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Dirimart and Hermann Nitsch review

Blog — February 21, 2021

Dirimart and Hermann Nitsch   I have to admit that Turkey has not necessarily been on my map of art destinations. As a matter of fact, Turkey is one of the few countries in Europe I have yet to visit. All the more delighted I was when …

Water of Life – Spirit Thief

Blog — February 22, 2021

Water of Life – Spirit Thief   Now this one has been a while in the making… There have been quite a few independent bottlers we have covered as part of this series, some of which with an exquisitely and idiosyncratic approach to curation and sourcing of …

Anselm Kiefer – Schirmer / Mosel

Blog — February 23, 2021

Anselm Kiefer – Schirmer / Mosel Given my art related emissions, it should not come as a surprise that I harbour a bit more than a weak spot for Anselm Kiefer and his oeuvre. Having lived in different countries across three continents, I have yet to not seize the …

The Formative Years – Rollins Band

Blog — February 24, 2021

The Formative Years – Rollins Band   I would deem it borderline impossible to be into punk and hardcore and not only be familiar with but have a distinct take on Henry Rollins. While the topic of who the best Black Flag frontman was remains a well-debated, the …

Water of Life – Glencairn Crystal

Blog — February 25, 2021

Water of Life – Glencairn Crystal   There is certainly no shortage of opinions when it comes to the question of the design and look of the vessel whisky is to be enjoyed from. Fact is that a well-crafted glass can change your drinking experience to the …

Water of Life – Banks and Solander

Blog — February 27, 2021

Water of Life – Banks and Solander   While my DNA has me more geared towards whisk(e)y, my better half is all about gin, which enables me to sample new variants from around this earthround on a regular basis. What I really like is when gins are enhanced …

Station Museum of Contemporary Art

Blog — February 28, 2021

Station Museum of Contemporary Art Hermann Nitsch and more I first came across The Station Museum of Contemporary Art due to my interest in Hermann Nitsch as the Texan exhibition forum, which usually has its focus on fine arts that reflect the cultural diversity of Houston’s communities, …

Swiss Wave and Calida

Blog — March 2, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors Swiss Wave and Calida   Gottfried Keller, precision watch manufacturing, the Alps, Max Frisch, fondue, versatile wee red knives, solid milk chocolate, more than seven thousand lakes, Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, multi-culturalism, Roger Federer and Gruyère cheese – stereotypes and clichés aside, I have …

Rock and Roll and Sunglasses, Pared Eyewear

Blog — March 4, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors Rock and Roll and Sunglasses, Pared Eyewear   Putting on a set of sunglasses can transform your whole look or as good ole Mulholland Man put it ever so eloquently, “when I put my sunglasses on, I am Jack Nicholson, without …

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Footwear

Blog — March 4, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – Footwear   We covered how much boots and specifically Dr. Martens coined underground couture in the 1970s and throughout the 1980s. However, with the advent of hardcore and straight edge, punk got a long needed overhaul – down to below the …

Gallery Lévy Gorvy

Blog — March 5, 2021

Gallery Lévy Gorvy Gerhard Richter and Roy Lichtenstein   Being a stalwart in the realm of both contemporary as well as post-war art, Lévy Gorvy is one of the galleries that has been on my radar for the longest time. I never got to visit one of …

Water of Life – Seppeltsfield Road Distillers

Blog — March 6, 2021

Water of Life – Seppeltsfield Road Distillers   With gin distilling having exploded in both demand and offerings and no end in sight when it comes to mushrooming, methinks we are nearing two hundred gin distilleries on terra australis. It is always nice to come across a …

I scream “ice cream”!

Blog — March 7, 2021

High Adventures in the Great Outdoors – I scream “ice cream”!   There is a reason why many is song is dedicated to ice cream and more often than not literally, and not merely metaphorically. There is not only the classic “Like ice in the sunshine” by Beagle …

powerHouse Books – Art of Sneakers and Art on Deck

Blog — March 9, 2021

powerHouse Books – Art of Sneakers and Art on Deck   powerHouse Books is one of the more interesting publishing houses as with its diverse portfolio, it covers a range of areas from pop cultural phenomena via books zeroing in on celebrities to fine art, with the common …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Camperdown vs. Newtown

Blog — March 13, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Camperdown (Wayward RSA HAZY IIPA) versus Newtown (Young Henry’s   “Carry on, my wayward son…”, indeed. When it comes to quality craft beers, Wayward Brewing is at the forefront of the Australian brewing institutions, not merely with its distinguished and accolade …

Vincent Ergo @ 107 Projects

Blog — March 14, 2021

Vincent Ergo Controlled Chaos Productions 107 Projects Sydney, Australia March 13, 2021 There are venues that seem to be custom-made for certain artistic incarnations and while 107 Projects is an artist led multidisciplinary creative, cultural and community organisation that has served as the forum …

Synaesthesia

Blog — March 15, 2021

Synaesthesia and Marrying the Best of the Analogue with the Merits of the Digital World   I have always loved the concept of synaesthesia, ever since I learned about it in school when we listened to The Beatles’ “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”. Even before, music had …

Water of Life - Dewar’s

Blog — March 16, 2021

Water of Life - Dewar’s   With our Water of Life series, we have covered a large array of distilleries, independent bottles and everything in between related to whisky. Every now and then one becomes acutely aware that there are some uncharted corners with some major players …

Kicking It Old School – Beats, Hoops and Kicks

Blog — March 17, 2021

Kicking It Old School – Beats, Hoops and Kicks Through the Ages For anyone who straddled the better parts of the 1980s, there is a borderline romantic concept of the joyous aspects and contexts of basketball. Cue urban environs, “back to school” jams, boomboxes, rap, rhymes, poetry, emceeing, …

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Green Beacon TDH OC IIPA

Blog — March 20, 2021

Thus Let Us Drink Beer – Green Beacon TDH OC IIPA   I am in love. While I have tried and enjoyed the fantastic and award decorated core range of one of the stalwarts of the ever evolving Australian craft beer scene, i.e. Green Beacon, founders Marc …