http://www.yenmag.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:29:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For the last three years, Sydney College of the Arts has been kind enough to provide Laneway Festival with a home. But this time, they’ll be more than just the venue. 2012 marks the first year that emerging artists from the school will be exhibiting on-site, with an array of installations, sculpture, video and performance [...]]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/laneway-festival-gets-arty/ As she prepares to touch down in Australia for a string of Laneway performances and solo shows, Feist releases her latest video from Metals- “The Bad In Each Other”. Feist’s soulful vocals and bluesy guitar riffs work well with Martin De Thurah’s sorrowful video. It opens with a man burying his dog in the desert [...]]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/music/new-feist-vid/ 40,000 takeaway menus and political flyers turned into art.   Gone are the days when waiting for the mailman to arrive with your bundle of news and handwritten letters from loved ones was a daily treat. Now, in between a few exciting online shopping arrivals, the only things to appear in your letterbox are bills and [...]]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/artery-junk-mail-art/ The Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents a quartet of films written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It’s like a movie marathon, but over five nights instead of one, so you won’t get fidgety and have your eyes go square. The season opens with The Virgin Suicides (1999), followed by Marie Antoinette (2006), the semi-autobiographical [...]]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/sofia-coppola-on-film/ Friends on the steps in front of my house. ]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/photo-of-the-day/december/ Kick start 2012 with creative essentials at student prices from Jasco. Check out the latest Jasco catalogue featuring a stack of special offers or visit the Jasco website for more information. Click on the e-catalogue below to view in full-screen. ]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/design-smart-student-essentials/ Iris Apfel and M.A.C are a match made in beauty heaven.]]> http://www.yenmag.net/beauty/iris-apfel-for-mac/ Jules is a friend of mine and we went down to the beach one rainy afternoon and had hots chips and drank Coca Cola. ]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/photo-of-the-day/julia/ Playground Weekender is back for 2012, and we’ve got a double pass to give away to one of our Facebook friends. The “Boutique Music Festival” falls towards the more relaxed end of the festival spectrum, making it the perfect way to farewell summer. The line-up is great so far, and as always there’s plenty of [...]]]> http://www.yenmag.net/win/playground-weekender-pass/ Jurassic Lounge is like a lot of things: a school excursion gone wild, or a break-and-enter party thrown by a rebellious museum employee. But mostly it’s a place to learn, drink, dance, and spice up your Tuesday nights. This year Jurassic Lounge is launching it’s third season in the spirit of the Chinese New Year. Among [...]]]> http://www.yenmag.net/artery/enter-the-dragon/