January 22, 2012 12:00 pm to January 28, 2012 5:00 pm January 22, 2012 12:00 pm to January 28, 2012 5:00 pm

Unearthly Garden curated by Carolyn Dew

Artists: Angela Bailey, Magdalena Bors, Carolyn Dew, Marian Drew, Lee Grant, Peter Lambropoulos

The garden is wilderness tended. Forces of culture also shape it.  These forces are always in tension. The perfect garden imagined exists at a juncture when these tensions are at an optimum. A specimen matured bearing perfect fruit. Flowers in full bloom. Plants defined as weeds are absent, the scene basking either in warm sunlight or light shade. Ideal.

The imagined garden is elusive. It can only occur in time and space for just a moment, if ever. Often the garden remains the husk of an idea.

The photographs in this exhibition detail the cultural imperatives behind the imagined garden and the impossible quest to challenge unpredictable and uncontrollable aspects of environment and of life.  To capture an ideal.

Exhibition Runs till 28 January 2012

May 18, 2012 to July 8, 2012

The 2012 ARTECYCLE exhibition will take place 18 May 2012 to 8 July 2012.

ARTECYCLE is an annual non-acquisitive sculpture and installation competition with a prize pool of $14,000 including:

• $10,000 East Keilor & Strathmore Community Bank® Award
• $3,000 The Incinerator Gallery Award
• $1,000 Incinerator People’s Choice Award

Inspired by the Incinerator Gallery’s history, entrants are asked to explore the themes of environmentalism and sustainability using either recycled materials or materials that would otherwise be considered disposable.

Entries for the ARTECYCLE 2012 are now open.  Entry forms are available to download.

January 20, 2012 to January 22, 2012

Rivers Edge Campground, Lonnavale
Southern Tasmania

The Huon Valley Environment Centre is celebrating reaching a milestone, we have turned ten years old, and this is an incredible achievement for our volunteer run, not for profit organisation. We are holding a festival between January 20th – 22nd 2012 in Southern Tasmania. There will be musicians, cabaret performances, speakers, films, workshops, bushwalks, kids space and activities, art making, a liscensed bar and food stalls. Please join us!

January 21, 2012 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Jacob Appelbaum, independent computer security researcher and hacker, will be visiting Australia soon, with one item on his schedule being a ‘War on the Internet’ event, scheduled for 21 January, 2012 at Trades Hall, Melbourne between 3pm and 5pm. Supported by the Australian Greens Party and Electronic Frontiers Australia, the event will have speakers “challenging gatekeepers and proposing alternatives to the weaponisation of cyberspace.”

Other speakers at the event include author and researcher Bernard Keane, author and researcher on whistleblowing Suelette Dreyfuss, and Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.

More information here, Facebook event here

December 14, 2011 11:00 am

In March 2012 Melbourne New Folk will be hosting the MNF 31 day challenge.
The MNF 31 day challenge works on two levels and aims to promote and encourage participation in Melbourne based Grassroots communities and social, animal and environmental justice campaigns. Independent artists and arts industry.

Each day will see two new challenges, one focused on the arts and one on the campaigns, some simple and some that require a little more effort. The challenges will mainly encourage participation in and promotion of your events, products, venues, art, campaigns etc.

For more details and/or register your interest click the  “Like” on The Melbourne New Folk facebook page and comment on the wall stating that you wish to be a part of the MNF 31 day challenge.

Melbourne New Folk will then get in contact with you…

December 7, 2011 3:00 am to December 28, 2011 4:00 am