I shall endeavour to write regularly of wonders that I find, but here is a small collection to get us started.
Delights and Curios
Beautiful, mysterious book-sculptures to honour the delights of libraries and the stuff wot’s in ‘em.
http://vimeo.com/6529780 - wonderful real-life stop-frame animation music video from Sydney band, Alpen.
http://mandaflewaway.tumblr.com/post/2057242738 - cute looped music-making toy.
http://weavesilk.com/ - mesmerising, serene and addictive visual art toy.
Events
Berlin
Sonntagskonzerte im Spiegelsaal
Brisbane
Poetry
Reading the Ceiling’s Pine Calligraphy
Ron Moss (also with subtle and beautiful watercolours and photographs; see also his Ginko on Cradle Mountain)
Nerissa Rowan has a couple of lovely pieces here.
MC Jabber is an astonishing spoken word performer, leaves you feeling breathless and blown off your feet. Here’s a film of an installation using, fiddling about with and dismantling one of his spoken works.
Creative Collaborations
Visual Arts
Michael Benson – also see interview here about his stunning book, Planetfall.
Music
Andrew Farnham & Independent Music Academy
Entertainment for the Braindead (I keep going back to ”A Trace” (on the album, “Hydrophobia”) over and over – like a tiny rockpool and waterfall that you find unexpectedly in a corner of a room you didn’t know your home had – a place of cool and quiet when you’re being alternately baked and fried…) Well worth checking out her gorgeous images on Tumblr, too.
Food
The Search for Italian Hot Chocolate
Fiction
