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: 8-10pm
Cost: Standard: $42.50; Friends: $39.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Clairy-Browne-%26-The-Bangin%27-Rackettes

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The hollers, growls and whisky-drenched tones of Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes lure you back to sixties Motown, where the dirty soul sounds of smoky vocals, feverish harmonies and gritty dancehall blues get you shaking and grinding.

This nine piece rhythm and blues big band from Melbourne, take you from northern soul, jump blues, doo-wop, gospel to ska, with influences ranging from Etta James and Prince to Arquettes and Salt n' Pepa.

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.

Hours: 8-10pm
Cost: Standard: $59.50; Friends $54.50
More Info: www.perthfestival.com.au/en/What%27s-on/Event/Faustian-Pact

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Comprised of Jim Sclavunos (Grinderman, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds and The Cramps) and Peter Mavrogeorgis, international producing duo Silver Alert create an electrifying live score to FW Murnau's 1926 classic film Faust.

Silver Alert's real-time processing of electro­acoustic and synthesised sounds via movement, light and breath control is heightened by performance artist Micki Pellerano, whose ritualistic staging takes Faust's pact with the dark side to dramatically devilish depths.

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: 7pm
Cost: $15 - $25
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/allswellthatendswell

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Animation, puppetry and verse make up the bizarre love story of a spoilt brat, a hopeless romantic, a gold-digging teapot, and two unfortunate hobbyhorses.

Heart-breaking, bittersweet and mirthful, All’s Well will change the way you feel about love – and Shakespeare.

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: 9pm
Cost: $15 - $25
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/thesamepaige/janeydoesstandupa

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Paige is a writer with a vivid imagination who gets more than she bargained for finding herself in a women’s writers group.

Janey, a frightfully posh actress past her prime, is forced to try her hand at stand-up comedy in the midst of London’s post-GFC pinch.

A hilarious double bill.

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

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

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Making music full of passion and urgency, these indie rockers have established themselves as an exhilarating live band, supporting The Grates, The Panics, Faker and The Jezabels. Now the 2010 Deadly Award Band of the Year make their Perth Festival debut at the new Festival Gardens.

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: 20:00 until 02:00
Cost: $15+bf
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/221622054589452/

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Hotel California is making it's debut entrance to Western Australia in the form of an art explosion and a truly honoured part of the FRINGEWORLD FESTIVAL in Perth!

Within Hotel California San Diego's own Romantic Rock Designs, a women's couture clothing line with be holding 2 pin up fashion shows featured 20 local PERTH ladies! Also on night Leg Avenue and Hairy Scary Hairclips will be featured with the girls strutting down the rock 'n roll catwalk!

Live music from CHAINSAW HOOKERS + THE DEVIL RIDES OUT, DJ SCOTT INK AND SHANNON FOX all night long and art exhibit from Jamie Oliver of TheLostProphets will also be rocking THE BAKERY at Perth's Hotel California date!

Please check out... facebook.com/romanticrockdesigns
fringeworld.com.au

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

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Twenty years after Nevermind wrenched grunge into the mainstream, Rasta pioneer Little Roy pays a reggae tribute to the genius of Nirvana. Filled with dancehall dub and Kingston grooves, the project has been enthusiastically embraced by original members of the Nirvana camp.

Hours: 20:00 until 23:00
Cost: $10 entry
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/171921232913145/

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Tim Gordon w/ band (featuring Mama Boots)
Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill
Patient Little Sister
James Teague

http://www.facebook.com/timgordonmusic
http://www.facebook.com/rachelandhenryclimbahill
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Patient-Little-Sister/179985398716849
http://www.facebook.com/jamesteaguemusic

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

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A bright black comedy about Dolly Parton, Death and Delusion, with “an exciting blend of stylised performance, set in a world of magical eccentricity. It moves, entertains and delights” (Ali Taulbut, The West Australian).

Winner, Best Production - The Blue Room Theatre Awards, 2008.

Hours: 8pm PICA Performance Space
Cost: $25 - $30
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/tiltedfawn

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Contemporary dance artist Melanie Lane and UK electronic musician CLARK join to create a solo dance work that transports you with movement and sound.

An orchestra of low-fi sonic landscapes propels the dancer along a journey that is at times luscious, melancholic, stark and utopian.

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

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"I keep falling in and out of myself, just as I fell out of paradise..."

This dance/theatre/film work explores a shipwrecked European woman's encounter with the Australian landscape - an experience of submersion, dislocation, isolation and transformation.

Hours: 7pm
Cost: $20 - $25
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/virgie

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"The future of entertainment was the first appearance in Perth of Miss Virgie Vivienne” - The West Australian, 1897

So it was reported over 100 years ago... and now it begins again.

Facts are stubborn things, and so was Virgie Vivienne, the 19th Century trailblazer who brought Shakespeare to the Australian outback. Direct from premiering at FringeNYC, Renee Newman-Storen’s Virgie tracks a life spanning 70 years of love, tragedy and the bard through Australia and Europe.

Using verbatim material and original writing, Virgie fuses intimate storytelling and a soundtrack ranging from Tchaikovsky to Nick Cave to capture snapshots of an extraordinary life.

This fictionalized account of a remarkable story will be the first chance for Australian audiences to become acquainted with this little known risk-taker.

More info: www.theMOXYcollective.com

Written and performed by Renee Newman-Storen
Directed by Mark Storen and Emily McLean

Hours: 9pm
Cost: $20 - $25
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/sleepyhead

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Fresh from an acclaimed, sold out season in Melbourne, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights and Upstart Theatre Company proudly present ‘Sleepyhead’ by award-winning Perth playwright Nathaniel Moncrieff as part of Perth’s FRINGE WORLD Festival from 6 February 2012.

Set on an isolated property somewhere in the woodlands of Western Australia’s southern region, ‘Sleepyhead’ revolves around two young sisters – one crippled, one mercilessly cruel.

When the girls’ father leaves to borrow money from a far-away brother, they are left alone to fend for themselves. This proves the catalyst for a series of unsettling events: a dead chicken, mysterious phone calls, a blood splattered visitor and the spectre of the girls’ dead mother.

Winner of the 2009 Fellowship of Australian Writers’ Di Cranston award, as well as shortlisted for the prestigious Griffin Award in 2010, ‘Sleepyhead’ is a darkly funny, “convincingly exasperating piece of Australian gothic” [Andrew Fuhrmann, Curtain Call].

SLEEPYHEAD
by Nathaniel Moncrieff
Directed by Garreth Bradshaw
Produced by Sam Farringdon

CAST:
Eleanor...................... Amy Murray
Genevieve.................. Louise Cocks
Tom........................... Alex Jones
Donald....................... Adam Shuttleworth
Polly........................... Kirsty Marillier

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: Opening Night: Sat Feb 4th @ 6-8:30 pm
Daily: 11am-3.30pm
Cost: Free
More Info: MickeyDraws.tumblr.com

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Paintings and Drawings I've created in my time away from Machines and skin.

Hours: 8pm Wed & Fri
Cost: $20 - $25
More Info: www.blueroom.org.au/blueroomseasons/newtwo

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Two.
The people in a marriage, a tango, a boxing match.
The amount of each animal on the Ark.
The fingers in a peace sign that when turned have a whole other meaning.

The number of performers in each new short work to feature in this mixed bag of original performance with a new line-up each week.

Hours: 8pm Tues & Thurs
Cost: $15 - $20
More Info: www.barefaced.com.au

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Honest, fearless and refreshingly entertaining, Perth’s regular story showcase returns to Summer Nights for six shows only.

Fresh from workshops with Brian Finkelstein (The Moth LA), catch old favourites and some new faces telling true tales.

All Summer Nights tix through The Blue Room $15!
More info: www.barefaced.com.au // www.blueroom.org.au

Tickets also available through www.fringeworld.com.au ($20)

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: Approx 2hrs 30 mins (incl. interval)
Cost: Standard $69.50 / Concession $54.50 / Previews $52.50 / Family Package $158 / Groups 8+ $53.50 (plus 1 free ticket for
More Info: www.bocsticketing.com.au/whats-on/686/white-divers-of-broome/

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Black Swan State Theatre Company presents

The White Divers of Broome
By Hilary Bell

28 January - 16 February 2012

World Premiere!

In the boom times of 1912 Broome, Sydney Pigott is a wealthy pearling master looking for a way around the White Australia Policy, anxious to keep his cheap Asian workers – and his high profits.

Webber, Sanders and Beasily are the cream of the British Navy deep sea divers. Hired by Pigott, they arrive in Broome naïvely convinced they’ll prove their skills when they hit the hazardous seas and collect the precious mother-of-pearl. But desperate Asian crews, shadowy alliances and the ruthless environment of Broome are against the white divers from the beginning.

From the brothels to the ballrooms to the deep seas, it’s a cutthroat world and trust is hard to find.

Inspired by the book of the same name by John Bailey, The White Divers of Broome is a celebration of boom time Broome and its exotic clash of cultures. Be captivated by a stirring account of greed, betrayal, loyalty and survival that resonates through the years.

“Hilary Bell will sweep you along in this epic and heartbreaking story, and take you back to a time when the racial and class relations in the exotic frontier town of Broome were watched by the entire country.” Kate Cherry

Venue: Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA
Director: Kate Cherry
Featuring: Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Kylie Farmer [Kaarljilba Kaardn], Michelle Fornasier, Stuart Halusz, Sean Hawkins, Yutaka Izumihara, Miyuki Lotz, Greg McNeill, Kenneth Moraleda, Jo Morris, Tom O’Sullivan, Ian Toyne

Warning: Some coarse language and adult themes.

Bookings: BOCS Ticketing, ph (08) 9484 1133, Groups 8+ ph (08) 9321 6831, www.bocsticketing.com.au/whats-on/686/white-divers-of-broome/

More info: www.bsstc.com.au/the-2012-season/the-white-divers-of-broome/

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.