The Narrows // Warren Taylor (Interview)

Flinders Lane has always been the central city hub for art galleries and notorious as a home to forward thinking fashion, design and an abundance of artist studios. Tucked away on the second floor near the corner of Exhibition Street is where you’ll find The Narrows, an art space run by Warren Taylor, dedicated mostly to the exhibition of graphic excellence within contemporary culture. words // annie wu

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(Above Pillows: The Flood 2007 - Dylan Martorell)

Sleeping Pill // Third Drawer Down

Sleepers In! Sleep is in! Michel Gondry made a movie about it, Adam Cruickshank and Dell Stewart have formed a club for it, and now Third Drawer Down are releasing a range of pillow cases so good that you will want to spike your own drink and go right home. Featuring the work of Camilla Engman (SWE), Dylan Martorell (AUS), Lilli Hartmann (BAV), Edwina White (AUS/USA), James Gallagher (USA) the cases will be launching in August at the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) and through a private trade viewing in Australia. They will be available in stores around the world in October.

Isobel Knowles & Kris Moyes // In Conversation

Curated by MIFF’s Juliana Chin, ORBIT is designed to support and promote Australian and New Zealand film talent through a showcase of music-clips placed rightfully upon the big screen. Taking place tonight and on August 4 at ACMI, ORBIT will feature an eclectic range of filmic styles with a world premiere of the latest Angus & Julia Stone clip, a director’s cut of Kris Moyes’s latest clip for Architecture in Helsinki (’Heart it Races’), an amazing 3D animated clip for Bit By Bats, Mark Rodda’s space invaders ‘reinvented’ clip for Mum Smokes and Isobel Knowles’s neon bonanza with the Ground Components featuring Romy from Macromantics.

With Kris currently in LA and Isobel somewhere in Europe they still managed to find time to chat, covering everything from Romance Was Born costumes, secret dance routines, crime scene investigation and making Sia ugly…

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Mister Lonely // Harmony Korine

The words “One for Friday night’s session of Mister Lonely, please” may not have flowed easily but, when it comes to festival tickets, sometimes it’s everyman for himself. With the main character being a Michael Jackson impersonator making a living in Paris this film from American prodigy Harmony Korine (Kids, Ken Park, Gummo) definitely seems more humourous than controversial. Full review coming Monday. Watch a clip from the film here and for MIFF session times and tickets here.

(all images courtesy of Nathan Gray)

Nathan Gray // The Fold

The Fold, an exhibition by sound artist, designer, costume maker and screen print extraordinaire Nathan Gray will be opening this Friday (July 27) at Northcote’s Art and Music space Joint Hassles. Following a recent trip to Japan, Nathan cites the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka as a strong inspiration for the show, “all the best parts of all the cultures of the world are mixed together, masks, costumes, musical instruments, weapons and rituals. It was a completely different approach to a contemporary Australian museum.” Ethnology aside, the collection of collages incorporates the use of various hand dying techniques he has been experimenting with, as well as a salute to some of his favourite record covers and band posters. (click images below to enlarge)