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Welcome to
the lucky
first issue
of Lost
and Found
Volume 4.
It's an email
magazine
with an inside
view of
Melbourne's
creative people
and places,
bringing you
interesting
giveaways and
the first
word on
events buzzing
in the
city from
June to
September.
This Volume
is designed
by Melbourne
duo,
and former
Lost
and Found
guest editors
,
Tin&Ed.
Just because
we feel like
it, this
year we're
giving new and
current
subscribers
the chance to
win an
insider's
tour of Melbourne
–
hosted by
Lost and
Found's
mysterious
writers –
transfers,
accommodation
and tips
included!
Peruse the
details and
enter
here. |
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Melissa Loughnan
is the founder
, curator
and director of
Utopian Slumps
gallery
, which,
depending on who
you ask, is
either the
coolest gallery
in Melbourne
or the most
interesting
non-profit
curator-run
arts initiative
in Collingwood.
Either way,
no-one misses
an opening.
Apart from
working with
artists,
Mel likes
hanging out
in Easey
Street,
going out for
Japanese
breakfast,
buying vintage
and trying to
combine her
social life
with as much
food as
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Tacita
Dean is a
renowned
British
artist
whose work
explores
the spooky
world of
architectural
relics,
'the
passing of
time,
space and
the
mysteries
of the
natural
world.'
Kind of
like
waiting
for a
train at
Flinders
Street
Station
when
you're
drunk.
Dean's
work is
darkly
cinematic,
inviting
viewers
to enter
a sort of
haunting
dream-state.
Showing
fourteen
recent
projects in
their
entirety,
this
new
exhibition
at the
Australian
Centre
for
Contemporary
Art
(ACCA)
is the
largest
survey of
Dean's
work ever
shown
outside
Europe.
It includes
film,
photographs,
prints,
drawings
–
and
stories
to go
with
them.
Until 2
August.
ACCA,
111 Sturt
Street,
Southbank.
Tel: 03
9697 9999.
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Mel:
At the
moment
I’m
working on
a group
exhibition
with Helen
Hughes,
Victory
Over the Sun
, which
opens at
Utopian Slumps
on 10
July. I really
enjoy
exhibitions
that explore
challenging
themes,
or interesting
juxtapositions
of works.
In Melbourne,
one of my
favourite
galleries is
Block Projects
–
in Carlow
House on
Flinders Lane.
I was excited
recently by
the Save the
MMOP event
at the
Melbourne Museum
of Printing
in Footscray,
which included
prints from
Callum Morton,
Rose Nolan,
Matthew Griffin
and Susan Jacobs.
(You can
still buy
them!) |
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Handsome
Steve
grew up
eating in
Melbourne's
first cafes,
and his
House of Refreshment
is built
upon two
fundamental
understandings:
1. Atmosphere
is everything,
and 2. No
one really
wants to drink
soy milk.
Hidden
in the art
community's
favourite hangout,
the
Abbotsford
Convent,
the HoR
has a stately
balcony and a
beat-up old
TV showing
surf films.
It opens late
from Friday
to Sunday
and the menu
is minimalist:
'Sandwiches:
ham and cheese,
ham or cheese.
Twisties.
Whisky. No soy
, no skinny,
no tea,
no light beer.'
(Some call
him Hardcore
Steve.)
Level 1,
Abbotsford Convent,
1 St Heliers
Street,
Abbotsford.
Tel: 03
9419 5255.
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Employing a traditional Italian shoe-making method called 'Lunati',
Emma Shirgwin
creates
three-dimensional
paper tracings of
her customers'
feet in order
to build
beautiful,
hand-made shoes
that fit,
um, like a
foot glove.
Once you
book a
consultation,
you can choose
from Emma's
range of designs,
including
heeled sandals,
jaunty flats
and
Giddy-up
riding boots.
She can also
create a
one-off pair
based on
your shoe
fantasy –
within the
bounds of reason.
(The
ones from
Back to the
Future
are not on the
cards, for instance.
)
Tel: 0400
284 768 for
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Mel:
I mostly
buy my
clothes on
eBay (
Claire Incorruptible
is my
favourite seller)
. Or in vintage
stores such as
Moustache
Vintage and
Curve Vintage
on Gertrude
Street, Fitzroy
– and
This Law on
Victoria
Street, Brunswick
. If I
could afford
it though,
I would
shop at
E.S.S.
Laboratory
, Left,
Marais and
Assin... |
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There
are more
than
enough
diet-killer
reasons
for a day
trip to
the
Yarra Valley
–
vineyards,
dairies,
the
cosy
fireplace
at
the
Healesville
Hotel.
But if
you're
looking for
a
thrill
beyond
cutlery
and
corkscrews,
head
to
the
TarraWarra
Museum of
Art
.
Set
amid
rolling,
grape-friendly
hills,
this
gallery
is home
to a huge
collection
of works
that
have shaped
modern art
in
Australia
since the
1950s.
Designed
by architect
Allan
Powell,
it's a
stunning
building
with a
driveway
long enough
to shape
your
thighs
before
you reach
the front
door.
311
Healesville
Yarra Glen
Road,
Healesville.
Tel: 03
5957
3100.
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Mel:
I travel
to Sydney
a lot to
meet with
artists,
curators,
gallerists
and friends.
When I'm
travelling
in Victoria
though, I love
Lorne on the
Great Ocean Road
.
The Hot Springs
at Rye on
the Mornington
Peninsula were
a good
destination
for a hen's
weekend not
so long ago.
Also, I
recently took
a day trip
with friends
to Daylesford
where we
spent a bit
of time in
the
Daylesford
Bazaar and
the
Chocolate Mill
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then wound
up the day
in a winery. |
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Mel:
I always
like
socialising
while eating
–
my favourite
places for
that are
Cibi,
Cumulus
Inc and
Movida
Next Door.
I'm also a
big
breakfast-out-on-weekends
person – and
after that I go on
gallery and
shopping
trawls.
This week
I'm busy though,
because Ry
Haskings'
Backtrack
(aka
Catchfire)
opens at
Utopian
Slumps
on Friday
(19 June). |
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Why
do we assume
that puppets
aren't bad
people?
Just because
they have
little boggly
eyes? Pfft.
Avenue Q
is here to
teach us that
puppets lie,
cheat, squander
their Arts
degrees and
buy x-rated
videos as
often as
the next
person.
It's a
musical Sesame
Street for an
adult audience
– on
now at the
Comedy Theatre.
We have
two double
passes
to give away!
To enter, tell
us why you
don't trust
puppets.
Email us
(use the link,
don't reply)
–
including
your answer
in the subject
line - by 5pm,
Thursday
18 June.
The Comedy Theatre,
240 Exhibition Street,
Melbourne. For
tickets, tel:
132 849. |
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