Chicks with Knives and Spirito Domesticus photos

Lots of photos from the opening of Chicks with Knives, Curated by Kent wilson and featuring the work of Ann Brennan, Anna Davern, Brooke Wolsley, Beci Orpin, Lucy james, Sheridan Jones, Tai Snaith and Vexta.  In gallery 2 the is a solo exhibition by Laila Marie Costa titled Spirito Domesticus.

For the Launch we had live music by "The Minijupes" and covers of chick songs by Michael McManus and Leon Stackpole.  Nola Poorboy food truck served up tasty treats.  A generally good time was had by all. 

We are now looking forward to doing it all again on Saturday 13 April for Rhett D'Costa and Fran Van Riemsdyk's exhibition launch.  Nola Poorboy will be back and sound will be provided by experimental Duo "Mount Macedon".

See you there!

Video preview - Chicks with Knives and Spirito Domesticus

Chicks with Knives
Curated by Kent Wilson

Laila Marie Costa - Spirito Domesticus

Opening Saturday 9th March @ 4.30pm
09 March - 07 April 2013


Chicks With Knives and Laila Marie Costa - Spirito Domesticus from stockroom on Vimeo.

March Exhibitions

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OPENING SATURDAY 9th MARCH 2013 FROM 4:30 PM 09 March - 07 April 2013

Stockroom presents Chicks with Knives A group show with Ann Brennan, Anna Davern, Beci Orpin, Brooke Wolsley, Lucy James, Sheridan Jones, Tai Snaith, Vexta. Curator: Kent Wilson

Laila Marie Costa Spirito Domesticus

In a world awash in imagery and the accumulation of the unused and unwanted, there are those among us revisiting, reworking and recycling for the purposes of a renewed imagining of life. After all, this is the way nature truly works. Slicing and dicing their way through historical landscapes and cultural detritus, deftly decapitating and re- animating hybrid creatures, the blade-wielding dexterity of Ann Brennan, Anna Davern, Beci Orpin, Brooke Wolsley, Lucy James, Sheridan Jones, Tai Snaith and Vexta cartwheels into town as Chicks With Knives!!! A world of fractured form and ruptured realities is spun into shape in frozen moments, with colour and composition in temporary control of chaos. Collecting the recyclable, Laila Costa takes the discarded waste of a consumerist society and repurposes it as art and design. Inspired by overlooked patterns, materials and forms in Spirito Domesticus, Laila carefully and considerately manipulates our given cultural reality into contemplative outcomes.

::: Les Minijupes ::: ::: Playing at Chicks with knives & Laila Marie Costa's Spirito Domesticus opening on Sat uraday 9th March ::: ::: BBQ at the back provided :::

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videology

there's never a dull moment when you work in a warehouse with three galleries, a french designer, a workaholic man-child with a penchant for making, three boisterous kids, a dog, an ever-revolving display of amazing hand-made and crafted design objects, clothing, art and an assortment of visiting people from far and wide.

i find myself compelled to document what goes on - you'll find photo diaries and videos on this blog - because it's the sort of hub of activity you know is generating something. activating energy.

i found this video of a recent opening that i totally forgot to post here, so i will now! we have a whole video channel set up over at vimeo if you ever want to look through what goes on. the art openings dominate because they are such exciting events. there's a link over there on the right hand side, 'STOCKROOM VIDEOS' >>>



Exhibition Launch_Sept2012: Barter, Gevers, Snaith from stockroom on Vimeo.

the magic of story

spring is here and the birds are chirping - or if you live in kyneton, surrounded by cavorting flocks of cockatoos it's more like screeching and squawking. there's even the odd butterfly flitting about. the grass is growing. i swear, as soon as i turn my back on a freshly mown lawn, having just put the mower away, it's sprung back up another 10cm, ready to be cut again.

anyway, all this spring talk has come about because i just found a whole swathe of lovely photos from Tai Snaith's book reading last month. photos not yet shared. Tai's book (The Family Hour) is fantastic, and we've only really got a small portion left as they've been selling like hotcakes to an eager array of readers. the book is full of wonderful artwork about native animals and their families - perfect for this time of year, and dare i say it - perfect gift idea!

massive thanks to Tai for staying through to the Sunday after her opening the night before (which featured the original artworks used for the book) and reading to an ensemble of enthralled young kiddlies and an equally enthralled set of adults too.