm
Cost: Entry to restaurants is always free!
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/171179776331068/

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Going Solo at the Moon late night cafe presents various outsider pop artists.

Going solo this Wednesday will charm your pants off
make you sleepy
allow you to rest
make funny dreams
wake you up revived
and then charm your pants - BACK ON!

Rabbit Island 10:00
Nick Allbrook 9:10
Ben Witt 8:20

Hours: 8-10pm
Cost: Standard: $42.50; Friends: $39.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Live-Live-Cinema--Carnival-of-Souls

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Combine your love of film and music as Herk Harvey's 1962 B-grade horror marvel Carnival of Souls is brought to life by a seven-piece orchestra, on-stage actors and live foley/sound effects in a unique and devilishly vibrant 'live cinema' experience.

Hours: 8-10pm
Cost: Standard: $42.50; Friends: $39.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Cass-McCombs

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Folk balladeer Cass McCombs, is a true craftsman of lyrical storytelling, his songs are poetic and haunting, whimsical and playful, and offer a rare, tangible experience of the bittersweet.

Following the release of Humor Risk, Cass McCombs plays his debut Australian show at the 2012 Perth Festival. Prepare for an inspiring evening in the company of one of America’s most formidable contemporary songwriters.

Hours: 8-10pm
Cost: Standard: $42.50; Friends: $39.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Cornershop

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Best known for their smash hit 'Brimful of Asha', these reinventionists return with a feel-good fusion of Indian folk and indie pop. Get set for dhol drums, the one-string tumbi and an eccentric cultural mix of Punjabi, hip-hop, thrift-store samples and funky breakbeats.

Hours: Opens: 6pm Feb 15th
Tues - Fri: 11am - 6pm
Sat - Sun: 12 -pm.
CLOSED Mondays
Cost: 0
More Info: www.oktachoron.com

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OK Gallery reopens in 2012 with David Egan's first solo exhibition The unknown by the more unknown.

Egan presents a charismatic constellation of paintings and objects examining pop culture mysteries and vernacular theories investigating the infinite potential of interpretation and understanding in cultural communication.

Central to The unknown... is an interactive sculptural book that, when manipulated by the audience, produces a generative soundtrack that fills the gallery with an oscillating musical scale. A mysterious soundtrack is created by which a guided meditation on each painting can take place. Egan's simple and diagrammatic paintings depict musical instruments, un-proven physics propositions and natural forms. Individually, they are discrete icons, standing in for different methods - both rigorous and associative - by which understanding is produced. Together Egan's paintings act as 'nodes' in a greater network of ideas, investigating the generation of knowledge whilst also acknowledging the generative power of the unknown.

The unknown by the more unknown is proudly part of the 2012 Fringe World Festival.

Hours: See website
Cost: Standard $49.50; Friends $42.50; Concession $42.50; FT Students (U/30) $25
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Jack-Charles-v-The-Crown

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Uncle Jack Charles is an Australian legend: veteran actor, Koori Elder, activist and - until recently - heroin addict and cat-burglar.

His is a life lived to its limit, and this is his story.

From Stolen Generation to Koori theatre in the 70s, film sets and Her Majesty's prisons, Jack tells his captivating tale with humour, warmth, honesty and charm ... and a few songs along the way.

Cost: 0
More Info: www.facebook.com/events/189542521146539/

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Perth's newest ARI, Paper Mountain have a few studio spaces to fill for their next rental term beginning 3rd March for four months with option to renew.Applications for this round close midnight Tuesday 28 February, but we do take applications all year round if you would like us to keep you in mind if there is an opening.


Standard studio sizes available 2m x 3.5m: $70/w ($303.34p.c.m) (possibly other sizes available upon discussion)

All studios are open-plan: spaces are marked on the floor and artists must provide their own furniture and partitions as required. Kitchen and toilet facilities are available, as well as a shared downstairs courtyard. Artists have 24 hour access to the building. Rent includes GST, outgoings, utilities and wireless internet.

application forms available here-
http://papermountaincollective.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/paper-mountain_application2.doc

send applications and questions to info@papermountain.org.au

for more details visit
http://www.facebook.com/events/189542521146539/

Hours: 6:30pm PICA Performance Space
Cost: $25 - $30
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/persians

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King Xerxes has taken the entire Persian army to conquer the Greeks. No one has heard from them since…

The newest translation of the oldest surviving play in history, Persians is an epic tale of despair and defeat in the face of certain victory.

See '300' from the other side…

Hours: 8pm PICA Performance Space
Cost: $30 - $35
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/miskien

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Described as "brave, original, sexy South African theatre", ...miskien is the controversial, intimate, and multi-award-winning story of two guys.

They're best friends, stuck in similar dead end jobs and nondescript lives, waiting for the Happy Hour at the end of each day to drag them into the next. All tix $30.

Hours: 9:30pm PICA Performance Space
Cost: $25 - $30
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/walkindirt2012

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A man walks into the seedy urban underworld. Meeting bizarre and beautiful characters from the street… he also meets himself.

“Touching observations on human kind” – The Advertiser
“Clever ideas and snappy charismatic acting” – The Dublin Times

More Info: www.onwilliam.com.au/application

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OnWilliam is preparing to party as part of the William Street Festival 2012.

We will be curating a bunch of exhibitions, music and competitions, and are currently looking for stall holders to add to the mix.

The activity will take place on Sunday 18th March from 10am - 4pm in William Street Northbridge (between Newcastle and Francis Streets).

There is a whole lot more activity being organised by the City of Vincent taking place between Brisbane and Newcastle Streets also, including activities, stalls and entertainment.

Don't feel limited to have a generic stall setup, we are also interested in hearing from people who may want to exhibit, perform, hold workshops or do other creative things on the street.

Preference will be given to those selling local art and design products, or presenting local creative talent in other ways.

To apply, please complete the online application at www.onwilliam.com.au/application

Applications are due 19 February.

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-4.45pm, Sat 2-4.45pm
Cost: 0
More Info: www.gallerycentral.com.au

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Internationally renowned South Korean contemporary artist and designer. Choi Jeong Hwa creates art that celebrates the peculiar beauty of synthetic materials and everyday objects while provoking reflections upon both consumption and harmony in our modern lives. Choi’s ephemeral installation of more than 20 000 balloons at Gallery Central is a complement to his Perth International Arts Festival commissioned public installations. His carnival of colour and plastic mimics and honours the beauty in nature as well as the processes of decay that are part of being alive.

Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11-5
Cost: 0
More Info: www.turnergalleries.com.au

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Marion Borgelt is one of Australia’s most eminent artists, well known for her paintings, sculptures and public artworks. Time, space, light and motion are all themes that Marion’s work has examined for several years, and she continues this exploration in her current exhibition; Musical Geometry. She is fascinated by how light behaves in certain environments: how it bends, folds and curls providing sensory encounters. Her artworks often reference notions of sequential movement that calibrates time and change in a universe of perpetual motion. Marion has been exhibiting professionally for over 35 years and has received many significant awards. Her work can be found in more than 40 major public collections and in a further 22 corporate collections.

Hours: 3pm, 4pm, 5pm or 3-hour marathon
Cost: $25 (4 shows in an hr) or $66 (full 12 show 3 hr programme)
More Info: www.proximityfestival.com

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12 artists // 12 spaces // 12 performances // 12 minutes // 12 times a day

Australia’s first micro-festival of one-on-one art. Proximity will transform every corner of The Blue Room Theatre building with 12 world premiere performances tailor-made for an audience of one.

Get up close and personal with theatre, dance and live-art in a radically intimate way.

Experience a private tap dance, go on a tandem bike ride, discover how sweet your life is, join THE UNION, test your limits with a game of strip poker, learn how to take a 3 minute shower or help prepare a 3 hour slowfood mini-banquette.

See 4 shows in an hour for $25 or experience all 12 over 3 hours for $66.

Tickets only available through The Blue Room Theatre box office
www.blueroom.org.au | Phone: 9227 7005 | In Person: 53 James St, Northbridge

Curators: James Berlyn and Sarah Rowbottam Provocateur: Kelli Mccluskey Artists: Claudia Alessi, James Berlyn, Janet Carter, Renae Coles, Russya Connor, Jackson Eaton, Jen Jamieson, Nikki Jones, Janette McGinty, Sarah Nelson, Sarah Rowbottam and Hellen Russo.

Hours: 10am - 5pm, closed Tuesdays.
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.artgallery.wa.gov.au

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In an exciting new presentation, it is the first time Your Collection has been displayed chronologically; it traces art made in the early nineteenth century, locally and around the world, to the art of today. Your Collection 1800 – today brings together an extraordinary group of over 450 Western Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous, national and international art, craft and design from the State Art Collection. There are four principal areas of display which you can discover on the ground floors of both the Centenary Galleries and the main Gallery building.

1800-1920 Here and There located in the Centenary Galleries includes works by Hans Heysen, Frederick McCubbin and Auguste Rodin; 1920-1960 Many Modernisms includes works by Stanley Spencer, Sidney Nolan and Kathleen O’Connor; 1960-1980 Anything Goes features work by Jenny Watson, Barbara Hepworth, Kaapa Tjampitjinpa and Alec Mingelmanganu; 1980-today Expanding Fields brings us up to date with major works by Rover Thomas, Ken Unsworth, Sally Gabori and Max Pam.

Image credits: James Angus, Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla 2006. Wood veneers, nylon, 24.2 x 18 x 32cm. State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia Purchased with funds from the Sir Claude Hotchin Art Foundation, 2006. © James Angus 2006.

 

Hours: 2-3pm
Cost: FREE
More Info: www.artgallery.wa.gov.au

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Jeff Wall is recognised throughout the world as one of the most innovative and influential artists working today. JEFF WALL Photographs, this first Australian survey of his work brings together 26 mostly large-scale photographs to present an overview of his extraordinary achievements and features major works from over three decades of artistic and photographic innovation. Large and luminous, his photographs have rewritten nearly every convention of photography. Wall’s outstanding body of work has played a decisive role in establishing photography as the major contemporary art
form it is today.

Join artist Jeff Wall and AGWA's Deputy Director | Chief Curator Gary Dufour in an artist’s talk and a question
and answer session, and discover the mind behind these amazing photographs. This is an extraordinary opportunity to learn more about one of the most influential photographers of our time.

Image credit:Jeff Wall, After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue 1999-2000. Transparency in light box, AP.
174 x 250.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist © Jeff Wall.