Some pictures from The Blocks on the weekend, a wine/art event by Penfolds and Studio Toogood. Gorgeous venue at the Wharfs by the water, some interesting art pieces to check out and the wine was good (as expected) – just wished there was more than finger food, $100 doesn’t get anywhere for two and we had to pop round the corner for some good old Italian after! Ends April 5th.
Helmut Lang top, Elizabeth and James blazer.
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Here are some pictures I took at The Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island. It’s one of the biggest urban art exhibitions I’ve been to and the abandoned warehouses and factory spaces on Cockatoo Island is the perfect place for it! The most exciting (for me) was an exhibition of a private collection called Oi You!, featuring 23 pieces by Banksy along with a few other street artists such as Swoon, Faile, David Choe and it’s the first time this collection is shown outside of New Zealand. I also enjoyed watching the live graffiti and the evolving art projects that included public contributions of chalk art on the concrete pavements, a recycling art project and Paste Modernism which is the largest collection of paste ups I’ve ever seen in one place!
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W and I checked out some bits of the Sydney Architecture Festival that’s going on right now. W and I are both involved in the (video) gaming industry and found the talk on Art, Architecture and Design: Working within Public Spaces at the Sydney College of the Arts pretty fascinating.. especially the bits involving using CryENGINE3 for real-time visualising in architecture.. sorry if this all sounds Greek to you!
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When I first got to Sydney in 2008 I got an email from an ex-colleague about Malaysiafest, an annual cultural event that is traditionally held at Tumbalong Park in Darling Harbour. Being totally clueless (and a bit homesick!) I decided to volunteer to help out for the event only to find that it was a run by a student-only non-profit group.. with the exception of me! And I only realised this during the volunteer briefing at a nearby university campus.. eep. I went through with it anyway, and it ended up being a really fun day out.. with plenty of Malaysian food of course!
The 2011 event is just around the corner and this year it looks to be bigger than ever, with celebrity chefs Billy Law and Alvin Quah of MasterChef fame putting up cooking demonstrations on the day.
If you’re unfamiliar with Malaysian food, I highly suggest you go check this free public event. We Malaysians are a passionate lot when it comes to eating and cooking and more often than not when a bunch of us get together the conversation inevitably revolves around food :) Of course there will be other things apart from good food – from past events I assume there will be plenty of music and dance performances and with Malaysia Airlines as a headline sponsor, there are return tickets to KL up for grabs!
Here are some pictures last year’s event:
Event deets:
When: Sunday October 9 , 2011
Where: Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Time: 10am – 6pm
Cost: Free entry, dishes start from $5
Who: Malaysia Kitchen ambassador Alvin Quah and MasterChef 2011’s Billy Law. Star-studded on-stage performances by greats brought directly from Malaysia (In 2009 we had the amazing Reza Salleh over! I wonder who it will be this year?)
Participating restaurants: Kopitiam, Mamak, Café Katsuri, Jimmy’s Recipe, Aseana Food Village, Chinta Ria, Papparoti, Jackie M, Abang Sam and lots more!
Images via here.
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For the first time, W and I went to Lakemba for the Haldon Street Fest that was on the weekend. It was like a little adventure for me especially, since I don’t often venture far from where I live and work. There was a huge emphasis on diversity with a lot of people, food and music from different cultures.
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