Words from The Click Clack Project Director
So we are in the middle for rehearsals for The Howling Sound with the Amplified Elephants. We’ve been rehearsing at the Footscray Community Arts Centre and getting ourselves ready for the big show at Federation Square’s Atrium. Alister Karl has been building us a fabulous white stage and Richie Allen and I have built some small sound machines that the Amplified Elephants will be a part of the show. There are some motor machines similar to that the Amplified Elephants worked with in their 2009 show THE NIS, as well as some spinning bowls and another surprise or two.
The Amplified Elephants have been spending time with the show fully set up developing the sound for the show. It’s group developed with the Elephants and myself testing out different combinations of sound and settling on the ones that suit the dark ambience of the show. We’ll have drumkit artists extraordinaire Sean Baxter joining us in the rehearsal process and his kit action will be a feature of the show. He’ll be contributing to the content of the show as well - just like the rest of us. We also have Timothy Phillips from the Arcko Symphonic Project coming in to join the group as a conductor. So that is exciting too for us all. The Elephants have worked with Timothy before and they really love spending time with him.
The show is built around rock instruments and gadgets - guitars, bass, drumkit, guitar pedals and so on and the group has been really enjoying the idea of treating this world as place for sonic exploration and adventure. There are no songs or rhythms in the show, as such – it’s more about the sonic colours of the instruments and using those to make art.
Words by James Hullick, Director of The Click Clack Project Inc.
The Howling Sound | Fed Square | 4-6 May 2012
Words from CARBON founder
I’m Andrew Montell, I come up with creative concepts and try to make them a reality. I wear a few different hats, including GM, Editor In Chief and Creative Director. My various endeavours include ACCLAIM Magazine, the Carbon Festival and various marketing/advertising initiatives for clients such as New Balance and New Era.
Photo by13thWitness
Originally my idea was for a streetwear trade show with discussion forums for industry people as a side event… My team and I began brainstorming a format for delivering a forum event that could stand out from existing creative conferences and be representative of our own mindset… We hoped to achieve an event that would be inspirational and educational whilst introducing influencers from overseas to Melbourne and the creativity being fostered here.
Right now I am seeing some really great art and design innovation from individuals, smaller collectives and independent brands, some from very unlikely places. On the flipside of the coin, commercially the “me too” mentality seems to be more prevalent than ever. The ‘peer pressure’ for brands to follow suit when a particular trend in fashion takes off can be pretty detrimental to creativity. My respect lies with brands and individuals that can progress with trends whilst still maintaining a very unique visual identity.
Carbon is largely about the exchange of ideas, and this exchange happens on many levels, from the speaker/audience interaction to the networking between the different creative and industry people in attendance and the new relationships that grow out of all of this.
CARBON | Fed Square | 28-29 April 2012 | weareallcarbon.com
MOBIUS Miniature
Remember MÖBIUS - the stop-motion animation created at Fed Square by design mavens ENESS?
Now you can make your own with MÖBIUS Miniature.
When you upload your own animation, make sure you let us know @fed_square
Looks like a member of Beyonce’s team was in our BMW Edge - this pic appeared on her Tumblr!
FOUND: The inspiration for Fintan Magee’s superheroes paste up was the Warner Brothers’ Superhero world record attempt at Fed Square in May 2010.
New Zealand artist Konstantin Dimopoulos is beginning an ambitious new project. Creator of our Red Centre sculpture (pictured), Konstantin is starting a new work called The Giants Amongst Us for Palmerston North, New Zealand. In terms of diameter, it will be the biggest piece to date! He’s keeping his plans secret for now, so watch this space for the final reveal… kondimopoulos.com
Call out for light artists, designers & creatives
Fed Square and Electrolight invite you and your team to be a part of this year’s The Light in Winter, Fed Square’s free month-long program from 1 June - 1 July.
This year’s program will feature a new project - Shed Light - which will give local artists the chance to create and display 10 illuminated shelters, bringing light to the Square and providing a hub for community events.
We invite you to submit your ideas for an illuminated shelter, incorporating this year’s festival theme, ‘The Word’.
If you are successful, you will receive monetary support, brand exposure to The Light in Winter’s national and international audience and invitations to VIP events held throughout the month.
DEADLINE 9 MARCH
The art of art exhibitions
Recommended read - Behind the world of exhibitions - ACMI curator Emma McRae chats about the creative process behind some of ACMI’s latest exhibitions.
