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New Prints from ‘arms’ titled ‘Many Faces’

8 Limited Edition Gocco signed & numbered prints
Acrylic on cotton, hand-sewn, miniature bamboo stretcher frames. approx 15x20cm

Each piece is handmade, slight variations occur. Bamboo grown in Perth, WA
Contact arms [at] thecommunity.com.au for purchasing options – for sale @ 30 clams each.

'Many Faces' series : 'Goddess' print

'Many Faces' series : 'Warrior' print

About ‘Many Faces’ :

The Many Faces of femme fatale.

Striking colours and shapes embellish her beauty and sexual allure, and worn as an extrovert armour she is seemingly assertive. Her physical appearance is manifest in a balance between Masculine and Feminine characteristics which both strong jaw line and high cheek bones reveal. Historical insinuations of the Military-esque hat or Goddess-like hairstyles inform the choice of role-play for a variety of social occasions.

'Many Faces' series, bamboo stretcher

'Many Faces' series : 'Warrior' print on bamboo frame

This print series is the inaugural result of my visual inquiry into Ego Masks; from the Magical Mystery tour that is my art practice and ah, life. Tune in for more.

Just got back from  Europe and managed to check out the  Venice Biennale for the first time, which is a massive International arts festival held every 2 years since 1895. It’s an amazing showcase of some of the best contemporary art the world has to offer, which you often don’t get a chance to see in little ol’ Perth.

With so many great artworks its hard to pick favourites, but I thought I’d share some photos here of standout pieces.

Nathaniel Mellors, Hippy dialect, UK

Animatronic talking heads linked by long hair, in a sprawling video installation of absurd soap-opera ‘Ourhouse’ about language & culture.

Tonight I attend the International Conference on Reconstruction of Japan (ICRJ) as an ‘expert on cultural waste’. ICRJ has come to PICA (during the Alternating Currents exhibition) for a series of small ‘dinner party’ style conferences to discuss matters, hopes and ideas for reconstruction after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northern Japan in March this year.

Dining together, with Japanese activist Sakiko Sugawa (hanare x social kitchen) and collaborators Sam Fox (Perth) and Keith Pasco (USA) will be George Blasevic, Jule Japhet Chiari, Tomas Ford, Trevor Bly, Perdita Phillips, and myself. As the opener for hydra poesis’ new collaborative project WASTE we will be literally talking rubbish and the cultural significance.

Watch the live stream on the ICRJ website

A free event at PICA will be open to the public on Tues Nov 22 to discuss ‘Japanese Society, Australian Society’

Here is the latest design work i have been doing lately.
If you like what you see and need something done, my rates are pretty low so please email me HERE!

Hey fam, update city…

Lots of things have been happening and sleep, space travel, and deep sea diving ain’t it!

Myself and Silence continue to work on our project with some tracks now laid down and more in the works.

Last night I competed in the WA Poetry Festival Poetry Slam and just beat the talented Kaitlyn Plyley at the finish line to win the comp. It was a great night with loads if impressive performers. Heats for the nationals are coming soon!

Film wise, everything has been going crazy we’re in the final stages of completing our latest film before sending it Melbourne this week, we’ve just released a brand new music video and currently cutting Hayley Beth’s clip, with many more in various stages of production.

I’ll keep you posted about the project with Silence but at this stage I’m going to hold off releasing any tracks at this stage but I can show you a sneaky preview of some things if you ask nicely.

Peace Perth Community

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You can peep our latest music vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCVAGSGC5cc

‘Allo!

It’s been a while between posts. I’ve moved to sunny Broome to work as a journo and a photographer for the regional paper: The Broome Advertiser.
I’ve been here a total of nine weeks so far and loving every moment of it!

Thus far I’ve taken photos of Autore Pearls, met Romance Was Born, photographed the gorgeous Kimberley girls, covered the Broome Cup, met the Governor General and touched a 4.5 metre croc!

The list doesn’t end there….

Broome is really a happening place and there is a lot of unrest at the moment due to the LNG gas plant proposed by Woodside and Rio Tinto to mine off the coast. Posing plenty of problems for the community: socially, economically and environmentally. If you have an interest in the future of Western Australia then I recommend reading up on it. Currently, as it stands, the future of the state depends on its mining and industry, with 400,000 people needed to sustain the industry in the next 20 years. What could this mean for you?

Tomorrow, Federal Minister for Environment Tony Burke will be flying to the top of the Cape, to One Arm Point, to announce the decision: will the Kimberley become nationally heritage listed as a place to preserve history, culture and land?

Looking forward to it!

Over and out for now,
from the remote

Nikki xx

So after many hours of loud electro, pain staking (and yes in many cases dodgy) editing my website is finished and live on the web!

Check out my online store at: http://disguiseddesigns.weebly.com/

and the associated facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Disguised-Designs/209868559024592?sk=wall

Tell all your friends, new pieces added every month or so!