July 4, 2014It was only two months ago that we were blessed with the opening of the Montana Colors store in Sydney. It’s a much needed space in a city where paint is hard to come by outside of a select few stores, generally overpriced and sometimes dished out by a human server with a serious elitism complex. I’ve often felt that…
July 2, 2014Just launched from photographer Kevin Couliau comes Asphalt Chronicles, a new independent publication showcasing pick-up basketball across the world through imagery. Couliau is an amazing photographer and his love of the game has seen him photographing it in more than fifty countries across the globe since 2004. Each limited issue of Asphalt Chronicles will focus on a different region, exhibiting Couliau’s photographs in…
June 23, 2014Just seen the details around this exhibition, had to share it as it looks amazing. Earlier this month, Return of the Rudeboy kicked off its ten-week residency at Somerset House, celebrating ‘rudie‘ style culture in proper form. Birthed in Jamaica, Rudeboy (note the capital ‘R’) culture was integrated in to London during the ’70s and ’80s, defined by attitude, and identified through…
May 15, 2014Really stunning work here from Berlin based graphic design and illustration student Sandra Leidecker. Geektown Detroit is the name given to her (as yet unfinished) book project, showcasing the history of techno in Detroit through her illustrations. What started as a thesis for Leidedker quickly gathered steam and became a physical prototype book, an exhibition, a series of prints and now…
April 21, 2014Clearing out some old photos came across a whole memory of card of graff & street art from recent journeys around both Sydney and Melbourne. Thought it’d be worth sharing here, though due to the amount a lot will get cut, and we’ll definitely be breaking it down in to sections. Worth mentioning that that London and Melbourne attitudes towards…
April 14, 2014Here’s art that we really like, and once again it’s tapped in to geographical and architectural features that were pre-existing, begging for exposure. Sharing some similarities between Michael Heizer and urban exploration (I’m sure there’s a theme here for what lights us up) comes Extended Stage, an underground exhibition and space from New York-based Australian-born artist Ian Burns. Burns is…
February 27, 2014Not even sure where to start talking Lucas Abela, madman artist of all kinds, over two decades playing music. Best known to many as an experimental noisemaker under the name Justice Yeldham, destroying his face with sheets of microphoned glass, it’s actually his installation work that’s grabbed us as of late. A very healthy obsession with mutating pinball machines means…
February 13, 2014Just want to take a second to highlight this brilliant piece of journalism from Richie Siegel, founder of online mag Seersucker and overall artistic don. The 5 Pointz complex was considered the graffiti mecca of the world. Located in Queens, it’s name represented the five boroughs of New York coming together over art. Curated by Meres One aka Jonathan Cohen since 2002,…
January 13, 2014There’s been a couple of email threads this week around past London nights, with some of the Awkward Movements cohorts weighing in on a few favourite venues and most memorable parties. Alongside tales of spinning in defunct locations, queing for parties only to see the best or worst night of the season and memorable moments on the decks, the crew…
January 1, 2014As promised, here’s the annual 1st of January round-up from Awkward Movements crew. More on the way that will keep the page updating, but had to get a start on things as these lists seem to get bigger each year. So many good labels, new artists and stunning releases that kept it as one of the best in a while.…