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October exhibitions - Skateboard Decks, Gaming Art, Whimsical Curios ... [01.10.2009]

A summary of the October Exhibition period for Renew Newcastle projects:

Dates: 1 -4 October

Installation: DJ Smallcock’s Vinyl Arcade

Description: The Vinyl Arcade is a participatory play-set, playing off vinyl fetishism, video arcade mystique and the machismo of motor sports. An immersive sound instrument putting you in the drivers seat of a tiny remote control car with styli attached as it navigates its way through a landscape of disused vinyl records. Please bring any non essential vinyl with you to throw in the pit!

The Vinyl Arcade

Co presented by Electrofringe www.electrofringe.net and Renew Newcastle for this years This Is Not Art festival. www.thisisnotart.org

Time: Open Daily 3-6pm

Location: Shop 45, 164-170 Hunter St Mall

Dates: 1 – 21 October Exhibition: Decks

Artist/s: Kris Keogh and David Collins Curator: Nick Nelson

Description: Kris and David have been friends for years. They both skated in the day, and have taken their beloved Posca pens to abandoned skateboards for their work in this show.

Decks at Upcycling

Opening Night: Thursday 01 Oct 2009

Time: 6pm

Project: Upcycling Gallery

Location: Shop 2, Silk House, 200 Hunter St Mall

Dates: 2 – 24 October

Exhibition: The Garden of Forking Paths

Laurie Anderson in The Garden of Forking Paths exhibition at Loop Space

Artist/s: Laurie Anderson (USA) with Hsin-Chien Huang (Taiwan), Tale of Tales (Belgium), Jaron Lanier (USA), Michael Nyman (UK), Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (UK), Anita Fontaine (Australia) and Mike Pelletier (Canada), Andy Deck (USA) Curator: Neil Jenkins

Description: An exhibition of historic and contemporary artists' computer games.

Opening Night: Friday 2nd October

Time: 6 – 9 pm

Project: Loop Space

Location: 109 Hunter St Mall

Dates: From 2 October Exhibition: First Works in Silver Artist: Lula Description: The artist’s first exhibition of works using sterling silver. Handmade jewellery using fine filigree techniques. Demonstrations and workshops available during normal opening hours.

Opening Night: Friday 02 Oct

Time: 6pm – 8pm

Project: Art Brasil

Location: Shop 24 Market Square Terrace Level, Hunter St Mall

Dates: 2 -10 October 2009

Exhibition: Male

Artist/s: various, local contributors. Curator: Mark St. Clair

Description: Celebrating the male in all his forms, coinciding with the men’s health conference.

Opening Night: Friday 02 Oct

Time: 7pm

Project: Gallery Raw, House of Photography

Location: 147 Hunter St Mall Newcastle

Dates: 2 Oct – 5 Nov

Exhibition: Wonder Chamber: a collection of the curious, wondrous, and whimsical

Artists: 7U?, Textaqueen, Emily Hasselhoof, Leigh Rigozzi, Helen Nehill, Neil Tomkins, Ace Wagstaff, Chris Tamm, Kake Geck, and Licky the Cream… (until Nov 6th)

Opening Night: Friday 02 Oct

Time: 5pm – 8pm

Project: Totoro’s Teahouse

Location: Shop 1, 111 Hunter St Mall

Dates: Until 9 October

Exhibition: The Twilight Girls present ‘Wet Walls’

Artist/s: The Twilight Girls Curator: Penny Thwaite

Description: A site-specific installation situated on the glass windows of the Silk House shopfront. The Twlight Girls bring a mix of the tactile, the architectural and classic 70s design to the windows of Silk House. Come down and see this unusual installation……is it water? Is it glass? How did they do it??

Wet Walls at Silk House ARt Projects

Special Wet Walls Movie Night: Friday 02 October, 6pm

Project: SilkHouseARtProjects

Location: Shop 1, 200 Hunter St Mall

Dates: 12 Sept – 5 Oct

Exhibition: TYRANNOSAURUS REX

Artist/s: Kalindy Williams, Nicholas French, Kell Derrig-Hall, Erech Overaker, Marnie Vaughn, Elizabeth Nagy, Demi Iacoptta, Stephanie Cola, Morgan Cabot, Luke Johnston, Grant Hunter, Daniel Hogan, Eli Partridge, Matt Niccoli, Mike Foxall, Andrea Lam, Sam Witek, Jen Tait Curator: Grant Hunter

Description: The current exhibition of natural history at the ARThive Gallery is titled TYRANNOSAURUS REX. Amateur paleontologist Grant Hunter has unearthed a large collection of new specimens on his latest dig, and has kindly decided to share them.

Project: ARThive

Location: Level 1 / 111 Hunter St Mall Newcastle (Access via Morgan Street)