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TEDx Sydney

Daniel Boud — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:25:12 +0000

Andrew Kuper addressing the crowd at TEDx Sydney

I spent Saturday at TEDx Sydney, snapping some pictures for the venue, CarriageWorks.

You’ve probably seen videos from the TED conference in the US before. It’s been running since 1984 and is a conference dedicated to ‘ideas worth spreading’ which attracts an amazingly talented array of speakers who have up to 18 minutes to address the audience on their idea.

Since they began publishing all the talks online, TED has exploded in reach, with over 200 million views of the videos. If you haven’t already, do go browse some video talks.

Remo Giuffré

TEDx Sydney is what’s noted as “an independently organised TED event”. And this one was conceived by Remo Giuffré and brought to life by a large number of local people. Unlike in the US where it costs US$6000 to attend – this one was completely free. Which was remarkable for an event with a high calibre of speakers and entertainment, big production values and free food and drink.

I spent most of the day shooting in the CarriageWorks foyer, which acted as a spill over area for people who couldn’t fit in the auditorium.

A large video screen projected the activities inside, and between talks Craig Reucassel MC’d discussions with some of the speakers.

Craig Reucassel speaks to Brett Solomon and Andrew Kuper

A young audience member at TEDx Sydney

Cardinal George Pell amongst the crowd

Missy Higgins performed between talks

Mr.Percival wowed the crowd with his amazing vocal loops and sing-alongs

The iPad may not be for sale in Australia yet, but there were several people in the crowd using them

Some fogeys with their primitive 'laptop'

Julian Morrow tells it like it is

Julian Morrow was the final speaker at the event and summed up the day.

He brought everyone down a notch and had us in stitches when he explained that while TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design – it’s actually just an abbreviation for the real name of the conference which is EDWARD,

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Big in Japan party

Daniel Boud — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:31:25 +0000

Mademoiselle Yulia

Some photos from last night’s Big in Japan party at Carriageworks.

It was presented by Kirin and Ksubi and featured several Japanese performance artists.

All very odd, very fashionable, very Japanese.

Japanese performance artists Kathy

Kathy performed in this see-through tent filled with doves and feathers

Kathy reflect on their performance

The foyer at Carriageworks

Trippple Nippples

Mademoiselle Yulia did a DJ set

George and Dan from Ksubi

I was shooting for Kirin. Can you tell?

Daito Manabe performed with electrodes attached to their face which spasmed in time with the music

Romance Was Born open a store

Daniel Boud — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:29:00 +0000

Romance Was Born's Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales with Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson

Here’s some snaps from the opening night party for fashion label Romance Was Born‘s first ever retail shop.

It’s a ‘concept store’ in Paddington called Pearl’s Dream and is open for a couple of months until January 31st.

It features many of the items they launched at their stunning show at Australian Fashion Week this year.

The store was officially opened by Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson. A fitting pair to christen the space as it harkens back to the Flamingo Park ‘frock salon’ they opened in Sydney in the 1970s. Romance Was Born’s work is in the same vein too; bold and colourful with an unabashed love for Australiana.

The shop is next door to Romance Was Born’s SOYA mentors Zimmerman in Paddington – at 2A Glenmore Rd.

Here’s what the press release states:

Romance Was Born: “Pearl’s Dream” Concept Store
“The intersection” 2A Glenmore Road, Paddington
26th November 2009 – 31st January 2010

“Pearls Dream” continues on from the “Doilies and Pearls, Oysters and Shells” SS0910 collection. It is a concept store which celebrates the collection and its collaborators.

“We feel so lucky to work with the people we do and Pearl’s Dream encaptulates our full Romance aesthetic. Its about creating our world for the outside world to experience”. Romance Was Born

“Doilies and Pearls, Oysters and Shells” features collaborative works by two Australian artists, Patrick Doherty and Indigenious shell worker Esme Timbery, and also jewellery by Romance Was Born’s accessories designer Paul Bonomelli.

Pearl’s Dream is Romance Was Born’s tribute to the stylish elegance of Grandmas and the olden days whilst exploring their fascination with the sea; that crystalline underwater world where mermaids are the keepers of its mysterious watery secrets. Romance Was Born open up nanna’s glory box worn by the tides of time to reveal long forgotten treasures – glorious old jewels, budgies in a cage, 4711, a fine bone china tea set with a mother-of-pearl glaze, delicately aged lace doilies and other assorted goodies from a bygone era.

Breakfast on the Bridge

Daniel Boud — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:58:44 +0000

6000 Sydneysiders walked onto a grass covered Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday morning for the first ever Breakfast on the Bridge.

Real grass turf was rolled out from pylon to pylon to cover the length of the bridge and provide a soft spot to picnic.

The grass, the people, the cows and lack of cars made for a surreal sight.

UncharTED 2009 finals

Daniel Boud — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:11:31 +0000

People queue to get in at Oxford Art Factory

I photographed the uncharTED Grand Final for Peer Group at Oxford Art Factory last Thursday.

UncharTED is a band competition sponsored by Tooheys Extra Dry that offers the opportunity to play Splendour in the Grass along with a $25,000 development package. The next round offers a spot on the Big Day Out bill.

The bands that made it to the final were Foxx on Fire, The Deer Republic and Hot Little Hands.

The winner was The Deer Republic, a pop-rock act from Sydney.

To finish the night, Kram performed show the young bands how this rock’n'roll thing is really done.

Hot Little Hands

Mic and Andy

Felix and Demi

The Deer Republic

Excited Deer Republic fans

The Deer Republic

Foxx on Fire

Winning band The Deer Republic with Rosso

Kram

UncharTED has been around for 3 years now, and is part of a trend for big brands to sponsor music talent competitions.

You’ve got Virgin Mobile sponsoring Garage to V, Vitamin Water sponsoring the National Campus Band Competition, Jack Daniels sponsoring the JD Set, the discontinued Nokia Be Heard competition, Jagermeister sponsoring Jager Uprising.

Some might say it’s unfortunate the way corporations and advertisers are piggy backing on the music scene, aligning their brands with the cool, youthful and partying image.

‘Sell outs’ used to be one of the worst criticisms you could label a band with.

But in an era where no one’s making money selling music, i think it’s a positive thing there’s money being spent promoting new artists. It’s a good move putting money into young bands, not just sponsoring safe established acts.

And it’s not just the bands it supports, it’s the whole scene; sound people, lighting techs, venues, music press, designers, photographers, videographers, etc…

The only problem is, with so many different competitions, the quality of the acts diminishes.

There’s so many uninspiring, middle of the road acts out there – do we really need to give them any more attention than they deserve?

Brüno premiere and Time Out Sydney after party

Daniel Boud — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:47:21 +0000

Here’s some photos from the Sydney premiere of Bruno at the State Theatre plus the after party hosted by Time Out Sydney at Zeta Bar in the Hilton.

Shooting these things is simultaneously exciting and mind numbingly dull. Photographers queue for hours beforehand, trying to nab a plum spot in the media pen. Then it’s waiting, waiting, waiting until the talent arrives. Then it’s pandemonium.

This instance was even more hectic as all the photographers and camera crews escaped from their pens to swarm around Bruno as he swanned around the street with his white horse and greeted fans.

Richard Wilkins in an ecstatic mood

Bruno with Time Out Sydney Editor Dan Rookwood

Rose Byrne and Brendan Cowell

After the premiere, Time Out hosted an after-party round the corner at The Hilton. Sasha Baron Cohen was in attendance but i wasn’t allowed anywhere near him. While he laps up the attention in character as Bruno, he’s very private as Sasha and shuns the spotlight.

Apocalypstik and Destiny Hazzarrived

See more at Time Out Sydney and Pedestrian.

Sydney Songs closes Creative Sydney

Daniel Boud — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:53:37 +0000

The MCA in live music venue mode

The three week run of Creative Sydney came to an end on Friday night with a performance of Sydney Songs at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Many Sydney muso’s performed songs about Sydney backed by the Alan Dale Allstars, lead by Lindsay McDougal.

Peter Head performing with his daughter Loene Carmen and Grandaughter Holiday Sidewinder

Creative Sydneysiders

Spod performing his ode to Ashfield, 2131

The evening began with a panel discussion on the topic "The Future of Art and Technology" which included Nick Robertson who worked with Brian Eno on his 77 Million Paintings artwork

Dave from Dappled Cities performed an unexpectedly touching version of 'And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda'

Dave Graney closed the night

Creative Sydney was a fantastic initiative, focusing attention on the often unacknowledged or unknown creative communities in Sydney.

It was humbling for me to play some small part in it by appearing on their list of Creative Catalysts.

I look forward to seeing it happen again in 2010.

Artisan Guild and Curiosity Shop

Daniel Boud — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:54:07 +0000

Following the trend for pop up shops, the Artisan Guild and Curiosity Shop has just opened on Oxford St Darlinghurst.

Running till the end of July it’s curated by the local mens shoe label Marsu Homme and selling the wares of many of Sydney’s finest artisans including St Augustine Academy, Matt Weston, Elke Kramer, Izrock Pressings, Luke Storrier, All of Our Lives and many more.

I know diddly about fashion, but i was at the shop snapping pictures of all those that do on the opening night last Thursday.

Romance Was Born : RAFW 2009

Daniel Boud — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:10:36 +0000

The last of my fashion week posts is from the spectacular Romance Was Born show at The Wharf Restaurant on Sydney Harbour. As with previous shows from the designers it was extravagant, theatrical, kitsch and featured my old neighbour Pauly.

Paul

There was an aquatic theme going on, with shells, sea creatures, scales, coral, sea captains and nymphs.

The show was all set to the ethereal tunes of Bat for Lashes before the grand finale set to Prince. It brought tears to the eyes of several in the crowd.

Friedrich Gray : RAFW 2009

Daniel Boud — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:13:40 +0000

A model on the catwalk

During Rosemount Australian Fashion Week i had the privilege of photographing a number of shows backstage for fashion PR firm Little Hero. They represent the cream of exciting young designers including Friedrich Gray, ANT!PODiUM, Therese Rawsthorne and Romance Was Born.

A model gets her hair done backstage at Friedrich Gray

These photos are from the Friedrich Gray show, a sydney label designed by Ben Pollitt. The show was held in the UTS Atrium on Jones St, a spot i’m sure had never held an event of this nature before.

Designer Ben Pollitt with model Emma Balfour

The show marked the return of model Emma Balfour to the runway.

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