http://www.zuccablogzine.com zuccaBlogZine Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:53:39 +0000 http://www.zuccablogzine.com en http://www.zuccablogzine.com/zuccaBlogZine http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/zuccaBlogZine Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:53:39 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 1985490 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Ear_TwoOne.png" width="670" height="500" width_o="670" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Ear_TwoOne_o.png" data-mid="14121987" caption=" &lt;b&gt;TWOONE &amp; EARS - Here are some of my favourite walls around Fitzroy &amp; Collingwood at the moment." border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Rone_wonderlust.png" width="670" height="500" width_o="670" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Rone_wonderlust_o.png" data-mid="14122071" caption=" &lt;b&gt;RONE &amp; WONDERLUST - How lucky are the owners of those walls." border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Erothug_BrotherSister.jpg" width="670" height="947" width_o="670" height_o="947" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Erothug_BrotherSister_o.jpg" data-mid="11965748" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brothersisterrecords.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brother Sister Records&lt;/a&gt; presents&lt;br /&gt; KIBEROTHEQUE | All night R&amp;B, Dancehall, &lt;br /&gt; Ivorian Power, Ethno-Dance, Bmore and Juke @ The Buffalo Club // 2 Dec 2011 // I'm Getting really excited for this, and so should you! | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raobgab.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Buffalo Club&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/31196388&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Watch Here&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://soundcloud.com/erothug/03-the-girl-is-mine&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Listen Here&lt;/a&gt; | " border="0" align="left"/>This Saturday 2nd Dec 2011<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Erothug_BrotherSister.jpg" width="670" height="947" width_o="670" height_o="947" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Erothug_BrotherSister_o.jpg" data-mid="11965748" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brothersisterrecords.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brother Sister Records&lt;/a&gt; presents&lt;br /&gt; KIBEROTHEQUE | All night R&amp;B, Dancehall, &lt;br /&gt; Ivorian Power, Ethno-Dance, Bmore and Juke @ The Buffalo Club // 2 Dec 2011 // I'm Getting really excited for this, and so should you! | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raobgab.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Buffalo Club&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://vimeo.com/31196388&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Watch Here&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://soundcloud.com/erothug/03-the-girl-is-mine&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Listen Here&lt;/a&gt; | " border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/DJKrush_MMWeek.jpg" width="670" height="1000" width_o="670" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/DJKrush_MMWeek_o.jpg" data-mid="11094692" caption="&lt;b&gt;On the 20th of November as part of the Kubik and the Melbourne Music Week, the revolutionary &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sus81.jp/djkrush/en/index_en.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DJ KRUSH&lt;/a&gt; will be returning to give Melbourne a retrospective of trip hop, hip hop with a taste of the next chapter of music history. Gates Open 7:30pm $35 First Release Tickets available &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moshtix.com.au/kubikmelbourne&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt; " border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/DJKrush.jpg" width="670" height="745" width_o="672" height_o="748" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/DJKrush_o.jpg" data-mid="11094570" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sus81.jp/djkrush/en/index_en.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DJ KRUSH'S&lt;/a&gt; - New Single OUT NOW! Download it now &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/id473453978&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;&lt;i&gt; Record label: [Sony Music, Mowax, JPN] | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?artist=DJ+Krush&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;IMAGE SOURCE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Eve_T_Flyer.png" width="670" height="966" width_o="670" height_o="966" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Eve_T_Flyer_o.png" data-mid="11457952" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lovexevol.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Eveline Tarunadjaja&lt;/a&gt; - threads | &lt;a href=&quot;http://no-vacancy.com.au/gallery/threads/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NO VACANCY GALLERY - QV&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Eve_T_Flyer.png" width="670" height="966" width_o="670" height_o="966" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Eve_T_Flyer_o.png" data-mid="11457952" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lovexevol.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Eveline Tarunadjaja&lt;/a&gt; - threads | &lt;a href=&quot;http://no-vacancy.com.au/gallery/threads/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NO VACANCY GALLERY - QV&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TheNawlz_2.png" width="670" height="489" width_o="670" height_o="489" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TheNawlz_2_o.png" data-mid="10723760" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nawlz.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;THE NAWLZ&lt;/a&gt; - Interactive Comic is now available on the ipad! So download it now for free &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefwa.com/mobile/nawlz-interactive-ipad-comic&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt; &lt;i&gt;Creator: Stuart Campbell&lt;/i&gt;" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TheNawlz.png" width="670" height="489" width_o="670" height_o="489" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TheNawlz_o.png" data-mid="10723774" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nawlz.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;THE NAWLZ&lt;/a&gt; - Interactive Comic is now available on the ipad! So download it now for free &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefwa.com/mobile/nawlz-interactive-ipad-comic&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; HERE &lt;/a&gt;&lt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;i&gt;Creator: Stuart Campbell&lt;/i&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Vid-Profile---640px.png" width="670" height="500" width_o="670" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Vid-Profile---640px_o.png" data-mid="10895854" caption="&lt;b&gt;EROTHUG! has just release his EP you can hear it '&lt;a href=&quot;http://soundcloud.com/erothug/sets/touching-2011-ep/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;' " border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Vid-Profile---640px.png" width="670" height="500" width_o="670" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Vid-Profile---640px_o.png" data-mid="10895854" caption="&lt;b&gt;EROTHUG! has just release his EP you can hear it '&lt;a href=&quot;http://soundcloud.com/erothug/sets/touching-2011-ep/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;' " border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/header2.png" width="670" height="223" width_o="670" height_o="223" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/header2_o.png" data-mid="10556902" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raobgab.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I went to THIS THING at RAOB GAB Buffalo Club last night! (OCTOBER 7 2011) I had such a great time!&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/ROAB_GAB.png" width="670" height="695" width_o="670" height_o="695" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/ROAB_GAB_o.png" data-mid="10556809" caption="&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raobgab.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;We watched PINKi!iNOTES ~ play, they were mind consuming!&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Twoone_Al_Nails_1.png" width="670" height="796" width_o="670" height_o="796" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Twoone_Al_Nails_1_o.png" data-mid="10376250" caption="&lt;b&gt;RMIT Wall&lt;br /&gt; Where: Little La Trobe St. City&lt;/b&gt; | Artwork by TwoOne, Nails, Al Stark. For RMIT &gt; Opp. Melbourne Arts supplies | Space Invaders - Melbourne Exhibition&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Twoone_Al_Nails_1.png" width="670" height="796" width_o="670" height_o="796" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Twoone_Al_Nails_1_o.png" data-mid="10376250" caption="&lt;b&gt;RMIT Wall&lt;br /&gt; Where: Little La Trobe St. City&lt;/b&gt; | Artwork by TwoOne, Nails, Al Stark. For RMIT &gt; Opp. Melbourne Arts supplies | Space Invaders - Melbourne Exhibition&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_12.png" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_12_o.png" data-mid="10034437" caption="&lt;b&gt;Tape Melbourne&lt;br /&gt; Where: Flinders St Amphitheatre&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federation Square Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | Tape Melbourne &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.numen.eu/experiments/tape-melbourne/&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_10.png" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_10_o.png" data-mid="10034131" caption="&lt;b&gt;This is the first work of Numen/For Use to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federation Square Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | Tape Melbourne &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_11.png" width="670" height="893" width_o="670" height_o="893" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_11_o.png" data-mid="10034347" caption="&lt;b&gt;This is the first work of Numen/For Use to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federation Square Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | Tape Melbourne &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_4.png" width="670" height="502" width_o="670" height_o="502" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_4_o.png" data-mid="10034357" caption="&lt;b&gt;This is the first work of Numen/For Use to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federation Square Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | Tape Melbourne &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_14.png" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_14_o.png" data-mid="10034433" caption="&lt;b&gt;This is the first work of Numen/For Use to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federation Square Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | Tape Melbourne &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_1.png" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Inhab_1_o.png" data-mid="10034130" caption="&lt;b&gt;This is the first work of Numen/For Use to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federation Square Melbourne&lt;/a&gt; | Tape Melbourne &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fedsquare.com/events/tape-melbourne/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TwoOne_OldSku.jpg" width="670" height="500" width_o="670" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TwoOne_OldSku_o.jpg" data-mid="10040780" caption=" High Street Festival - A day in the sun" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Boys_highSt.png" width="670" height="897" width_o="670" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Boys_highSt_o.png" data-mid="10040764" caption=" Kingston Trinder, Tai &amp; Hiro" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/RJ_highSt.png" width="670" height="897" width_o="670" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/RJ_highSt_o.png" data-mid="10040768" caption=" RJ &amp; TwoOne" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/RJSkate_highSt.png" width="670" height="897" width_o="670" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/RJSkate_highSt_o.png" data-mid="10040769" caption=" Rj is going up for air, at the Northcote Skate Park" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/RJTat_highSt.png" width="670" height="897" width_o="670" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/RJTat_highSt_o.png" data-mid="10040775" caption=" RJ's Tat by TwoOne" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Bike_highSt.png" width="670" height="897" width_o="670" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/Bike_highSt_o.png" data-mid="10040758" caption=" Old Sku TwoOne piece" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TwoOne_pose_.jpg" width="670" height="897" width_o="670" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/TwoOne_pose__o.jpg" data-mid="10040786" caption=" Getting fresh!" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/MakeupkitGun_likecool_2.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/MakeupkitGun_likecool_2_o.png" data-mid="9859170" caption="&lt;b&gt;Dior &amp; Channel, Cosmetic Gun&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.likecool.com/Makeup_kit_packed_into_a_gun--Other--Gear.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Likecool&lt;/a&gt; | By Dutch jewelry designer &lt;a href=&quot;http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/now-targeting-pistol-packin-mamas/&quot;&gt;Ted Noten&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/MakeupkitGun_likecool.png" width="670" height="447" width_o="670" height_o="447" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1985490/MakeupkitGun_likecool_o.png" data-mid="9859175" caption="&lt;b&gt;Dior &amp; Channel, Cosmetic Gun&lt;/b&gt; | Posted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.likecool.com/Makeup_kit_packed_into_a_gun--Other--Gear.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Likecool&lt;/a&gt; | By Dutch jewelry designer &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tednoten.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ted Noten&lt;/a&gt;" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.zuccablogzine.com/JULIA-deVILLE http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/JULIA-deVILLE Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:18:07 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 2665470 <img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_title.jpg" width="670" height="335" width_o="670" height_o="335" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_title_o.jpg" data-mid="13782049" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout7_670_7.jpg" width="670" height="568" width_o="670" height_o="568" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout7_670_7_o.jpg" data-mid="13781975" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout_670px.jpg" width="670" height="1000" width_o="670" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout_670px_o.jpg" data-mid="13781644" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout2_670px.jpg" width="670" height="932" width_o="670" height_o="932" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout2_670px_o.jpg" data-mid="13781651" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout3_670px.jpg" width="670" height="561" width_o="670" height_o="561" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout3_670px_o.jpg" data-mid="13781655" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout5_670px.jpg" width="670" height="476" width_o="670" height_o="476" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout5_670px_o.jpg" data-mid="13781666" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout_pg9.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout_pg9_o.jpg" data-mid="13781721" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout4_670px.jpg" width="670" height="585" width_o="1396" height_o="1220" src_o="http://payload18.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2665470/ZUCCABlog_Layout4_670px_o.jpg" data-mid="13781658" border="0" align="left"/>INTERVIEW WITH TAXIDERMIST & JEWELLER JULIA deVILLE New Zealander Julia deVille is a Taxidermist & Jeweller, who works in an amazing Collingwood studio in Melbourne and runs her own jewellery label Disce Mori. She employs a unique method of Taxidermy, Silver, Gold, bones and stone craft as jewellery and installation work for various gallery exhibitions, and private commissions. Bringing back to life stillborns and animals that have died of natural causes. She holds a strong position when it comes to animal rights and has donated her own body to the Institute for Plastination in Germany. zBZ: I read that you had met an retired Taxidermist in Melbourne, who taught you how to skin animals. Do you remember your first taxidermy piece? JdV: The very first piece that Rudy and I worked on was a bird holding a diamond in its mouth. The Sparrow Broach, that is combined with silver and gold, is the first taxidermy piece that I created on my own, which is one of a kind. zBZ: You work in a studio space in Collingwood is this your first studio? JdV: No this is my forth studio. The first was a room, in a house that I was living in, in Collingwood. Then a studio in the Pattersons Building on Smith Street and now here still in Collingwood, my studios have all been in Collingwood. zBZ: Are all of your suppliers close by? JdV: All of my suppliers are in the city, so 15mins away. I have everything that I need close to me like Friends of The Earth, a good organic food store, and the Collingwood Children’s Farm at the convent. zBZ: What came first for you, Taxidermy or Silver & Gold metal casting? JdV: Umm… I enrolled in some short courses at NMIT and at the same time I met Rudy the Retired taxidermist, and started to learn taxidermy. zBZ: Why are you compelled to make taxidermy jewelry? JdV: I think at the beginning it was two crafts that I was learning so it was natural to me to combine the two together and it’s what I have been doing for the past 10 years. Jewellery is more interesting for me because of the history and sentiment behind it and the longevity of the materials.Taxidermy is of interest to me because I am interested in nature and animals and that kind of thing, and also there is a difference in the fragility of the materials, and the fact that they can decompose quite readily if they are not treated quickly. zBZ: Are there many laws in Australia regarding the ways that your practice should occur? JdV: Yes there are laws that restrict, not in terms of the combination of materials but anything native or protected I can’t work on. You can get permission to be able to do so, but even then I wouldn’t be able to pick up something that I found dead on the side of the road. It has to be signed off by a park ranger or someone authorized. Or say it was a specific type of bird or Avery and one of their birds died they could donate them to me. I tend to work on more domestic animals and stillborn farm animals and that kind of thing to avoid any of the red tape. zBZ: How do you acquire your taxidermy pieces? JdV: Well they are found or donated, so If I find things my self I keep them. I also get random calls from people saying they have something that they would like to donate. zBZ: Which piece is your biggest in scale and how big was it? JdV: The biggest piece as an Ostrich skeleton, that is 2 meters tall, so that’s the biggest. zBZ: Do you plan to make larger scale pieces in the future? JdV: For my next show I have got an adolescent fawn or stag and I am hoping to source some larger animals, but again it just depends on what I come across. zBZ: Do you make your pieces initially for your self? And do you ever stray from your original designs if instructed by a client? JdV: Yes, I design for myself only. I will stray from my design but only if it’s in the realm of something I feel happy with. I won’t do anything that I don’t think is in within my aesthetic. zBZ: I have an amazing fluffy cat called Zucker, and I want to one day have him taxidermy, have you worked on any of your own pets & do you have any plans to? JdV: I will definitely do my guys (x 2 dogs) when they pass, but these are the only pets that I have had. I have only had Chilli for 6 yrs and Scout for 4 years, so I haven’t had any other pets since I have been doing taxidermy. zBZ: What is your ideal taxidermy subject? JdV: It depends on what im working on. At the moment I would like a calf because I want to do some pieces about the dairy industry, the bobby calfs are taken away from their mothers when they are only a few days of age, and not fed anything. This is something that I feel needs a bit more attention. There are so many vegetarians who drink milk. They don’t realize that there is a higher cost to that and also the cruelty that is injured by the dairy cows. Of course there are things like giraffes and lions, those sorts of animals but they are very hard to obtain, died of natural causes, and I am not interested in obtaining animals any other way. zBZ: Your work is often very intricate. When you work, how do you stay focused, and do you work alone? JdV: I have three assistants, so there is generally people here, they are good at reading me, and when’s a good time to chat. When we are all working on more intricate full on pieces we generally are all quite and concentrative. zBZ: Could you please explain the processes behind the kitten drawn furnery cart piece, in terms of ideas, preparation, and taxidermy creation, and a rough timeframe that’s involved for you? JdV: The time is kind of hard to explain because I make those kinds of pieces over months. The taxidermy of the kitten and placing it in the right position can take the better part of a day. I have the hearse made by a guy who makes miniatures, and then added my own decorations, so I cast little adornments in silver and the tack for the kitten, which is the reigns and the holsters that holds the cart on, it's all made from rosary which we hand make so this stuff takes hours and hours, we also make the rosary fabric, which is kind of like a lattice work, and again that’s a very time consuming process. So a piece of rosary fabric maybe 4x4cm, will probably take about 3 hours to make at least, and that’s after years of practice. zBZ: At your first forthcoming exhibition for the year, what can we expect to see? JdV: It’s going to be a much stronger animal rights theme, in my previous exhibitions there generally needs to be a dialogue with me to get that understanding across. This exhibition is going to be a lot more literal and obvious. I think there needs to be a bit more waking up when it comes to the way animals are treated. zBZ: Do your pieces have their own unique stories? JdV: Everything I just make. I don’t design anything, I just get an idea or have some material and I will put my head down and just start making something. I will document it after I have made it, so that I can remake it. I try to work more organically. zBZ: What’s the main emotion that you feel when you are creating your jewelry pieces? JdV: I guess it's just intense focus really, because I’m making such intricate pieces and I get quite lost in the process. Once I start working on a piece I can spend hours and not realize how much time has passed. I wouldn’t stay there’s any strong emotions other then it’s just deep concentration. zBZ: Is it easier to Taxidermy younger animals then older, in terms of muscle structure? JdV: No. So long as the fur and feathers are intact it doesn’t really make a difference. Smaller animals are generally a bit fiddlier but bigger animals involve a lot more physical strength, so there’s always a happy medium. Like those still born deer because they are generally a good size to work on. zBZ: Is it difficult to move them into shape? You just have to have a good eye and have an understanding of how they look in nature. I often choose to not make them look natural as well so it just depends on the effect that you want to go for. zBZ: You have a permanent installation at the MONA Gallery in Tasmania of Funery Urn’s for people’s ashes; can you talk to me about how this works and its purpose? JdV: There are only two people in there at the moment. The first Urn is David Walsh’s father so I went down and put the ashes in for that one and the next one was his nephew, where I just sent the urn down and the family member put the ashes in, then the installation team installed it for me. Anyone can buy a burial plots and get buried there if they choose. zBZ: Do you have to travel to Tasmania often? JdV: It was more during the design process that I was going back and forth every few weeks, I spent a week there installing before the Gallery opened up. zBZ: Do you know many women that practice taxidermy? JdV: Nowadays it is becoming more common but I don’t know any older taxidermies that are female. There a lot of female artists working in it now overseas and I get a lot of interest from female and girls wanting to learn taxidermy. You know when my teacher and that generation were around there wouldn’t have been many female taxidermists. zBZ: What are your plans for the future, what’s next for you? JdV: We are going to move back to New Zealand. I will still keep a studio in Melbourne and will visit quarterly and have my assistants working for me. That decision was made in order to start to slow things down a bit after working so hard for the past 10 years. And just wanting to be near my mum and move on to that stage of my life, so yeah we will probably be looking to go back next year sometime, but I need to do this show in August and a few other things before that happens. zBZ: You also stock your Disce Mori range of jewelry, where can we find your pieces? JdV: You can visit my website www.discemori.com that lists all of the stockists. -- Owari -- http://www.zuccablogzine.com/EVELINE-TARUNADJAJA http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/EVELINE-TARUNADJAJA Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:57:30 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 2423776 <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/ZUCCAMagazineTitle_EV.png" width="670" height="288" width_o="670" height_o="288" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/ZUCCAMagazineTitle_EV_o.png" data-mid="12253934" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_3.png" width="670" height="332" width_o="670" height_o="332" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_3_o.png" data-mid="12215480" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_2.png" width="670" height="561" width_o="670" height_o="561" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_2_o.png" data-mid="12215469" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_4.png" width="670" height="422" width_o="670" height_o="422" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_4_o.png" data-mid="12215487" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_5.png" width="670" height="390" width_o="670" height_o="390" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_5_o.png" data-mid="12215623" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/EV_TAGs_9.png" width="670" height="458" width_o="670" height_o="458" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/EV_TAGs_9_o.png" data-mid="12206075" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/EV_TAGs_8.png" width="670" height="531" width_o="670" height_o="531" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/EV_TAGs_8_o.png" data-mid="12206259" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_1.png" width="670" height="1000" width_o="670" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2423776/Ev_1_o.png" data-mid="12215463" border="0" align="left"/>Eveline Tarunadjaja http://lovexevol.com I have attended, two of her Solo Exhibitions at No Vacancy Gallery in QV, Melbourne. I had the privilege of visiting Dandruff as well as on e of her more recent exhibitions in November 2011, called Threads. I am always impressed with Ev’s attention to the spatial environment of her surrounds and her use of white space on the page namely here come’s the sun & Demontano. So I was naturally excited when Ev agreed to let me interview her for zuccaBlogZine so here’s what she had to say. Why are you compelled to draw? Drawing for me just comes naturally. I don't really think about why I draw too much, the appetite is there constantly. Do you share a studio space? I started working in a studio space about 2 years ago; I used to work in cafes before I moved to No Studio in Melbourne Central, until they decided to build in an escalator on top of our photo studio. So a few of us relocated to Mitchell House, Melbourne City, with a group of designers, all of who possess a variety of disciplines in their field and one other illustrator. What’s your first creative memory? I don’t know if this is classed as a creative memory, but I tried to feed ants with colour pencil shavings once because it looks like sweets. Otherwise I used to follow Japanese manga’s like Sailor Moon (Because i love the drawings and it has something to do with planets). When I was younger I read comics and got inspiration from them. I remember making up my own stories & having a monologue whilst drawing characters. Lets talk about your work and what symbolism is behind the majority of your work thus far – so from 2006, 1st exhibition till now? In 2006, I worked in a fashion design company as an in house designer. I used to visit cafés on my lunch breaks and would draw in my sketchbook about my daily life and current obsessions. My first exhibition was a compilation of these little drawings. These days I tried to be more aware of what I'm putting down on paper. So did you study Fashion? No, I studied Multimedia Design. I really enjoyed the film production side of it, making time lapse videos and I'd love to get back into making stop motion animation. I noticed that you have a time lapsed video on your site did you create that one? Yes but that’s really basic, I just sped it up to go really fast. It was more of the music component, that I made fit with film. Do you draw and create for yourself or the public or both? I mostly draw for myself, and for the love of it. I never can guess what the public wants so I would say I draw for myself. Unless I am asked to draw some illustrations for a commercial purpose. I have been approached by brands such as Hurley, Billabong, French Kitty. Anna Sui took 2 of my personal illustrations. I kind of enjoy working on apparel design, patterns and yardage your know stuff like that… Recently a friend and I started our own T-shirt label called As Prescribed, where we get artists to do designs for us. Our 1st series is myself, Sean Morris from WA, Maricor Maricar from Sydney, Kubota Fumikazu from Japan who was showing at No Vacancy Gallery in Fed Sq. Melbourne just recently. Have you always been into vintage style frames when it comes to finishing your illustrations? Depends whether it suits the show, and the work. For the last 2 shows, I wanted Art Nouveau style frames. I’m lucky enough to have found an amazing framer to who always gives me suitable advise. Have you experimented much with installation art, and are you intending to in the future? I like doing set design and theme photo shoots for fun. I’d love to do more production design and installations in the future. Your illustrations are often beautifully mounted top & center in composition when you mount your work, would you say this is part of your creative process? For this show it was, this time I thought about the composition more, having experience in my studio with another illustrator helped me understand how to story board, and compose my work really well and properly convey the story that I want to tell. What are the tools of your trade that you just can’t live without? My .18 Rotring pencil, pencil and eraser. I have recently discovered masking for water colour, which is a process of spreading the masking liquid on the page, painting over it, then erasing the masked areas, then its just a matter of refining the area with a smaller brush. Your drawings are so intricate, how long does it take you to finish one illustration? To conceive the idea it can take up to a year. Compile time, can take up to a day or a week. Some only takes around 2-4 hours depending on how intricate it is. Do you work on one main piece at a time? No I multitask, because its helps with my creative process. What’s integral to the creation of your work? A lot of coffee. Coming up with an idea for a show and then inter linking them together and mood as well. Tell me a crazy travel story? I always have fun when I go to the US, I catch-up with friends from LA, go to parties and meet random people. When the nail polish & animal masks come out, we go a bit crazy. What’s the main emotion that you feel when you are working on a piece/writing/illustration alone? There is no real ideal environment for me to draw. I can draw through anything, as long as it's not shaky. When I don’t want to be distracted I just put on the headphones. When I’m working on a piece I either like a piece or hate it. I usually start a piece to the middle and then if I like the way its going I’ll keep it, if not I’ll start again. As a common theme of your more recent shows, why are you attracted to hair, string and thread? I think the concept of hair especially is interesting. I feel like you can hide secrets in hair. Someone told me recently, that they can continuously follow my "hairy" trail. Maybe I'm a bit like that in terms of drawing my lines (whether it's hair, string or threads), it became second nature to me and I don’t really think about it. Even back in 2004, you will notice that my work is more simple, and childlike in style, to now where it has become more intricate in detail. Until I discovered the Rotring ink pens then my work started to evolve into a more of a tight style. Do you collaborate with other artists or friends, or are you a lone ranger? I haven't done it in a while, but I was in a collaborative show with 5 artist so myself Catherine Campbell, Brooke Bobridge, Sean Morris, Coralie Kane & Andrea Innocent, at Kick Gallery in Northcote. We started a character where we mailed it to each other to connect the illustrations. I have the pleasure to work alongside Catherine Campbell and Andrea Innocent again with the addition of Mel Stringer to create an alphabet themed show called “A to Z” in Brunswick Bound. Do you ever hold on to many of your own pieces for your home collection & what are your most popular pieces, either most requested or purchased? Obviously I have unsold pieces around the studio. Sometimes I keep them if I really likes it. Otherwise I give my mum and sister the pieces that they want. Goldfish Massacre got a lot of feedback, but people say that they're scared to display it in their homes. I guess it was a bit too dark... :) Airfish and Paperplane are the two most popular prints, and they're still available. As well as Shamu, which is on a limited edition t shirt run and is still available from As Prescribed. What type of Music do you like to work to? I'm pretty eclectic. I listen to a lot of oldies, Indie, French and Japanese music, 80s rock ballad to electronic. Sometimes Disney songs and classical. Who are the three most influential people to you? (Musician, writer, artist ect…) Vania Zouravliov, Takato Yamamoto for their dark and exceptional detailed drawing, and James Jean. (I don't think I need to say why...) Do you keep a traveller sketchbook for the road on you at all times? Are you one of those people who like to draw anywhere, Anytime? I do and yes, I'm one of those. If I don't have my sketchbook with me, I draw on pretty much anything I can find if I need to - newspaper, napkins, etc. What are you currently working on & have you any plans for the New Year? No plans yet for the New Year but im thinking about travel, launching As Prescribed tshirts, going back into design and I want to experiment with different stuff, like animation and film. -- Owari -- http://www.zuccablogzine.com/STABS http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/STABS Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:15:13 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 2083333 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_Title.jpg" width="670" height="250" width_o="670" height_o="250" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_Title_o.jpg" data-mid="10398074" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS3.jpg" width="668" height="862" width_o="668" height_o="862" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS3_o.jpg" data-mid="10397937" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS_p7-7.jpg" width="670" height="578" width_o="670" height_o="578" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS_p7-7_o.jpg" data-mid="10449059" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS8.jpg" width="670" height="860" width_o="670" height_o="860" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS8_o.jpg" data-mid="10397949" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS9.jpg" width="670" height="858" width_o="670" height_o="858" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS9_o.jpg" data-mid="10397952" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS20.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="670" height_o="445" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS20_o.jpg" data-mid="10398008" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS12.jpg" width="667" height="684" width_o="667" height_o="684" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS12_o.jpg" data-mid="10397954" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS13.jpg" width="667" height="860" width_o="667" height_o="860" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS13_o.jpg" data-mid="10397957" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS14.jpg" width="669" height="860" width_o="669" height_o="860" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS14_o.jpg" data-mid="10397970" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS16.jpg" width="670" height="483" width_o="670" height_o="483" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS16_o.jpg" data-mid="10397975" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS18.jpg" width="669" height="433" width_o="669" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS18_o.jpg" data-mid="10397995" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS21.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="670" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/2083333/ZUCCAMagazine_THUMB_STABS21_o.jpg" data-mid="10398010" border="0" align="left"/> Be sure to check out the long awaited Debut Exhibition, by STABS - Lite Works. At BACKWOODS Gallery. Collingwood. Opening night 14th October 2011 from 6pm. Exhibition will runs until 30th October 2011. STABS Interview - by zuccaBlogZine. Stabs is a Kiwi born, Australian stencil artist who shares a workspace at Everfresh Studios in Collingwood Melbourne, Australia. He has taken to the street for over a decade of stencilling monsters that guard and look over you as you wonder the urban terrain. zBZ: Why are you compelled to make art? STABS: It’s fun and something I feel I need to do. The creative process allows me to be constantly learning through individual trial and also as part of a collective. zBZ: You share a space at the Everfresh studio in Collingwood. How did you become to join the Everfresh’s studio? STABS: I heard word that Everfresh were enjoying my work so I introduced myself to Phibs one day while he was painting. After meeting the crew and spending time dropping in on the studio over a couple of years I was invited to work out of Everfresh studio. It’s a great environment to work out of alongside amazing and talented artists, both residing and those passing through. This is my first studio and it feels right for where I’m at. zBZ: What’s your first creative memory? STABS: I grew up on a volcanic black sand beach. I’d spend hours line drawing with sticks until the high tide would wash me a new slate to draw on. zBZ: What’s the inspiration behind your street activities? STABS: To interact with the public facade. I paint where I live out my daily travels. Character elements are often simple social gestures. Using line work to express emotion. The initial character is a looming monster, yet on closer inspection my pieces are full of play, both dark and lite. zBZ: What traits of a location to paint a mural inspire you? Texture, location, scale, vanity, or marketability? STABS: The lot. Location is always paramount. Locally is almost always familiar. With travel comes a whole new street aesthetic to relate and interact with. Scale is important to tie into existing works and to be opportunistic with placement. Nothing is forever so take what you can while you can in both location and scale. Marketability is just having an eye for spots that are going to run, places where open communication between those making their mark is shared. I think art is somewhat of a selfish endeavour, so a degree of vanity comes into play. You are always making art for yourself first and foremost. zBZ: Have you always been environmentally conscious? STABS: Yeah, It’s always been a conscious decision of mine to create out of the unused and the wasted. For my street work; with the exception of the odd aerosol can, all my materials are sourced from, hard rubbish, bins in industrial areas and salvaging acrylic paint from wasteful practices. Equally important is the do it yourself approach of working in the street. That there is an opportunity to influence the environment you want to be part of. zBZ: Have you experimented much with installation art, are you intending to incorporate this into your show? STABS: A lot of my work is installation based for the fact that it is studio created and then placed in the public domain. The urban landscape to live and move through is very complex. This allows for placement of work that may go unnoticed for the most part, or at least noticed only at a glance. However it is still there for those who choose to pay attention. Towards my debut Backwoods show I have been playing with the idea of light and dark and the use of luminated light sources to draw strength from the hand drawn line. zBZ: Your stencils are of a grand scale, when you collaborate, how do you overcome the restrictions of your medium? STABS: Painting methods and the use of cut fabrics means I have a heavy reliance on a material based approach. I almost always paint alone and cater for any restrictions so as to complete a piece solo. I’m currently using extension poles to my advantage, going beyond the buff. I like to configure my work around what makes up a wall so as to add to the conversation. zBZ: After seeing you in action at the Everfresh studio it’s obvious how intricate your stencil’s begin, what keeps you going until the last crucial cut, other then patience? STABS: I don’t give it thought; I’m totally caught up in the process with the knowledge that each stage has an end. The joy of repetition provides a challenge that lends itself to improvement. A lot of hours may go into ideas, preparation and stencil execution before any mark is made. More and more I’m finding that the use of a repeated image gives the initial idea so much more life and variation. zBZ: At your first forthcoming solo show, what can we expect to see? STABS: A lot of work is tongue in cheek. My street work has been simplistic of late in comparison. I’m trying out new approaches that borrow a street aesthetic within the detail. I have been enjoying the gradual transition from a street based artist to working out of an established studio on gallery pieces. After ten years of street works it’s nice to have something to put on show and the opportunity to gauge future direction. zBZ: Do you work on one main piece at a time? STABS: I will always have a few ideas on the go at any one time. However will concentrate on different stages of process. The obvious being stencil based and cutting time. I will put a solid 30 - 40 hours cutting time alone into a two or three day period. All work is hand drawn, cut, painted and or printed. You can’t beat handcraft, its line work holds a honest quality. zBZ: Stencilling is essentially working with negative space, what draws you to that? STABS: It’s a natural progression for my line work. I started cutting multiple layered stencils and kept coming back to the drawn line for detail. With an increased intricate line I lost many structured layers for loose fill. I have always held a base of line work where by I’m creating characters and a narrative with drawn shapes. Although the line itself is negative the shapes holistically create a positive landscape with the use of repeated imagery in order to produce a character portrait. Painting on the street with a material based approach has been extremely informative and influential in developing a stylistic street aesthetic, which intern provides for a narrative with character’s characteristics. zBZ: Lets talk about the ideas behind you monster’s and what symbolism is behind the majority of you work thus far? STABS: The idea of a mythical creature has always been integral in story telling. It is symbolic of our fears and desires. With a strong interest in street aesthetics I’m fond of the idea that gargoyle like creatures stand watch over us. Reflecting back on traditions opposed to the saturation of bland urban design and advertising space. We interact in a public environment, which should be for the people and not just the interests of increased property rates and commercial marketing. Characters hold elements of the natural and the grace of human emotion, often left to individual interpretation. zBZ: What’s integral to the creation of your work? STABS: Many scalpels and the occasional billboard salvage. zBZ: Tell me a crazy story of travel? STABS: Attempted kid napping in East Polo Alto: south of San Francisco. I was walking along a dirt path next to a road when a car drove across traffic and pulled up in front of me. Two Hispanic gangster looking dudes; top button up, slicked back hair and gems in their teeth told me to hand over my (empty) wallet. I explained that I only had change to give them and managed to persuade them that it wasn’t worth taking me to an A.T.M as I wasn’t American and that my credit card was no good in the states, the two drove off empty handed. Later that night I was told that gunfights were commonplace where they had pulled me up and that Hispanic gangs controlled the neighbourhood. Travel always has a nativity to surroundings; where by the sense of adventure over rides the element of risk. zBZ: What’s the main emotion that you feel when you are painting on the streets? STABS: Focus. The heightened sense of your surroundings. zBZ: How do you feel about mass reproduction of your artwork, throughout the potentially repetitive process do you feel as though something is lost? STABS: With the basis of stencil work being a technique of repetition I think the use and placement of each piece gives it its strength and cause to stand apart from the others. Each piece is always limited in very low numbers and painted with varied movement and energy. You can reach more people if you reproduce an idea. However on mass is too time consuming and that is when it looses relevance as its important to move on to the next piece. zBZ: Why are you attracted to using just stencils? STABS: Stencils are a great medium for the tension between the controlled line and the flow of paint. The cut line is integral to how I work; it is not the sole method of creating works though. I see the stencil as a method for alternative printmaking. With such a dedication to stencil work comes the opportunity to reuse one article in order to develop new ideas, see depth and let the process influence any initial concepts. It lends its self to a cycle and to be recycled. -- OWARI :D -- See some of STABS past work around the town HERE. http://www.zuccablogzine.com/MEGGS http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/MEGGS Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:12:54 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 1829579 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/Meggs_Title copy.png" width="670" height="597" width_o="670" height_o="597" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/Meggs_Title copy_o.png" data-mid="9245466" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-3.png" width="670" height="725" width_o="670" height_o="725" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-3_o.png" data-mid="9058209" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/Meggs_Title_Black_13_14.png" width="670" height="635" width_o="670" height_o="635" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/Meggs_Title_Black_13_14_o.png" data-mid="9111967" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_1-2.png" width="670" height="724" width_o="670" height_o="724" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_1-2_o.png" data-mid="9057821" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_1-3.png" width="670" height="727" width_o="670" height_o="727" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_1-3_o.png" data-mid="9057841" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-1_6.png" width="670" height="720" width_o="670" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-1_6_o.png" data-mid="9058447" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-5.png" width="670" height="725" width_o="670" height_o="725" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-5_o.png" data-mid="9058219" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-4.png" width="670" height="724" width_o="670" height_o="724" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-4_o.png" data-mid="9058213" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-6.png" width="670" height="725" width_o="670" height_o="725" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-6_o.png" data-mid="9058228" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-7.png" width="670" height="725" width_o="670" height_o="725" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-7_o.png" data-mid="9058237" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-8.png" width="670" height="724" width_o="670" height_o="724" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1829579/meggs_layout_W_2-8_o.png" data-mid="9058245" border="0" align="left"/> zBZ: When did you join Everfresh and how? MEGGS: I guess I joined the studio around about 2005, at that time it wasn’t a crew as such. It took a while before it became Everfresh, it was something that they started saying. At the time I moved into a share house with Sync, and I started to create stencils with him then we would go out painting together. zBZ: What was creative life like for you before you formed as a member of Everfresh in 2005? MEGGS: I have always been a creative person, I had studied Graphic Design in high school, then I went to Uni & completed my Graphic Design degree. I was always creating and drawing although design always seemed like a tangible course to do, as I was more confident as a Graphic Designer & I liked that direction. Then in 2003 – 04 I started to get into street art. I didn’t really formalise as an artist before I entered Everfresh and Everfresh was my first art studio to date. zBZ: From your array of travel experience thus far which city sticks out the most in your mind and why? MEGGS: New York As there is a lot going on all the time, and I really love that, you can feel that energy and things are happening all the time and people are interested and open to new things. Everyones from different subcultures, they all exist there and mash together. San Fran I went to this city in spring, this city reminds me of Melbourne, it’s well known and bigger, it reminds me of the real skate culture. Tokyo It’s a crazy energetic city with lots going on, its fairly much a mono culture, where the majority is Japanese culture. I like walking down any street and exploring something new around every corner. zBZ: How did your style from stencil to superheros evolve? Can you think of your first piece, and what was it? MEGGS: I was kinda on the horror tip back then, thought it was cool. I started off with an easy stencil to cut, so my very first stencil was a stencil of an image of two guys faces from a random magazine, that I only put up a rare few times. I then established my name Meggs, as my username on stencil revolution. My next piece stemmed from my Avatar photo of Ginger Meggs, I turned this into a stencil, and I sprayed this one around from time to time and from there I started doing little devil kids & angel girl stencils (See images). Then I created a stencil of a driver for this abandoned car I had planned to spray it at the front but the front window screen was broken so I had to spray it on the back, the title of that piece then became, The Backseat Driver. zBZ: What’s the best spot that you have ever come across to paint, just by chance? MEGGS: I painted this trailer like truck, that had a massive back on it, like a container-ship. I was inspired by a piece that had been created on one side of the truck, so I went back and the truck had been turned around to reveal the other side and it was blank. So I started to create a demon piece, I got half way through it and the police came, so I had to run and hide. The next day I had to go overseas for a month, so I kind of gave up on that piece. Then when I got back from OS I saw that truck again in Thornbury & my piece was untouched, so I decided to complete it. That was back in 2007. zBZ: Have you experimented much with installation art, would this be something that you are interested in exploring further? MEGGS: Yes I have. Generally in my solo shows I try to incorporate installations, as it just gives the space life and more interest. I would definitely like to move more into installation for sure, it's kinda natural, it feels like the next step, but yep definitely keen, it’s just a matter of funding and time V’s what I can do. zBZ: Your works talk about good V’s evil, what’s that about? MEGGS: Maybe It’s because I’m a Libran, you know I have this internal search for balance. Aside from that, I have always liked Transformers and He-Man, I wasn’t really interested in the furry animation variety like smurf's for example. I like the animations that had a kinda definite rivalry between the characters, between good and evil, you know, always fighting back and forth. And most of the time you side with the good guys. Then as you get older you realise that there are no definite’s in life, that aspect fascinates me. Using all that past imagery that had followed through into my artwork excites me, and it’s the artwork that I really love, you know I love that really dramatic Comic book style imagery or Chiaroscuro style painting. zBZ: Your Solo Exhibition INNER DEMONS II that is rapidly approaching talks about how it defines growth and life choice. How do you feel about your life choices thus far and what would be your highlight? MEGGS: Overall I feel good about my life choices. The highlight for me was the Everfresh Blackbook, because it solidified us as a collective, and was a really good documentation of everything we have developed. Personally I guess being in the NGA for the Space Invader’s show, among the most well known Australian artist to date. At the time it didn’t sink in until we got to Canberra, and saw Brett Whittley and Sidney Nolan’s work hanging in the next room, that it hit home for me that they are actually recognising what street art is, as an important part of history and a new movement. Even every show I do is an achievement & every opportunity that comes by is steps forward. zBZ: Describe and average day in the life of Meggs? MEGGS: > Afternoons at the Everfresh Studio. I would set up a canvas or print to start work on. And then put some tunes on as loud as I can and start work. I kinda go through a little burst of energy when I’m painting, so I’ll work for 1 hr or so, then i'll check emails or set something else up, whilst I step back and let parts dry. zBZ: Do you work on one piece at a time? MEGGS: It would be like 1-2 at the same time, but usually I will have a print or something on the go as well. Then there are other little projects where someone will want a t-shirt design. Generally though, I would mostly centre around 1 main project, at a certain time if I can. I have a visual to do list that is black marker on an A1 sheet of butcher’s paper teamed up with my icalendar entries. Because I just need a little direction. zBZ: So you’re a graphic designer & an artist? Have you had a conflict with the two? Which one feels more like fun? MEGGS: Yeah when I first considered myself as an artist I was also doing some random design jobs at the same time. Unless the design is art related like the Everfresh, Blackbook. I figured with graphic design, if I don’t have any emotional investment, then I can’t feel enthusiastic or creative about it. Now when I do design it has to be something I can invest my interest in, I don’t like doing something just for the cash, that’s not what I’m about. The art is more fun of the two! Definitely! zBZ: Do you get nervous before a show, if so how do overcome your nerves? MEGGS: Err… I get nervous before every show! I try not to think about it, I won’t get nervous up until the last minute. For a solo show I’ll work up to a point where the show has to open, so I’m occupied up until that point. But once the people start to filter in, I feel my nerves creeping up on me, I’ve actually considered not going before and alcohol helps also (chuckle). zBZ: What’s your alcohol of choice? MEGGS: Scotch Whisky - Any type. zBZ: Which medium is your most used element or tool for your work process? MEGGS: It’s changed from being aerosol, id say probably acrylics now, although I still use a healthy mix of the two. In my work’s make-up the thicker drips are aerosol, and the thinner drips are acrylic. zBZ: Lets talk about the Symbology of Pop culture that’s in your work, and how it melds together to evoke childhood memories, would you agree? MEGGS: For me it does, I’ve used stuff that’s relevant to my generation. The more serious canvases that I’m getting into now are not so much. zBZ: Does the music that you listen to influence your work much? If so how, what song gets you started? MEGGS: I cannot paint without music on. The rythmic driving keeps me motivated. It’s hard to pick a song, as I’m into albums, I have this anal-retentive thing where I have to play an album from start to finish. In the future Im going to start basing my style around music. I’m going to do a collaboration based around photos taken by Australian photographer James Hartly he’s currently in the UK. James tours and photographs with well known hardcore bands from Australia & Overseas. The project will consist of my paintings based on his photographs. I’ve just decided to bring music into my work more, because it’s usually in the background, and I wanted to bring it into the foreground. It just makes complete sense to do that. zBZ: I noticed that your website has a list of shows that you’re involved in up until September? I have to update that! It’s now up to July 2012. My itinerary thus far is: MEGGS: Sept > San Fran – then Vancouver Oct > A few commissions and Cockatoo Island project (Sydney – Ambush gallery) Nov > Cockatoo Island project (on a Heritage listed island) called Outpost.– Biennale for street art. > Plus various group show submissions OS, working on my own clothing designs. Feb > & then Pow Wow - in Hawaii. zBZ: How does your artwork fit into your life, do you have a healthy balance of work and play? MEGGS: Yes, because work is play, because art is my life. It’s definitely a life before it’s a business. I only take a rest when I loose that energy, and get that feeling of pushing paint around the canvas, that’s when its time to stop and take a rest, and watch a movie ect… zBZ: Tell me a crazy story of travel? MEGGS: When I was in LA, I wanted to go watch this aussie band Park Way Drive perform. So my friends who I was hanging out with, got me in contact with a man called Jon who collects street art, and turned out that his job is to book bands for that venue where that particular band were performing that evening. When I called him, he agreed to not only get me the tix for the event but to drive me there. Although on the way there his car broke down, so the tow truck driver drove us to his nice apartment that was decked out with the most amazing street art collection and I saw my piece on his wall. That experience in itself was a humbling moment it was better then any gallery that id been to. After that he drove us in his second car to the venue, and we ended up with back stage passes and met the band, which was cool. Afterwards Jon got us in to watch the end of the Snoop Dogg live at another venue next door, and I remember all we could see was giant sticks of weed and a haze of smoke settling and floating above the crowd. That was a pretty unbelievable night! zBZ: The characters that you illustrate are Superman, Spiderman & Astroboy to name a few. Will we see any Akira or Ghost in The Shell remixed in the future? MEGGS: When I watch a film like Ghost in The Shell, it’s obvious that the animators are such great artists, and are awesome. I love Monsters, Sci Fi, Horror and Fantasy they just appeal to my imagination, and me I guess ill always be a kid. In the future I’ll start to move away from literal characters, and will work directly from photos. zBZ: Are you still actively painting on the streets or would you say that planning and working on exhibitions for galleries consume more of your time? MEGGS: Definitely Solo and group shows in galleries consume more of my time these days. Legal street pieces allow me to push my work further, and I still like to hit the streets from time to time, I prefer abandoned buildings and places where I can chill more nowadays. -- Owari -- http://www.zuccablogzine.com/RONE http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/RONE Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:03:50 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 1513940 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/ZUCCAMagazine_Title_NEW.png" width="670" height="267" width_o="670" height_o="267" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/ZUCCAMagazine_Title_NEW_o.png" data-mid="8862296" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_Stencil_1.png" width="669" height="882" width_o="669" height_o="882" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_Stencil_1_o.png" data-mid="7475927" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_WIP.png" width="670" height="524" width_o="670" height_o="524" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_WIP_o.png" data-mid="7475941" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_WIPP.png" width="670" height="522" width_o="670" height_o="522" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_WIPP_o.png" data-mid="7475947" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_WIPPP.png" width="670" height="896" width_o="672" height_o="899" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_WIPPP_o.png" data-mid="7475955" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_finished_5.png" width="670" height="900" width_o="670" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_finished_5_o.png" data-mid="7475803" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_lrgStencil_6.png" width="669" height="897" width_o="669" height_o="897" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_lrgStencil_6_o.png" data-mid="7475812" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_Samurai_7.png" width="669" height="523" width_o="669" height_o="523" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1513940/Kristen_Samurai_7_o.png" data-mid="7475818" border="0" align="left"/> RONE Gallery Spot Interview for zuccaBlogZine RONE was kind enough to let me into his art space as he was preparing for his upcoming show at THE BACKWOODS GALLERY – L’INCONNUE DE LA RUE. Opening night 17th June from 6pm. 25 Easey St. Collingwood. www.backwoodsgallery.com zBZ: How did you start out as a stencil artist? RONE: During my Uni days I Hung out with another artist Reka, and then I got inspired by some other guys who were painting at the time, such as Sync, Psalm and HA HA, I like what they were doing at the time, such as stencils, so I became largely influenced by those guys. I then started going out onto the streets to stencil, so then it turned into a hobby, and something to do, till eventually a group of guys would all get together to paint. zBZ: What were you concentrating on before you started out as stencil artist? RONE: I was studying graphic design, I'm still doing that professionally. zBZ: How did your artist name, come about? RONE: It was my nickname since High School. zBZ: Could you describe what you bring to the streets in a sentence? RONE: A contrast of beauty and decay, I guess thats what I bring to the streets, it not that easy to summarise yourself. zBZ: What’s your favourite object that you own? RONE: It would probably be my computer, if it's something I can't live without. Otherwise I guess my art collection would be somethings I can't live without. zBZ: Have you kept much of your own artwork? RONE: No. Um but I wish that I did. I now plan to. I don't regret selling everything, but each time I do sell something it's a massive compliment, it's great to know someone loves it that much they would part with their hard earned ca$h to buy it, that to me is really flattering. zBZ: What is your most popular piece, either most requested or purchased? RONE: That's a simple question, Jane Doe. zBZ: In any particular format? RONE: Just a Black and White stencil on paper. zBZ: How Many Jane Doe pieces have you create thus far? RONE: (chuckle) I've made 8000 stickers, (chuckle) 80 Giant large scale posters and um... about 50 smaller ones. I have 1 stencil that I use, and has been used over 100 times. zBZ: Where does your largest piece reside in Melbourne? RONE: Jane Doe, Union Place, Melbourne. That stencil is 2 meters wide by about 3.5 meters tall. (The rolled up stencil is pictured to the left. Titled large stencil). zBZ: Other projects you are working on con-currently? RONE: Other then my solo Exhibition coming up at BACKWOODS GALLERY starting 17th until 26th June 2011. Also the Everfresh Studio that I’m apart of are taking over the NGV Studio at Federation Square for the whole of June, so I will be there with the other guys, setting up my studio and working from Fed Square for the entire month. (chuckle) I've got so much to do, its freaking me out. zBZ: What's your favourite wall for a stencil piece? RONE: A 10 story building in Tokyo I worked out how to get up there and when I did i found that there was nobody else up there, I was able to finish the stencil in daylight, I started it at 6am in the morning. You can find a photo of that wall in Everfresh's Blackbook. zBZ: A Hobby besides art? RONE: Collecting art. The BACKWOODS GALLERY, If you define something that your love doing and are not getting paid to do it, then that's my hobbie. I like to put into the gallery and enjoy the rewards of meeting new people and helping others out. zBZ: How do you feel about the Art Culture in Melbourne? RONE: The art scene here is pretty awesome compared to other cities. A lot of people come to our studio and are kinda amazed at the culture that we have here. The scene has built up substantially over the last 10 years, and its really nice to see. zBZ: What do you envision / hope will happen in the next year in terms of your career? RONE: With any luck just working on my own artwork, and doing graphic design for my own artwork more then that of work for others. zBZ: Drink? RONE: Apple Cider, Bulmers of late. zBZ: Best travel experience? RONE: Last September 2010, I was in Tokyo with my dad, when I decided to go out on a mission. On my way back I had to find a spot for my broom and bucket to go, as I couldn’t take it up to the hotel room. I found a small narrow gap between some building where I could hide things, and come back and get them later, such as paint, glue and a bucket. So as I reached into the narrow gap to hide my broom pole, I felt a box behind it, I just pulled it out and realised that it was heavy and opened it, I was surprised to find a samurai sword, that I bought back to Aus with me. That was a pretty cool find. zBZ: Best job that you have ever worked on? RONE: When something sells that's the best job for me, and a great compliment at the same time. zBZ: RONE: Ueno, Shibuya, Tokyo, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Melbourne' s CBD (although not as much anymore). -- OWARI :D -- See the BACKWOODS GALLERY website for opening hours. Also Check out Everfresh's Blackbook, Street Studio & Space Invaders. Also his blog for updates on what he/s doing. http://r-o-n-e.com/. http://www.zuccablogzine.com/TWOONE http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/TWOONE Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:46:21 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 1351835 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/Two_title_Feature_June.png" width="670" height="297" width_o="670" height_o="297" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/Two_title_Feature_June_o.png" data-mid="7835878" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-6.png" width="669" height="874" width_o="669" height_o="874" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-6_o.png" data-mid="7835915" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-7.png" width="669" height="873" width_o="669" height_o="873" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-7_o.png" data-mid="7835919" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-8.png" width="670" height="877" width_o="671" height_o="879" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-8_o.png" data-mid="7835922" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-9.png" width="669" height="862" width_o="669" height_o="862" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-9_o.png" data-mid="7835924" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-10.png" width="670" height="858" width_o="671" height_o="860" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-10_o.png" data-mid="7835927" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-11.png" width="670" height="858" width_o="672" height_o="861" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-11_o.png" data-mid="7835931" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-12.png" width="670" height="858" width_o="670" height_o="858" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-12_o.png" data-mid="7835933" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-13.png" width="670" height="853" width_o="670" height_o="853" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-13_o.png" data-mid="7835934" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-14.png" width="670" height="840" width_o="672" height_o="843" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-14_o.png" data-mid="7835936" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-15.png" width="670" height="840" width_o="670" height_o="840" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-15_o.png" data-mid="7835937" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-16.png" width="670" height="888" width_o="670" height_o="888" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-16_o.png" data-mid="7835939" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-17.png" width="670" height="865" width_o="672" height_o="868" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-17_o.png" data-mid="7835942" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-18.png" width="670" height="800" width_o="670" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1351835/ZUCCAMagazine_Feature_June-18_o.png" data-mid="7835943" border="0" align="left"/> Be sure to check out the long awaited Solo Exhibition, Before it Fades Out. By TWOONE At No Vacancy Gallery, QV Melbourne. Opening night 16th June 2011 from 6pm. The Exhibition will run until 26th June 2011. Since his debut Solo Show 1000 Cans, curetted by Alex Mitchell of Nice Produce. TWOONE has managed to cut through to any medium of his choosing, in a variety of ways. Some of his time has been spent teaching under privileged teenagers how to embrace there creative side, through workshops funded by the Burnie Council – in Tasmania, a live paint collaboration with Multicultural Arts Victoria and more recently he and another great artist Bonsai won a dual grant from the Perth Council, WA in early 2011 to paint a 99 metre wide wall Grand Theater Lane, that took just over 3 weeks to complete. All of this not bad for a young 26 year old huh? And he’s just about to get busier, the word on the streets is - TWOONE will be spending July in New York, and then will fly to back to Australia to participate in a whirlwind, installation project. zBZ: You are originally from Japan and you have been here for 6+ years 
how are you staying here for so long & what’s keeping you here? TWOONE: I came to Australia as student to learn english first, after english school I went to TAFE and did an Art course, then got working holiday visa for 1 and half years. Finally I got distinguished talent visa in 2010. zBZ: Do you have a usual subject? TWOONE: I guess anything in life. zBZ: The best time of day for you to work is when? TWOONE: Any time of the day is good for me. zBZ: How many hours a day do you spend creating your works, what would be a typical day in the life of TWOONE? TWOONE: Wake up at 8am, stretch, shower and eat breakfast, then start working on whatever I want to work on, sometimes painting, sometimes sculpture, sometimes computer jobs from 9am, maybe go for lunch, maybe skate, maybe go for walk, get back to work. eat dinner. Get back to work. or maybe go out, or chill at Kelly's house. zBZ: What have you just created, and what’s coming up on your work schedule to date? TWOONE: I just finished new Lino cut prints, and working on sculpture that stand 120cm tall. Please answer the below Questions & state why? In 5mins or less. zBZ: Weather: Summer or Winter? TWOONE: Both. I like them both. zBZ: Entertainment: Books or Movies? TWOONE: Books can get more deeper information. zBZ: Books: Thriller or Love Stories? TWOONE: Neither. I like non-fictional, fictional and bit of fantasy. zBZ: Nightlife: Nite Clubs or Bars? TWOONE: Bar, I feel comfortable in an old dirty bar. -- OWARI :D -- See some of his past work around the town HERE. "I define TWOONE’S style as simple yet controlled, particularly in the way he keeps evolving his mediums and interest in earthy colour’s, shape and form, while maintaining the balance of simplicity by controlling the information that forms his evolving body of work." -- Slek -- http://www.zuccablogzine.com/MAN-CHEUNG http://www.zuccablogzine.com/following/zuccablogzine.com/MAN-CHEUNG Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:57:02 +0000 zuccaBlogZine 1345456 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ManTitle.png" width="670" height="496" width_o="670" height_o="496" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ManTitle_o.png" data-mid="6959898" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_020610_1.jpg" width="669" height="491" width_o="669" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_020610_1_o.jpg" data-mid="6537160" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_230110.png" width="669" height="491" width_o="669" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_230110_o.png" data-mid="6624335" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_041109_3.png" width="670" height="474" width_o="670" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_041109_3_o.png" data-mid="7132696" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_060110_4.png" width="670" height="474" width_o="670" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_060110_4_o.png" data-mid="7132697" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_020511.png" width="669" height="491" width_o="669" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_020511_o.png" data-mid="6624515" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_110210.png" width="669" height="491" width_o="669" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/Man_POTD_110210_o.png" data-mid="6624550" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-1_6.png" width="670" height="474" width_o="670" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-1_6_o.png" data-mid="7132761" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-2.png" width="670" height="476" width_o="670" height_o="476" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-2_o.png" data-mid="6986548" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-3_8.png" width="670" height="474" width_o="670" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-3_8_o.png" data-mid="7132776" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-4.png" width="670" height="474" width_o="670" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/105260/1345456/ZUCCAMagazine_ExclusiveImage-4_o.png" data-mid="6986560" border="0" align="left"/> Today's interview is with Photographer - Man Cheung from Picture Of The Day zBZ: Hey Man! Your career as a photographer began in sunny Brisbane, QLD, and you are now residing in the UK, how are you dealing with the London temperatures at the moment? M: Well its summer here at the moment so its all good. London is amazing during summer, its a completely different place. Unlike Australia where you will fry after five minutes out in the sun, here its a gentle heat like a chicken in the oven slowly roasting away. Although it did rain last night and this morning. The thing about London rain is that it's always at a constant state of drizzle... drizzle; drizzle; drizzle, its like Chinese water torture. It never explodes into a massive thunderous downpour like Australia, which I miss. zBZ: What was your 1st photography position after graduating from Griffith Uni, Bachelor of Art in Photography & was it a smooth transition for you? M: My first photography position after graduating was a photographers' assistant in a commercial studio, but that didn't come until about a year after I graduated. I don't know if you can call it smooth, but it wasn't rough either. It was just the process and circumstances I needed to work through and accomplish to get where I needed to go. My first full-time job out of university was as a cook in a Japanese restaurant in Sydney where I worked the night shifts, then during the day I carried on with my photographic work. I have worked in a lot of jobs that is non-photography related and thinking back about them they have all contributed in some way to my photography. zBZ: Describe a typical day in the life of Man? M: Never ending days of bloody photoshopping. Digital photography is a curse and a blessing at the same time. zBZ: You started a mission three years & four months ago, to take a photo a day, and post it up on the World Wide Web, for the rest of your days. What do these photos say about you thus far into the project? M: I am not really sure what the photos say about me, but doing this website has really helped me improved the way I look at things from the angle of photography, because everyday I am constantly scanning for possible shots. In a way I am training myself everyday to view things from a different perspective, looking beyond the obvious. I don't know if you have read Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Outliers". The book is a study in why certain people are successful or have a high rate of success. He came up with the "10 000 hour" rule where the common denominator between all the successful people are that they have practiced their particular craft for 10 000 hours or more. So I am clocking up the hours at the moment. zBZ: How do you manage to upload an image a day, have you ever nearly missed a 24 hour deadline? M: I built the website and upload the images through Dreamweaver. I have never missed the 24 hour deadline yet... zBZ: How do you choose your shots, are they circumstantial or are they planned? M: Its pretty much circumstantial, usually I just like to let things flow and see what happens. I have a very loose idea of the possible images I could capture during my planned days. zBZ: Does the website represent as your visual diary? M: I guess it's like a form of visual diary in terms of what I find significant enough to be documented. For me it's more about having a visual outlet where it can be shared with other people. Hopefully others will get inspired by it and form other exciting ideas, get people thinking and asking questions. zBZ: Aside from your day job and your super awesome website, http://pictureoftheday.mancheung.com, that you update daily are you working on any other personal projects concurrently? M: I am consistently researching new projects and ideas to photograph. It’s healthy to constantly challenge yourself with fresh ideas and set them in motion. One project I am shooting at the moment that’s still in progress is a series about people who live in boats on the canals of London. I usually have a few projects going at the same time, some work out, some don't work out. I have tended to concentrate more and more on stories that have a human value, hopefully getting the word out there making others aware of certain issues, again hopefully getting people to think and start asking questions. The projects take a lot of organising especially when I have a full-time job as well. It isn't moving as quick as I would like it to; it's all simmering slowly where as I want it to be on the bloody boil! zBZ: I noticed that your photographic style is unique in the way you tend to capture the slightest touch of light (for eg. March 04, 2009 image), and create from that your focal point, would you say this style is your point of difference? M: Definitely - I am a sucker for subtle light, I don't really like defining myself as having a certain style because it seems to limiting. However I can tell you whose work inspires me. A few to mention; Joel Peter Witkin, James Nachtwey, Trent Parke, Vincent Fournier, Haw and Nawlz. zBZ: Have you formed a unique connection with your camera? M: No, not really. I just see the camera as a tool. But I would love to get a lighter camera like a Leica M9 instead of carrying a big heavy Nikon and lens with me everywhere. Often I tend to analyse way too much of what I see and relate it in terms of photography. It's similar to watching movies with my brother who is a cinematographer, he can't just sit there and enjoy it for what it is but be critical of the movie the whole way through. That's me in photography terms! zBZ: What’s your ideal subject that would ultimately make up the perfect shot for you? M: My perfect shot? Picture of the Day 22nd of April 2009. Just one of those shots where everything was in the right place at the right time for that split second. The light was perfect, rainbow was perfect, my mum'ma was standing in the right spot, watering the right plant with a nice shadow behind her. Another image that always comes to mind for me is the photo that Walter Iooss Jr took of Michael Jordan, it's an oldie but a goodie. It was a high angle shot of Jordan in mid-air jumping for a slam dunk in Chicago 1988, doing the Jordan air walk with a side shadow been cast on the blue court. Amazing use natural light. zBZ: Have you ever had a close shave, or awesome experience? If so do tell? M: I have never had a close shave cause I work like a ninja, by the time people have realised what had happened I am already at home photoshopping! I try to keep myself out of trouble, but you always get people like security guards handing out the law and hassling you. I always play the tourist card and keep taking photos. All these vague terrorist laws the government have passed through is making many people skeptical of anyone with a camera so you tend to get hassled more these days or people telling you shouldn't do this or that. People should be much, much more skeptical about their governments activities, the laws and regulations they pass instead of a person with a camera. It's all about common sense I think. But awesome experiences... hmmm, well a project I had completed on local religious leaders near where I grew up was pretty amazing. I met with all the local leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormoms, Taoist temple and Muslims amongst many others. Got the chance to have a long chat with them all and go into their place of worship to see what it was like. As much as it's about taking photographs, for me it's also very much about meeting different people and having chats, understanding their experiences and what they have been through. I also tracked down all my primary school teachers who had taught me and did portraits of them. It was kind of bizarre relating to them again as adults. Definitely a walk down memory lane for all the teachers and me. Another time I met this guy on a photo shoot and got chatting to him about why people gathered in or join particular social groups. He invited me over to his house on the weekend to discuss the subject further. I turned up to his house and it was slowly revealed to me that he had Asperges. He had been fired from his teaching job and he hadn't had a job for a long time because he keeps getting fired as he was deemed difficult to work with. I ended up chatting to him for about six hours! It was one of the most intriguing chats I have ever had, he was such a intelligent man. He told me how he dealt with the syndrome and all the experiences he went through during his life. At one point he showed me a list of 101 points that he had drafted up on how he thinks he developed Asperges, going through every point. Here I thought that I was going to have a chat with a teacher about human group dynamics, but I left with my mind blown - learning something new and getting an amazing insight into someone with a condition that many people don't understand. zBZ: Are you affiliated with any other websites other than Picture Of The Day? M: I am, I have started a website with a collective of photographers from around the world named Ying Mer Ying, you can check it out at www.yingmerying.com zBZ: Have you exhibited your work in a gallery space before? & do you intend to in the future? M: Back in late March I was involved in a group show in London called Alien Nation. I am also organising the first Picture of the Day show during October this year to coincide with East London Photo Month. zBZ: And most importantly will you be visiting Australia soon? M: I should be back in September for a friends wedding as a guest not a photographer! -- OWARI :D --