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Following a very successful 2009, Alda’s will mark the first exhibition of 2010 with Perth artist, Gian Manik, who will be presenting a solo project entitled Others. Returning from a three month residency at The Gunnery Artspace in Sydney, Manik will present new work in both the upstairs gallery and project space.

Manik explains, “This work explores the attraction of the ‘Other’ through perceptual references of my body. Various filmic inspired makeshift components such as costumes, props and paintings are used to explore the border between familiar and unfamiliar objects and spaces. The anonymous figures and accompanying settings speak of possible events that are about to occur or which have already taken place.”

The exhibition will be open from the 8th January to the 5th February. Please join us at Alda’s on opening night, Friday 8th January at 6pm til late.

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Tonight is the opening of Pigeonhole's Lomovember at The Lomovember Gallery, 104B Murray Street, Perth (behind Ambar).

Lomovember is a charity fundraiser showcasing local lowbrow lomographic talent held in conjuction with Movember.

The event promises a display of rogue photography taken on retro film cameras with fun and unexpectedly beautiful results. Block mounted prints will be available for purchase on opening night via silent auction with proceeds going towards prostate cancer research and men's health as part of Movember.

Please join them on opening night for festivities, prizes, moustaches and more! The works will be on display all weekend with a set of workshops to boot!

Opening Night: Friday 6th November 7pm-12am

On Display: Saturday & Sunday 11am-5pm

Midland Atelier designer Helena Bogucki will be exhibiting at prestigious Melbourne jewellery gallery e.g.etal throughout October. The exhibition, Historical Collections and Contemporary Jewellery launches on October 5 at 167 Flinders Lane.

From e.g.etal:

Self-taught Perth artist and FORM Gallery staffer Alex Lekias is presenting her first solo exhibition on the 7th October at Behind the Monkey, Highgate. Billions, Zillions and Trillions is an expression of lost control, childhood, lucid dreaming and wonderment in ridiculousness, translated into a collection of imaginative line drawings through ink and oozing watercolour.

Alex has developed a personal, illustrative drawing style, loosely influenced by a combination of 15th Century Gothic Iconic art, Aubrey Beardsley, children's literature, German Expressionist film and Japanese manga.

Design Process will see King street retailers collaborating with local creative talent to present an interpretation of the process behind all facets of design.

Opening night will involve installations and/or performance in the retailer's window space from 5pm and an exhibition from all artists involved at the Wellington Projects gallery space from 7pm.

Sydney's forgotten spaces are about to come to life as a series of 'urban art interventions' take place in the City's laneways from October to late January 2010. Eight of Sydney's busy thoroughfares and overlooked accessways will be transformed into places meditating on sustainability, including a miniature forest, a seven metre high bar (to reflect the future impact of climate change), soundtracks of displaced birdsongs, and a mini outdoor cinema.

PICA is now calling for exhibition proposals to be considered for the 2010 program.

The deadline for proposals is Friday, 31st July

For more information please visit: http://www.pica.org.au/exhibitions_apply/

23rd July - 2nd August, 2009