day forty

went to an arvo of exquisite corpse at brunswick arts on satde arvo; was a bloody fun arvo; beer; snags; fags; good to do stuff with strangers and friends; great little space; check out BRUNSWICK ARTS; below are various pics of us and the corpses

day thirty nine & a half

ainslie down a dark back alley in the city


went to launch of artlink magazine issue screen deep at acmi; ainslie; mark; panayiota and me; great nibblies; wine; except for the three fat middle aged slags hogging the cheese and telling each other that they are so talented but noone has given them a job since being in melbourne; some academics crapped on about the advances in media arts; but failed to mention me; lol

ainslie took this pic of me in front of a neon sign outside acmi on flinders st


mark the bar fly

day thirty nine

I took myself off to see this at the Australian Centre of Contemporary Art; Sonia Leber and David Chesworth; Almost Always Everywhere Apparent; 11 August - 30 September 2007; Sound, video and installation artists Sonia Leber and David Chesworth will create a ‘polyphonic phantasmagoria’ at ACCA as the third annual Helen Macpherson Smith Commission; Human voices will resonate through a series of corridors, all leading into a central, cathedral-like space in what will be a major new work from these international, Melbourne-based artists.

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day thirty eight

was bored so made a wee video entry

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day thirty seven

i bought this lamp yesterday





















and am thinking of using the fabric below
for a new look; recovering the shade

day thirty six

i went home; weekend just gone; auction; catch up with mum & dad; meet my new nephews; and to see steph; haven't seen each other since 1999; was a great weekend; although suffering flu; my visit also coincided with SPRING MIGRATION; i remember when it was "look here comes the yackandandah gay and lesbian mardi gras"; now i'm not the only gay in the village; managed to avoid; except the ute muster; *wink*; (if only there was one)

anyway went down the paddock; in the tonka truck; with dad;
to tend the animals

The Rooster, Hen and Runaway















Dallas & Circle J Royal Prince
















The Neighbours 1 day old Potty/Poddy Calf

day thirty five

went to MONO; with panayiota & michael; corner hotel; last friday (31/8); evening started at mine with dinner; met michael at the corner; panayiota and i had managed to flattern both our camera batteries by the time we got from thornbury to richmond; gotta love digifriends!

Mecca
















30 weeks
















Fairfax Junkie





















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Soft Furnishings on the 246
















Jerusalem














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day thirty four

oh sunday; sunday august 26; what a glourious day it was; 25 degrees; sun shininng; beer gardens full; melbourne alive again; love it; started the arvo off with a hang over; jumped on my bike; over to PANAYIOTA'S ; she was making soap; photo below documents her and her electric egg beater; hang there for a while; both cruised on our bikes; merri creek trail; to fitzroy; we met ainslie at the napier
















drinking beer in the beer garden; was fantastic; everyone seemed to be out playing; even boobies; the town alive with the buzz of spring
















below is a photo i took at DORKBOT ; they have a meeting on the last sunday of each month; it's where nerds get together and chat about nerdy stuff; was great; this guy FREIDER WEISS ; spoke about what he has been up to; working with chunky move; on a project called GLOW ; was very impressive; glow is on as part of MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
















ainslie and i then ploughed on to a gig at the tote; something gertrude contemp. artspace were doing; $5 cover; was meant to be a free bbq; but wasn't

day thirty three

well a lot has happened; since last post; exhibition went well; i've been lazy since then; not working in studio since; became an uncle; to twin boys; daniel and leonard; heather moved out; not under the best of circumstances; nathan came to visit; kwang soo came down for a week; was fun and good to see him; it's been over a year and a half; soo was very funny on the bike; such a bad biker; he couldn't change gears; too afraid to take either hand of the handle bars; so wobbley; cracked me up fully






















we biked around melbourne for a couple of days; exhibition openings; museums; went to the guggenheim exhibition at the ngv; pure disappointment; $20 to see three rooms; fuck the blockbusters; they always disappoint!; biked along the yarra trail; merri creek trail; went to the laird; drank too much; but over all was a great week;

















i took this photo outside the ngv; i like it; soo didn't want to go back to sydney; he thinks melbourne is cute; classic comment;
"do you think that we can be housemates in five years if we don't have boyfriends?";
"why?";
"because your house is very relaxing";
"that's because i don't live with anyone, and just the way i like it, so no";

i don't think i could ever share a place again; too set in my ways.

day thirty two & a half

write up by penny webb - click on image to read

day thirty two

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review of "Night Time is for the Boy who can Fly" by Robert Nelson, The Age 11/7/07

day thirty one & a half

overall installation view





















37.46 N 122.26 W
















37.31 N 126.58 E










37.47 S 144.58 E



37.47 S 144.58 E (detail)

day thirty one

Night Time is for the Boy Who Can Fly
New Installation by Ashlee Laing; OPENS July 3 6pm; Bus Gallery; 117 Little Lonsdale St Melbourne; runs until July 21

day thirty

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heather & i in poland; circa 1997

day twenty nine

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Our 86km bike ride over the Easter weekend

day twenty eight

due to the swimming championships here in melbourne and for the government to not be accused of only funding sport; as they "fund" sport and culture; they had a wee arts festival to coincide with the FINA world championships down at birrarung marr behing federation square; i ended up going the day they pulled everything down; not realising it was only on for a weekend; the swimming is on for 10-12 days but the culture is only on for a weekend - hmmmm

anyway was delighted to see a real yayoi kusama in the flesh!






















click yayoi kusama to go to her website

day twenty seven

friday march 30 - sin bin

day twenty six

Some pics of Matina and I on another one of our marathon bike rides. Today saw us depart my place in Thornbury and ride to Werribe (can't spell anyway its a big sewer!) to visit her mum. 54.9km. And have to say over the past 6 weeks I have gone from a c cup to a b cup! Hope i got that right i think b is smaller than c, yeah?

It was a delightful ride. Headed into the city - rested at Fed Sq, watched a really bad performance sponsored by ANZ for the swimming comp on here! Fuck I wish ANZ would stop sponsoring bad public events. Then it was off down southbank on the "bike" path to the westgate bridge where we caught this awesome wee motorised punt that takes peds and bikes across the river so we can ride to Williamstown. 3 bucks what a fucking bargin! Was very fun ended up with wet feet from the waves of the bigger boats splashing onto the punt

On the otherside (approx. 8 mins later) were back on the bikes on another path to Williamstown - once there it was a caffine hit and back on the bikes through the industrial landscape - The beautifully ugly oxymoronic.

After riding fucking miles and with only an entrance to a freeway bound for Geelong we opted to catch a train from Altona to Hoppers Crossing then back on the bikes for another 10mins to Matinas ma's house only to find the bitch NOT home. So then back on the bikes to try and track her down. matina and I ended up having a beer at this pokie club/bar which is part of a fucking shopping centre! freaky is all i can say - anyway rode bake to her ma's house and she was home this was 2 hours after we arrived.

Hung there for while then we had decided to train it all the way home to thornbury which would have been about an hour with s change at flinders st. At yarravile matina starts suggesting that we ride from the city back to mine - as she was feeling like a cheat so i go ok and said well lets get of at kensington or north melb so we dont have to ride through the city - as we are pulling into nth melb we see 3 inspectors ready to board the train - thank fuk we got off as we have expired tickets





















anyway it nearly killed us riding the last leg of the 54k's but am 200 bucks richer!





















check out the name of the street

day twenty five

Things have been hectic; exhibition down; went to port douglas to luella & dylan's wedding; back at work; pottering in studio; bought a bike; swimming in the mornings; the list just goes on and on.

exhibition went well; see entry below; luella's wedding was great fun; although will never understand why peope would want to go on holiday in the tropics let alone live there; so oppressive; was great to catch up with everyone; i love fiona's chris; fantasies of eloping with him at the wedding; hahahahaha;

being back at work sucks; nah it's good; but let's face it would rather be paid to potter around doing my own stuff; sometimes i wonder what it is i am doing there; most of the time i know.

i have managed to hang in my studio over the past few days; its been over a month really since i spent any time there; am working on a new painting; very large; a panel of four; shite thing is only one of the panels is coming along; the rest suck.





















i have also been working on a few submissions; funding; exhibition; i dropped of a proposal/application for the mcclelland sculpture survey and award last saturday; find out march 16 whether i have been selected; fingers crossed; pananyiota and i went down there last saturday and checked it out