SYD Event - Outpost @ Cockatoo Island

[eggssell]

For the syd peeps. this months outpost thang at cockatoo island has lots of goodies.

art, skating, music, breaking.

i believe its all free too.

http://www.outpost.cockatooisland.gov.au/

while i was a little disappointed as i thought there would be a banksy installation which are usually pretty massive, its actually just someones perso banksy stash.

either way much more than just that going on. lots of great artists installations.

aus street skate competition.

secret wars. which is a live art battle (my sis has been to a few, and ive seen vids, looks awesome)

shadow wars. a break comp.

now its just deciding which weekend i go.

[dflux4]

Went to this on Saturday..... Definitely a must see if your in the Sydney area.

Very family friendly and heaps to do. Bring an esky on wheels and fill it up with heaps of piss and it will be a great day.

[eggssell]

yeah i went on sunday. ill post pics sometime this week. absolutely awesome.

admittedly for those in melbourne it might be a bit like just walking around on the street, except of course the big installations (especially heaps of contributors from vic, including some of my faves deb; urban cake lady; and the dude that does the lucha-libre-esque paste ups. damn cant remember his name).

but for syd people definitely a must.

couple of tips, catch the first ferry out OR catch a normal ferry from somewhere else like woolich or greenwich. when i got back to the quay about 3pm the whole terminal was full and the lines went outside the terminal and all the way down.

also you need a whole day to appreciate it all.

and finally the bar setup is nice, and they were playing some good ol soul & funk tracks (sade; earth, wind & fire; barry white etc.) but the only food was pizza and there was an hour waiting time!. there are other food joints with less wait but still lineup

so dflux's tip of esky is a good one. and bring food then camp out near enough to the bar to hear the sweet tunes.

im def heading back for one of the secret wars; and the dance comp (shadow wars).

[eggssell]

errrrr. anyone in melb able to help me out with that artists name, its driving me nuts.

he does pasteups of masks, kind of looks like wrestling masks.

some little small ones but some massive ones (6-8 foot tall) around melbourne

EDIT: found it, ahhhhhhh.

stabs

[eggssell]

here is a few pics. i wont put up too many so people can enjoy in person

the ironlak bus that i think gets redone each day

here is that stabs dude.

[eggssell]

this was part of some stencil comp. i wanted to buy it but a bit pricey

the next two were part of a private collection, and the two artists were prob some of my fave for the day. first one is antony micaleff. spewing cant remember next one i think david choe.these were behind glass so iphone blanded the colour

[eggssell]

only a handful walls with ol school, this was one of my faves

here is a syd based artist sprinkles (more about him in a bit)

then there is a whole paste ups section. two artists that ive always liked. one from vic (urban cake lady) and one from syd (though she resides in LA now i think; beibadgirl)

[eggssell]

i posted some new pics in the other outpost thread

viewtopic.php?f=50&t=8065&p=113691#p113691

[crundyy]

i wouldnt mind checking that out but if i saw any of banksys work id cross it out n get into shit lol

[eggssell]

hahaha so i guess you in sir robbo's camp then.

i dont mind banksy, he's a witty prick. but yeah all the banksy's on display are just prints or sketch bookers.its only like 0.5% of the thang. in fact you could skip that whole private collection and still have a mad time

[crundyy]

I just think hes a homo that tried to write graffiti, couldnt so now he just makes stencil and is a mega mainstream artfag. IMO if you any sort of stret artist you only do it for you and not anyone else, even my mates that still write dont care what i think, i only rock a scratchie every now n then at the pub,clubs or the bus.

[eggssell]

Skate comp tomorrow.

Damn early though