From the gutter to you

My mother grew up at Bondi beach. Deeply engaged with the constant sea’s presence in her young life, she ran in its waves and walked on the golden sand.  

She spent her days looking not out at the horizon, but down in order to gather evidence of her powerful companion, in the form of pretty seashells, seaweed and quirky, strange detritus. 

Many years on, I also find myself looking down as I walk along, also attempting to find interesting fragments of life, 

but this time it's the evidence of the inner city area where I work and live. 

Being in the gutter is often used as an insult. But looking in gutters will allow you to find a constant source of curious and engaging artifacts that always brings a smile or a question to one. 

Fingers and Toes

What to do with old work gloves?  They often wear out in just one or two fingertips, annoyingly.

But they are made of wonderful thick leather and it is a real shame to just throw them away. 
Thanks to our man on the street in Japan, these wonderful boot covers were discovered, purchased and 

brought back to Sydney town to admire and wear.

In true Shiftazine manner, some clever Japanese designer saved these cast-aways and repurposed them,
moving them from hands to feet in one brilliant and witty idea.
Love THIS snappy, fashion forward, centre on winter statement. Reuse, recycle, reinvent.  

The buzz and hum of Art

I hear the buzzing and humming of a Fluoro Tube or two. 

‘The Light Show’ at the MCA for the VIVID Festival, celebrates the joy of light in a diverse range of creative interpretations.  

This installation is a part of the permanent collection of the MCA, so go be thrilled by some fluoro light tubes...

incredible, beautiful, wonderful.

The Light Show at the MCA:16 April-5 July 2015

Mon-Wed: 10am-5pm 
Thu: 10am-9pm 
Fri-Sun: 10am-5pm

140 George Street
The Rocks
Sydney, Australia
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Step inside

The Lord Gladstone pub on Regent Street in Chippendale, inner city Sydney was the focus of an article in April entitled ‘Raw and Unedited’. 

It focused on the powerful raw graphics that had been engaged on the pub’s street facade whilst renovations were occurring within.

Well, one very cold evening shiftazine passed through the street doors and found a space out the back that was 
full of beauty, energy and visual life that warmed us to our toes and hearts. 

The raw street graphics that had been placed on the street façade, delivered on the expectation that a sense of something true and exciting would be found within. 
Art rocks.