The life and times of E Forsyth

Wordpress website!!!

2010-03-19T03:28:00.000-07:00

OK OK so I have been overly slack but it's because I have been overly busy.
Also I am trying to build a wordpress site which I am figuring out while I go. You can see the progress here, ANY feedback is good feedback...

2010

2010-01-18T01:38:00.001-08:00

This is the new studio space I will be working in this year with a few others. We have set up a not for profit comapny to lease the space under the company name 'Method and Manners'. I am buying potplants this week for my office/studio which is the three windows on the top right. Woop woop. Am setting up a wordpress site which will replace this blog soon maybe. Maybe not. I like this blog, but yes i will put a link up for it soon :)

On location for the music video 'Of Everyone Around You' by James Duncan...

2009-09-14T18:54:00.001-07:00

Last weekend was my directors debut shooting a music video for NZ musician James Duncan. A longtime band member of SJD and Dimmer he released his solo album a month or so ago titled 'Hello-Fi' to much acclaim and press coverage blabla. Anyway his friends are making different videos for all the tracks and I volunteered to give it a go. We are editing it atm and should have it done end of next week? I storyboarded it first to ease the shoot and the editing.
Here are some stills from the shoot.
NOTE: The crappy glasses are not script but help me feel bossy.

Big ups to the crew and cast.
Here is a video made by film artist Sean Grattan who has recently left AKL for Cal arts. The track is 'My New Flumes' and features local artist Bacholorette, it is made almost entirley from stock footage and works quite well...Sean cameos in there pulling up some wierd caveman squat...

A nice code production for SJD

Another video this ones from Joe 'Fish' Jowitt

hmmm

2009-08-10T18:22:00.000-07:00

Have been caught up.
Sux to me.
Big post coming soon if anyone cares.
x

Leah Fraser at Utopian Slumps gallery Melbourne

2009-06-01T01:26:00.001-07:00

killing it Prior 'nuff said

2009-05-20T19:41:00.001-07:00

Auckland times

2009-05-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

This is me at the Plaything gallery/THE NEW ORDER HQ with head honchos Adam Bryce of Slamxhype and Ben King of The Wire. Photo courtesy of Joe Allen-Shea of Monster Children gallery and Izrock pressings who came over for a whirlwind visit. You can see more of his trip here...
I have a few of my own photos and videos too to upload. So stay tuned!

An A0 drawing from my recent exhibition at Plaything gallery. there are A2 sized prints available signed limited edition of fifty from the gallery. Email me for details if you are interested...click to see the full image.

BUSY BUSY!!!

2009-05-17T03:13:00.000-07:00

Soooo issue two is almost done. Got some topnotch shizznit which actually i just deleted because it's exclusive! Had a nice opening here. Bringing some stuff over to Aussie to the Marker Gallery in Collingwood for the 29th of May and then OurMishMash in Sydney June 7th. Meantime check out the Wire where my sister and I are writing a newsblog...yeah in our 'spare' time...

CEC- a brief note

2009-05-05T20:26:00.000-07:00

The Current Economic Climate reached high visibilty on Queen St today with a gross increase in beggars, people with clipboards, and people trying to fish with craZy costumes. Also notable was the number of for lease signs and suits having D and M's on the sidewalk.
If I had a dollar I would be scared.

I really should be working...

2009-03-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

Soundtrack to issue two: straight Slum Village classics...

Ah workkkkkking on it...

Back homo

2009-03-16T19:35:00.000-07:00

Am laying low working on issue two of THE NEW ORDER and a couple of solo exhibitions.
Sister Leah and I are working on a film and got to talking about bike riding and this video..

Sleepy Jean had just woke up and spent some time with Monster cat.
The laziest happiest cat.

The cemetery I have to walk through everytime I leave my mums. Peaceful yes, morbid no.

Party time excellent. NO. Party over there's work to be done we are at day 78 mf's let's get the paper...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZwVGY4Snc

Leaving

2009-03-16T18:49:00.000-07:00

After a six hour delay. Finally...no coffee stain on the wing to keep me company though.

The airline gave us 3o dollar vouchers. Woop. Trout fishing in america departure lounge at Tullamarine...

Yup should have played as Chung LI. That's what you get for forgetting your power moves.

saturday=The New Order=sleep deprived

2009-03-09T21:36:00.001-07:00

So ah that was me on Sat, Zoi Pretsios from Betchula having a giggle. I got by with a little help by my friends and the party was great. My flicks were pretty shabby though but DJ MafiaMafia got a few goodies checkem out here... Just changed this link...

Special delivery

2009-03-09T21:29:00.000-07:00

Yes that is Ian Astenbury
Yes it has landed
http://www.tno-mag.com
http://www.slamxhype.com

Friday=Ben Brown exhibition=all night party=Johnston St and beyond

2009-03-09T20:54:00.001-07:00

The birthday girl...sweet 22...

I found good friends Alex Vivian, Ackroyd and Elisa lurking in the alley like all good types do...

Back door...

The intestines of Edwina's handbag...

Ackroyd flowerhands/Mario the super pizza chef gets Hawaiian. Freaking good pizza 256 Johnston...

Edwina and I join in..

Classic Keith Haring also on Johnston just after Smith St, untouched since the eighties...
Earlier that evening

Man of the moment Ben Brown and his beautiful familia..

One of his infamous prints for sale at the Marker gallery 159 Johnston St, Collingwood or through nice produce...

There were more than a few souls out that evening...

Including this guy who was in an amazing band in the 70's and left in a psychedelic van...

Curator dan castle was pleased with his special brew prepared for the evenings purpose...

The original artwork complimented the prints well...

Chris was in a cold mood that evening, our lady summer has left us yet again...

Dan tries selling through zombie impersonations...

While Luke looks solemn as we question the origin of the cocktail umbrella...

Thursday=Swifty Show

2009-03-09T20:41:00.001-07:00

Artist Two One was there..

My good friend Sahil and I got high off all the fresh paint and checked out the Tamiya logoesqued mobile...

And the friendly red giant Caine from the Heist. He got some pretty god pictures which you can see here...

wednesday=go font yourself=jeromes

2009-03-09T20:25:00.000-07:00

All in good form for the evenings festivities.
Chris in particular although Luke G tried to snap him out of it.
Go Font Yourself opened at the 'Don't Come' Gallery which is part of Schwipe. Too many people to get decent photos though. I posted the important info about the show on http://www.extracheeese.com which is where I will be doing any serious art posts from now on.

THE NEW ORDER magazine launch party Melbourne

2009-03-01T22:58:00.001-08:00

Yessir...
This Sat March 7th at the Marker Gallery, 159 Johnston St, Collingwood, from 6-9pm.
Come along and be the some of the first in the world to pick this up hot off the press.
Also the previous night is the opening of Ben Brown's exhibition at the same gallery so all his fabulous prints will be available for sale. We have co-ordinated these back to back openings/launch in association with Marker Gallery as Ben is one of the featured artists in this pioneer issue.

About the magazine:
The New Order Magazine

The New Order is a new quarterly art and fashion magazine, featuring exclusive content from all around the world. Talented and high profile writers and photographers from Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and many other corners of the globe have contributed to The New Order, making for a magazine that is quite unlike anything else. The New Order is founded by the people behind popular street culture website slamxhype.com, Adam Bryce and James Oliver. The first issue of The New Order is packed full of great interviews with prominent figures from both the art and fashion worlds, indicative of the magazine’s philosophy to look behind the fashion and art and examine the people responsible for making it. Ian Astbury of The Cult, Shawn Mortensen, Richard Prince, Dan Colen, Nate Lowman, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Jose Parla, Ben Brown, Keiichi Nitta, Nonnative, Nexus VII, Dr Romanelli, Band of Outsiders, Wood Wood, Bless, Henrik Vibskov, Comme Des Garcons, Visvim, Cassette Playa, Eric Elms, Geoff McFetridge and O.H.W.O.W. represent just a small portion of the people and brands featured in this packed first issue. The New Order also contains regular columns by Fraser Cooke, Aaron ‘A-Ron the Downtown Don’ Bondaroff, and Aaron Rose amongst others, providing a unique insight into the musings of several iconic figures of street culture, art and fashion. Issue One is out in March.

Other Australian/local artists included in this issue are Jonathan Zawada, Joseph Allen (curator of Monster Children Gallery) and Misha AKA Perks of Perks and Mini.

Keep checking http://www.slamxhype.com, http://www.tno-mag.com for updates and join the facebook event here.

It's a family affair...

2009-02-12T02:34:00.000-08:00

Leah Wellington

Leah Wellington...
It's true I don't mention it often but my whole family is great!
I have an older sister called Anna who is an amazing singer.
My younger brother and sister Joel and Leah who are twins took these beautiful shots below.
Leah's were just with a point and shoot and Joel's with a Ukrainian Kiev.
He has since hooked up the Rolls Royce Hasselblad and I have been sending him on location for the magazine.
Leah is co-director for Liberty gallery and all is going nicely.
Did I mention I have another two twin brothers?
They are only three so who knows what they will be!
Right now they are gorgeous.
My mum is a painter and my dad, well obviously he's a very busy man!!!

Joel last summer in Melbourne. Out the front of the Flemington house where we were brewing on Christmas day. The empty lot where we are riding is now under construction for an apartment lot. The projects are still there though...

Ouch is cool...

2009-02-12T02:12:00.000-08:00

New Zealand artist Sam Rulz or Ouch...
First met her when we worked together on an all female graffiti exhibition in Auckland at the Disruptive gallery.
She was living in Hamilton (Hamiltron city of the future/Hamtown)at the time.
She was sporting an impressive green mowhawk which was rather unusual for a graff artist I thought. These days she's pin-up perfection and working hard to make beautiful inky engravings. When I was back in AK she was at Stefan Sinclairs studio 'Two Hands' where I got my tatt fixed up.
Now she has joined 'the mainland' that is to say gone to Melbourne and is working at Green Lantern tattoo studio.
Her work is humorous and delicately accurate.
You can see more on her flikr...

It's getting hot in here

2009-02-06T20:22:00.000-08:00

It has reached 45.8degrees in the city of Melbourne today.

Shit is real.

Although we are due for what Australians refer to as a 'cool change' the implications of this heat wave point to one of the most serious challenges of our age; climate change...

The streets have been littered with dead leaves stirred by a hot wind for weeks now and residents have been pondering an early autumn.
The reality is far worse however. Hundreds of trees many of them senior, with ages well over a century are dying; due to the increase in heat.

The sky is gray despite the sunshine all over the state of Victoria as bush fires rage on in the outer suburbs.

Water restrictions are tight and one cannot avoid a guilty feeling when indulging in that second shower.

Close near by in the Pacific the nation of Tuvalu the rising sea level is sending the 11,000 inhabitants into panic. One island has already been engulfed by rising tides and with the general land mass not much over one meter above sea level relocation is necessary for survival.
Australia's Minister for Immigration, Mr Ruddock has said, "they will have to apply to come to Australia just like anyone else".
Despite Australia being arguably the most pollutant country in the Pacific.

'Help thy nieighbour' seems to be reserved for nostalgia and I am reminded of Mos Def's track 'New World Water' from the 1999 album 'Black on Both Sides'.
"You gotta cook with it bathe and clean with it, when it's hot summer time you fiend for it, it's what they dress wounds and treat diseases with, consumption provides health and easiness, the black and white rich and poor got need for it and everyone in the world can agree with it"
"You can laugh and take it as a joke if you wanna, but it don't rain for four weeks some summers"
"Fuck the bank I need a twenty year water tank"
Not sure if the first line is correct it's just from memory, but you get my point right.

Scarey thing is that was released ten years ago now.

Image from the Herald Sun

Where your wheely bin?

2009-02-05T18:04:00.000-08:00

37/365 days 2009 so far have been hectic.
As well as living in a different city getting by sleeping on the floor I have been working two day jobs, organizing an international exhibition (more on that soon) and moonlighting as arts editor for a new magazine coming out in March called 'The New Order'.

Here is a little about the magazine:

The New Order is a quarterly Arts, Fashion and Culture Magazine. Targeting the influencers who depict popular culture and lead the way in creating and developing arts and brand recognition. The New Order is a genuinely international magazine, curating content from all corners of the globe and distributing its fine quality publication all around the world.

Headed by Adam Bryce, the founder of one of the worlds biggest and best respected street culture websites, slamxhype.com. The New Order is run by a collective of talented and esteemed writers, photographers, editors and more. Alumni from the likes of i-D Magazine, Vogue, Interview, V Magazine, Purple and features regular contributions from some of the most highly regarded industry insiders and cultural icons.

The New Order's goal is to create The New Order, a new movement within the fashion and arts industries, a cultural bible for a new era.

I have had the great pleasure and privilege of interviewing some of the worlds top creatives and am anticipating a breakthrough premiere issue. I would love to tell you more but secrecy compliments genius in this matter.
Around the first of March there will be launch parties in LA, Tokyo, London, Auckland and of course Melbourne which I am working on.
So wherever you are the news should filter through otherwise keep up to date on http://www.slamxhype.com
Please do not hesitate to contact me via email for any inquiries.

Somehow I manage to socialize regardless of time restraints and the biggest heat wave Melbourne has seen since 1905.
Last weekend we all chilled at the infamous fountain park drinking longnecks under the moon and street light. Everyone here rides a bike (mainly track though) so I saw fit to swipe this crazy 'Predator' BMX from the Flemington house and join in...

For a more indepth blog on melbourne life check out Max's blog where I swiped these images. Still don't have a decent camera so what the hell...
Max is amazing. As well as actually being a decent and interesting human being he also makes custome denim and a great zine both under the title 'Note To Self' which you can learn more about here...

Check out weird comment someone left me. Hmm thanks for that. I'm not messing with your beliefs so don't even try!

another time....a long time ago

2009-01-29T20:25:00.000-08:00

My brother Joel. My brother from another mother Chris live and direct from Flemington bridge. T-shirts by sister Leah.
45 degree days now though.
Rooftop climbing, park chilling, alley loitering. I could get used to this. Oh wait I already did...

Andrew Prior

2009-01-19T14:59:00.000-08:00

This is Prior or Andrew Prior. I am staying with him and Chris for a while here in Melbourne in their loft. On Friday I drank too much to climb into the loft and fell. I think I cracked a rib. So on Saturday we took a drive to some rapids and soaked up the sunshine, country air and fresh water. We each had a single stubby which Prior referred to as 'Necklings'

A few things I'd like to mention....

2009-01-16T19:28:00.000-08:00

You, you got what they need. Go and be a friend.
Support the supporters and get chaotic for Liberty Gallery's fundraiser.
Featuring Charlie Ash, Diamonds and Dirt, and Princess Diana.
Diamonds and Dirt are my favs from the line-up featuring members of the Whipping Cats (see top photo)
Also why not check out the artwork of Ward Zwart, a talented illustrator from Belgium. The opening reception is in a few days...
http://libertygallery.blogspot.com

Overcast in Melbourne

2009-01-15T16:24:00.000-08:00

Chris on the Nintendo playing some game where he is a boat shooting things.
A painting I did in December.
Passed out at Amy Hills house last weekend.
Exhibition opening at Schwipe tonight. More godd times rolling on in.

Sarah Florence

2009-01-14T16:58:00.000-08:00

Recently in Melbourne...

2009-01-14T16:26:00.000-08:00

http://theslamfactory.blogspot.com/
It has been around 39 degrees for the last few days. Good beer drinking weather. Last night was spent sitting on a cricket pitch drinking Melbourne bitters in good company (my regards to Mister Thomas J). Even happened across the lovely Jack Jeweller at the Tram stop on Church St.
Saturday was spent walking back from a pass out party. We climbed through a hole in the fence of the graveyard, bikes and all. This effort was gratified by our time then spent at the shrine to Elvis listening to Katie Red and Dem Ho's.

Cassette 9

2008-12-07T18:44:00.000-08:00

Cassette 9 is a new bar in an old location. Where Papa Jacks used to be on Vulcan Lane in Auckland central. It opened successfully and packed to capacity on Friday with the Cheese on Toast Christmas shindig. Am trying to find images for ya'll that's one spot you can check my stuff in Auckland this week anyhoo...the nice people organizing it are also responsible for a place Sydney people will be familiar with...World Bar teapots anyone?

Black and Blue gallery 'Year is Over'

2008-12-07T18:38:00.000-08:00

For peops in Sydney I have a diptych up in this exhibition if you are looking to see stuff and are missing me dearly like I miss you. Here are some scans i tried to do at a net cafe before I couriered them...

Numbers exhibition opening in Melbourne this week...

2008-12-07T18:35:00.001-08:00

Curated by Monster Children. I got lucky number seven and did my personal take on the sins with animals fom David Attenboroughs 'Life On Earth'. Check it out at the opening this week on Thursday. I will be celebrating here in Auckland at the Vice Christmas shindig but back in Melbourne on Boxing day for New Years for those of you around...

back homo

2008-11-11T05:16:00.000-08:00

soon enough

One Month Stand Photo shizznit

2008-11-11T04:18:00.000-08:00

So finally opened last Thursday has really only been a month and a bit but a full and happy month so all is well.
I was painting right up until an hour before the opening.

But somehow the work was up

Plenty of help from my lovely sister Leah of course

and our good friend Jo Galvin

who are running this new venture Liberty gallery.
And I got dressed?

Johnny Edgell provoded a sweet soundtrack, 48 below the vodka and Il Buco the pizza.
Nice one!
Everyones favourite mormens Mason and Clay came along

one even got his guns out early

but I can't seperate them as a team
The musical Tapsell brothers Jeremy (right see panel 8 of Restless)

and Tim(and James I know it's you!). You can spot them by the eyeballs

I was pretty happy with the outcome

my mum came and showed off to her work mate
(there is a letter to her to the left of her head we communicate by letter even though I have been staying with her while making this show...different hours)

was pleased with the details

and the general composition

then it was balls out

people took to the street WHATS UP AUCKLAND!!!

me and Jo got loose and pulled signs and faces

which reminds me

and I ended the night covered in dirty red wine doing karaoke passing out in the middle of a friends bed and not letting them get any sleep. All worth it. Sorry JT

Renee Vaile

2008-11-11T03:57:00.000-08:00

Rene Vaile
And to those unsure rejoice! Actually rejoice is better REJOICE!!
His site is up and we can greedily peruse his image feast; us vojeurs using the vojeur. Beautiful life! The Plums In The Icebox!
There is a site after many years a few select pieces from an expanding fruitcake (ha Rene).
For those who are uninitiated Rene started as a skate photographer in the early 90's late eighties sorta buzz time and started to include portraits of the people involved and in the scene almost simultaneously. He has developed into both a respected commercial photographer but for what he is most passionate he is most appreciated capturing the whimsical at its most beautiful.

(and I get to look like a babe)

show time

2008-11-07T02:16:00.001-08:00

opened last night will post pics tommorrow!!!

In progress for One Month Stand

2008-10-26T22:25:00.001-07:00

tattoo date

2008-10-19T04:32:00.000-07:00

With thanks to the beautiful and talented Stefan Sinclair of Two hands tattoo on Symond St Auckland. Leah, Jo and I booked him out this Saterday past to enjoy a painful day. Lying in an old dentist chair we all got special treatment ala needles. No more painful than acrylic nails and far more permanent

2008-10-19T04:21:00.000-07:00

Maybe it's hard to tell but these are some gangsta mfers. Chilling on the K'Happy in AK.

sketches from September

2008-10-13T02:10:00.000-07:00

Some B&W bird studies.
The two swallows I recently entered into a drawing comp hosted by Artspace and the Drawing Room here in NZ. Not hoping to win but happy to see it travel around as it was a drawing without purpose beforehand.

2008-10-05T23:37:00.000-07:00

New Zealand bro

2008-09-28T03:06:00.001-07:00

Kia ora cuz
Well I am visiting the whanau in AKL for a while and things are great. The birds sound like birds and not like dying babies like they do in Aussie. It is sunny and then rainy just like I remember it. The people are friendly and talented and the beer is cheap.
I am making work at my mums place in the suburbs peace and quiet are the key adjectives... and objectives if I think about it.
I will be having a solo exhibition here in late October and will start pushing out the press for that this week.
To sum it up I would recommend the video below...classic

While I am here in NZ I am staying some weekends with my sister at Cross St studios behind sunny Karangahape (K'Happy) Rd in Auckland. It is a pleasant space with a really great community vibe. I just wish I could take better pictures. On Saterday there was an amazing party where a band called the Lucky Dragons played. At one point there were a hundred or so people sitting cross legged on the floor listening and participating in their soundscape. Before the party we painted and cut out decorations there must have been at least ten of us setting up together and even more special everyone cleaned together the next day so it took no time.
I managed to get filthy drunk and make out a beautiful green eyed part Maori boy mmm lucky me!
My sister Leah Forsyth has an exhibition opening in the gallery space on the seventh of October called Dizygotic which I will write more on soon...

Below:
Some reasons I love stating with my mum,
The base layers to a ten panel painting I am working on,
Kowhai flowers looking beautiful,
Toi Toi or cutty grass,
Queen St outside Wendy's believe it or not this is the main St in Auckland it's purrrty...

Coming and going

2008-09-12T01:00:00.000-07:00

Well Sydney peops I have had my fill of you for a while. So I went to Melbourne for a week and got smashed. Lost my camera. Drank with the bike couriers by the fountain. Broke onto rooftops (see photo above)and hung out with some good good people. Found that Wu-tang tattoo on one of the Melbourne friends blogs http://theslamfactory.blogspot.com
so I am off again to NZ this time for the first time in close to two years. Where I will be doing a solo exhibition at a new gallery there called Liberty Gallery will stop being so lazy and be sure to post while I am away. X
Ooh must add this article in reference to the Liberty Stage. has heaps of info of the early punk/rock scene in Auckland http://www.simongrigg.info/zwines.htm

damn

2008-08-04T22:36:00.001-07:00

I want another cookie

orange and almond cookies

2008-08-04T22:25:00.000-07:00

Recipe as follows:
You will need
5 C plain flour (adjust as needed)
500g butter
tin of condensed milk
1 1/4 C castor sugar
drops of vanilla or essence
a large handful of almonds
and
the zest grated from two oranges and the juice of half of one
and icing sugar to ice

Melt butter mix in condensed milk and sugar and vanilla sift in flour and chop the almonds up as fine or chunky as you want them. Adjust the amount of flour till you have a good cookie texture.
Use a spoon to evenly make little balls and them squish em onto a greased baking tray with a fork. You should get sixty or so.
Bake on 270 in a preheated oven for approximately 12minutes (fifteen seemed over cooked and ten under).
cool on a rack or on a tea towel if that's all you got handy.
Use a teaspoon to pour on a spoon of icing on each cookie.
when set give away! Because if you eat them all you will feel a sugar high then you will feel sick and then fat and lonely it is better to eat the dough in solitude than the cookie

another old video

2008-08-04T00:04:00.001-07:00

preparation

2008-07-18T00:16:00.000-07:00

I got hit by a car last night... they stopped

Illustrations for DUKE mag

2008-07-10T00:24:00.001-07:00

Illustrations for the latest issue of Duke Magazine...
Not too sure which ones they ran with for 'celebrity madness'.

Kid Cudi @ the Spanish club SYD

2008-06-23T05:04:00.001-07:00

Pete, Natalie, Katie

Started out nice drinking Tsingtao and eating Chinese at Superbowl on Sussex St to celebrate Katie's 21st. Then at her insistence it was off to see Kid Cudi play at the Spanish club. Drink prices were pricey so we hit up the alley and tried not to notice we were getting metal detected at the door. Was a good gig all in all to say the least to say more it was just a good night. Nice people small and 'intimate' like the flyer suggested.
The birthday girl, Jess, Myself and Claire...

Levins warms up the crowd...

Robbie and Shane held it down (the Sake and Passion pop that is)
Kid Cudi rocked the mike and even rocked a freestyle at one point which is always appreciated...

Then joined the people on the outside where these guys had been in the cypher some time...

Ritchie from Another inch got friendly with the randoms...

Met the girl below in the bathroom sharing tattoo stories well I was sharing my one story. Rad girl...

Then tada! Time to go homo...
well it wasn't quite and I hung around till 3.30 or so.
This is the track most were there to hear below...

Mr Donovan

2008-06-20T08:25:00.000-07:00

One of the first things I did in Sydney was make this model for a robot I want to make.
I still want to make it and now that I have been reminded I will get back to work on it.

some funny sh@!

2008-06-20T08:23:00.000-07:00

This is a video from a sneaker store I used to work for in AKL called the Loft. This guy just decided to bust out on a saturday afternoon and who were we to say no?

The Cool Kids

2008-06-17T00:38:00.000-07:00

Unreleased track and video
which I found at pinboardblog.com so funny the talking shoes thing. I love the Cool Kids. Listen to them here... and watch the video below...

and you got to watch the one below when you get to about 2.40 you got them live performing Juicy (Notorious B.I.G you know I am a massive fan)

Bond Do Role

2008-06-11T19:17:00.000-07:00

Last Friday my friend Laura Taylor came over with Bonde Do Role which she is in. Which is kind of crazy. You know when you haven't seen someone for some years and then when you do they're in a famous band? Yeah well like that. Wierd. Met everyone out the front of this packed out gig which was the third they had played since landing in AUS that week
after touring the US. Everyone strolled in being on the door and all.
Except for me who forgot her ID of course. Had to get snuck in the back door HA!
Had an hour or so to kill with a couple of drinks and some catching up. The photos say all. Guess I should thank Jeff Yiu and Pete G for mean photos. I still can't use my camera. Spent most of the gig in the photo pit anyway as it had the best view. Tried to avoid getting dragged on stage by the vivacious Katie May. Went something like this...

...Time for hand make up...

...just time for a couple of pre stage ciggies...
...the penguins lost their wings earned their stripes in Melbourne, then gained a penis in Sydney!...

...and the crowd goes wild...

And then it was time...
...to get mauled?...

working it out

This is why their on stage and you're not...more or less I won't go into details

Then it got crazy when Laura dedicated a track to my brother Joel, our friends and me and everyone got down out stage...
(...apparently they normally get poeple out on stage as much as possible but the Forum has a barrier so it semi killed the crowd interaction...)

Was a frikken good night.
Killed it at the OAF back room where the door guy proved to be a door guy. As door guys and girls are.
Stay tuned for interview.

A Tease

2008-06-11T07:26:00.000-07:00

From Laura's gig at the Forum on Friday
more soon!!
x

too nice

2008-05-27T23:37:00.000-07:00

xxx

Zine Fair at MCA Sydney

2008-05-26T16:19:00.000-07:00

The lovely Emily from Duke mag. Didn't even notice she was in the shot till after. Wierd....

Sunday just been.
I was struggling so I ate a sausage roll from a patisserie around the back. There was a lot to take in and alot of people to get around. My faves were (of course) Localism, Short mag, and my friend Robbie's paint you nails zine. Ooh ooh and burger zine on Dave Ladd's tablebut I said I wouldn't post it. Joe got some good pics and possibly a much better/less munntaloid description of the days events HERE
Below:
I got something better from these guys for a fiver...
...had to censor

Will 'Grohl' Harden: Internal Workout Volume IV

2008-05-19T19:41:00.000-07:00

So if you don't know, now you know....
Got the chance to interview the young Grohl while he was cleaning up in preparation for his opening preview last Wednesday. Here's what he had to say.

Forsyth: So tell me to start out how old are you?
Grohl:1984, so that would make me 23 years old.
F: OK, and what sort of education/background do you come from arts wise?
G:Well I got half way through my Bachelor of Visual arts and Design which is more or less two years in but am not going to finish it, ah a two year residency at China Heights and I guess you could say I was unofficially mentored there by Paul davies.
F: Right and what shows have you done in the past, solo shows? I know there ahve been a few right?
G: So far there has been 'L.A Grohl' at the Heights, 'RIMP' and '20 Mangs' both of which were also at the Heights. And now 'Internal Workout Volume IV'.
F: and what exactly is a "RIMP"?
G: exactly...
F: and "Internal Workout"?
G: really I guess it's a play on words. You know like 80's workout videos; but also the energy and output involved in making the works.
F: How would you say this latest show differs from your previous exhibitions?
G: More confident, I have stopped using the black outlines and am shifting away from that lo-brow look. Also I have started using oil paints
F: what other mediums are you using in your works?
G: I tend to start with water colours/gouache, and then I go in with a mix of inks/acrylics and oils. Also I am mostly working on paper at the moment.

F: Could you tell me a bit more about the process you use when making these works?
G: basically I am experimenting with materials, you could say the effect is like psychedelic coloured swirls. I generally work on a piece until it's about 70% finished, when I have ten or so at this stage I will work on them until competition to increase continuity in the works. The general theme I guess is other worldly, like walking into an animation. This exhibition for example is an exhibition with its own culture and customs.
F: and you generally stay up quite late to get this all done?
G: yeah usually till about 4 in the am.
F:So what artists are you into/who inspires your work?
G: Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira), an artists from the early 1900's called Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schultz or Wols for short. Also the work of Cecily Brown and Francis Bacon.
F: I have noticed alot of sandwiches in your daily diet; how many would you say you eat on average?
G: I'm on a strict meat pie and noddle diet at the moment actually. There's been no Chicken sambos for a while.
F: So whats in for the future?
G: Hopefully another show towards the end of the year and some travelling...

Internal workout is up at Black and Blue gallery until June 1st.

Farewell!!!!

2008-05-19T19:35:00.000-07:00

CYDRA!!! I am missing you!
Goodluckdrinks at the smelly courthouse SYD we farewelled Cyd Joyce in her beautiful beak <3

Don't Come Gallery

2008-05-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

The Don't Come gallery/Schwipe store. Nice signage. The exhibition they had on was still the Curvy stuff so I skipped the images from that. Heres the space. The last pic is this cool rooftop cat that seems to have been there forever but you can just see really well from up there. If you are ever looikng for it it is upstairs in the Royal Arcade. For more info look here

Mr. Regan Tate

2008-05-19T19:15:00.000-07:00

Well for those of you have known me for a while will of course know the infamous Regan Tate. We caught up at the Blue Bar in Prahran for a couple of drinks. Good times. Quick update would be this:
He still knows all the best new stuff, still DJ's vinyl, still has fresh kicks (despite claims he's quit the habit), and is doing bits and bobs for Slam including interviewing some interesting cats from Stonesthrow but that you will just have to wait for...

Brendan Huntley@Utpoian Slumps (MELB)

2008-05-19T19:01:00.000-07:00

Also got the chance to checks out the Slumps when I was down. The current exhibit was Brendan Huntley here is a bit about his work fromthe Utopian Slumps site:

"After studying a BA in Fine Art (Sculpture) at the Victorian College of the Arts Brendan has exhibited across such spaces as the Carlton Hotel, China Heights and Someday Gallery. When out of his studio, Huntley spends his time fronting garage rock band Eddy Current Suppression Ring. He also manages four Weet-Bix a day, sometimes five if the mood takes him.

In Order of Appearance presents an exploration of the human psyche from artist Brendan Huntley. Through sculptural and two-dimensional form, multiple personalities are evoked and the facade of the everyday revealed. Brendan's works are concerned with the beauty of the mundane, dealing with ordinary things like teapots, perceptions, ideals, jugs, fame, music, jars, worship, ski masks, lipstick, hair gel, hair dye, balaclavas, foundation, pornographic magazines, plastic surgery, brand new shoes, birth, kicking goals, claustrophobia, gingivitis, cancer, vitamin C, reproduction, age, varicose veins, bow ties, business suits, denim jeans, skirts with pleats, high heels, career, work, emotions, death, promotions, faces, beards, baldness, personalities, race, replicas, creation, wrinkles, hammers, humans, weapons of mass destruction, transplants, earth, terror, man walking on the moon, flags, fraud, aliens, vessels. From painted jar faces to ceramic masks, a complexity in the works' simplicity is strongly apparent."

Hmmmm interesting...
...here are some pics

"The Drawing Machine" Group show at the Greenwood gallery in Melbourne

2008-05-19T18:23:00.000-07:00

Well this post has been a long time coming but here you go. Was down in Melb's because I was homeless for a week or so and there was nothing really else for it.
Got picked up by the loveable Prior and taken to my sisters house where she lives with forementioned Prior and the lovely Christopher.
The first night down there was a massive group show opening at the Greenwood gallery in South Melbourne. It was frikken cold but we got the tram and checked it out anyways. Ran into Ben Frost and Reka as well as some other surprising characters.
Here are some pics, but note:People thought I was a pro with this camera I got at the mo so I was allowed free reign.
Aaaah I love other peoples cities...

Aucklanders should recognise James James from ye olde K of Rd above...

There were 17 artists involved in the exhibition all of whom contributed to the large installation in the centre of the gallery as well as exhibiting their own bodies of work. I wish I had more pics there was a lot to cover.
Ghostpatrol and Miso curated the show and put together the following artists:
Al Starke, Dylan Martorell, Nathan Gray, Bonsai, Deam, Drew, Side Project, Junior, Tom O'Hern, Timba Smitts, Tristen Jalleh, Lachlan Conn, MP Fikaris, Tai Snaith...
For more info got to the Greenwood site.

V 48 second film comp

2008-05-07T00:33:00.000-07:00

Here is an entry from my friends at Ten Trucks a tribute to the infamous warriors scene which is pretty accurate in true NZ steez...

will be posting a couple of things soon from my most recent trip to Melbourne x

Oldies but goodies

2008-04-25T23:48:00.000-07:00

Chilling on a Saturday missing having technics in the house and well generally missing having a house check out these classics....
...keep it gangsta
real like a piece of blue steel

Goodie Mob-Soul Food (1996)...check out the young Gnarles Barkly at the start of this track

Black Moon- buck'em down (1994)

Black Moon- How many emcees's...must get dissed (1996) remix produced by Evil Dee and the Beat minerz

Raekwon- Ice Cream (1995) featuring Tony Starks and Method man produced by the RZA you all know I am a Wu-tang-aholic

Crucial Conflict- Hay (1996)

Young Black teenagers- Tap the Bottle (1992) produced by Terminator X (noted for his scratching on Public Enemy tracks)

Black Street-No Diggity (1996) featuring Dr Dre. video by Hype Williams (If you haven't watched the movie Belly he made you are seriously missing out)
ohh yeah
I think I am going to have to do a series of these next one with some Group Home and other 90's shit
just found this too...

Company Flow- End to end burners (1998) produced by EL-P
ahh better stop and make some dinner

Stupidkrap

2008-04-23T19:04:00.000-07:00

My friends XX'Zilla and Ben Frost are doing some stupid krap recently in the nicest possible way. Things like organizing amazing exhibitions such as Kid's Today which was hosted recently at the MTV gallery in association with the Semi-Permanent design conference and things like limited edition beautiful prints by artists such as Kill Pixie and Anthony Lister see their website Stupid Krap for some good shit and check out Frosty below...

Sydney trackside

2008-04-20T03:47:00.000-07:00

Okae (IM), Onshow, Perso (SWB, Spooks), Lies (RFC), Detch (SWB)
Out of Edgecliffe tunnel

It was raining but...
Happy 30th Perso

Grope: season zero

2008-04-13T23:05:00.000-07:00

Some dope Tshirt designs coming out soon...
got it going on
The following info from the man himself:

Taking Pre-Orders. Big prints on soft 5.5oz 100% Ringspun Cotton. Professionally screen printed front, hand printed finishes. fullservice@kingofgrope.com or message me for details.

A variation of the Grope logo. Printed A3, White on Black.

Mano Cornuta #1. Part of an ongoing series indulging in the connection between the satanic and popular culture use of the symbol and the grammatical gender of the word mano being feminine. Thanks for the hand Chantelle. Printed A3, Halftone, White on Black.

Nearly 2 years in the making, I've finally sent the initial batch to the printers. 20 of each design have been printed, and I'll be finishing the designs with details screenprinted by hand.

I'm currently looking for stockists and any proceeds I make from selling the tees will go towards sending samples out to stores in Australia and Asia. They're big prints, on 5.5oz 100% Ringspun Cotton, and are selling for $45 AUD, cheaper for friends and family.

[an:other]" Another stupid party

2008-04-13T18:43:00.000-07:00

Friday night saw another stupid party at Sydney store [an:other]" it was your usual mayhem involving hot shoes and booze with the added bonus of Snob Scrillas album launch.
Photos are courtesy of Case Khor the moment catcher and T-shirt designer.
cold cold lampin with the ever present longneck...

Captain Ritchie and the ladies

The Homies

Thanks again for sponsoring my show booyah!

Phat1 and Diva AKL graffiti team supreme

2008-04-10T18:03:00.000-07:00

Look out for Phat1's left hand skills in this video...ambidextrous graffing!!!
For more on these guys check http://phat1lovesdiva.blogspot.com/
or
pic up 'InForm' NZ graffiti artists talk about their work; which is the latest book out from Elliot O'Donnell, AKA Askew.
I <3 Aotearoa, kia kaha. 100% aroha

what a week

2008-04-07T19:49:00.001-07:00

got no pics but check http://jefskeabout.blogspot.com for pics of the Kid's Today show and keep an eye out for their sweet posters along Oxford St and in the HIlls
x

Getting ready

2008-03-31T17:52:00.000-07:00

spent all my spare time recently it seems chilling up at Black and Blue Gallery working for the shows this week...
This is one of the drawings for tommorrows 'Cause We Can' show at Somedays...
see flyer in previous post for details

Punny vs. Kyren

2008-03-29T19:48:00.000-07:00

Jack says I am tacky but I love R'N'B and have no shame about that
Kyren is sicko

Sabotaz

2008-03-29T19:41:00.001-07:00

OK it's a little old but this is the first time I have had the joined up picture
thanks Sabotaz

Paul Robertson

2008-03-28T00:49:00.000-07:00

Is the Mantis so check out the site below
this blows my mind there is more on his site here http://probertson.livejournal.com/
I recommend 'Kings Of Power Four Billion %'

I've got the next week sorted...

2008-03-27T21:44:00.000-07:00

hey you wanna see some sweet art?
Sydney is getting pretty lucky next week with a line up of amazing artists and exhibitions local and international
I will be trash bagging around these three
Semi-permanent and Curvy and massive massive group show this is going to be a hell of a week so take it easy at the V fest and keep some for Aprils ass kicking entrance...

Wednesday
Because We Can
Rising Sydney artist Loveariel presents a group show full of talent and diversity. "cause we can" @Somedays Gallery 72b Fitzroy street, Surry Hills, 2nd April 08.

Come together "Cause we can" is an opportunity for all ages of all stages to show together cause we really are all brilliant.

The philosophy behind this collective is not only to create a visual wonderment for all walks of life but to support our future generation of talent. with an array of familiar names mixed with some special unknowns to introduce, Loveariel & Caroline wels are excited to launch a tradition of such events.

the show will be a smear of over 25 graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, painters, graphers, writers and instalation artists. including live folk, country and blues performances by the dusty duet set, eye of the spider, kalamazoo and more

artists line up;

polly
loveariel
ape7
creon
samoh
edgar
smitten by stephanie
kareena zerefos
charles dennington
james jirat patradoon
laura mckellar
kelly
solo no shoes
beastman
chloe pringle
sean batchelor
erin forsyth
eamo
william 'grohl' harden
mish mash&pirate
darko
monika lee
elvis de fazio
numbskull
bridge
roach

please join us for a night of art, friendship and celebration of life.
Garden party style!

sponsors include; alize, bohemian pilsner and maven wines, throw shapes, oyster and 3d.

Thursday
Curvy 2008
Background:
Your favourite annual ALL-GIRL art book, CURVY - created by the team behind YEN MAGAZINE - has been kicking up a creative storm since 2004 and with the fifth edition about to launch, CURVY remains an international favourite amongst lovers of art and supporters of female artists. Each year the book features 100 of the most exciting female graphic designers and illustrators from over 35 countries around the world!

CURVY is a must for anyone passionate about graphic design and illustration that wants to be inspired by a new generation of outstanding female creative talent. Produced by YEN magazine - CURVY kicks off again in April & consists of a cool limited edition book and a national event tour.

Featuring:
Maria Vittoria Benatti-Italy / Kukula-Israel / Kat Von D-USA / Fontaine Anderson-AU / Eleanor Yap-AU / Amy Sol-USA / Susan Belle-USA / Courtney Brims-AU / Betsy Walton-USA / Kelly Smith-AU / Arlene Rieneke-Singapore / Kareena Zerefos-AU / Evi O-AU / Irana Douer-Argentina / Rebecca Orszag-AU / Miné Jonker - South Africa / Eleanor Yap-AU / Fontaine Anderson-AU

Plus one off sketchels by: Alice Chan-HK / Alexis Mackenzie-US / Nadia Hunt-NZ / Fumi Nakamura-US / Sandra Whitman-US / Siloette-US / Nohemi Dicuru-Venezuela / Karen Ingram-US / Kate Sutton-UK / Anneli Olander-Sweden / Adrienne Benitez-US / Snaggs-US / Smitten by Stephanie-AU / Aya Kakeda-US / Mademoiselle Bulle-France / Elena Gallen-Barcelona / Liz Lorini-US / Kika-Switzerland / Mimi-AU / Xxzilla-AU + MORE TBC.

Friday
Stupidkrap/Semi-permanent
StupidKrap.com is co-hosting the very exciting Semi-Permanent 2008 exhibition in Sydney.
A cross selection of today's young contemporary artists making a mark internationally and in Australia, featuring an amazing all-star line-up of StupidKrap.com artists and their art-buddies..
Featuring artwork by Kelsey Brookes, Buff Monster, Anthony Lister, Ben Frost, Antony Micallef, Norihito Sekitani, Jeremyville, Kill Pixie, Plusminus Produkties, Ha Ha, James Jirat Patradoon, Numskull, Cupco, XX'zilla, Beastman, Trent Whitehead, Brett Chan, Smitten by Stephanie, Ed Woodley, Jeremy Piert, Hana Shimada, Joseph Allen, Kareena Zerefos, Eamo, Akina, We Buy Your Kids, Mark Drew, Bei Badgirl, Love Ariel, Renee Herd, Mats!?, Ant Keogh, Creepy and more!

Plus live bands YES NUKES, THE WAHAS, ART RUSH, DJs JIMMY SING (RO SHAM BO), DJ TYSON (Health Club) + more

TO ENSURE ENTRY TO THE EVENT PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE DOOR LIST BY SENDING AN EMAIL WITH YOUR NAMES ONLY TO
iheartkidstodayart@stupidkrap.com

ENTRY IS FREE / $5 OPTIONAL

Melbourne Rules!!!

2008-03-25T22:52:00.000-07:00

Well after a late night on Friday (see previous post) it seemed like a good idea to book flights to melbourne at three in the morning and then leave at midday.
Got to stay in the lovely Flemington bridge and catch up with all types of special peoples. No time for retail therapy but plenty of 'street art'(ok so everyones got their own neckface opinion... granted), pub food, bicycles and parties. Some random flicks below for your perusal.
Got back Monday after a whirlwind 48 hour trip.

Skinny what?
Swanston St

Not good enough just to have a bike these days you got to carry a wheel for props. be your own jeep.

Ingredients for special salad see lecipes recipe madness!

The real SENS RFC

More work up the road from the Heist.
Phiber...?
Actually I asked him and it wasn't him at all. Anyone know the true identity let me know so I can get things straight

So many laneways I always get lost this character reminded me of little Elliots? Anyone know whos it is? Am I right? Cool style anyhow.

Cuprocking it

2008-03-25T02:21:00.001-07:00

Friday night on Oxford St at the Art Factory?
Normally I would say run!
But last Friday was my boy Andy's exhibition of his 'Cuprock' if you live in Sydney and are outside at all you are bound to have seen one of his many pieces around created from diamond wire fences and plastic cups systematically placed one by one individually to create a whole.
See pictures below.
The installation which ended up being live and accompanied by a stop motion film by Brett Chan...
The Cuprock himself...
B-boys b-girls represent...

Below:
Me and the A man
This guys shirt was actually moving one of those sound things I am a sucker for gimmicks
Andy at work

a few of my favourite things...

Free drinks cards
Levin's rocking the crowd
More free drinks Cards (at Click Click)

Case and Sneak with their little blue buddies...

Part of the Thursday night drinking team, with friends like these...

Samoh Rules!!!

2008-03-24T00:42:00.000-07:00

Check out my boy Samoh's awesome photos click the link here or on the side of the page...
This is a portrait he took of me back in the days when I had a house ha
He has had solo shows at Somedays gallery and also participated in several group shows but the point is that his work is banging and Samoh rules...

Installation

2008-03-17T21:21:00.000-07:00

Going up. After the party there's the after party...

More of the drawings from the show...

Below is the mural I painted on the main wall of the gallery which you probably see bits of in the background of other photos...

Above: Brother Joels happy face
Below: Miss Mays ass after Black and Blue gallery photo says it all...

So here are a few pics of the opening night these ones courtesy of oneshot zine (check the link under Peops)of course there are photos of the actual work coming up soon so keep checking back...

Here are some images from setting up for the other night. Courtesy of http://thecudaz.blogspot.com/
will be putting up more pics slowly over the week...

Interview with Don't Panic

2008-03-17T21:03:00.000-07:00

You can read it here...
or read the cut and paste I just put up below
x

Latest Don't Panic Poster by ERIN FORSYTH

The First Time poster artwork by Erin Forsyth

Don't Panic caught up with Erin Forsyth, to get the 411 behind her artwork.

Erin what is your background?
Originally from Aukland New Zealand, I ran a shop there called ‘Creep’ where we sold aerosol paints and sneakers.

Have you had any artistic education?
I dropped out of Animation and Fine Art school and moved into street stuff in 1999 that taught me a lot! I learn from my friends everyday though without fail.

How would you describe your art?
A kiss on the cheek and a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.

Can you describe your process of creating a new piece?
I begin with an initial character and build from there to a social level (e.g. who the character is with, the what and why to the viewer). So the information you are given is usually the equivalent to what you might know if you randomly met someone by accident at a strange time in their lives and didn’t know anything else about them.

What inspires your aesthetic in the everyday life?
Hip-hop lyrics, 1960’s aestheticism, grey marle, bohemia, gypsies, the degenerate, the forgotten, the outcast, drifters, rooftops, alleys, the attic, under the stairs.

What do you love most about living in Sydney?
My friends and my village - Slurry Hills street team.

Any recurrent topics or matters you work on?
Undercurrents of faith and destruction and how these affect us.

What are you really excited about right now?
Leah’s Jellyfish, Thomas Jeppe’s work ethic, lingerie and
t-shirts, Richard Coleman, Steve Spacek, recipes, fast men, quiet at-home types, walking alone at night.

Work-wise, my solo show ‘HEX’ which opens at Black and Blue Gallery on Cleveland Street, Sydney on March 13th. Also Ariel’s group show ‘Because We Can’ coming up in April.

My sister Leah and I are working on a side project called the ‘Nautical Journals’ (see www.erinforsyth.blogspot.com for updates)

What would you be doing if you were not an artist?
Sleeping? Maybe I’d be an author. A cross between Miranda July and Charles Bukowski.

sneaky preview

2008-03-03T16:31:00.001-08:00

Getting high painting inside!
Almost done look foward to seeing you tommorrow...

OK heres the preview I promised my photo taking skills need work so you will have to come to the show to see the real deal
x

My first tattoo aww

2008-02-04T23:36:00.001-08:00

So I have been wanting to get this for sometime and my friend Emmett just hooked me up last night. yeah it hurt but not so much as I had first thought it would. I am pretty pleased. Will endeavour to get some better pics soon. Any photographic volunteers?

Bitchin ride

2008-02-03T12:23:00.000-08:00

So for those of you who didn't know my brother Joel (in photo) is the bike man. I found this old BMX frame on the side of the road last year and he is helping me do it up. Check it out that's a solid alloy back wheel A MAZE Ing looking foward to riding this beast around Sydneyside. I am going to keep it black and yella. Nice school bus yella too. Autosol on the wheel. Yeah! The seat post came up chrome when I stripped it back too. Gangsta

so a couple of months have passed and my frame has gone missing?!!!
will I ever have a bike? onnly time will tell...

HEX solo exhibition opening in March

2008-02-01T22:08:00.000-08:00

HEX
New works by Erin Forsyth
13.03.08-30.03.08

Black and Blue gallery presents "HEX" the latest installation from up
and coming artist Erin Forsyth, in association with Sabotaz 80.

Using her signature blend of hyperstylized characters, hip-hop slogans
and sometimes callous symbollism; in this new body of work Erin
questions the black magic and little white lies of todays visual
communication.
Comic, select representations of pop and religious iconography,
superstitions and folklore feature throughout the works with equal
weight.
Clear on the descriptive level but elusive on the narrative; the
result is a parody that serves to question rather than mock,
personal and seemingly familiar.

Please join us for the opening reception Thursday the 13th of March
from 6pm-10pm
at
Black and Blue Gallery
302/267-271 Cleveland St.
Redfern NSW Australia 2016

Sponsored by Jameson Whiskey

contact: info@blackandbluegallery.com

Work to date includes over 150 of the cards featured above, fifty acrylic paintings on old longneck bags, black and white illustrations and more on the go.

Poster for 'Don't Panic' February

2008-02-01T21:00:00.000-08:00

Pick it up around Melbourne and Sydney this month.
Got to do the A1 size poster that comes in the packs.
Thanks to Todd with A.I.Ds for helping me on the photoshop.
View my budget iMovie I made of it here

Capital L block party

2008-02-01T20:44:00.000-08:00

Got to paint as part of this revamp for Capital L's seventh birthday (local clothing store here in Sydney).
Mine are the ants on the log.

Post Wood exhibition

2008-02-01T20:37:00.000-08:00

Got to submit artwork for Monster Children Gallery's end of year group show.
This is the image I put in before I spraypainted over the text with a dirty big black blob.

ILLNESS solo show from september 2007

2008-02-01T19:46:00.000-08:00

Press release:
Somdays gallery in association with Sabotaz are proud to present “Illness” a collection of new works from artist Erin Forsyth.

Produced during and inspired by her past eight months of residence in Sydney, “Illness” is part whimsical folk, part social commentary with Forsyth combining notes on scene culture, quarter life crises and the mundane with visual interests in Heironymous Bosch, children’s book illustration and religious iconography to create works that are charmingly detailed in appearance and slightly unsettling in tone.

Working across aerosol and acrylic painting, pencil illustration and large scale sculpture, Erin aims with “illness” to draw in and involve, with the hope that the audience find familiarity in the situations and empathy for the characters- perhaps recognizing in them, their own modern ills.

Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Erin Forsyth has over the past eight years established herself as a prominent figure in the city’s street art scene; not only through her respected graf work but as the owner of store “creep”- a former K’rd institution that supplied like- minded peers with imported aerosol, rare sneakers and a locale in which to hang out and swap ideas.

Having first exhibited with NZ’s “rise and shine” collective, Erin’s work has since exhibited at the influential Michael Lett and Disruptive galleries aswell as commissions for various magazines, website “slamxhype”and advertising agencies DDB and Lowe.

“Illness”is her first solo exhibition in Sydney.

Miss Grey Lynn

The Seer

Only Real Bitches Live like Queens

Straight Maverick

That Guy

Goon sack

Rise

Most Chicks

Rise 2

How Rumours Start

Dinner

The Fool The Seeker and the Prophet

After the Ball Was Over

Painting installation thanks Sabotaz!!!

How I chill from 1981-Until (life story)

2008-02-01T18:15:00.000-08:00

I was the daughter of a church pastor. My great grandmother was believed to practice witchcraft.
We travelled and sang on the street, we were involved in spiritual warfare (think the exorcist) I was not allowed to watch TV or listen to non-Christian music until I was twelve public school education at an all girl school. I don't know why I mention this but it seems important.
Here is a vague outline of projects and stuff I've done...

1998
Moved in with Doug Fresh, Dave Wood and Matt Crawley and some randoms. Was working for a night club called the Mininstry I was eighteen the drinking age was twenty.

In 1999 I went to a freehand animation school. I met a lot of great artists there like Elliot Stewart and Tim Malloy the place was rife with street artists and creative people. I started to take spray painting a bit more seriously then and did my first piece that year. Tried to go to art school the next year but it didn't sit well. Was living downtown at Emily Place in the Offset print building with Rose Hardy who started her tattoo apprenticeship that year.

2001 I did a lot of tagging.
Think I worked in a coffee shop, I normally do.
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That was 2000 was in my first exhibition which was a group show at the ASA gallery in Auckland organized by creative team 'Rise and Shine' and the lovely Morgan Hammond.

2002
met Gasp and the other R.F.Cs who I started getting more into street stuff with I kept doing fine art stuff, group shows and commissions too.

2003
I opened 'Out Of Order' a really small space which I sublet off my friends Tieneke and Katalina who ran a store called Nu'vo. This was upstairs on Karangahape Rd. It was not really open proper hours just kind of whenever I was there. We sold nozzles, pens, stickers and other graff crap some t-shirts that Micheal Mac Namara made. We started taking orders for Montana spray paint than Ray would drop it off for us to sell. This was when Auckland was dry and you couldn't buy Montana, Belton or any of the other specialty graff paints anywhere. Ray used to drive around to peoples houses to drop off paint.
I moved into 155 K'Rd that year which was basically next door and people could come buzz me and I would go down and sell them stuff. Other than that I think I was just on the Doll?
We did an opening exhibition at 4.20 which featured Matt Dowman, Elliot Francis Stewart, Roberta Stewart, Gasp, Jillski, Kate Newby, Pear, Slope, User, Vino, myself and performances from Doug Fresh and the Imsomniacs (Tourettes, Breakin Wreckwords etc.).
I had my first solo exhibition that year 'I Can't Believe Its Not Rabbit' at the spiral gallery on Queen St. This consisted of over fifty hand made soft toys and some illustration. I am trying to get hold of the TV interview from Flipside if anyone knows how to get it.
Also that year was 'Project Unity' which was at the Micheal Lett gallery. We got to design hoody and t prints for NZ label Huffer which were made in lmtd runs and then sold at local store MAW. Other than me there was matt Dowman, Chantelle Simone, Seung Yul Oh, Arlo Edwards and Mephisto Jones; flyer by Rush.

2004
Got a grant. Reopened Out Of Order as 'Creep' with the funding. Started selling sneakers sale on return for customers, started stocking Belton, Montana, Krylon and some other stuff. Displayed artwork instore.
Organized a Nike exhibition at the then recently opened Disruptiv gallery which was called the force.
Customed stuff for Sneaker Pimps and Converse exhibits that were on that year.
Painted at the Rising Sun with Brett Chan as part of a release thingy for a Sugarlicks CD.
Did commissions for LOWE advertising, Cellar Door and some others. Took part in Forging alliances group show in New Plymouth and the Hip Hop Summit exhibition at the town hall.

2005
Did lots of commissions.
Started doing a bit of freelance marketing consulting on how to appeal to the youth and organize customer databases, walk in sheets, marketing calenders etc. which I had picked up a bit of info from my sel directed study and writing business plans/running my own business.
Had a group soft sculpture show at the 'Whisper Whisper' gallery where we built a cardboard forest inside the gallery.
This was with Sam Whetton, Charles Cumming, Kenneth Merrick, James Healy, Ai Shimizu and Cameron McKean. Kenneth and Cameron made a soundscape for it and james did some video.
Got robbed late in the year. Shut the shop couldn't be ****d was broke and we never caught whoever I am very bored of relaying this story.

2006
Helped Samantha Whetton to put on the first 'Craftwerk' in AKL.
Did stuff for The Loft, Catalytic Attack, Adam Custins, Style magazine.
Moved to Sydney.
Painted at the Record Store in part of some live thing as an after party for the release of some graff film.
Ended up in the same flat in Emily Place.

2007
Did a couple of commissions. Had a solo show 'Illness'. Was in the end of year group show at Monster Children. Painted the group mural for Capital L. Featured work in we are the image makers.

2008
FEB Poster for Don't Panic.
MAR Solo show at Black and Blue gallery
APR Group Show "Because We Can' organized by Love Ariel
August? Doing a show with my sister some time this year entitled 'the Nautical Journals'....
got any jobs?