Thanks to everyone who turned up at the Condor Car Park launch last weekend, it was a huge turnout and blew our minds. Perth is obviously yearning for some colourful urban art action and we’re glad we could help showcase some of this. I think we had a few thousand punters through, nine million photos taken, a couple of paramedics helping, served a bucketload of booze and generally had a raging party.

Props must go to all the artists that gave their time over the past year and to everyone who helped out on the night. You know who you are. Special hugs go to Rashas, SJK, John Macliver who turned up the heat in the final weeks and were imperitive to it all coming together. Big ups to Philly Blunt and Jerrem for the live entertainment. Lastly, a jinky cheers to the developers of Condor for being champs and looking the other way when we broke probably all of WA’s OHS laws.

We’ve had a lot of emails asking if the car park is still open for viewing, unfortunately no… it was a one night only show. You’ll have to make friends with a resident of the building. We are however planning on launching a photo book in the coming months, stay tuned for updates. Right now we’re enjoying having our weekends back and resting our trigger fingers.

Links:
Pics on Flickr
Video on Vimeo

Due to me being in Hillerod, Denmark, I needed a way to get my face into the car park launch… grivbot was the answer. What I didn’t plan on was masses of people that showed up and basically choked the wireless connection. Quick to the rescue was Paul Bui, who connected his laptop up through his phone and became my surrogate for the evening. He did whatever I asked of him, and although he’s a little shorter than I’m used to, I got to talk to people and generally experience the event… all whilst getting drunk on the couch. A big thank you to Paul and to those of you that took the time to say hi!

Below is the skype recording, sped up 3000% so you don’t have to watch 4 hours of it. The music is “Good” by Philly Blunt, who provided the slick beats for most of the night.

We’re still in the midst of collating launch pics and footage… stay tuned for updates.

ABC’s Stateline recently interviewed us about the Condor Tower Car Park project and the upcoming launch. Was good to see how expansive the space looks on film. Maybe some of you artists can see your head on there?

Went day tripping to Sweden on the ferry from Denmark… fun times. Walked (and paddle boated) around Malmo and stumbled upon Sonic Youth etc: Sensational Fix, an exhibition by / about the band and their influence on alternative culture over the last 28 years. Was really impressive. Everything from their old guitars and tour posters to video / sound installations. Saw the little knitted toy from the Dirty cover! Kim Gordon had a bunch of her stuff in it. I can’t believe she’s 56.

We weren’t meant to take photos but I had to get this one, who’d have thought a room 3 inches deep in vinyl would be so soft to walk on?

Check it out if you’re in the area.

Around the streets I found a secluded colourful wall with one of the best pieces I have seen in a while. Definitely my kinda place.

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We were interviewed yesterday on RTR FM’s Morning Magazine about the upcoming Condor Tower Car Park launch.

Click to listen to the interview.

Wasn’t in town long and wanted to do some paste ups but got way too drunk at Shunt Lounge and ended up distributing the posters throughout the venue. Anyone visiting London should definitely check out Shunt. It has a really cool vibe and is filled with all things weird and wonderful, with different performance art / film / music each night. Definitely a highlight of my week. Thanks to znort and co for helping me out!

I walked around all afternoon in Shoreditch and found a few trinkets of colour.

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Hurben went up to Karratha recently and painted the ticketing booth at the Walkington Theatre.

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