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Cirque du Soleil's Kurios

Blog — October 7, 2019

Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities Cirque du Soleil Big Top, Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park Sydney, Australia October 2, 2019   Cirque du Soleil is quite something. Ever since its inception I’ve had the fortune to see its incarnation on different continents with the residency …

The World’s Toughest Races book review

Blog — October 12, 2019

The World’s Toughest Races Ali Clarke Affirm Press   People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But I don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to …

Water of Life – Iniquity Distillery Batch 017

Blog — October 13, 2019

Water of Life – Iniquity Distillery Batch 017   You are not mistaken if you claim that Iniquity and its artisanal expressions have been previously covered as part of our Water of Life series and it is never not a delight to indulge in their meticulously crafted batches, …

Water of Life – Whipper Snapper Distillery

Blog — October 14, 2019

Water of Life – Whipper Snapper Distillery Upshot   As part of our Water of Life series, we have covered whisky from terra australis in many variations, however, the focus so far has mainly been set on the east coast. Looking at Western Australia, where the …

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like - Bill Viola

Blog — October 20, 2019

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like: The Art of Bill Viola Yale University Press   Bill Viola has long been on my lists or artists to check out and this tome proved to be a formidable entry point to access his body of …

Renoir: The Body, The Senses book review

Blog — October 21, 2019

Renoir: The Body, The Senses Clark Art Institute   Impressionism is one of the more underrated genres when it comes to mainstream recognition, specifically the genre that focuses more on experimentalism. There are few that reached the league of Pierre-Auguste Renoir dominated, an artists that diligently …

In Vino Veritas – Moorilla and Domaine A

Blog — October 24, 2019

In Vino Veritas – Moorilla and Domaine A   Claiming that I harbour a weak spot in my left chest for anything related to Tasmania would be an understatement par excellence. At least twice a year I carve my way to Hobart for their annual winter festival …

Water of Life – An Ode to Octomore

Blog — October 26, 2019

Water of Life – An Ode to Octomore   Victor Hugo quipped something along the lines of the ode living upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real. If the aforementioned holds true, Octomore resides in the sublime. We have covered …

Mike Parr: The Eternal Opening @ Carriageworks

Blog — October 27, 2019

Mike Parr: The Eternal Opening Carriageworks Sydney, Australia October 25, 2019 Attentive readers would recall Mike Parr’s various and often spectacular incarnations we have covered as part of MONA’s annual Dark Mofo festivals and having established himself on the forefront of boundary pushing artists on …

Archie Rose x Sydney Opera House Gins

Blog — October 31, 2019

Archie Rose x Sydney Opera House: Outside and Inside Gins   We have recently covered Archie Roses’ foray into whisky territory and as I mentioned as part of the article, their bread and butter is the clear spirit distilled from grain or malt that derives its DNA from …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Willie the Boatman

Blog — November 5, 2019

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Willie the Boatman   As part of our beer-centric series we have covered specifically Australian breweries far and wide, however, sometimes there are ones in relatively proximity that are dangerously underrated. Named as an homage to the convict William Kerr across …

Haunted Bauhaus book review

Blog — November 6, 2019

Haunted Bauhaus MIT Press   What is often perceived to be informed by irrationality, i.e. the movement from 1919-1933 known as Bauhaus, has never ceased to give impulses on all facets of our society, be it lofty artistic ones, the very foundation of pursuits on architectural territory, …

Propaganda Art in the 21st Century book review

Blog — November 9, 2019

Propaganda Art in the 21st Century MIT Press   Some people say that an accurate portrayal of what is actually happening behind the scenes is the best propaganda. Fair enough. However, we are in what is widely considerably to be the “post-truth” era, which significantly …

Punk Reader book review

Blog — November 10, 2019

Punk Reader - Research Transmissions from the Local and the Global The University of Chicago Press   It has been more than forty years since the inception of punk – a statement that holds true no matter if you think that the cradle of the movement was …

In Vino Veritas – Ninth Island and Norfolk Rise

Blog — November 12, 2019

In Vino Veritas – Ninth Island and Norfolk Rise   For this instalment of our vino centric series we are going to zero in on Tasmania again as the previous instalment of Kreglinger and Pipers Brook has piqued my interest: The Northern part of Tasmania is home …

Water of Life – The Gospel Distillery

Blog — November 16, 2019

  If nothing else and no matter if you like whisk(e)y, this series should have gotten you excited about not only the big-ticket Australian spirit emissions, but especially about the more boutique-y offerings away from what is forced down your hatch by the mainstream industry. Every now and …

What’s Sumatra With You? – Suntory Boss Coffee

Blog — November 17, 2019

What’s Sumatra With You? – Suntory Boss Coffee   I remember the first time I touched down in Japan. Apart from the feeling you get as soon as you exit your plane, i.e. that you have entered a fantastic alien universe, I felt like I was being watched. …

Art Lover’s Guide to Japanese Museums book review

Blog — November 21, 2019

Art Lover’s Guide to Japanese Museums Yale University Press   Wow! I love Japan, Japanese art and Japanese museums but I did not expect such a quality book - in both content, and physical quality. Not unlikely the quality standards one is used to when it …

The No Meat Athlete Cookbook book review

Blog — November 23, 2019

The No Meat Athlete Cookbook: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes to Fuel Your Workouts—and the Rest of Your Life The Experiment   I live a pescatarian lifestyle ninety five percent of the time – not religiously but as something that has naturally evolved and has proven to be …

Virgil Abloh: Artwork book review

Blog — November 24, 2019

Virgil Abloh: Artwork Prestel Publishing   Louis Vuitton’s creative director Virgil Abloh is a phenomenon by any standard. A phenomenon beyond hype and marketing. Abloh’s creative output seems boundless and is unleashed in an unparalleled abundance, with most of his emissions being sold out immediately. Opulently …