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Balloon Imaginarium
Earlier this month I collaborated with my good friend Ashley Smith on a super fun Balloon Installation she had been day dreaming of after seeing something similar in Canada. As part of my contract working with the CBD on Placemaking in Midtown Auckland I wanted to put on at least one fun installation in the more »
SPLORE 2012
Ok. Here is SPLORE summed up for me in a few words; Erykah Badu the queen herself live in person, beautiful beachfront location in New Zealand, multiple stages and zones, art installations, workshops, super diverse and yummy food selection, great tunes, fun performances and the best friends! Late night swims, unexpected craziness (in the good more »
Petals and Prem.
Petals and Prem, a valentines day creative collaboration spreading a little bit of unconditional love through our community. Musican Balamohan set the tone, performing traditional Indian love songs for the enjoyment and captivation of passerby’s. It is definitely not every day we see such beautiful foreign instruments! It is also not every day we are more »
Laneways Snaps!
Finally had the pleasure of checking out Laneway Festival (a music festival that has been happening in Auckland for three years now) and gotta say, it definitely lived up to my expectations! Such a fun day! Good music, rad venue, ok sound, really nice laid back atmosphere and I got to dance my booty off…so more »
Little Lotus Project – Goodbye Mae Sot!
For the final week of the Spinning Top Little Lotus Project we worked with the community out at Sky Blue School. The week was filled with daily art classes, building a shelter for the kids, interviews, and painting some massive murals. Above is a picture of the beautiful murals done on the front of the more »
Little Lotus Project – Week One Recap
It’s Sunday evening here in Mae Sot, and I am chilling out after finishing up with the first week of the Spinning Top Little Lotus Project. I think I can speak for the group in saying we are all a bit sad to say goodbye to the kids at SAW. In one week we accomplished more »
Little Lotus Project – Day Three
Hey guys! So we are now at the end of day three of the Little Lotus Project and wow is all I can say. Thirteen talented creatives from around the world and across a range of different fields have joined forces to collaborate on a truly unique and inspiring project. I feel beyond grateful to more »
When Artists Take Over St Kevins Arcade
So in the midst of Auckland Council cracking down on all things Street Art around Auckland city, this wall came just in time! Located on the ‘official RWC walking trail’ the Auckland Council actually commissioned the Cut Collective team to paint the walls leading up the St Kevins Arcade stairs. Seemed a bit strange considering more »
Tiffany Singh
Tiffany Singh is one of my very most favourite artists in New Zealand. With her upcoming exhibition at Whitespace Gallery on the 6th of December, I thought this was the perfect time to do a feature on her. I have had the pleasure of getting to know Tiffany and her work over the last two more »
JEWELRY JAM at Tiny Space
Really excited to introduce you to two really rad ladies, Julianna Vezetti and Cara Tiny. I met each of these chickas on opposite sides of the world and they are now about to do their first ever collaboration. Meet Julianna Vezzetti, a Seattle based jewelery designer, musician and total babe. Some of you more »
Sara Orme
I came across Miss Sara’s whimsical polaroids and fell in love. So much so that I sent her some fan mail which turned into an interview that I am now sharing with all of you. Hope you like! Where are you from, where do you live and how long have you been into photography? Originally, more »
LAST GASP!
Last Thursday I helped organize ‘LAST GASP’ a solo exhibition by the Grey Lynn local GASP. He has been hitting the streets hard over the last 10+ years and now it is time for him to hit the gallery scene. By the number of works sold and the rad creatives and collectors that turned up more »
Photos from Octobers First Thursdays!
From 6-9pm across over 25 venues along K Road on the first Thursday in October 5,000 or so art lovers got together and had some fun! Here are a couple of pics I took during the evening. Thanks so much to all the talented people that participated in the last event and all the rad more »
Last night I snuck into Naughty By Nature.
Was having a quite night cap at D.O.C. when I heard the news….Naughty By Nature was in town. My mission was clear, I had to get in there and bring it back to the 90′s. Apologies to the promoter if you’re reading this. One thing lead to another…these things just happen sometimes.
Place Making in Auckland’s Mid Town
About a month ago I started a new contract organizing pop up events in Auckland’s Mid Town CBD. I was brought on board to help bring more colour, art and creativity to the streets of downtown Auckland. So far this project has been so much fun! My employers have been kind enough to trust me more »
Top 10 Street Art Pics . S e p t 11
A while back I was asked to do a monthly guest spot on Invurt Magazine, a Melbourne based street art online mag. They wanted me to send through my top 10 street art photographs I stumbled upon each month. I’m definitely not an expert, and everyone has their own tastes, but anyhoo here are my more »
E Y E . C A N D Y.
I have gotta say, I really had so much fun blogging, tweeting and taking photographs during this years fashion week. I had to juggle a few other work commitments so wasn’t able to get to as many shows as I would have liked, but hey, at least I got to experience my first fashion week! more »
Ruby – NZFW 2011
Early this morning fashionists from around the globe got together to check out the much anticipated Ruby fashion show, as part of NZFW 2011. We were greeted with champange and breakfast in a fully decked out Grey Lynn warehouse. It is safe to say that Ruby lived up to their hype! Retaining their girly look more »
