The Platform Artists Group (click here) exhibits in Degraves Street underpass throughout the year. The content is always varied in its subject matter and execution. Walking through yesterday I noticed this intricate little installation featuring thousands of hand drawn paper tags, each featuring a tiny little face. They are all hung on lines of fishing wire, which allows them to spin gently as the air circulates.
Gertrude Street is great, Its a bit like Hoxton Square in London. It walks a fine line between the diverse gritty-edge-mixed-crowd and the fancy-boutique-alternative-chic kind of place, if you know what I mean! It has the trendy pub, the odd fancy restaurant and the old favourites like Industria and the Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, seen above (click here). The photograph above was taken shorty after the artist installed it, I've tried to do some research into who or what it is, but the website is still awaiting an update - perhaps it a modern take on the hills hoist (click here).
Whilst attending a few meeting today I stumbled across a couple of new additions to Melbourne's every increasing skyline. The city has a recent history of developing and building architecture that can be confronting, ground breaking and often beautiful in its construction and attention to detail. The two examples above, sadly do not fit into this category. Literally thrown up, constructed of massive concrete sections, with zero attempt to do anything remotely interesting with the overall mould, leaving a stark facade that harks back to the crap thrown up in the 1950's and 60's. It's sad to think we have learn't nothing from our past about architecture, in our haste to ride the economic wave and keep building, the powers that be have allowed these eyesores to be thrown up. I can't help but feel there must be a better way to deal with our current housing shortage? Answers on a postcard.
Bad planning. Bad architecture - Somebody else's problem in 75 years I guess.
01. top end of CBD off Little Bourke St.
02. corner of City Rd & Clarendon St, Southbank.
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Taken from the 31st floor somewhere down behind the Crown casino. No posh camera, simply an old point and shoot digital with a 35mm red filter hand held infront. A few more [click here]
Melbourne in Photography 
I shot this back in 2006 on the way home from work one winters night. The batman like figure had nipped out for cheeky fag break. According to the lovely people at flickr this is the most interesting shot I've ever taken. Have a look at the other interesting ones here [click here].
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