Friday, 16 April 2010

MOON-AGE T-SHIRTS



Silk tops with Moon-age images transfered

Cheapest method:
1. buy silk (ask the name of the place Shayli recommended)
2. sew tops with the help of mum
3. transfer images with iron

or

Print at COFA

Other t-shirts eg. mens-- source in op shops for the 'burnout/ vintage' texture

Will sew tops into the shape below using silk.

$36 from american apparell
http://store.americanapparel.com.au/rsa0400w.html

Another inspiration for shape:



burnout t-shirts- $32
http://www.zazzle.com/ladies_burnout_t_shirt_fitted_vintage_white-235821090152049735

Silk transfer supplier
http://www.lazertran.com/techniques/textiles.htm

Pack of 3 mens organic t-shirt - $66
http://store.americanapparel.com.au/2001orgpac.html

Mens organic t-shirt $27
http://store.americanapparel.com.au/2001org.html


Wednesday, 14 April 2010

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

ART/FILM

ART
Large wax sculptures of creatures- colorful- light up like large candles on exhibition night and watch them melt... film them melting.

FILM

Moon-ite orchestra plays concert in a junkyard
interments out of toilette roles and milk bottles all painting
cardboard box
Moon-ite draws on notes and plays each note like a synthesizer
Audience members are made out of bits of rubbish and dolls who cheer the orchestra on

Three hump-like islands rise out of the sea. Each island is dominated by a different religion evident by the statues of worship on each hump- a cross, a Bhuddah and Ganesh.
3 moon-ites sit around the islands in a large shell bath (sea)
They are the real three gods of this world.
eating noodles and spitting them into bath
Moon-ites on a leesh




Camera goes down the oesophagus into a foamy, floaty land- Moon's stomach
workers filter the good and the bad through different pipes eg. nutritous goodness/ excrement. Digested food floods in through a shoot.

Witch Doctor with blacked out teeth runs towards the camera screaming- crash zoom.
egg with an eye on it.. she cracks it in the middle of her forehead and lets the yolk slide down her face.

Its about narcissism. Non-realities. Power. Multiple personalities witin one. Performance. Gender bending. Different types of sexualuty- dominant, androgenous, primitive.

Ideas for costume change, or morphing special effects.

Normal Alexandra sitting on a couch- like a rag doll... floppy

Dandy grooming mustache in the mirror.. smoking a cigarette.
making out with a boy.

Admires reflection in a bucket of water... is drawn till it till his face is in the water.. emerges dripping with black paint

The moon-ites start to polish them and lick them as the Dom whips either side.

Take Dandy to a bucket of water where he admires his refelction--- they dunk his head in till he is gasping for breath and make-up runs down his face...


Screen is split into 3. With all three figures blowing smoke into the camera and staring down the barrel.

Dom pours blam paint down on assistants faces.

eye egg... witch doctor cracks it into her forehead and lets the yolk run down her face.



Use the voice over over some music...

MISC INSPIRATION/ NOTES


Research Rimbaud- 16 year old homosexual poetic genius
Camille Cordelle- A mad, talented, sexual and progressive woman. Her brother arranged her imprisonment which drove her to kill herself.
The Story of the Eye
The Wickerman
The Stepenwolf
Oscar Wildes fairy tales

Decadence, deviance and madness
Flaneur

WORDS-
I am the electric marionette
free of any strings
i have come to sever yours
so you can know all things
and to those with hollow souls
who would like to see me squirm
i will not dance for you
like a hook gutted worm
there are no strings for you to pull
i'll scratch my own back thank you
do not try to tell me
what in life i lack
you may have won the rat race
but you're still just a rat

you will all know my name
this is not a demon
i plan to tame
i will see your faces again
this is how it starts
i have been chosen for the part

its a tragic game
they climb the ladder
just to fill in time
all kinds of ways
to distract thier minds
filling in time
don't they get frustrated
being so uncreative
don't they get frustrated
being so uncreative
filling in time
like wind up toys that never unwind

anointed by the red sand
licking my dry hands
it is written in runes
find at the mouth of the lion
the holy book of peace

torn between desire and satiety
hope and disillusionment
pleasures finite
needs intimate
but i will not be complicit in your duplicity
save my charge for golden endeavors
save my love for other lovers
why do i attract dirty windows?

they just need a bit of cleaning
so the light can shine through

The new world order theatre
this is the synergetic nature beast
Throw it at me, overwhelm me
let me laugh at how I knew
everyone dancing to his own personal boom boom
it is time to summon what ever power i have within me to create an electric storm
we dance in the glow of the desert dawn

these are the symptoms of riding a wave of joy
wake people up to the eternal performance
magician of the universe
i will do its work
in the name of beauty
you are in the thick of the happening

sent to me from the universal idea bank

the dark night of the soul

listening to tales of the great dervishes

The Hysterics:

The hysterical arch
like a string pulled from the belly
naked covenants
sexualized broomstick
your brother imprisons you

Pan plays his flute
and you fall apart
plays his flute
and you fall apart

scrutinizing eyes set deep in their orbits

you need good transport to kill 6 million

chocolate box virgins
and bridal porn
asaphile, sacrfiice

the abject
the incommunicable
the sweepings of sodom
importuning filthy favours
the semen of powerful men

tits tits tits
misogyny and sluts
power through sexual denial
like the red haired queen
i was a virtuoso of deceit
i practiced detachment
my mother told me i was a sado masachist
i had this inbuilt chastity belt
man is a sublime ape

mad love
exacerbated beauty
the phenomenon of ecstasy
Juis saunce
Pleasure so instense it is almost painful
orgasm
Viseral
The phantom of the exciting


Disenchanted world
with too much reason
form follows funtion
narrow reality tunnels
turned their tvs colour and themselves to black and white
creatures of the commonplace
slaves of the ordinary
you are 100% the cause of your own misery
realize the impermanence of absolutely everything
resist reacting. resist repeating.
self hatred is just as bad
as sheer egotism, m'lad
The compulsion of repeating
humans repeat trauma
Spiral dynamics integral
Spiral death mountain

Do not paint pictures of paranoia

Wailing organs
Paris spleen
looks like he's living off the smell of an oily rag
loitering with intent
oscillating between options
the imposition of order= the escalation of chaos
belief is the death of intelligence
test your own sanity
in the crucible of change
living by your wits and wisdom
explore the labrunthyne regions of your mind-
your cosmic fun house
cabalistic magician
machiavellian amoralist

kook pot-lets explore the epic frontiers
I have completed a bachelor of applied madness
A few screws loose eh?
A few sandwhiches short of a picnic?
Come inside- we'll put your head on the right way round..

i am like a stunned mullet in case of emergency break the glass

and I say
Don't you throw those suburban terms at me
nothing is free in this world except for the occasional after dinner mint.

some peoples pain is so hidden from them
they go into the world with developed minds and undeveloped hearts
not cold heartsthe difference is important

scotch fingers are for lovers
they are not for me
asked for a whirlwind
and didn't get a breeze

the peacock feathers you parade
make the miandaphols stare
as they wonder why they dont get laid
and grow envious of your decadent affairs
your the dandiest dandy
who all the ladies fancy
and who all the fellahs wanna be
but being of light
i whole heartedly believe
you've met your match in me

you must be here to keep me sane
or else i'm just another crazy person
painting on their face

You welcome death. And unless you can welcome death, one thing is certain -- you have not lived.

The sky has turned to apricot jam
in a spaceage wasteland.
Light bulbs for eyes
Electric tears we cry
Thick smoke in chemical skies.

you stare at me with beady eyes
the green monster eats your insides
concious of my every move
can't wait to get away from you

Cockroaches crawl over a copy of zombie flesh eater
No one can see the magic is gone
The cracks are creeping down the walls
Its dead to me already, but hang on I must
for this one event to come.
Goodbye to the floating room- I hope magic has stained your foundations
High up in the universe lost within my dreams
I'll never forget the one mattress in an empty house
and the fantasy of what was to come

Your an insipid waif
a psuedo intellectual fake
its my pride you rape
and my dignity you take
You have left just a bruise to the ego
not a severed limb or broken heart.
Don't try to outsmart me with your bervous retorts
like insulting is your mastered art
you are a fool of the highest degree
a test of your will power? No I think not!
why your more of an actor than me!
so in this falsity i hope you rot

We threw our hands up to the sky
We closed our eyes
we breathed it in
the funny folk have dimond eyes
inspired minds and goosebumped skin
the smart ones need drama
and drama, you and i
will never fail
we are riding in a storm
in a boat without sails

we've lost cutlery, dignity, vitamin d
contracted hepatitis a, b and c
we reject materiality
just enough to dress ridiculously
we have enough shit to fill out abode
since we find it all by the side of the road
the lack of space can be a drag
and birdy puffs on so many fags
that theres smoky smog from floor to ceiling
and u could get lung cancer just from breathing
all the same i dont think of leaving
working the phones
or wraughting the gov
gives us the pennies
to do what we love
acting like kings
and living like bums
what a delightful delusion


eyelashed portal to anouther dimension
taj mahal of biege down stairs
tutued indian leads the way
nimble his legs and long are his hairs
insanity uner light of moon
we devour fruits so exotic
a hazy world where time exists not
only pleasures dark and erotic

I rarely step outside my head
i view all through the blinds
i want to wear a mask all the time
and not have to explain why
i am cocooned and i
wait and wait for wings

so good riddance
i'll be nameless and bright eyed
out with these demons inside

the four horsemen of the apocolypse
cobwebs and harmonies
the medicus compiled by the bishop of worms
the rusty relics of a faded world of dreams
narcissism, vanity, beauty, corruption+manipulation over anouther

i broke my vow
tried to justify my actions
but please leave the humiliation to those hours
i did not listen to my intuition
i have been taught a lesson
i took my penalty with dignity
so let the guilt not stick with me
no body else needs to know
how long i was sitting in flu-resent glow
avoided as though i were bacteria
smirked at like a caged baboon
thinking of various ways to escape
but knowing that all i could do was wait
for a slap on the wrist
then they will let me go

this is the reality pertaining to now
the pain will always pass
i look to the ink burned in my skin
a reminder that naught will last
i watched you jump from roof to roof
naked in the london snow
and how brave and free i thought you were
and how radiant your glow



i tell you that there is no drama
and you simply scoff
i let you snuggle up to me
caught in your cycle of misery
the shaman's greatest problems
are still chicks and money
what you call love
reeks of attachment
and it is evident
that we are still way off

a prophecy?
all were brainwashed with pills
into a subdued
consistently positive attitude
all were vegitarian
none were to speak with the letter h
such strange rules as there were in place
i shamed that i had gone though
really frenchi and i had fled
choosing to stay invisible
and keep free thought instead
once like minded persuede my conversion
now all are mad but you and i
but our sanity may drive us to the brink


Spoken word-
'is it true?
can you absolutely know that it is true?
how do you react when you think it is true?
Who would you be without this truth?
The turn around
What you think shouldn't have happened
should have happened
because it did'

'Russian scientists conducting deep hole drilling experiments in Siberia break through the earth's crust at more than 14 kilometers. They find it unusually hot at that depth (2,000 degrees F). As a part of trying to listen to movement in the earth's crust, they drop a microphone into the drilled hole and are horrified when they realize they are hearing the voices of millions of people crying out in torment'
Moon-ites start to moan+ drum beat starts

cyborg sphinx
electronic pyrimids
transcendental masturbation
the immortalists

the misery
the misery
the entities
they burden you
they swallow you
they sit on your chest
heavy on your lungs
you choke when you wake
they have you possessed
so labour you must
with spazzaming limbs
ill feelings harbored
trying to remain
your not to waver
in this war
for its your mind
you have to train
remain equanimous
shits going down
vomits coming up

The thumb

Movies to see:
critters
scorpio rising


Monday, 12 April 2010

EVENTS




Foam machine- How to make your own
http://www.mit.edu/people/ara/howto.html

Tvs installed on top of each other like audio visual mountains. Smiles, eyes, mouths, speaking. Like in Videodrome.

Something inspired by "Easter Glamour Portrait Studio". Part project runway, part top model, part camp and a whole lot of chaos! The themes included bright colors, oversized flowers, clashing patterns...the works. Once participants 'looks' are assembled, they are photographed one by one in front of one of the several backdrops (including a pit of feathers, fake grass with real mushroom scattered on it, hologram and butterfly backdrops...).


THE MAGIC THEATRE.
THE THEATRE OF ?
A Freeeeeeak out.

What is the magic theatre?

It is a warehouse space turned installation consisting of various rooms in which participants will encounter art installtions and interactive activities. Time will be allocated for the exploration of the exhibits followed by a main performance. The main act will involve sets by two or three London experimental music acts and will be accompanied by a visual element eg. Projections, dancers or broken up by short skits.

Project Aims
For the artists: The key aim of the project is to bring various London creatives together to collaborate and blur the lines between art, fashion, music and performance. The event will assist in gaining recognition for the work of all artists involved.

For the audience: It is a completely interactive, sensory experience. They are encouraged to explore and play as children do, to submit to their imaginations, to submit to the unexpected… like Alice down the rabbit hole. We hope to break down social barriers.
Tweakers will be set up for certain activities. Tweakers are confident individuals who facilitate the audience’s engagment with the peroformances, as many of them will be highly interactive.
Musicians
Robot in Disguise www.myspace.com/robotsindisguise
Happy Bunny
Stavin’ Chains
S.C.U.M www.myspace.com/scum1968
Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump www.myspace.com/anexperimentonabirdintheairpump
Bo Ningen www.myspace.com/boningen
Dead Yhetti

Artists

Rubbish Shampoo Fairy www.rubbishfairy.com
Moon-Age www.moon-age.net
Felicity Hayward www.felicityhayward.com
Kristof Von Straus
Mathew Stone http://www.matthewstone.co.uk/
Adham Farhamway
Gedvlle B

Rooms

Room 1: Upside Down

Installation by Kristof Von Straus and Moon-Age
Aim: To create the illusion of walking on the ceiling
Constructed primarily out of cardboard. Lightweight furniture made out of cardboard strung to ceiling.
Upside down Table with flowers in a vase and a deck of cards stuck to it.
Fake cat and mouse.
Upside down clock, bookshelf and wall paintings
Upside down shelf with jars

Room 2: Inside Out
Aim: To disturb, make one feel queezy.
Four barrels with various body parts. Participants are encouraged to dip their hands into the spleen to find free drink vouchers.
Misc. Organs: Plastic bags and condoms filled with water and covered in slime (flower and water)
Ovaries and testicals: Pickled eggs
Hair (pubic hair, pit hair, head hair): Cut up wigs.
Human Fat: Jelly
Basket of aborted babies.
‘Severed torso installation’
The actor is sitting down on a chair but their lower body is disguised by what appears to be a bed and their upper body emerges from a hole in the bed. ‘Guts’ spilling from the torso disguise the area where the torso emerges from the hole in the bed and thus give the illusion that the actor has been cut in half.


Room 3: Artist Tents

Installation tents. Approximately 4 or 5 tents with mini exhibitions or activities run by artists.
Tent 1:
Rubbish Shampoo Fairy

Tent 2:
Gedville B- eye gazing party
Blindfolded experience
Tent 3:
Felicity Hayward
Tent 4:
Mathew Stone
Tent 5: Erotica- by Scottee?
Covered in porn, dildos, sex toys, vaginas, phallas’s
Sound installation /
Naked tent- you are only allowed in if naked/ semi naked – set up with naked tweakers
Tent 6:
Zine factory- materials for zine making supplied- magazines, glue, scizzors, art materials. Zine issued post event.
Room 4: Moon-age Mini exhibition
4 Framed drawing works
Yhetti bath- costume based installation. Two performers costumed by Moon-Age emersed in a bath of liquid.
Miniature sculptures hanging on the walls.
Sound installation created by Moon-Age.
Room 4: Scrap Club
Run by Joel Cahen accompanied by Stavin’ Chains
Products everywhere. Look around you. How many products do you see. Count them. They are tools to aid you. You know that you must have them. You are always reaching out to them throwing old ones away taking new ones. always the instigator. always the initiator of your special relationship.
now.every once in a while. you have to smash them up..show your appreciation . . . .
respect them as entities of your imagination....
and retaliate.
'Behind matter, Within matter, the creative spirit is hidden' - Wassily Kandinsky
http://www.scrapclub.co.uk/

Video and installation by Kristof Von Straus

Hollywood glamour and despair

The Facinorous Feast – atrociously wicked
Large jelly sculptures, Decadent foods- fruit, cheese platters
‘Pink Elephants on Parade’
Looped Video Installation

Costume Stall

Provided at the door
Shredded material necklaces
Shredded garbage bag shawls.
Clothes for 3 pounds per item.
What You Did Last Night photobooth
Child of Iago Vinatge stall
Broken hearts as costumed rovers

Materials Breakdown

Upside down:
Cardboard
Old paintings
Vase with Flowers
Deck of cards
Fake car and mouse
Jars
2 wooden shelves
Inside Out:
Four large barrels/ containers
Basket
Numerous baby dolls
Bed prop
Pickled eggs
Old wigs
Jelly
Chair
Camp Castophrenia:
4 large camping tents
Scissors, glue, art materials, paper
Scrap club
PA for Stavin chains
Moon-Age
Bathtub
Speakers
Lighting
The Facinorous Forinsecal Feast
Jelly (lots of it)
Olives, cheese, fruit
Costume-
Feathers- simple feather head pieces
Shredded garbage bag shawls
Face make up
Other installations
2 x projectors
Speakers
Bar sales-
Mulled wine
Absinth

Possible prop hire

Psychedelic uv backdrop
mushroom themed entrance
sixties town center square
orient express style carriage interior
giant pencils
moving buffet tables
http://www.amazingpartythemes.com/photos/Henryann.jpg
Day of the dead skull moulds
http://www.clothdollpatterns.com/patterns2/id84.htm
Information on how to make a Day of the Dead alter