The Circusninja.Collective

been a while

2008-03-26T13:45:00.002Z

hey all

its been quite some time since I've posted anything on this blog, relating to the circusninja collective, the bin, or anything else for that matter..

thanks to all of you who've been hitting it up.

Well The Bin closed its doors on the 31st August 2007. It was an unfortunate end to an incredible space and I want to thank you all for being a part of it - even if the first time you're hitting it up is right now. There are no movements with The Bin at the moment, although the thought of re-opening at some point will always be in the back of my mind.

Circusninja has also been quite since The Bin Closed doors, but we're up to some exciting stuff at the moment which I'll release more info about soon...

best spot to find us is by joining our facebook group - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2267297816

beyond that I'm now working for an exciting live music and entertainment venue called The Assembly which you can check out here - http://www.theassembly.co.za

till the next post.

Melborne stencil festival

2007-05-07T10:25:00.000Z

Hello street art affinados,
the Melbourne Stencil Festival is in the house again! The exhibition of Australian and international street art by more than 60 artists opens its doors with a

OPENING NIGHT PARTY
on Friday 11 May, 6-12pm
at the J-Studios Artist Community
100 Barkly St., North Fitzroy
[enter via Dean St.]

Live music by the 'Melbourne Beat Cartel' and DJ's, a raffle with great prices, a licensed bar and a outstanding variaty of unique artworks from around the world. This year the Stencil Festival also features the special exhibition 'Drawing Fancy - a Collection of Modern Illustration'.

[there is no eftpos facility available in the venue]

The Melbourne Stencil Festival is again spiced up with some exciting and interesting events, like panel discussion, live spraying, workshops, film nights etc.
A little selection of events you might not want to miss out on:

Street Art Poetry Jam
Sat 12 & Sun 13 May, all day

Street artists and poets are invited to participate in a free workshop with the brasilian artist Celso and poet Rica P from the Sprays Poeticos Collective, Sao Paulo. Street art and poetry are closer than you think ...
[please bring your own materials]

Stencil Master Classes
Tue 15 May, 6-9pm (with Satta)
Wed 16 May, 6-9pm (with Empire & Paicey)

Learn from experienced artists how to design and create a stencil.
Only limited places available, $60 admission fee (materials included).
Please send an e-mail to info@stencilfestival.com if you would like to make a booking.

Charity Auction
Sun 20 May 4.30pm

Local and interstate artists will create unique collaboration canvasses during the festival. Those works will be auctioned by Andrew Gaynor -- a Melbourne Stencil Festival regular and favorite!
The proceeds of the charity auction will go to YSAS, Youth Substance Abuse Service in Fitzroy

See you at the festival!
The Stencil Festival team

New books just unpacked!

2007-04-03T12:21:00.000Z

We've just un-packed 4 great new titles.

as always with The Bin, stock is limited so act fast.

Low Fat : R550

The evolution of vector motion graphics is an amazing story. It gained prominence in the printing industry around five years ago when vector-based graphics were used by designers for the tracing of photographs, a process that gave images a fresh new look. Later, on the world-wide web, people were astonished by vector-based scalable animation created using Macromedia Flash. This book features the work of over 50 vector graphic designers from around the world.

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I Love Games Graphics: R450

The video game explosion of the 1980's gave birth to the ''Nintendo generation'' and since then it has had a profound, continuous and far-reaching influence on youth culture. The authors of I Love Games are members of the Nintendo Generation. They grew up with the video game phenomenon and have developed a deep understanding of how this particular aspect of their childhood has impacted and enriched their lives as designers. I Love Games Graphics presents a nostalgic journey through the visual world of games from its early beginnings up until today. I Love Game Graphics also explores the roots of the games industry in Japan, its worldwide dissemination and the relationship between games culture and techno music.

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Sticker Graphics 2: R490

A treasure trove of offerings from top sticker artists around the world. Candy-colored box contains a 240-page book, 63 real stickers, 2 patches, a poster, and a DVD.

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Special Effects: R475

Seeing may be believing but when it comes to the printed object the process extends further to encompass touching, feeling and visually experiencing. From the humble promotional flyer to deluxe hardcover books, special printing effects of all kinds are used to create a variety of expressions that will deliver a unique look and feel that extends way beyond standard printing paper. Special Effects features highly talented artists from around the world and presents their works in a sensitive style that leaves a delicate yet indelible impression. Artists featured include AllRightsReserved, Antoine+Manuel, ARC, Asylum, Atsuki Kikuchi, Build, CAP, Chie Morimoto, Chigusa Hiraki, GALLERY WALL, GRAPH, Hung Lam, Happypets, Jekyll + Hyde, Hideki Nakajima, Kazuhide Abe, Kazunari Hattori, Kenji Ito, Masaru, Ishiura, milkshake, mina perhonen, mint designs, Morning Manga Magazine, Naomi Hirabayashi, Ryosuke Uehara, Shin Sobue, Sign, Stanley Wong, Stefan Sagmeister, Surface to Air Paris, TLGF, WERK, Yoshie Watanabe, Yukimasa Matsuda

The Bin closed over easter + Competition

2007-04-03T12:07:00.000Z

Dear all

please note that The Bin store & Gallery will be closed on Friday 6th April, Saturday 7th April and Monday 9th April.

We hope you enjoy your easter!

The Bin Management & Staff

print this out and colour it in - send us a scan and stand a chance to win totally rad easter style prizes.

Competition closes 15 April

Vida E Caffe - Mugged Competition

2007-03-26T13:27:00.000Z

submit your design - hell yeah!

Vintage Sale Sunday 25th March

2007-03-19T20:10:00.000Z

The Bin seeks new staff

2007-03-19T19:03:00.000Z

we're looking for a new store assistant to work a minimum of 2 days per week, this person must be able to work in the mornings as well as possible afternoons.

please send interest and c.v's (or a brief description of your skills and work expereience) to us.

email

thanks.

The Bin

The Bin opens Permenaant Gallery on 17th May 07

2007-03-19T19:01:00.000Z

PERMENAANT GALLERY

On the 17th of May 2007 The Bin will open our newest art project – PERMENAANT. A non show based gallery that aims to showcase a variety of works from the deep pool of South African Talent.

Permenaant will not focus on exhibition openings but rather be a space for artists to hang works on a permanent basis.

Works will be for sale in the space.

The gallery will be open with the same hours as The Bin.

Monday – Friday 10am – 6pm
Saturdays – 10:30am – 3pm
Select Sundays – 11am – 4pm

The gallery will hang a maximum of 3 works from any given artist. Unsold works from exhibitions will, from time to time move into the Permenaant space, and will be marked up slightly higher than the show price (this is to avoid people waiting till after shows to buy work and create added value to the work whilst it is on show)

Permenaant rises from a discontent with the increasing use of art as a commodity rather than a medium of expression and aims to contribute towards the re-balancing of art as product / art as expression.

Our hope is to provide a space for artists that may produce small amounts of work over long periods and who are not looking for short term exhibitions.

We are pushing out an open call for artists to provide us with works for the gallery space.

For further information, and/or to set-up an appointment where we’ll be able to view your works and discuss the pro’s and cons of our new space, please contact.

permenaant@thebin.co.za

Unique new store opening in Cape Town

2007-02-23T13:58:00.000Z

A new unique store is opening. It’s a new and used clothing store. They are looking for stock to buy. From Monday (26 Feb.) they are buying quality used clothing from you. So if you have any fashionable clothing items that are still in good condition you can bring some to their store and they will either trade or pay cash for your former favourites. see attached a jpg image that explains the whole process in finer detail.

Johnny Neon - Exclusive Cape Town availablity

2007-02-23T13:51:00.000Z

The Bin is proud to announce that we are the exclusive stockists of Johnny Neon - The Hot Lips in Cape Town

the album retails for R90 and is signed.

Johnny Neon myspace

for this and loads more great products come to The Bin.

The Album is available in JHB through Canned Applause Records, which just re-opened today. Canned Applause Records myspace

Liquid Fridge - creative swapmeet

2007-02-22T07:37:00.000Z

LIQUID FRIDGE :o: CREATIVE SWAPMEET FEB 07
http://liquidfridge.co.za

BANTER
An overview of the events over the next 2-odd weeks. Should you wish to
post about it on your blog or share with a mailing list, the release is
at www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_cpt or you may download:

www.liquidfridge.co.za/icebox_02_cpt.doc
www.liquidfridge.co.za/icebox_02_cpt.jpg

Thank you to all who entered work or proposed a performance. Though we
couldn't accommodate everyone, we think the line-up will provide
compelling listening and viewing, and give attendees the chance to share
in the collective imagination of leading proponents of eclectic sounds
and plush pixels.

- Hein Bekker

...

ICEBOX 02 Cape Town
February 28 - March 10, 2007

Liquid Fridge presents a festival of contemporary creativity in
audio/visual art. With the focus on the electronic, open and South
African, ICEBOX combines music, film, video and interactive media
through a programme of screenings, performances, club nights, workshops
and an exhibition.

Supported by the Austrian Consulate Cape Town, CAPE Africa Platform,
iCommons and netbek. Press support by BRAND, Enjin and one small seed,
and online by Kak Duidelik and Swikiri. With thanks to alt film,
Bell-Roberts, INTERFACE, MTKidu and rustpunk.

THE PEOPLE

With music-makers, free thinkers and electronic tinkerers Bernhard
Loibner (Austria), Brendon Bussy, Com.it, CY Cowboys, Garth Erasmus,
Heather Ford (Johannesburg), Dean Henning (Durban), Julian Jonker,
Rebecca Kahn (Johannesburg), Microstripe, Radioboy, Story Boy, and many
others.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 | Labia on Kloof - Main Screening

An evening of innovative short-form narratives, documentaries, music
videos and animations by over 20 independent creators from South Africa
and abroad.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1 | Bell-Roberts CUBE - Exhibition opens

Eerie soundscapes and abstract electronica entwined with
computer-generated imagery and appropriated digital video, as well as
the new installation "A Light Distraction" by sonic engineer Martin Sims
and electro-acoustic artist Brendon Bussy.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3 | CAPE Africa Platform - Workshop

Presentations on intellectual property rights and how digital artists
can both protect and share their work for collaboration, appropriation
art and music mash-ups, circuit bending (re-purposing of electronics)
for sound, and video to take home.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4 | Zula Sound Bar - Screening

An evening of innovative short-form narratives, documentaries, music
videos and animations from abroad.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 | CAPE Africa Platform - Workshop

Musicians and media artists Bernhard Loibner (Austria), Brendon Bussy
and Garth Erasmus perform live on electric bass guitar, mandolin and
saxophone, with an array of electronics, custom software and deft
improvisation. Afterwards, they offer a detailed insight into the dark
art of experimental audio, discuss their crossover work in video and
other media, and share techniques with participants.

Brendon's presentation includes a collaborative performance with
multimedia artist Charles Maggs.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10 | The Independent Armchair Theatre - Club Night

The ICEBOX sound system promises an eclectic selection of DJ'd and live
retro-tech-future-funk, accompanied by a hearty serving of performing
pixels.

Bernhard Loibner (Austria) - Electro-acoustic
Story Boy - Hip-hop / Jazz / Soul
CY Cowboys - Afrikaans Electro, including audio gems from the new album
Radioboy ('ardkore / Liquid Fridge) - Techno
Microstripe (Big Love) - Breakbeat
Com.it (Big Love / Bush Radio) - Drum & Bass

A WORD FROM THE SPONSORS

CAPE Africa Platform is a section 21 company established to encourage
and facilitate contemporary African creativity through innovative
exhibitions, discussion sessions and education programmes.

Incubated by Creative Commons, iCommons is an organisation with a broad
vision to develop a united global commons front by collaborating with
open content, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing
and free culture communities around the world.

netbek is passionate about digital creation and specialises in
development for the web and elsewhere.

...

The Jam - This Sunday - 25th Feb

2007-02-20T15:43:00.000Z

Join us at The Bin this sunday for a 1 day event

THE JAM

live painting by Running Lines & The Lovestick Collective

wors rolls - R10

the usual sunday shenanigens.

11am - 4pm

Shelflife Streetstore presents Art in Motion

2007-02-20T15:40:00.000Z

SHELFLIFE STREET STORE is launching its own dedicated gallery space on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of March 2007. The show runs on Friday and Saturday from 6 till 9pm and Sunday from 12 till 4pm at 119 Loop St Cape Town (1st Floor).

Entry is free but booking is essential, no booking no entry. Entry limited to 100 persons per show.
The first exhibition is entitled “ARTMOTION” and consists of photographic work documenting the history and evolution of graffiti- art on local trains. A large variety of block mounted prints will be for sale on the day.

To book: email shelflife@polka.co.za leave your first and last name

Stolen Space now online!

2007-02-05T07:56:00.000Z

One of our favorite galleries - Stolen Space, is now online - take a look!

Spend over R700 and get R50 off your next purchase!

2007-02-01T15:18:00.000Z

We're running a promotion over the Month of February in The Bin

Spend over R700 and receive a R50 gift voucher towards your next purchase.

offer valid for first 50 customers and until the 28th February 2007

Lark - The National Summer Tour

2007-01-30T14:59:00.000Z

THE NATIONAL SUMMER TOUR

LARK will be leaving for their first national tour of 2007 in February to further promote
their debut album RAZBLIUTO and the April – May tour which will be the double launch
of their new music video and re release of their sold out EP ‘Mouth of Me’.

The band is currently working on their next music video for the song ‘CLOWN MAYONAISE’
and are recording the re release of ‘MOUTH OF ME’.
The original EP containing 6 tracks will be released alongside new LARK
tracks and remixes of LARK songs by the band’s favourite local producers.

LARK have secured a publishing deal with Universal Music
Publishing and a licensing deal for RAZBLIUTO with
JUST Music. Their award winning music video for
the song ‘Moonlight’ has done enormously well in
catapulting LARK into commercial status.
LARK were included in Cosmopolitan’s December 2006
issue as one of the “Top 10 best bands in SA”.

The band is also very pleased to have their newest
member, Sean Ou Tim, on board who has taken on the role of
drums and samplers.
Sean recorded with LARK in August 2006 and during that
process was inducted into the band as their fourth
member. The on stage performance dynamic of LARK is
now something to truly behold.

LARK will be headlining at RAMFEST on the 02nd
of March, the Granaat Festival on the 21st of March and Splashy Fen on the 8th of April. The band have also been invited to perform at the Sakifo Festival in Reunion Islands from the 4th to the 5th of August.

Blunt Magazine’s X-BOX competition nominated
LARK for “Best Live Act”, “Best Album” and
“Best Music Video”. LARK have also been nominated
in the MK89 Music Awards for “Best Music Video” and
“Best animation/effects”.

The next music video up for release is for the
glitchy-sonata song, ‘Clown Mayonaise’.
Fly on the Wall Productions are to be the creators
in close collaboration with the band.
LARK and Fly on the Wall have a long time
relationship having worked with one another on
projects such as the MTV international shorts and
the MTV base AIDS awareness PSA’s.
(www.flyonthewall.co.za)

The February tour dates are as follows:

17th February – Cape Town, Mercury Live

21st February – Bloemfontein, Mystic Boer

22nd February – Pretoria, Tings n Times

23rd February – Carfax, Johannesburg

24th February – Society, Durban

(Clown Mayonaise and ‘Mouth of Me’ launch dates to be announced)

For any further information, bookings or interviews
with LARK, please contact management.

Dominique Gawlowski
mobile - 082 393 6470
email - Dominique@thesuburbanwebsite.co.za,
visit - www.myspace.com/larksa - see full band biography

more auction show stuff

2007-01-29T15:31:00.000Z

Hello - we've posted a few pictures on our myspace profile - there are a couple more here The Bin Gallery

we're also in the process of editing a bit of video and posting images of all the works and their current prices onto the bin gallery site...

thanks to everyone who came round - we sure did have fun!

The Auction Exhibition & Summer Sale!

2007-01-27T12:16:00.000Z

JOIN US TOMMOROW!!

The Bin Gallery presents our first show of 2007 - The Auction Show.

The show opens on Sunday 28th January and will feature new works from - Brandt Botes, Warren Lewis, Tyler B. Murphy, 370153, Elbow Grease, and Black Koki.

All works will begin at R350 and the silent auction will work up in increments of R50. The bidder with the highest bid at the end of the exhibition will be elegible to purchase the work.

The Auction Show aims to challenge the pre-defined definitions we hold on the value of art, and allows the purchasers to define their value on each work.

Sunday 28th January 2007
11am - 4pm
The Bin Gallery
105 Harrington Street
East City
Cape Town

for enquiries - info@thebin.co.za / 021 465 8314

The show will run till the 20th of February.

we've also got a while stocks last summer sale on!

The Bin 25% Summer Sale!

we've got a 25% Sale running from Saturday 27th January while stocks last. All items marked with a red dot are 25% less.

The sale includes a wide variety of fabulous items like:

Circus T-shirts
Books
Dandy Savant waist cinchers
Wide Range of Showbread items

and a variety of goods from other brands including:

Decay
Sindrome
La Kanga
Familia
Butan ware
Jinxed

and others!

we have limited stock so do hurry!

The Auction Show

2007-01-18T11:18:00.000Z

The Bin presents our frist show of 2007 - The Auction Show

Kicking of on Sunday 28th January and running until 20th February The Auction show is a silent auction exhibition that features work by Brandt Botes, Warren Lewis, Tyler B. Murphy, Love and Hate and Mak1One.

All work begins at R350 and will be sold up in increments of R50-R100. The bidder with the highest bid on Feb. 20th will become elegible to purchase the work.

Sunday 28th January
11am - 4pm
The Bin Gallery
105 Harrington Street
East City
Cape Town

Flyer designed by Love at Hate.

New Products

2007-01-18T10:58:00.000Z

We've been getting a host of new products through our doors over the past month. A score of new books and a couple of new toys too, as well as the usual drop of hot new apparel.

just a taste include fresh stock of Obey Supply & Demand, Enamalized, The Beautiful Struggle, Art of Rebellion 1 & 2, Underground Publications back issues.

We got 5 titles relating to Swedish Graffiti

come past the store to avoid dissapointment!

Lovestick vs. Circusninja.

2007-01-18T10:44:00.000Z

If you live in Cape Town its possible you noticed the Lovestick vs. Circusninja posters and stickers going up in December.

This campaign was designed by The Lovestick Collective in celebration of their Artist series t-shirt that has just been released.

you can see more photographs here http://www.flickr.com/photos/Justins_art/

and watch a video of the vandalism here

Decay Clothing

2006-12-11T12:34:00.000Z

Avant Car Guard

2006-12-11T11:04:00.000Z

19:30 Friday 15 December 2006 at Bell-Roberts Contemporary

Skakel oor na die Donkerkant is the launch of the AVANT CAR GUARD limited edition album - Volume 1.
The publication will be on sale at the venue, with the band available to sign purchased items.

Bell-Roberts Contemporary | 89 Bree Street | Cape Town | 021 422 1100
info@bell-roberts.com | www.bell-roberts.com | www.avantcarguard.com

Desmond and the Tutus are Coming!

2006-12-02T19:45:00.000Z

Abletown.net

2006-12-02T19:44:00.000Z

Writers brief

It has come to that point in time that, once again, we are preparing for the next edition
We are looking for creative pieces of writing and art that are insightful and well written/executed, its important that the writers/artists express their own voice and allow the work to reflect the ethos of Abletown (visit the ‘what’s all this about then?’ section on the site to see what Abletown is all about). Please read the brief below to get an idea of the direction we want the next edition to go

Abletown 3rd edition writers/artists brief

As usual, there is a loose/ambiguously non-descript theme to which you must adhere. The phrase;” Una, duma, umpsakfuma” will form the foundation of any creative pieces done (translated from the Italian dialect of a small inland village, it means shall we stay, shall we go, I don’t know?) Now, it is important that we you guys stay reigned in on this one. We want themes to run along the lines of destinations…of the heart, the mind, the body, soul…. and any other ‘destination’ that takes your fancy. As we have said we are looking for bits of creative writing, design, art, illustrations, story’s, thoughts spilled out onto a page…any thing that you would like to make your canvas or avenue of expression.

Artists/designers

Please be advised that if you are going to be working on a creative art/design piece this issue will be coming out in black and white. This is because we are working towards printing the magazine. Although you might think this is limiting try embrace it. If the black and white editions get off to a good start you will have as much colour as you want to play with later.

Writers:

Word count not to exceed 1500 words. Please submit all written work in a normal MS words document.

Deadlines: final contributions ideas to be submitted by end of November. Final draft due end of December.

Submit all work to: mail

BLOC PARTY - A WEEKEND IN THE CITY UPDATE

2006-12-01T07:46:00.000Z

Kele sings, 'tonight make me unstoppable,' on 'The Prayer' from the forthcoming Bloc Party record, A Weekend In the City, but it's pretty clear he already is. After so many tours behind their debut record Silent Alarm, through the release of Silent Alarm Remixed and the God Bless Bloc Party DVD, a kick-ass new record full of epic, thumping, pumping, dark and hopeful songs was the only possible next step.

On February 6 A Weekend In the City will be in stores. If you're one of the first 1000 people to PRE-ORDER A Weekend in the City from Insound you'll receive a limited edition Bloc Party 7 inch featuring 'I Still Remember' and the exclusive b-side 'We Were Lovers.'

Bloc Party are returning. Long live Bloc Party.

Hear 'The Prayer'
Hear Kele talk about 'The Prayer'
Text BLOC to 50505 for mobile updates including tour dates, news and exclusives
Text VICE to 73804 for Bloc Party ringtones

Join Bloc Party on MySpace for all the latest news and fan forums
www.blocparty.com
www.vicerecords.com

Liquid Fridge - ICEBOX 02 UPDATE

2006-11-27T11:01:00.000Z

ICEBOX 02 UPDATE

The call for entries for ICEBOX 02 closes tomorrow, Friday. No
extension, sorry. However, if your parcel is postmarked November 24,
your entry will be considered for selection in December, but let us know
at submissions@liquidfridge.co.za. If you haven't yet received
confirmation of receipt from us and it's been 2-3 weeks since you've
sent your entry, please e-mail the aforementioned address.

Workshop, club night and gallery exhibition/performance proposals
requiring minimal or no funding may still be delivered. The deadline is
Friday, December 8.

ICEBOX 02 enters production in December. Stay tuned for further details.
Audio/visual event suggestions for the next week are added below.

- Hein Bekker, Director guy

...

ICEBOX is a collaborative festival of contemporary creativity in
audio/visual art. With the focus on the electronic, open and South
African, the festival combines music, film, video and interactive media
through a programme of screenings, multimedia performances, club nights,
workshops and an online exhibition.

Liquid Fridge, partnered by MTKidu and rustpunk, presents ICEBOX 02 in
February/March 2007 in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa.
The festival is calling for the participation of established and
emerging South African and international artists and professionals
working in a broad range of disciplines including electronic music,
sound art, digital film, animation, photography, video art, graphic
design, interactive and generative media, Net art, video game art and
electronics.

Supported by Bell-Roberts and CAPE Africa Platform, and endorsed by
Creative Commons South Africa.

Web: www.liquidfridge.co.za/icebox

Gallery Exhibition

Sound and video installations, digital projections, prints and
computer-based multimedia presented at the Bell-Roberts Contemporary Art
Gallery in Cape Town from 1-10 March 2007. Visit
www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_events to learn more.

Club Nights

The ICEBOX sound system promises a selection of DJ'd and live
retro-tech-future-funk rather difficult to define. Overlay a hearty
serving of videoboxing and performing pixels, and you have an eclectic
evening where the notions of "underground" and "overground" are
irrelevant. We are looking for DJ sets, band and electroacoustic
performances, VJ/video performances, and various styles in between.
Visit www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_events to learn more.

Workshops

To facilitate exchange between the traditional creative practices and
electronic subcultures, ICEBOX invites presentations, performances,
demonstrations, discussion panels and hands-on experiments in all
disciplines. Visit www.liquidfridge.co.za/?p=icebox_02_events to learn more.

Screenings (closed for entries)

ICEBOX is open for submissions of short-form narratives, documentaries,
music videos, experimental motion graphics and recorded visual
performances.

Online Exhibition (closed for entries)

Interactive media, generative art, Net art and other forms using
Director, Flash or Java software, as well as digital photography,
illustration and graphic design work, may be entered for the online
exhibition and a live presentation at ICEBOX.

Sponsorship

As ICEBOX is a non-profit initiative, contributions from private and
corporate donors and sponsors in the creative and technology industries
will be greatly appreciated. These include hiring of audiovisual
equipment and venues, videography, photography, audio recording,
printing and courier services, media exposure, and prizes. Please
contact us if you are interested in supporting this project: Hein Bekker
at hein@liquidfridge.co.za or +27 (0)82 508 2922. Formal proposals can
be presented.

Bluntmag Awards

2006-11-27T10:54:00.000Z

Blunt magazine and Xbox 360 (the next generation of gaming) will be
rewarding those individuals that continuously push the boundaries of
normalcy and take their chosen professions to even greater heights.

Blunt magazine is looking for the 2006 rider, band and artist of the year.
Readers can get involved by voting for the nominees they believe are at the
cutting edge of alternative youth culture. Readers are able to vote via the
bluntmag website, via the mobizine as well as by sms. There is also a
wildcard option for the individual or band that has not been nominated by
us, but has received a fantastic response from reader votes. Each category
winner will win him/herself a limited edition Xbox 360 console complete with
a radical accessory kit and an awesome game. The wildcard winner will also
win him/herself an Xbox 360 console as well as a game. Readers who vote also
stand a chance of winning one of two Xbox 360 consoles and the latest game.

The winners will be chosen by an expert panel of judges as well as by reader
votes. Check out www.bluntmag.co.za from to cast your vote!

Its really great to see the level of design up for awards and to note that we've had the pleasure of working with so many of them.

The Bin wishes all nominated the best of luck!

GET READY TO FLEX, this Saturday at Disco K.

2006-11-27T09:13:00.000Z

GET READY TO FLEX, this Saturday at Disco K.

4 DJ’s play the most day-glo old skool rave, techno-pop, happy hardcore, Nu-rave & Hi NRG that you were too F@*#ed to hear properly the last time it was played, or you were too young. Expect to dance a lot!! And if you can’t anymore, there’s Kareoke with the Chinese sailors upstairs too.

R10 at the door, the dress code is strictly ‘TROPI-CORE’, use your imagination.....if you’re not dressed in something bright and fabulous, you will be charged double.

Corner of Loop and Prestwich St, Foreshore.

Commemoration Day - 1st December

2006-11-27T08:48:00.000Z

At midnight of 1 December 1834, the Cape celebrated the formal end of slavery. Church services and general celebrations marked the occasion, with bonfires being lit on Table Mountain and on Signal Hill and fireworks being set off at the harbour. This became an annual day of remembrance which connects to the New Year carnival still celebrated each year.

This year, an initiative led by the Prestwich Place Project Committee and the District Six Museum, aims to call attention to this often-forgotten chapter of our history. A broader network of participating individuals and organisations have been drawn in to plan for a public commemoration aimed at developing public awareness of forgotten elements of history, telling the stories of forgotten places of the city, and reflecting on their importance and place in our current lives. This will be done through music and song, speeches, poetry and performance, enacted in a procession through the city.

The public are invited to join this initiative on Thursday 30 November, starting at 21h30 at the site of the Slave Tree in Spin Street (just behind the Slave Lodge). The procession will then proceed through Adderley Street into Greenmarket Square which will be the next stop; into Wale Street, up to Rose Street in the Bokaap and then to Strand Street. A small vigil will be kept at Prestwich Street from 23h00, and this group will then join the larger procession at the corner of Strand and Rose Streets and walk together to the Quarry at Strand Street where participants will gather around a large bonfire at midnight, marking the 1 December. Those who are not able to join for the entire procession are invited to join at the various points along the way. Please call the District Six Museum at 466 7200, or Michael Weeder at the Prestwich Place Project Committee at 462 6355 for a detailed map, information about transport or any other information which you might need.

New Product on The Bin

2006-11-23T11:14:00.000Z

uploaded some new products:
krew milano wallet
cliche wallet
Circus Dress hat - brown leather
Circus Dress hat - Black Leather
Circus Dress hat - beige red/black plaid
Circus Dress hat - brown red/green plaid

Kurb Episode 13 - Finale

2006-11-23T11:00:00.000Z

Fortune on the cover of Brand Magazine

2006-11-21T11:28:00.000Z

Artwork from Fokofpolisiekar's latest offering 'Swanesang' is featured on the cover of the November issue of Brand Magazine. The magazine is aimed at the advertising sector.
Other work featured in the magazine includes some awesome ad's for Levis SA by the likes of Senyol, Ree and Keti, Some excellent work by Am I Collective and a profile article on Mike Joubert - Managing Director of Levi Strauss South Africa.

A must have for anyone involved in the Advertising Industry.

New Product on The Bin

2006-11-20T18:15:00.000Z

We've just relaunched the online store and are gonna be uploading a score of new products on a much more regular basis now.

check out these!

Obey - L.A Base (Signed!)
Frieght Train Graffiti
One Small Seed - Issue 5 (you'll probably notice that this issue is priced at R37.50, and the back issues have unfortunatly gone up to R35.00, issue 4 going up to R45.00.
Kozik 5inch Labbit
Kidrobot/Montana Fat Cap Series 1
Stereotype Series 3
Circusninja sunglasses

Stereotype Series 4

...more to follow

Kurb Issue 12

2006-11-20T09:26:00.000Z

Nikhil Singh - Pressed Up Black

2006-11-20T09:19:00.000Z

The newest OMTD release, Pressed Up Black by The Wild Eyes front man Nikhil Singh is available nationally.

The stockists are:

Look and Listen stores nationally

Musica Megastores: Sandton, Zone and VA Waterfront
The Bin – 105 Harrington St, East City Cape Town and The Bin online store
CD Select -Tyger Valley Centre, Durbanville (021) 914 1860

Canned Applause Records - Mellville, JHB (011) 483 8823
Seedy's CD store - Hatfield, Pretoria (012) 362 5841
A Store - Kloof Str, Cape Town (021) 422 2888
SCAR – Kloof St, Cape Town (021) 422 5900
Online Stores: www.oneworld.co.za (international and local orders)

Listen to tracks off the album from the OMTD website: www.omtd.co.za

Read the interview with him in the Mail and Guardian: http://www.chico.mweb.co.za/art/2006/2006nov/061103-singh.html

Look out for a review of the album in this week’s Sunday Times magazine

As well as:

An review in the December GQ

Feature in the Dec SL magazine

Interview in December Blunt magazine

Review in the new issue of One Small Seed magazine

More to follow!

Check out Nikhil’s website: www.nikhilsingh.com

Send him fan mail/ junk mail/ love letters/comics..…to: Nikhil@nikhilsingh.com

Read on for more about the album….

In a scene where bands who ape a perpetually recycled punk past from the comfort of their 3-car suburban garage and a confessional roll-call of singer songwriters who earnestly tug away at teenage girls’ heartstrings are hailed as ‘cutting edge’ it’s tempting to read alternative music it’s death rites. Until you hear Nikhil Singh’s debut solo album, Pressed Up Black.

It’s liberating listening for anyone disaffected by a scene perilously close to flat-lining on its obsession with new wave nostalgia and singer songwriter schmaltz. Released on hip Mother City indie imprint One Minute Trolley Dash, Pressed Up Black splinters the signature obsessions Singh showcased in his art rock combo, The Wild Eyes ‘ the sex, the drugs, the rock and roll’’ into a brave noir world of avant-rock excess.

From the tarnished glam and free jazz filtered garage rock gambol of opener ‘Nagasaki Nikita’ to the mutant murder ballad choking alternative country’s corpse on haunting album finale ‘One Hundred Dead Horses’, Pressed Up Black injects an unapologetic avant-garde fire back into alternative rock’s insipid recipe book. So what’s Singh’s elixir? Simple: start by inviting a cast of marginal music mavericks including Ntshuks Bonga (saxophone), Brydon Bolton (upright bass), Heinrich Goosen (drums) and Jeanette Klaasens (violin and viola) onboard and feed.

Feed your vocal, guitar and synth strategies into an audio abyss that an outrageously eclectic ensemble including Wild Eyes cohort Gareth Dawson (noise bass), Freshlyground’s Kyla-Rose Smith (violin, backing vocals), Frank Mallows (vibraphone), Niklas Wittenberg (piano), Morten Minothi Kristiansen (guitar), Lee Thompson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Righard Kapp (feedback), Dan Manojlovic (e-bow guitar, cigarette and plucked piano wires), Ramon Da Silva (kalimba, spectrum computer), Dirk Hugo (guitar scratches, overdrive guitar), Paul Opie (bass) and Simon Portlock (drums) dance a dervish around with their uncanny improvisations.

Wait up, spectrum computers, plucked piano wires and cigarettes? Well, call it thinking out of the box, if it makes you feel safer. But be warned Singh’s mission is more than a mere ‘marketing 101’ motto. Remember, Pressed Up Black isn’t neo-this or retro-that. Rather than clone any seasonally chic retro-rock clichés or succumb to an underground stereotyping emasculated by it own self-indulgence, Pressed Up Black invites the listener to decode a flotation tank of mind-altering echoes that - depending on what frequencies fry your synapses - are reminiscent of everyone from early Lou Reed and Eno-era Roxy Music to Devendra Banhart, Bonnie Prince Billy and beyond. And here’s the rub: none of this stuff strays far from the dance floor either.

-Miles Keylock

great sites

2006-11-20T09:11:00.000Z

some monday morning inspiration for you

stip
matt sewell

enjoy!

Vote for The Wild Eyes

2006-11-20T08:23:00.000Z

New about THE WILD EYES from One Minute Trolley Dash!

The Wild Eyes have been nominated for two BLUNT MAGAZINE awards:

Live act of year

Album of year and live act of year

Vote online: www.bluntmag.co.za

SMS votes to 34978 (SMS cost R2)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR SMS 34978: WILD EYES BLUNT AWARDS G10

LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR SMS 34978: WILD EYES BLUNT AWARDS F4 to 34978

Check out their blog, photos and listen to unreleased demo tracks on The Wild Eyes website: www.thewildeyes.com Look out for WILD EYES gig and tour dates online…

The WILD EYES album: “Our love has a special violence” is available from:

MUSICA Megastores: Sandton, Zone and VA waterfront

Look and Listen stores nationwide as well as online www.lookandlisten.co.za

The Bin – 105 Harrington St, East City Cape Town (021)
CD Select -Tyger Valley Centre, Durbanville (021) 914 1860

Canned Applause Records - Mellville, JHB
Seedy's CD store - Hatfield, Pretoria (021) 362 5841
A Store - Kloof Str, Cape Town (021) 422 2888
SCAR – Kloof St, Cape Town 021 422 5900
Online Stores : www.Oneworld.co.za (international and local orders)

Thebin.co.za turns 1 and launches thebin.co.za version 2

2006-11-17T13:26:00.000Z

Thebin.co.za turns 1 and launches thebin.co.za version 2

On the 17th of November 2005 The Circusninja. Collective launched our online store www.thebin.co.za. We have had over 422 000 views of the site in just 364 days and had global interest making sales as far and wide as USA, Hong Kong, U.K and Sweden.

1 year later we offer you The Bin Online v2.0 – an entirely reworked design with updated functionality and increased user friendliness.

We’re sure you’ll find the new site a pleasure to browse!

Version 2 includes:

Design the masthead:
This idea is not unique but we like it so much we’ve decided to implement it on our site.

The idea is to promote and expose design talent through www.thebin.co.za

Each month the masthead will be changed to feature work by a new designer. The design is open brief and everyone is invited to submit their interpretation of the concept.

Read more

RSS:
Short for RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, an XML format for syndicating Web content. A Web site that wants to allow other sites to publish some of its content creates an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A user that can read RSS-distributed content can use the content on a different site. Syndicated content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information.

This basically means you can pull content from our website to your RSS reader

Advanced Search:
We’ve incorporated a new search system that is not only more efficient but also faster.

We strive to continuously develop our site to provide the best service and thank everyone for their support of the online store over the past year.

We Ship to 28 Countries and we’ve added the shipping price for up to the first kilo alongside each as listed below: (exchange rate valid 16/10/06, Local Rates are for first 5 kilos!)

Australia R160 $22.50 € 14.23 £ 11.88
Austria R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Belgium R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Canada R120 $16.83 € 13.13 £ 8.90
Denmark R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Finland R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
France R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Germany R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Hong Kong R160 $22.50 € 14.23 £ 11.88
Ireland R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Israel R160 $22.50 € 14.23 £ 11.88
Italy R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Japan R160 $22.50 € 14.23 £ 11.88
Luxembourg R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Mauritius R243 $34.05 € 26.56 £ 18.10
Monaco R325 $45.45 € 35.40 £ 24.08
Namibia R222 $ 31.09 € 24.23 £ 16.46
Netherlands R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
New Zealand R375 $ 52.45 € 41.05 £ 27.83
Norway R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Portugal R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Singapore R160 $22.50 € 14.23 £ 11.88
South Africa R60 $8.38 € 6.55 £ 4.44
Spain R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Sweden R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
Switzerland R130 $18.25 € 17.52 £ 9.66
United Kingdom R120 $16.83 € 13.13 £ 8.90
United States R120 $16.83 € 13.13 £ 8.90

The site has been made possible by the invaluable efforts of a dedicated team at Your Group of Web AddiCT(s);

Because we value our customers so much and to celebrate our 1 year birthday we’re throwing a score of specials for the next 7 days (specials expire midnight 24 November)

All orders made before 25 November 06 will receive a free Circusninja. webbing belt
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BIRTHDAY SPECIALS: (while stocks last)
Dalekhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif Icebot at the ridiculous price of R199
Blind Assortment CN webbing belts at R15 ea.
Public Space for half price athttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif R20
All Vox shoes less R50
All Cd’s less R10
All books on various discounts (from R5 – R100)
All canvases less R15 ea.

We’re also clearing out some of our older stock to make room for fresh stuff:
Knowledge D’NB magazine – Nov 05 – R10
Knowledge D’NB magazine – Dec 05 – R10
Golden Triangle – Sticky Rhymes with Mango – R20

We look forward to another exciting year!

Best,
The Bin Online

The Bin
105 Harrington Street, East City, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
+27 21 465 8314
www.thebin.co.za
the bin gallery

Just Kronk It

2006-11-17T11:55:00.000Z

Unit R- Clap by Fly on the wall

2006-11-16T19:15:00.000Z

Fly on the Wall is proud to present the launch of our latest music video "clap" for Unit R

Please come along and have a gander

The video will be posted on our video bar on our website the following week but it’s always better on the big screen with a few coolies down the hatch and the excitement in the air!

Many thanks to all who made this possible and a huge big up to Ontwerp for the post production

2006-11-16T19:05:00.000Z

The 2006 Thupelo workshop will take place at Rorkes Drift from November 11th to November 25.

Many of the artists who graduated from Rorkes Drift have been involved in Thupelo. Due to the concern they expressed about the centre, we decided to work with Tami Jali and Christiane Voith, Centre manager at ELC Art & Craft Centre, and bring artists from various backgrounds to work together for a two week period.

This is an unusual experience as most artists work alone and have little time to develop and discuss their work. This time allows them to interaction with new people, exchange ideas, experiences, materials, skills and information. They will all do a presentation about the art in their home country, enrich their working experience and return to their communities with new information, stories and friendships. This workshop will include six artists from Rorkes Drift and others from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cape Town, Umlazi, Durban, Venda, U.K, USA, Nigeria, Pakistan, Lesotho, Tanzania and Eritrea. We selected these artists from 51 international applications.

Anthony Nkotsi Johannesburg – SA Avhashoni Mainganye Limpopo - SA

Baron Kambarami Zimbabwe Chike Chinazom Obeagu Nigeria

Haji Mussa Chilonga Tanzania Joseph Mwayele KoiI Kenya

Julie McGee USA Muhammad Zeeshan Pakistan

Ndwamato Tshivhandakano Limpopo – SA Peterson Kamwathi Kenya

Maryann Muthoni Kenya Pro Mgcineni Sobopha Eastern Cape-SA

Robert Davies United Kingdom Samuel Githui Kenya

Velile Soha Cape Town – SA Gordon Mbatha Rorke's Drift - SA

Isaiah Buthelezi Rorke's Drift – SA Joel Sibisi Rorke's Drift - SA

Lindumusa Mabaso Rorke's Drift – SA Mbongeni Buthelezi Rorke's Drift - SA

Vusi Zwane Rorke's Drift – SA M-afrika Mtiya KzN - SA

Gabi Nkosi KwaZulu Natal – SA Petros Ghebrehiwot Eritrea

Retsepile Moholi Lesotho William Zulu Vryheid - SA

Witty Nonhlanhla Nyide Umlazi – SA

The artists had their first meeting on Saturday evening, 11th November, where Jill Trappler introduced the workshop. Tami Jali will coordinate the two weeks. There will be an open day on Saturday the 25th. David Koloane, Lionel Davis, Pat Mautloa and Voyile Voyiya will join the artists and visitors to view the work. Visitors are invited to join us for drinks and a light lunch. Journalist should contact Christiane (034 642 1678 or 034 642 1627 or email her at christiane.voith@gmx.de) if they would like to be at the introduction or at the open day exhibition.

For more information about Thupelo please visit our website on www.greatmoreart.org ,call our office on 021 4479699 or email: thupelo@greatmoreart.org.

We would like to thank our sponsors National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund and HIVOS for their contribution towards the success of this event.
A special thanks to Waltons Newcastle for donating some art materials.

Trustees: Greatmore Studios – Robert Loder, Isky Gordon, David Koloane, Jill Trappler

Thupelo Cape Town – Jill Trappler, Garth Erasmus, Velile Soha, Lionel Davis

futurespace launches november issue

2006-11-15T16:45:00.000Z

www.futurespace.co.za

Showcasing emerging South African design talent

Providing a platform for musicians,artists and designers

NOVEMBER EDITION NOW LAUNCHED

DESIGNER RIDES
SKIN ART
SKIP CULTURE

NEW ACADEMICS INTERVIEW
UNWRITTEN FRIDAY INTERVIEW

LIVE CONCERT REVIEW
LEVIS CONCERT REVIEW

HOLISTIC STUDENT ARCHITECTURE

LATEST EVENTS

SPREAD THE WORD CREATE CULTURE

2nd Annual 100 rand show review

2006-11-15T12:25:00.000Z

The Second Annual 100 Rand show opened on Sunday 12 November at The Bin.

The show aims at creating a culture of art collectors through providing affordable pieces of a high standard.

Artists this year include:
Senyol
Fortune
Motel 7
Daniel Ting Chong
Justin
Theory One
Loveme
Matchstick
Quanig
Milkitost
MOOREDESIGN.CC
COEONE
Haasbroek
Willem Samuel
Kronk

as well as 4 surprise artsts that were only discovered at the opening:
WorldWarWon
AmIcollective
Cousin J
Love and Hate

There queue began at around 10:45 with young and old eager to get their hands on some of the work.

As the doors opened and patrons flooded in it was evident the day was going to be very special.

Congratulations to Fortune who was the first to sell out – 5 minutes into the show! Other sell-outs included Haasbroek, Daniel Ting Chong, Kronk and Motel 7.

The weather was great and the cold beers and redbull flowed like honey. We’ve uploaded a host of pictures including close-ups of the majority of the work: here

As well as a video clip here

Our Friend Fortune also gave us a treat with
Fortunes Show Report

Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come round and contributed to making the day so memorable. In all we sold 108 works of the 183 on display.

This means that there are still 75 works available so come on down to The Bin and you’ll be surely satisfied.

The Bin
Blaise, Cecil & Pierre

105 Harrington Street
EAST CITY
Cape town, South Africa

The Bin myspace
Circuslabs
The Bin Online
Circuslabs Blog

win a limited edition world war won ipod!

2006-11-15T12:19:00.000Z

Fortunes 100 rand show report

2006-11-14T13:48:00.000Z

our friend fortune made a great report of the 100 rand show... check it out here

technorati.com

2006-11-14T13:36:00.000Z

this helps us get more people to our blog

Technorati Profile

Finally - a post

2006-11-10T17:32:00.000Z

The Second Annual 100 Rand Show
Sunday 12 November - Saturday 2nd December

The Bin presents the second annual 100 Rand show.

The Show provides a platform for new, up-and-coming and established graphic designers; graffiti and street artists, illustrators and fine artists to work within the limitations of producing work of a high quality yet knowingly retail it for a minimal amount.

The One Hundred rand concept aims at introducing and building the culture of collecting and buying artworks amongst the young art market, which is traditionally overlooked by regular gallery structures.

The first annual 100 rand show was held on the 11th of December 2005. It included work by Nigel Moore, Warren Lewis, Toe, Mak1one & many others and within 2 hours of opening over 90 works had been sold. The show eventually closed as a sell-out.

This year we've extended the artist bill from 10 contributing artists to 16 - 15 listed below + 2 Surprise artists to be discovered at the show's opening on the 12th November.

Senyol
Fortune
Motel 7
Daniel Ting Chong
Justin
Theory One
Loveme
Matchstick
Quanig
MilkitostMOOREDESIGN.CC
COEONE
Haasbroek
Willem Samuel
Kronk

All works purchased are available at the end of the opening day and directly after purchase on the remaining days of the exhibition. This defies the traditional gallery format of waiting till the show has been completed and then allowing purchased works to be claimed.

In addition to the many features of this exciting show The Bin will also be donating R5.00 from every single purchase to The Nazareth house. This is the first exhibition at which our new initiative will be in place.

It is the responsibility of those in a better position to aid in the upliftment of our surroundings. In a developing country where we are confronted with starvation, lack of basic education, high crime and pandemic deceases such as Tuberculosis and HIV Aids, The Bin has decided to become part of the solution. Working together towards narrowing the divide rather than extending it through the continuous blind-eye we turn to the desolation that surrounds us.

Our First organization - The Nazareth House, located in Vredehoek, is a haven for aids babies. Many who have suffered the indescribable loss of both parents. It is our hope that the small donation we'll be able to offer, and the minimal awareness for this cause created through our interaction with the public, will assist in some way.

The 2nd annual 100 Rand show
The Bin
105 Harrington Street
Sunday 12th November
11:00 - 16:00

Show runs till 2nd December

For more information contact:
blaise@thebin.co.za
021 465 8314

www.thebin.co.za
www.circuslabs.co.za
www.circuslabs.blogspot.com
www.thebingallery.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/circusninjacollective

First of all I must apologise for the lack of posts this week - please don't think our lack of presence is a reflection of our lack of work -we've been busting out super hard in preparation for the 2nd Annual 100 Rand show launching this Sunday 11am - 4pm.

and then there's Re-Wake.

The Bin is selling pre-sale tickets @ R50. Its the same price at the door, but you won't have to stand in a shitty queue if you've got a presale!

and presale VIP tickets going for R80.00 - that lets you in close enough to touch the bands and maybe even hang buy us a drink...

RE-WAKE is a multimedia, music and exhibition show happening on the 17th of
November at the Tafelberg Tavern, Roodehek Avenue off Hope Street in Cape
Town.

Featuring LARK, The Real Estate Agents, The Dirty Skirts, Fletcher (African
Dope) and Jacob Israel (Chrisus Records, Pretoria) with VJ’s GRRRL and
Pijin.net.

RE-WAKE also features the finale of the REGISTER SEVEN Graphic Battle, the
best designs from across the country have been selected and the winner will
be voted for by you at RE-WAKE, the winner receives R2000, his/her design
released on the next REGISTER SEVEN t-shirt line and some other cool prizes.

Entrance is R50
First Act goes on at 21:30

check out this little video made by The Circusninja. Collective's Pierre - its of the set-up for a nighthawks project.

below you'll find a score of information we've picked up this week.

THE SWITCH ON OF THE FESTIVE LIGHTS 26th November 18h00 – 20h00

This is always a feature of the festive season for all of those who live in cape town. heres a note from the city...

We hereby advise you that the annual Switching On of the Festive Lights will be held on Sunday 26 November 2006. The Mayor of Cape Town, Ald Helen Zille will be joined by thousands of Capetonians and visitors as she ushers in the festive season. The event kicks off in Adderley Street at 16h30, but will be preceded by family picnics and entertainment in the Company Gardens, from 11h00.

A free concert will be held in Adderley Street, and the programme will run until approximately 20h00, when the Mayor will switch on the lights, which will be followed by a street parade. No parking will be permitted in Adderley Street between 07h00 and 24h00. Parking available on Grand Parade and in Queen Victoria & Wale Streets. Should you have any queries please contact the event organisers - 021 433 0347

Los Cojones Del Perro!

Los Cojones Del Perro is a new Cape Town lifestyle label with plenty of balls and a strict anti-sheep mentality. The brand is owned and run by the elusive Mickey Munden, a rather dapper French Bulldog (who you may have seen gracing the lamp posts of Cape Town in an unfortunately unsuccessful attempt to be elected mayor). To own one of the labels highly sought after t-shirts and bags is to own a little bit of Mickey’s unique charisma and charm. Describing himself as a dedicated humanitarian, Mickey has sought, through his imprint Los Cojones Del Perro, to bring a bit of doggy style to the more discerning international fashionista. Every one of his tees is totally one off and unique thanks to the women in the Cape Town townships that customize each and every garment...putting a little bit of them into the tee and bringing them to life!

Fashion is just the start: plans are afoot for a Mickey Munden wine, a diffusion line for puppies and a budget airline. More information is available at www.loscojones.co.za

We've got loads of Los Cojones goods now available on the online store.

We've been doing very regular updates of the online store - loading fresh products and improving the functionality and...

WE'RE DOING A BIG UPDATE OF THE ONLINE STORE WHICH WILL TIE IN WITH ITS 1st BIRTHDAY ON THE 17th OF NOVEMBER!

We got told about a super cool site this week:

“And then they thought, if a man is hungry give him a fishing rod or something like that, and create a place where ideas not only live but can sprout and spawn from friends all over the global garden.
Welcome to the world of Emily and her ant, where creative anythings are more valuable than Caveau sandwiches. It’s a nest of all things innovative, of hand craftiness and shiny bits of cleverness magpied up from the strangest sources.”

X Cape Invitation

2006-11-02T09:31:00.000Z

X-CAPE: Call for Entries 2007

CAPE Africa Platform (CAPE) invites artists and cultural practitioners from across Cape Town and South Africa to participate in X-CAPE, the artist-led initiative of the TRANS CAPE exhibition. The deadline for entry has been extended to 20 January 2007 to allow X-CAPE artists more time to secure venues for participation.

In line with CAPE Africa Platform’s broad focus on contemporary African culture, X-CAPE welcomes participation of practitioners and projects from any creative genre; exhibitions, events, music, film and performances, to street art and poetry which engage with contemporary African creativity and coincide with the TRANS CAPE exhibition.

TRANS CAPE is the first in a series of large-scale arts events organised by the CAPE Africa Platform. The exhibition brings some of the most innovative and challenging contemporary African art to Cape Town. Over 60 artists from 19 African countries are participating in the exhibition from 24 March to 02 May, 2007. Next year’s event will be held in over 20 venues and sites along a cultural route that spans the Cape Metropolitan area. Expect to see art at an array of unexpected public, private, outdoor venues and sites.

X-CAPE invites artists and cultural practitioners to interact with TRANS CAPE’s local and international audience, which is expected to include leading curators, critics and journalist from across the globe. “X-CAPE contributes significantly to some of CAPE’s core objectives of growing networks and developing audiences for a sustainable local art market. It is therefore an intrinsic part of TRANS CAPE,” says Mirjam Asmal-Dik, CAPE’s newly appointed CEO.

CAPE will assist artists and projects with administrative and marketing support. CAPE is currently seeking corporate sponsors who will support the X-CAPE programme and Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) will contribute to the costs of marketing for X-CAPE. All participating events will be included in the TRANS CAPE Pocket Guide Book given to all visitors to the exhibition.

To participate in X-CAPE artists must return their registration forms by 20 January 2007.

Registration forms are available online on www.capeafrica.org or email a request to X-CAPE Coordinator Storm Janse van Rensburg on storm@capeafrica.org.

Re-Wake ticket presales at The Bin

2006-11-01T15:30:00.000Z

RE-WAKE is a multimedia, music and exhibition show happening on the 17th of
November at the Tafelberg Tavern, Roodehek Avenue off Hope Street in Cape
Town.

Featuring LARK, The Real Estate Agents, The Dirty Skirts, Fletcher (African
Dope) and Jacob Israel (Chrisus Records, Pretoria) with VJ’s GRRRL and
Pijin.net.

RE-WAKE also features the finale of the REGISTER SEVEN Graphic Battle, the
best designs from across the country have been selected and the winner will
be voted for by you at RE-WAKE, the winner receives R2000, his/her design
released on the next REGISTER SEVEN t-shirt line and some other cool prizes.

Entrance is R50
First Act goes on at 21:30

PRESALE TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE BIN.

2nd Annual 100 Rand show - 12 November

2006-10-31T09:44:00.000Z

The Second Annual 100 Rand Show
Sunday 12 November - Saturday 2nd December

The Bin presents the second annual 100 Rand show.

The Show provides a platform for new, up-and-coming and established graphic designers; graffiti and street artists, illustrators and fine artists to work within the limitations of producing work of a high quality yet knowingly retail it for a minimal amount.

The One Hundred rand concept aims at introducing and building the culture of collecting and buying artworks amongst the young art market, which is traditionally overlooked by regular gallery structures.

The first annual 100 rand show was held on the 11th of December 2005. It included work by Nigel Moore, Warren Lewis, Toe, Mak1one & many others and within 2 hours of opening over 90 works had been sold. The show eventually closed as a sell-out.

This year we've extended the artist bill from 10 contributing artists to 16 - 15 listed below + 1 Surprise artist to be discovered at the show's opening on the 12th November.

Senyol
Fortune
Motel 7
Daniel Ting Chong
Justin
Theory One
Loveme
Matchstick
Quanig
Milkitost
MOOREDESIGN.CC
COEONE
Haasbroek
Willem Samuel
Kronk

All works purchased are available at the end of the opening day and directly after purchase on the remaining days of the exhibition. This defies the traditional gallery format of waiting till the show has been completed and then allowing purchased works to be claimed.

In addition to the many features of this exciting show The Bin will also be donating R5.00 from every single purchase to The Nazareth house. This is the first exhibition at which our new initiative will be in place.

It is the responsibility of those in a better position to aid in the upliftment of our surroundings. In a developing country where we are confronted with starvation, lack of basic education, high crime and pandemic deceases such as Tuberculosis and HIV Aids, The Bin has decided to become part of the solution. Working together towards narrowing the divide rather than extending it through the continuous blind-eye we turn to the desolation that surrounds us.

Our First organization - The Nazareth House, located in Vredehoek, is a haven for aids babies. Many who have suffered the indescribable loss of both parents. It is our hope that the small donation we'll be able to offer, and the minimal awareness for this cause created through our interaction with the public, will assist in some way.

The 2nd annual 100 Rand show
The Bin
105 Harrington Street
Sunday 12th November
11:00 - 16:00

Show runs till 2nd December

For more information contact:
blaise@thebin.co.za
021 465 8314

www.thebin.co.za
www.circuslabs.co.za
www.circuslabs.blogspot.com
www.thebingallery.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/circusninjacollective

Fokofpolisiekar Swanesang Cape Town Launch TONIGHT!

2006-10-27T11:27:00.000Z

Tonight at Mercury Live!

Circusninja, The Bin and Fokofpolisiekar merchandise will be available.

futurespace.co.za update

2006-10-27T10:31:00.000Z

New Music articles just posted

WICKEAD MUSIC INTERVIEW
NOKIA MUSIC CONCERT REVIEW FEATURING

16STICH
LONEHILL ESTATE
HHP

SPREAD THE WORD-CREATE CULTURE

WWW.FUTURESPACE.CO.ZA

The Inevitable Exhibition

2006-10-26T15:54:00.000Z

The_inevitable

date of opening: 2 November 2006 18:00 for 18:30
duration of exhibition: 2 Nov – 18 Nov

You are invited to the inevitable art exibition which is a collective of art from all over south africa, 16 underground and established artists, street artists and illustrators exhibiting at Moja Modern in Parktown Joburg. The exhibition aims to showcase affordable art of a modern style and giving artists a platform to show their work.

The artists exhibiting are: 351073(pta), Am I Collective(ct), Asha Zero(ct), Black Koki(pta), Elbowgrease(pta), Joh Del(jhb), Koop(jhb), Lorcan White(jhb), Love and Hate(pta), Louis Minnaar(pta), ,MTKIDU(jhb), Nagkakoa(pta), Skelm(dbn), Senyol(ct), Theory one(ct), Warren Lewis(ct).

Extra Artists that part:
Andre Pereira, Maaike Bakker, Klawdog, Shane de Lange,

The exhibition will be split into four sections, the first being the main exhibition space divided into 16 artist spaces, The second is the R200 section which will consist of one room where all artworks will cost R200 more than 100 works to choose from. The third space is the Iron Fist Art Decko section in which 30 artists were given a blank skateboard as their canvas. The fourth will be the outside space where Cape Town Artists Senyol and Warren Lewis from World War Won will be painting a piece which will be on sale and Joburg based Mtkidu will be performing an audio and visual live show.

There will also be products on sale for the duration of the show which includes a sticker box that consists of 16 silk-screened stickers designed by each artist. Love and Hate will also have a display with products on sale, including accessories, clothing and books. As-well as other limited merchandise by some featured artists.

The theme for the show is "the inevitable" with the focus on open theme interpretation in each artists individual style.

Shepard Fairey - Icon

2006-10-26T15:39:00.000Z

Icons 1

Icons 2

Icons 3

Eye am Hear 03: Armchair Theatre this Sat 28th

2006-10-26T15:13:00.000Z

Venue: Independent Armchair Theatre
Date: Saturday 28th October 2006
Cover: R30 Album sales: Buy CD's, or bring your ipod / flashdisk

Paul Ressel aka Humanizer (best known as the beat maker for Lark) has teamed up with visual artist Charles Lee-Thorp aka SimStim to present the EYE AM HEAR launches; this is the third of four, and the finale for 2006. The duo has consistently put together unique and surprising audio-visual performances. Simstim says: "It's lot more dancey, and with lot more storyline than before, we are building on the previous events: this one is definitely going to be the best."

Rumor has it that EYE AM HEAR 03 will involve some kind of bizarre version of a musical feature film, taking place in the funky Lo-Fi world of classic old-school arcade games, starring hero "REZ" (featured on the flyer) and arch rival "SIF".

EYE AM HEAR are one of the first series of album launches in South Africa to have digital music sales. Everyone can now contribute towards the artists through the digital purchasing of original music. Unlike normal music CDs, this album is available only in mp3 format, and comes packaged along with an interactive "booklet" including bonus audio and video material. All you have to do is bring your ipod/flashdisk/MP3 player and for R20 you can instantly download the package. Alternatively if you wish to have hardcopy, the multimedia disk will be on sale for R30.

Doors open - 21:00 Humanizer and Simstim o 23:00 Supporting acts: Darscan Tyrell aka "REZ"

** See more info http://www.humanizer.co.za

Lolla lives - shepard fairy + Perry Farrel- webisode 1 - 5.

2006-10-26T14:33:00.000Z

an introduction to Obey - webisode 1 - Andre's Posse

Shepard Fairy talks about banksy - webisode 2

Shepard Fairy talks about toys - webisode 3

Shepard Fairy - the politics of aesthetics - webisode 4

Shepard Fairy - Street Galleries - webisode 5

life remote control

2006-10-26T14:30:00.000Z

LIFE REMOTE CONTROL is 90 minutes of ruthless quick-fire positive brainwashing from the front line. Critics complain of a generation, raised on commercials, cable TV, and music videos, has lost its
attention span. This movie sets out to prove that our visual impatience is not a weakness; it is our greatest strength. No one can pull the wool over your eyes if they’re pointing in two different directions at once.
Film features the Artistic Innovation of: Shepard Fairey, Banksy, KAWS, WK Interact, Ron English, FAILE, Brian McGee, Malcolm McLaren, Space Invader, Monsieur A. and many more…

www.liferemotecontrolthemovie.com
www.youtube.com/liferemotecontrol

Montana Flagship Store

2006-10-25T11:18:00.000Z

Hello everybody,

we are proud to present you the opening of the MONTANA Flagship Store in our hometown Heidelberg/Germany.

In our Store we provide nice stuff and goods for writers and graffiti addicted peeps.
We have a huge selection of products on stock: more than 400 colors, more than 350 markers, 150 graffiti and design-books, magazines, DVDs and much more are always available.

To celebrate the opening of the Store we organised a big jam in cooperation with the record-label 360GRAD and ILLMATIC-DESIGNZ. The jam took place in Heidelberg at the famous HALLE_02.
You will find more info and plenty of photos of the jam soon on our website.

In future we will organize jams and exhibitions in the Store in cooperation with well known graffiti writers and local artists.

Till that check our new Store in Heidelberg/PlÃ¶ck 91 and the Store´s website.

For more info visit...
Montana Cans: www.montana-cans.com
Montana Stores: www.montana-stores.com

PRESSED UP BLACK

2006-10-24T21:12:00.000Z

The Bin is proud to bring you:

Pressed Up Black

"The most ambitious South African rock record you'll hear all year" Miles Keylock, GQ Magazine, December 2006

Wild Eyes lead singer, Nikhil Singh releases his debut solo CD, Pressed Up Black.

In a scene where bands who ape a perpetually recycled punk past from the comfort of their 3-car suburban garage and a confessional roll-call of singer songwriters who earnestly tug away at teenage girls' heartstrings are hailed as 'cutting edge' it's tempting to read alternative music it's death rites. Until you hear Nikhil Singh's debut solo album, Pressed Up Black.It's liberating listening for anyone disaffected by a scene perilously close to flat-lining on its obsession with new wave nostalgia and singer songwriter schmaltz.

Released on hip Mother City indie imprint One Minute Trolley Dash, Pressed Up Black splinters the signature obsessions Singh showcased in his art rock combo, The Wild Eyes ' the sex, the drugs, the rock and roll'' into a brave noir world of avant-rock excess.From the tarnished glam and free jazz filtered garage rock gambol of opener 'Nagasaki Nikita' to the mutant murder ballad choking alternative country's corpse on haunting album finale 'One Hundred Dead Horses', Pressed Up Black injects an unapologetic avant-garde fire back into alternative rock's insipid recipe book.

So what's Singh's elixir? Simple: start by inviting a cast of marginal music mavericks including Ntshuks Bonga (saxophone), Brydon Bolton (upright bass), Heinrich Goosen (drums) and Jeanette Klaasens (violin and viola) onboard and feed.Feed your vocal, guitar and synth strategies into an audio abyss that an outrageously eclectic ensemble including Wild Eyes cohort Gareth Dawson (noise bass), Freshylground's Kyla-Rose Smith (violin, baking vocals), Frank Mallows (vibraphone), Niklas Wittenberg (piano), Morten Minothi Kristiansen (guitar), Lee Thompson (trumpet, flugelhorn), Righard Kapp (feedback), Dan Manojlovic (e-bow guitar, cigarette and plucked piano wires), Ramon Da Silva (kalimba, spectrum computer), Dirk Hugo (guitar scratches, overdrive guitar), Paul Opie (bass) and Simon Portlock (drums) dance a dervish around with their uncanny improvisations.Wait up, spectrum computers, plucked piano wires and cigarettes? Well, call it thinking out of the box, if it makes you feel safer. But be warned Singh's mission is more than a mere 'marketing 101' motto. Remember, Pressed Up Black isn't neo-this or retro-that. Rather than clone any seasonally chic retro-rock clichés or succumb to an underground stereotyping emasculated by it own self-indulgence, Pressed Up Black invites the listener to decode a flotation tank of mind-altering echoes that - depending on what frequencies fry your synapses - are reminiscent of everyone from early Lou Reed and Eno-era Roxy Music to Devendra Banhart, Bonnie Prince Billy and beyond. And here's the rub: none of this stuff strays far from the dance floor either.www.omtd.co.za

If you would like to order a copy of Pressed Up Black call The Bin 021 465 8314 - DIGI PACK WITH SIGNATURE SINGH ARTWORK : R120

Kurb Episode 9

2006-10-23T10:03:00.000Z

Kurb Episode 9 is all over the show with the first part of the long awaited Island Style Tour of 2004 in another archieves article. We briefly catch up with Dallas at Indigo and Lingo checks out the Circa "its time" DVD at the annual Germiston bowlriders. There is also a late night session at Centrion Mall and trick tips with Moses Adams.

This week you can win a complete element set-up in the sms competition (The answer is A)

MK89 - Monday @ 7pm (Premier slot)

show also airs: Tues 11pm, Weds 11am, Thurs 3pm + 1.30am, Fri 00:30am, Sat 11am, Sun 5:30PM

Banksy

2006-10-20T10:43:00.000Z

The Bin on SAFM

2006-10-18T07:44:00.000Z

We'll be on SAFM at around 12:45 today - its 104 - 107. Michelle Constants show. The Nighthawks and The Bin will be talking about business within art and also throwing a few plugs out..

give it a listen.

A FRIDAY AFTERNOON MEETING AT THE BIN

2006-10-17T11:40:00.000Z

Photo By Natasha Fourie, Layout by Fortune

Cold Caffeine in a Nicotine Cloud Launches

2006-10-17T10:31:00.000Z

COLD CAFFEINE IN A NICOTINE CLOUD LAUNCHES

‘Please don’t drink in the street, you will be arrested.’
Not exactly a standard notice for the opening of an art exhibition, but then again, The Bin isn’t exactly a standard ‘art space’. But that’s why the Nighthawks Project wanted to exhibit their in the first place. An alternative space for alternative images.

This Sunday saw 216 prints by The Nighthawks (Warren van Rensburg, Liam Lynch and Zander Blom and writer Rebecca Kahn), filling the gallery space at The Bin in the group show Cold Caffeine in a Nicotine Cloud.

They covered everything from Oppikoppi to cd launches and all the empty bottles, dirty takkies and cigarette butts in between. As a document of South African music, they’re unique. As photographs, they’re absolutely gorgeous. The Cape Town contingent seemed to agree. They turned out in force to have a beer, sit in the sun and generally surround themselves with good people, good tunes and good photos.

The show runs till October 28th, and all prints are for sale. Do yourself a favour, come down and have a look – it’s something special.

for more images check out www.flickr/photos/coldcaffeineinanicotinecloud
also check www.warrenvanrensburg.blogspot.com

note:
its always interesting for us to notice how many visitors to our exhibitions take photos at the show. We always welcome this but don't often get to see the results of these photos. If you have photos of our events please share them with us!

PICS BY BUBS FARBER - COLD CAFFEINE IN A NICOTINE CLOUD

2006-10-16T09:19:00.000Z

http://www.spfmedia.co.za/thebin.htm

We Support Lakai

2006-10-13T07:30:00.000Z

Lakai Limited Footwear is a US based shoe company - the great thing about Lakai is their vision and involvement in art.

Lakai are pioneering the involvement of artists in their shoe ranges and continue to develop the coolest shoes - which is why we support them.

Lakai shoes are available at The Bin!

For more info log onto www.lakai.com

Safety First

2006-10-12T17:06:00.002Z

Your Safety is our happiness, our friends over at the CCID asked us to pass on this information. Please take it down and keep it somewhere safe - get it tattoo'ed on your hand. It might just save you, and we want you to be saved because we love you.

Stolen Space presents - D*Face "Death & Glory"

2006-10-12T08:49:00.000Z

StolenSpace presents an exhibition by
D*Face 'Death & Glory'

for two weekends only 12th October - 22nd October

The Dray Walk Gallery
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London, E1 6QL

In association with The Old Truman Brewery, Kangol & media sponsors Modart

2006-10-11T13:43:00.000Z

StolenSpace are pleased to announce the unveiling of our new permanent space, so please drop by to view the new work of an amazing group of artists...

StolenSpace exhibits the artwork of a genre yet defined, influences from skateboard graphics, graffiti, illustration, comic books and tattoo art prevail in the often controversial work by these infamous and sometimes anonymous artists who's work embraces the urban environment and asthetic. Influenced by prevailing underground subcultures where there are few rules and anything is possible, Stolenspace exhibits this vitality that has been overlooked by galleries and museums for so long. Founded by like minded individuals who are directly involved in this movement, StolenSpace houses a collection of artwork by:

David Bray, D*Face, Conor Harrington, Harry Hayward, Hellovon, Dave Kinsey, Charles Krafft, Andrew McAttee, Word to Mother, Kirsty Whiten, Dan Witz.

Now Open
StolenSpace
(off Dray Walk)
The Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London E1 6QL
opening times:

Thursdays 6pm -9pm
Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10.30am - 6.30pm

www.stolenspace.com
E: info@stolenspace.com
T: 020 7247 2684

Circusninja. Featured on www.futurespace.co.za

2006-10-11T11:26:00.000Z

www.futurespace.co.za October edition launching 11/10/06 3pm

FUTURE SPACE

DESIGN LIVES HERE

Showcasing emerging South african design talent

If you're a musician,artist or designer please contact us so we can showcase your work

SAVE SOUTH AFRICAN DESIGN-PROMOTE GOOD MUSIC-CREATE CULTURE

SWANESANG NOW AVAILABLE - PLEASE SUPPORT FOKOF

2006-10-11T08:53:00.000Z

COLD CAFFEINE IN A NICOTINE CLOUD THIS SUNDAY 15 OCT 2006

2006-10-09T11:18:00.000Z

The Nighthawks Project started when we drank too much coffee one night, and got all in a lather. It was easy to see the connection to Edward Hopper and Tom Waits - four souls seated around a counter late at night, ‘gypsy hacks and insomniacs’, hearing the conversations and seeing the moments that everyone else misses.

One of us is serving the coffee, guess which one refused to wear the red dress…

We became Nighthawks, nocturnal birds. We’ve been flitting around the country, we’re the people who turn up everywhere. Two Oppikoppis, a road trip to Cape Town, Potchefstroom, dive bars, always on the fringes of the backstage area. Sometimes we have to drag each other along; other times, all it takes is a sound and we’ve charged off to see the show, shoot the gig, catch the guy falling off the wall, eavesdrop on the conversations of others.

We’ve seen it all – the quiet, beautiful, heartbreaking moments, the empty bottles, the sunsets, the grime, the times when you hear the music and just know that your soul has been fed.

Some people say its rock ‘n roll.

Opening at The Bin on the 15th of October and running until the 28th, Cold Caffeine In A Nicotine Cloud is your chance to see this work in it’s proper context, all in one place and not split up between dog-eared magazines, websites and newspapers. We’ll put you there, without you having to stay up till 3 in the morning, blind drunk and suffering from tinnitus. And stuff.

Kurb on Mk89 Monday 19h00

2006-10-06T10:56:00.000Z

PLEASE VOTE FOR FORTUNE HE ROCKS!!!!

2006-10-06T07:02:00.000Z

VOX SHOE SPECIAL

2006-10-05T16:29:00.000Z

The Best Shoe Deal In The World

2006-09-27T11:41:00.000Z

FOKOFPOLISIEKAR - SWANESANG

2006-09-21T11:39:00.000Z

“Prioriteit nommer Een: Kom lewendig hier uit!”

Fokofpolisiekar se nuwe album, “Swanesang”, is ‘n voortsetting van die lewenservaring wat hul opgedoen het sedert hul vorige CD`s, vermenigvuldig met duisende kilometers se toere, doodsveragtende impulsiwiteite, gemeenskapsargwaan, feesballingskap, rekord-gehore en ‘n rewolusionêre jeugkultus gevolg. ‘n Jeug wat saam met die ouens van Fokof terugkeer na kernwaardes van realiteit en hulself losgroei van lewensvreemde gesagsfigure. Trap der jeugd.

Eén keer se vinnige luister (teen beskaafde volume) is nie genoeg nie. Johnny de Ridder en Fokofpolisiekar se produksievaardigheid het oor die afgelope drie jaar teen ‘n eksponensieël stygende kurwe toegeneem. Net soos die kunswerk binne in die boekie is daar duisende donker gangetjies in dié produksie wat kliphard verken moet word voordat die musiek, lirieke en illustrasies tot hul reg sal kom.

Tóg is daar snitte soos “Prioritiseer” en “Vir altyd 07 November” wat jou met die eerste luisterslag soos ‘n styfgespande doringdraad op ‘n swart wegholnag hard teen die bors sal tref. Hunter Kennedy (liriekskrywer en kitaarspeler) word nie gekrediteer vir sang nie. Hy skree. Rou en aansteeklik. “Déjà Vu” en “Heiden Heiland” is gróót. “Vasbeslote Korporasie (deel 2)” is ‘n super toeganklike gemeenskapsradio harmonietreffer vir verloopte hippies wat onverpoos wag op die hereniging van die Beatles. (Die hoop beskaam nie – en Johnny is nog lank nie dood nie.)

“Swanesang” is tydens Maart en Augustus 2006 opgeneem deur John Paul de Stefani van B Sharp studios in Boksburg. Die “Electro Muse” strykkwartet gee ‘n simfoniese ruimte-oriëntasie aan die album.

“Fokofpolisiekar is die enigste Afrikaanse Rock Band.” - Johan Bekker van Potchefstroom.

“Swanesang” is ‘n vollengte album wat bestaan uit 12 snitte:

Morning Star, Durbanville
Heiden Heiland
Swanesang
Bel vir Middelvinger
Vasbeslote Korporasie (deel 1)
Prioritiseer
Vir altyd 07 November
Ek skyn (Heilig)
Brand Suid-Afrika
Backstage (as daar een is)
Déjâ Vu
Vasbeslote Korporasie ( deel 2)

To Purchase their new cd go to www.rhythmrecords.co.za Its by far the best album that our country has ever had the priviledge of experiencing.

Fortune Foundation Steps It Up Once Again

2006-09-21T11:06:00.000Z

Matt from Fortune Foundation is one of our long time homies. He's a cool cat with crazy steez!!! Matt's always pushing the standards and boundaries of design within the South African Art Scene, we found these pictures of his customised K-Swiss Sneaks on his Myspace. They're totally sick, lets hope he wins and maybe you could be rocking these in the future. Check out www.fortunefoundation.co.za for more info on Matt "FORTUNE" Edwards. Peace The Circusninja Collective.

The Launch Of The Bin - Photos By Natasha Fourie

2006-09-13T21:32:00.000Z

The Launch Of The Bin - Photos By Natasha Fourie

2006-09-12T10:23:00.000Z

Bin Launch Photos by Jenna Bass

2006-09-06T10:45:00.000Z

2 Pairs of Lakai Shoes for R999 exclusively available at THE BIN

2006-09-05T09:12:00.000Z

The Circusninja.Collective Bombs Wooster

2006-08-28T08:01:00.000Z

Warren Lewis from The Circusninja.Collective
designed a lander for www.woostercollective.com
The Wooster Collective is the most visited website in
the world for Street Art info, go and check it out.

The Bin Will Be Re-Opening On Sunday 3rd September 2006

2006-08-25T09:55:00.000Z

Senyol Vs Lewis in De Waterkant

2006-06-20T08:14:00.000Z

Lewis Finishing Off From Cape Town With Love

2006-05-22T12:33:00.000Z

From Cape Town With Love (Senyol vs Lewis)

2006-05-17T13:14:00.000Z

Lewis and Senyol

2006-05-17T13:11:00.000Z

The Circusninja Store at Write4Gold

2006-05-17T13:05:00.000Z

Chillin At Blaise' House in Melville

2006-05-17T13:00:00.000Z

Tiles By Wet Paint

2006-05-17T12:56:00.000Z

Tiles By Wet Paint

2006-05-17T12:51:00.000Z

Chuck Ups In Melville

2006-05-17T12:46:00.000Z

Chuck Ups At Carfax Joburg

2006-05-17T12:15:00.000Z

From Cape Town With Love

2006-05-17T12:11:00.000Z

Chuck Ups

2006-05-17T12:07:00.000Z

C.N Newsletter: Jan/Feb/March/April 2006

2006-05-17T12:02:00.000Z

What an interesting 4 months we've had with The Circusninja. Collective! It’s been a busy summertime for us and we've got a fair amount done. I felt it may be more pertinent to send out a quarterly update and leave the regular mails for event and immediate importance type stuff.

We opened the year with the Out of Order exhibition on 19th February. The show featured printed works by 8 creatives and went well. Sneak, our second show of the year, which is up until the 28th April, has been a huge success. We've had over 450 visitors to the show and received huge press awareness for it. Sneak features customized Adidas Superstars by Mak1One, Warren Lewis, Senyol, Sam Coleman, Seemsoe, Daniel Ting-Chong, Tyler B. Murphy, Love and Hate, and a guest pair by German graffiti artist Nash One. We've still got some of the shoes available for purchase too. For those on the mailout who're not in touching reach of The Bin we'll be putting the Sneaks online @ www.thebin.co.za once the show is complete.

One of the more formal points to note is that our c/c registration came through in February. This means that The Circusninja. Collective is a registered Close Corporation and opens up a number of new business responsibilities and possibilities. With the papers coming through its my job to tell you all that we will soon be charging v.a.t on all the product in the store and all other jobs. Its now that I also get to inform everyone that Warren Lewis, Pierre Coetzee and Cecil Wehmeyer have all now become official partners.

As some of you may remember we were invited to participate in the 9th Design Indaba expo as part of the emerging creatives platform. We were very excited about the opportunity! As it neared, we became despondent by the high level of predefined boundaries that were placed on our exhibition space, in essence we were requested to put all our creativity in an A2 poster. Needless to say we took the opportunity to speak out about these limitations, as we felt, the platform was focused more on promoting the sponsor then creating awareness of the creatives exhibiting, within the space. We'd like to take this opportunity to let you all know that Mike the rat is fine and well, he's now living happily at our office.

The Sneak show, which was launched in conjunction with Adidas, celebrates the arrival of the Adicolor series (for more info check out www.adidas.com). The Bin is stocking goods from the Adidas Originals selection, we're currently stocking the W4 series of the Adicolor white series and we'll be getting freshened up as it’s released. We've also just stocked up with a new range of Circus t-shirts (6 designs in total) and will be filtering in fresh Circus product till we close on 10th July.

We'll be closing The Store from 10 July 06 - 3rd September 06. Www.thebin.co.za will still be running in full effect through this time. The store hours till our close are: Mon - Fri (10am - 4pm), Sat (10:30 - 2:30). We'll be hosting a sale from the 3rd July to push out some of the left-over items and goods that won't be re-stocked when we relaunch, but we'll remind you about that closer to the time.

The online store, the bin dot co dot za has undergone some fresh development and we've re-launched the clothing section with the Adicolor and our range of limited edition Lakai ltd. footwear. We've also linked to our forum area The Bench, proudly hosted by liquidfridge (http://www.liquidfridge.co.za/forum/viewforum.php?f=24) we're using the forum area to keep regular updates and conversation with everyone, so if you'd like to know what’s happening on a regular basis, as well as discuss a range of topics relating to street art and the urban subcultures it encompasses, this is the place. Our next step with the bin dot co dot za is to add SSL checkout, which will be an added security feature for our customers when processing their orders.

Actual Size is our current show which will we launched on the 5th of May, its a Friday shindig, something different for us, the reason for the change was cause we launched in conjunction with our friends over at "what if the world...", EVOL, and an exclusive fashion show being organized by Richard de Jager. The event is titled "Love Thy Neighborhood" and is part of our portfolio with "The East City Small Business owners Guild" an initiative we head up with witw to promote networking and upliftment of business in our East City precinct. We had a flood of submissions – some good, some great and some just plain silly but in all we’re well pleased with the content we’ve chosen. Thank you to everyone who submitted it was super inspiring to receive such fresh stuff everyday. The launch went really well with over 400 people passing through our doors in the space of 3 hours. It also proved that not all of Cape Town hibernates when the rain comes out.

As some of you may be aware we recently pulled a weeklong trip to JHB, the trip was very successful and we made some nice acquaintances. Our overall goal with the trip was to find a place to exhibit later this year and get some incite into the vibe that is jhb. Thanks to everyone for being so accommodating.

We'll be back in JHB this weekend to take part in the Write4gold event taking place at carfax. It’s a massive international graffiti event, with qualifying rounds in over 15 cities across the globe, the winners from each event get sent up to Germany to compete in the finals later this year. We’ll have a stall set up flogging some of our latest t-shirt designs and other cool product from The Bin, as well as a couple of the customized sneakers from the SNEAK show. Warren Lewis and Senyol will also be doing some live painting and we’ll have work up in the exhibition. If you’re in JHB be sure to make a turn on Saturday. The event opens at 12noon and runs till late with a party taking over proceedings boasting dj Zebster from Germany and our friend Sibot.

Circusninja. will once again be visiting the world in June/July. I'll be visiting New York City, Washington D.C, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Antwerp. The trip will be used to source product, create awareness and network as well as spread the general word about our local culture. If you've got suggestions of places to visit and things to do, or you'd like to link up, please feel free to drop a line.

We're looking for an Office assistant to help out. Applicants will need to have a valid drivers license and be available on a daily basis from 10am - 4pm, Monday - Friday. If you are interested in this position please contact staff@circuslabs.co.za to arrange an interview and discuss the finer details of this position. While on the staff hunting tip we're also looking for staff to work in The Bin twice a week, contact staff@circuslabs.co.za for this one too.

Some of you may remember Time TO Collect, a not-for-profit initiative that invited submissions from across the globe and sent the results out on a quarterly basis. The project has been dormant for over a year, as we've been assessing methods to streamline the process. We're very happy to let everyone know that the next send out for Time TO Collect has been scheduled for August 21st 2006, and there after a Christmas pack will be posted in late November. All interested people can contact us at ttc@circuslabs.co.za or just send us your stuff. Address is: Time TO Collect, 103 Harrington Street, East City (Gardens) 8001, Cape Town, South Africa. Remember the lighter the pack the better so we're encouraging posters and stickers, demo cd's and other paraphernalia are more than welcome. Also be sure to include a return address so we can get a pack back to you. If you're not sure about anything drop us an email.

You’ll hear from us again in this format in late July, until then check out www.pijin.net, one of the coolest websites we've ever played with.

Thanks for taking the time out to read this.

With our love.

The Circusninja. Collective

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Art By Warren Lewis

2006-05-17T11:58:00.000Z