Retna x Brimstone

Posted by Clug on the 26th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

Retna x Brimstone from Colin M Day on Vimeo.

Casey & Ewan

Posted by Clug on the 25th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

Ewan Jones Morris & Casey Raymond make good vids.

Mike Aho ((SOUNDER))

Posted by Clug on the 25th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

I have a soft spot for these kickstarter projects and I'd love to se this one by Mike Aho come to life. 'The Lonely Life' is set to revolve around Will Oldham and feature animations from artists Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Jeremy Fish, Michael Sieben and Okay Mountain Collective. If you throw down just 15 bucks, you get an official certificate of awesomeness, but if you spend 75 bucks you get a collaborative screen print featuring the art of Michael Sieben, Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Jeremy Fish and Okay Mountain (BARGAIN). And an official art build for animation in the film. 18" by 26" and of course, The Official Certificate of Awesomeness. DO IT.
These guys have helped us out with the mag at some point in time so it would be great to show some support.

HUF x Haroshi x DLX

Posted by Clug on the 17th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

When you combine, Haroshi from Kingbrown Issue 6, HUF, the DLX blokes and Tommy Guerrero you get a whole fuckload of goodness. If younot familiar with Haroshi's sculpture work, grab a copy of issue six for a full feature.

Thomas Campbell does krooked

Posted by Clug on the 10th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

Writer, artist, photographer and film makeraker extrodinaire, Thomas Campbell has done a guest board for Krooked. And here he is, having a chat with none other than Tommy Guerrrero. Enjoy.

The Butcher Shop Interview

Posted by Clug on the 9th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

Posted by Clug on the 9th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

words by melitasu, pics by bruce

The Butcher Shop is run by Drew Turner and Aimee Johns - two purveyors of fine street art supplies in Perth, Western Australia. In addition to running one of the city's only major source of aerosols and street art supplies, these two Perth locals enjoy changing the face of the Perth arts scene - both figuratively, and literally.

Who do you think you are?
Drew: I'm an aerosol artist (one of the reasons I'm involved with the shop) and Aimee is a fashion design graduate-turned-retailer and promoter of the arts in Perth. We're people who care about the arts community; we try to get involved with people who do different types of art, in particular, aerosol-based art.

Describe The Butcher Shop in a nutshell
We carry stuff geared towards the street art audience. The Butcher Shop is a place where you can buy different artist-quality supplies such as aerosols; plus books, magazines, homewares, artwork, accessories and stuff you won't find in your average shop.

If The Butcher Shop was a person, what would they be like?
Fucken cool. Haha. Nah, they'd be interested in art, what's going on around them, they'd be interested in music and their community (from an art point of view). They'd be someone you'd want to have a beer with. No one flashy.

How did The Butcher Shop start. And why.
Aimee: After studying fashion design, I wanted to do something broader than just fashion. So I decided to open a retail store. People in the early days would ask why I didn't just move to Melbourne and open a shop, but I really like Perth. It felt like the right time and it seemed Perth was ready for some more interesting things.

I ended up on the NEIS program (New Enterprise Incentive Scheme) which means you don't get any money upfront, but you receive the equivalent of the DOLE for the first year while you start the business. You do a small business course with them, develop a plan, and if by the end of the year you're making the equivalent of the DOLE or more, they approve it. It was a great start.

I worked my ass off for a lot of years and poured everything into it.. Don't know how I did it! When I first opened, people would ask if it was an art installation. "Like you're here for a week?"

What made you drop everything else?
Drew: knowing that this was something we could do, not having enough sleep, setting a goal, quitting working nights and starting to work at the shop full time. I used to work for a freight company by night, by day in the shop (I was working nights to see if we could make it happen.) We set ourselves a time frame to do it full time and we beat that goal.

Aimee: Keith & Lottie (our first retail shop) was opened in 2004 and then a few months later, we opened the gallery out the back. We had a great response from artists. Although, in the final days days before our first show, I remember thinking "I don't know how to run a gallery!' But it was great. We had a fantastic response from a mixed crowd that ranged from art wankers to street art people.

We opened the The Butcher Shop at the back of the store in 2005, as it felt logical to do. No one could buy the products in Perth related to what we were showing/selling, so it was the obvious next step.

In 2009 we decided to just go solely with The Butcher Shop as it was time to choose a direction. The Butcher Shop had really become a fusion of them all, and we had the most fun with that brand. Last June, we opened our second store in Fremantle. There's always plans to do more, but we'll see what happens.

What's it like having a shop in Perth. And this kind of business?

Drew: It's really good. You rarely ever see this kind of thing of here in Perth, so you get people who are excited to see it. Perth has come a long way with street art and graffiti, and hopefully we've had a bit to do with it.

More and more are starting to hear about it, and realise it's not this mysterious criminality thing, it's just a different medium and there's nothing to be scared of. This is really important for us. We're just trying to sell artist quality spray paints and other supplies without pitching it at any particular audience.

There's nothing better than serving someone who's really excited about what they're doing, or what they're buying. It's good seeing people who've never used these things before, seeing them get excited about using a different medium, and coming back to show you how they've used them. It's only the medium that's different. When I see other people getting as excited about it as I am, that's really cool.

What happens beyond the walls of The Butcher Shop?
Drew: We do a lot of weekend workshops, paint big pieces in the community, get youth involved. Aimee is also involved in OnWilliam.com.au(the William street collective) and they're all about the community on William Street; bringing about awareness in the city and encouraging them not just to buy commercial crap, but to come to Northbridge and support young independent retailers and artist galleries.

I hope we do a bunch of stuff that can help other people out. It's good for growing Perth into a city that's not just a sandpit full of bogans that work in mining. There's a lot of creative people here who need to do stuff as well.

Fave artists?
YOK, KID ZOOM, DEATHBOT, DMOTE. We're a little biased towards Aussie street artists

Music most likely to be playing in the shop?
No particular genre, rather many and varied. Just 'cos we sell spray paint, doesn't mean you'll hear Aussie hip hop.

If you could have only one drinking buddy for the rest of your life, who'd it be?
Drew: Scott Hitchcock

Favourite drinking hole?
Drew: Ezra Pound, The Bird, La Cholita

What's your vice?
Drew: Ciggies and alcohol and graffiti.
Aimee: Working too much! I like working.

Dream job other than purveyors of fine street art supplies?
Drew: international man of going around and taking photos and spraypainting shit

When not at work, what can you be found doing?
Hanging with my dog frank, painting stuff, drinking, and smoking with my friends.

What are some of the more interesting/proud/memorable moments at The Butcher Shop
Drew: We're pretty proud to be part of KingBrown mag (we do the distribution for it). YOK/CLUG/MUTCH are good friends - hanging and networking with those dudes is good. We've also been berated by police at election time, had people try to burgle us, and people wanting to stud out Frank.

Last words?
Aimee: Frank rocks. Is he a happy dog? (Frank literally barked twice after this question. And then twice more. Which either means a big resounding yes, or that pig's head looked mighty tasty.)

Yellow Doesn't Sell

Posted by Clug on the 7th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

Mr Powers explains what goes into his love letters, life, kids and history in this episode of Art Talk. I reckon this is more important than whatever you're pretending to work on right now. Watch it.

Inside England

Posted by Clug on the 6th of January, 2012 , 0 comments

Jocelyn Bain Hogg has some damn good shots of UK's crime maestros. Her series 'THE FIRM' is a look into the proud world of the English criminal. Make sure you check out her series on 'British youth' it's just as good. And yeah, I stole this from Juxtapoz.

Rolling into 2012

Posted by Mutch on the 2nd of January, 2012 , 0 comments

check out Color Magazine for more bits.