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CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER

ALWAYS OPEN! SINCE 1996 - HASTA NUNCA PUNKS !!!

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HUNG BY THE STICKY BITSThe Rubbish will be taken out. Adulterated Manifesto 1991 (rev.2007) AmacOnce upon a time (1994), in a dark alley in the City of Melbz, after the sweet sensation followed by the horrific mental decay of an evening doused in plum cooking wine; cheap, NASTY yet strangely expensive & AMAZING....four lightboxes appeared on the wall of CENTRE PLACE for public purveyance of the fine arts in a fast and attractive manner.Well it didn't take the scribblers all day to find the spot, so we decamped to HOSIER LANE (1998), and after a while they found us there too, all eight lightboxes of it.Curse ov Dialekt fought the anarchists, Marcsta got us censored by Amex, Marcos set off marine-quality flares, Toast Girl played SupaSucka... and then came the weddings, God Save us All. Day after day, more vows than burgers. Banksy, SpaceInvader, Tower, Fafi, NeckFace, Logan Hicks, KillPixie, Anyminutenow, Swiss Family Tschani, Nelio, Reks, Lister, Guz, 1337, and the Cut Collective - they all dropped by to leave their savage and incoherant ravings on the walls.Course, they only added to the carnage layed bare by Phibs, Nuroc, Deven, HaHa, Dlux, Vexta, Albo, Deb, Tres, Badrok n the Silent Army, the Flies, Lord Monkey, Renks, Stan, Bones (nice work Bruvvas-neva Beaten), Reify, Nails, Mic an all the rest of those two-bit punks that call 'emselves La RATS OF MELBOURNE. HushHush was open sometimes. Lonely Planet called it the NUMBA 1 cultural thing to do in the Antipodes. Bikini shoots, day after day after day. Hollywood came with burning motorbikes n skull themes and Nic Cage wanted to move in. The jig was up...so we GMO'd the joint n burnt the rest.Then came UNTIL NEVER, a purpose built indoor joint where we could all get naked and be free while sipping on Jamaican beveridges and watching Bladerunner over and over. the mirrors took a beating, but all's fair in Love and War eh?Speaking of War, did I mention Lisa War is the new intern? Don't mess with her, you'll end up D.E.A.D, sucka. Actually War is in Derlin now, partying like a fool and losing her belongings all over town just like she did here. cooool! So now Russia is the New gallery assistant. New as in New Wave. Yikes!! Awesome!! Russia is responsible for making this page look so hot, amping up the wattage, innovation, interior diamond-ing, movemen-tist analysis, ergonomics and complaining that there are not enough pugs in the studio. And Louise is the gallery manager. Louise keeps the Rats on their toes and has her finger in a whole lot of pies. She also likes chocolate, so you might like to pick up some dark Lindt from the Sev-Elev next time you visit. And Steph is the attorney-general of Thee Galliano Girls, also in charge of event documentation, bathroom fashion shoots and general fantastic ambience. Citylights Until Never would be nothing without these people, so make them your friends or they will cut your face very gently.Over 10 years/150 projects later, and still a truants paradise...Did I also mention that CITYLIGHTS UNTIL NEVER is less a band, more a visually oriented way of looking at life while walking down the street with yer eyes peeled n' a can in yr pants? Its all about doin' IT in public. Look out - it could happen to you...maybe. Aloha69. Amac XXPS : You will find CITYLIGHTS in two Melbourne locations: Citylights CENTRE PLACE and Citylights HOSIER LANE (both off Flinders Lane, CBD) You will find UNTIL NEVER at 3-5 Hosier Lane, top floor, top shelf, CBD (enter Rutledge Lane).MAILING ADDRESS - GPO BOX 2631 Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA, 3001.And more info here: http://until-never.blogspot.com/ AND http://citylights-projects.blogspot.com/Come and visit sometime, we'd love to show you our etchings...xx

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Member Since: 3/27/2007
Band Website: citylights-projects.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Amac :: Richi BB :: Markos the Darkos :: Victor"Drummin my life away" Lancaster :: Louise :: Russia :: Steph :: Thee Galliano GirlsHUNG BY THE STICKY BITS at UNTIL NEVER :: OPENING September 5An exhibition of contemporary illustration by local and international artists Sauerkids (Netherlands) :: Hobo Divine (Canada) :: Falsk (Sweden) :: Miss Lotion (Denmark) :: Beck Wheeler (Australia) :: Stephane Tartelin (France) :: Mattias Adolfsson (Sweden) :: Curated by Beck WheelerHung By The Sticky Bits is an exhibition of contemporary illustration that showcases the recent labours of love by eight international artists working in the fields of Graphic Design, Gaming, Animation, and Illustration. The artists involved have been sourced by Australian illustrator Beck Wheeler through myspace and blogging and are linked together by their love of character based illustration. Featured artists will be showing a range of original drawings, paintings, limited edition prints and sculptural works. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the new wave in international illustration, proudly presented by Until Never. BERLINDERLIN at UNTIL NEVER :: Until September 1 featuring ANDREW MAC : STEPHANIE NEOH : ROSIE KAVANAVOCH“Nicht treffen Sie warum mich an der Berlin Derlin Schau an Bis Nie?” Arena rock. Italian blue. Permed hair. A youthful dose of juvenile ignoring in education faith an art scene under the last well-known survivors the cruel and curious top side secret "ART" of experiments, which were led by the government in the 2007's, Were, rattled. Material receives in your eyes. Goods looks genuine. 24 hour love. Sure got a lot on their lips. it is dead I am alive. She’s yours. I am your temporary in their permanency. I cannot switch off. International CO-Korporation world speed progress. A second first kiss. No. 131495 – Blood. My shade picture is not this season. To the new bitumen of the Catwalk. Kind is dated, therefore you shoot it above. Eyeliner blessed at the mosque. The definite possibly. Uh-mazing heart beat (later). Ephemeral, dangerously, unfairly. It is the exceeding of a mountain! Everything our dangerous friends. Sweet glass cinder materials.Connect for us on the run. Per present cigarettes and several megawatts of DER within the shot-up vein of Melbourne’s art purr. Pissing completely over the place is not much CHANEL. “Don't you meet why me Berlin Derlin Shau a UNTIL never?"ROSIE KAVANAVOCH :: KMOSSED at CENTRE PLACE :: NOW SHOWING !!KMOSSED!
Influences: Dolce black ravens a wee dram of whiskey demonstrating gravity the search for susan bones brigade last words chinese whispers moral bankrupcy red traffic lights tax's with tainted windows quoting 007 before noon yuri geller the no.8 hookers coney island Richie BB CursOvD Victor Marcos D_Coneman gingham Hunter S Thompson Phillip K Dick doin' IT in public street fightin International Cooperation Will Speed Progress Aloha69 Diablo phenonenomology oh, & ATTRACTIVE cousins
Sounds Like: Arabianights Cityfights Turkishdelights Totesheights Darknights Trojantights Highlights Silentriots....Of course we ain't really a band...CITYLIGHTS is an independent project specialising in producing ambitious street-based, collaborative and installation works by contemporary artists. Citylights also operates two permanent 24-hour lightbox exhibition sites in HOSIER LANE and CENTRE PLACE, Melbourne, Australia.Since 1996 Citylights has coordinated more than 150 projects, including works at the National Gallery of Australia, National Museum of Australia, Big Day Out, Next Wave, Melbourne Fashion Festival and partnered projects in Dublin, Berlin and London, Sydney. Citylights coordinates educational programs and consults and advises various bodies and media with regard to street and public art. Citylights is directed and curated by Andrew Mac.FAFI at CITYLIGHTS and UNTIL NEVER April 2007Citylights was conceived with multiple outcomes in mind : To counter gentrification of a precinct in Melbourne long inhabited by artists and facing docklands-style redevelopment on an ongoing basis, and to establish a permanent and highly visible focal point for the CBD arts community. Citylights aims to present art to an audience outside the scope of traditional galleries, as they go about their day in public spaces.CITYLIGHTS CENTRE PLACE Tourism Victoria Ad April 2006Citylights also aims to counteract the plethora of public advertising with independent art, whilst utilising a presentation medium that taps into the innate understanding of the language of advertising. Citylights aims to reach a larger audience than is available to traditional indoor-independent art spaces. Citylights specialises in supporting emerging, digital and street based artists. Citylights aims to challenge the commercial and state bureaucratic stranglehold over public space.ST KILDA FESTIVAL TRAM PROJECT January 2007And now there is UNTIL NEVER... an indoor gallery located in the heart of Hosier Lane, devoted to representing the finest in Australian and international fine arts, with a focus on art of the streets, movementists, and the people who do that kind of stuff. Until Never was founded in 2005 by Andrew Mac.THE HORROR - by Kieran Mangan and Aaron O'Donnell October 2006Now showing at Citylights Hosier Lane :: NELIOFrench street artist Nelio presents digital art and photographic documentation of his street works in the lightboxes of Citylights Hosier Lane.Hailing from a rural part of France and lacking the urban laneways of a city, Nelio’s favoured canvas are the decayed and crumbling industrial buildings littering the French countryside, abandoned as commerce and workers gravitated towards the larger cities throughout the late 20th century. Nelio’s practise combines graphic design, photography and graffiti, and he is particularly sensitive to the public environments in which he places his idiosyncratic interlinked heads and biomorphic shapes (known as “bonds”). A sense of lost arcadia permeates Nelio’s poetic documentation of his aerosol art, painted onto faded and broken walls amongst creepers and foliage that reclaim the buildings as floors and roofs give way to the elements. His photography distils the atmosphere and transports the viewer to the original space in which his work is placed. Nelio has become a mainstay on the local scene during his sojourn, collaborating with many artists, and Citylights is proud to present his first solo exhibition in Australia.AL STARK Year of the Burger Citylights Centre PlaceLE VOYEUR Maria Lieberth :: THROW UP Peaser, Phibs, Grate, Doens, Vergo, Keno CANDY CORPORATION Kristi Monfries :: UP YOUR ALLEY Sunshine BertrandHAHA Crime Walls Citylights Centre PlaceINTERNATIONAL COOPERATION WILL SPEED PROGRESS
Record Label: Citylights Records...of course
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Hung By The Sticky Bits at Until Never

An exhibition of contemporary illustration by local and international artists Sauerkids (Netherlands) :: Hobo Divine (Canada) :: Falsk (Sweden) :: Miss Lotion (Denmark) ::Beck Wheeler (Australia) :: S...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:15:00 PST

ANDREW MAC : STEPHANIE NEOH : ROSIE KAVANAVOCH :: BERLINDERLIN at UNTIL NEVER

Until Never presentsBERLINDERLIN Andrew Mac :: Stephanie Neoh :: Rosie Kavanavoch OPENING UNTIL NEVER2nd flr 3-5 Hosier Lane :: Enter from Rutledge Lane :: Melbourne CBD :: AUSTRALIA6PM to 8PM :: Wedn...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:36:00 PST

So Fresh I Can't Take It

Its So Fresh I Cant Take It, King Of The Line, Part 1 (by Nug and Pike) Best Things In Life For Free, King Of The Line, Part 2 (by Nug and Pike)...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:35:00 PST

HAHA :: LAND of MILK and HONEY at UNTIL NEVER

Until Never presentsHAHA ::: LAND OF MILK AND HONEY The glamorous lifestyles of the rich and famous become the dreams and desires of the everyday people. Get rich quick schemes, reality TV, gambling a...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:25:00 PST

NELIO :: Sort de l ombre at Citylights Hosier Lane

CITYLIGHTS HOSIER LANE ::: Melbourne CBD ::: AUSTRALIAWednesday 06 June 2007 :: (Until 16.08.07)Open 24 hours::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::French street art...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:47:00 PST

VICTOR LANCASTER - BUCKET DRUMMING LEGEND - About the music here...

Back in 2001 I joined with Marcos Davidson and David Franzke to collaborate on a project to record a Melbourne street legend, Mr Victor Lancaster. And the results can be heard on the main page here. D...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:38:00 PST

BOOTLEGGER at UNTIL NEVER

featuringJosh Petherick :: Andy Sargent :: Dylan Martorell :: Anthony Lister :: Nuroc Mathew Chapman :: Nathan Gray :: Lachlan Conn :: Kill Pixie :: Phibs Bonsai :: Nails :: Christopher LG Hill :: Br...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:50:00 PST

ROSIE KAVANAVOCH :: KMOSSED at Centre Place

OPENINGCITYLIGHTS CENTRE PLACE ::: Melbourne CBD ::: AUSTRALIA6PM to 8PM ::: Friday 27 April 2007 :: (Until 31.07.07)Featuring:: DJ AIDS YOUTH YOUTH PARTY SLOUTH ROBOFAG (KISSES-BUH-BYE):: THE MEATPAC...
Posted by CITYLIGHTS - UNTIL NEVER on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:31:00 PST