Keith and Lottie and You and Me

well the flyer says
Keith and Lottie present:
4 intricately drawn screen printed works(yoinks) by Melbourne artist/ illustrator/ musician/ libertine/ diletante/ ne'er-do-well Nathan Gray
with an accompanying new range of t-shirts and a new aggregation especially for perth. Oh love ya perth.

Thursday October 5th to October 26th
Opening night Thursday October 5th, 6 - 9pm.
regular opening hours: seven days 11am to 6pm

Keith and Lottie
276 William Street Northbridge, Western Australia, 6003
phone/fax +61 8 9328 8082
www.keithandlottie.com

Ariel Pink.....

Did the poster and tour single cover for this dude. You love him or you will. For Mistletone records......

((((((((( on tour ))))))))
Ariel Pink Australian Tour - Sept/Oct 06
Melbourne - East Brunswick Club - Sept 27
Newcastle - Soundsummit - Sept 29
Sydney - Spectrum - October 1
Melbourne - Missing Link Instore - October 4 5pm
Adelaide - Rocket Bar - October 5

((((((((( releases ))))))))
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest - out now
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Tour 7" - Gates of Zion / Ghosts - available at the shows

Joint Hassles

PAECES with HALF MAN HALF MAN (me)(2pm)
play this sunday the 24th at JOINT HASSLES 2a Mitchell ST northcote vic (crn of High and Mitchell)
with googoogaagaa, bonesherif and guests who are special. 1-6pm*

To open JOINT HASSLES first show Featuring:
Sean Bailey
Jame Deutsher (and Hao Guo)
Nathan Gray (me)
Christopher L G Hill
Bianca Hester
Helen Johnson
Jess Lucas
Harriet Morgan
Joshua Petherick
Kain Picken and Rob McKenzie
Andie Tham
Alex Vivian

Another Aggregation (no.3) this one a large scale drawing...picture soon.

Show runs betweenthe 24th of october and 13th of november*

More Trouble

Well its over. Terrarium has finished well and truly. Last day was a mini celebration an unveiling of Aggregation No. 2 a temporary wall peice which I installed during the show and some music from Ian Wadley, Mof fah rah and Snawklor (my band, see entry below somewhere)all quite good I thought.....

Aggregation No. 2 was an assemblage made from catalogues from the show, screen printed paper, cardboard, wax, plasticine, fishing line and cocktail umbrellas. An experiment with with assemblage in which I started from two cental points and worked my way out using the same materials on each side but in different ways, unfortunately I only have a working shot of one of the sides in a very early stage see above.

Thanks extend to Gertrude Street staff and all the people who helped out Matt Valdman especially, you all helped to get me through electrical faults, manic windchimes, leaky ceilings, art theft and ultimately the failure to get a photo of "Aggregation No. 2" before it was destroyed, now its lost in time unless by chance someone has photo somewhere?

Aggregation of Slime Molds

This is from a book called Emergence by Steven Johnson.

"The slime mold spends much of its life as thousands of distinct single-celled units, each moving separately from its other comrades. Under the right conditions, those myriad cells will coalesce again into a single, larger organism, which then begins its leisurely crawl across the garden floor, consuming rotting leaves and wood as it moves about. When the environment is less hospitable, the slime mold acts as a single organism; when the weather turns cooler and the mold enjoys a large food supply, "it" becomes a "they." The slime mold oscillates between being a single creature and a swarm."

read the books whole introduction here