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Luke Smith

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EDITOREl Luco

WRITERS6000times, Rhys Bradley, David Brennan, Luke Smith, Empire of Perth, Charlotte Hamlyn, Sophia Flynn, Zachary Kussin, Michael Reynolds,

, Larry Rivera, Grace Slatyer, Ben Watkins, David Weir, Adam Zorzi

PHOTOGRAPHERSAl Duckett, Justin Linney, Tom Mahoney, Bianca McCliver, Mark Peter, Luke Smith, Zachary Kussin, Michael Reynolds, , Larry Rivera, Grace

Slatyer, Ben Watkins, David Weir, Adam Zorzi

ILLUSTRATORSLuke Smith, Sophia Flynn, Luca DiSmith

Company Director Luke Smith Publisher Louise Bannister Business Manager Di Williams

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Tak ing i t F rom the St ree ts

Sunday Funday

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Z a c h a r y K u s s i n l o o k s a t t h e m o v e m e n t o f a r t f r o m t h e s t r e e t s i n t o g a l l e r i e s .

W e d i s u c s s o u r f a v o u r i t e a c t i v i t e s t o i n d u l g e i n o n o u r f a v o u r i t e d a y.

T h e E m p i r e g e t s i n c o n t a c t w i t h u p a n d c o m i n g , l o c a l D J / p r o d u c e r A u d a g e o u s .

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t h e n a m e s a y s i t a l l : h a v i n g a m a p , t a t t o o e d o n t o y o u r h e a d i s a w e s o m e .

O u r r e s i d e n t t r a v e l e x p e r t l o o k s a t t h e n e w h o t t e s t p l a c e t o g o f o r a c o l d h o l i d a y

L i v i n g i n W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a , w e l o o k a t o u r m o s t v i s i t e d t o u r i s t a t t r a c t i o n : t h e M a r g a r e t R i v e r w i n e r e g i o n .

ZACHARY KUSSIN

São Paulo’s Choque Cultural Gallery prides itself on exhibiting

works of pop art, photography, and sculpture by Brazil’s top

contemporary artists. But its current exhibit, Coletiva Choque,

featuring works by the artists Zezão, Jaca, and Presto, looks

like it’d be more at home on the walls of a favela. It consists of

large, colorfully embellished murals, known as street art, that

have been transferred to canvases. More inspirational than

angry, they’re a far cry from “tag” graffiti—hastily sprayed words

on outdoor property that convey social and political messages.

São Paulo is not the only place where street art has made the

leap from the inner city to the gallery. Exhibition spaces in Los

Angeles, London, and New York City have all commissioned

street artists to apply their talents to murals rather than on

building façades or concrete barriers. Although the artistic style

of the outdoor artwork is preserved, some argue that moving it

indoors and changing its scale compromises its integrity and

mission. Indeed, during Choque Cultural’s Trimassa! street-art

exhibit last fall, vandals broke in and spray-painted pichação, or

tag graffiti, all over the works to protest the mainstream marketing

of the art form. Street artists themselves are ambivalent about

shifting their venue. Eltono, an artist from Spain who paints

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EMPIRE OF PERTH

The Aston Shuffle hits Perth and Villa this Saturday as a part of their national tour ‘Won’t Get Lost’. The house electro duo feature alongside local favourites, Sun City, Jus Haus? and Audageous. Last week Empire of Perth’s Sara Mattsson met up with Audageous, alias Ben Robinson, to discuss travelling, fictional biographies and to get the low down on what DJing is all about.

I caught up with Ben in Leederville last Tuesday night during a break

from completing the last chapters of his Master thesis on the coastal

vulnerability in Lancelin. Ben is a busy man he says. Soon to be a

graduate civil engineer after six years at UWA, he has already secured a

job and is due to start in a couple weeks. Moreover, he is preparing for

plenty of up-coming gigs.

I get the impression that Ben doesn’t take himself too seriously. The

fake bio on Audageous’ MySpace site is a good example. Ben reveals

this was his cousin David’s composition, who at an early stage was a

member of Audageous. But Ben admits he is just the same. “Most of

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the time when people ask me for bios I just make things up,” he laughs.

“I’m actually pretty disappointed that they didn’t put the one up I wrote for

Parklife. I think I said I was a part-time werewolf for something.” Ben also

values his privacy: “I try my hardest to distance myself as a musician.”

The artist page on Facebook is updated with everything he does

musically, but he tries to keep his personal page limited in that respect. “I

get quite frustrated,“ he explains. “I guess I’m a major source of it myself,

but people are spamming you out on Facebook pages to go to events.”

2008 was the year Ben had his first gig. It was an end-of-exams party for

UWA, down at the OBH in Cottesloe. The hosts Ignition and Borgeoius

Bogan had invited American electro duo LA Riots and Parisian disco

house king Joakim. “They were at the time massive electro producers,”

Ben explains. He played at Shape nightclub that same night. The host

Josh McAuliffe from Tick Tock [the label] liked what he heard and offered

Ben residency at the nightclub. “Back then [Shape] was sort of the

biggest nightclub in Perth. It was huge!” Ben supported new acts every

Saturday night, and he describes it as the most enjoyable year of his life.

After one year as a resident at Shape, Ben departed Australia to do some

solo travelling. He got a job on a backpacking cruise around Turkey and

the Greek Islands. He then travelled to Rome, London, Edinburgh, Berlin

and Prague, across to North America and finished off in South America.

“I actually played a show when I was in Berlin,” he said. The record label

Kitsune Records, who he came in contact with during his time at Shape,

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To mark the 35th anniversary of the shell toe, adidas has given friends

and fellow sneaker lovers from the music, art and fashion worlds the

chance to create their own unique pair of Superstars, resulting

in a 35-strong collection of shoes in celebration of one of the

world’s most recognizable and ubiquitous fashion items.

once innovative... now classic... adidas superstarO N C E I N N O VAT I V E . . . N O W A C L A S S I C . . . addidas superstar.

6000times

Built 1946, abandoned 1985. 34 years of life for a power station seems kind of short. Call this part two, as most of this building has been featured before on 6000times.

A trip back down to Fremantle really

was worth it just to view the North West

section of the structure, which I hadn’t

previously seen.Yes, Fremantle. Home of

John Butler, Luc Longley, and about 24

thousand freaks. Far out man. I haven’t

seen that many freaks permanent

chatting yesterday with a particularly

logical aquaintance of mine, I came to

a decision. “From now on, every photo I

ever take for the rest of my life will be in

black and white”. Analytically, he asked

“why?”, with an intense, Vulcanic raise

of his eyebrows. Already doubting my

considered decision, I would need to

convey my reasoning in the most accurate

and succinct way possible. “Because

it looks better”, I offered. “Yes, you are

correct”, my nerdy associate replied. Black

and white photos, look better. Black and

white film, even more so. Impeccable

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Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, one of the world’s oldest and most stylish ski resorts, sits 3 hours from Venice and can be reached via a steep and winding road. The town is nestled in a valley at approximately 4,000 ft. and is surrounded on all sides by slopes. The crags and cliffs of the rugged Dolomite Mountainˆs do somewhat limit the skiable terrain (especially for beginners and intermediates), however skiers have been flocking to Cortina for over 2 centuries to

In 1956, Cortina d’Ampezzo, served as the host city for the seventh

Olympic Winter Games. The open-air ice rink constructed for the

games has been adapted for year-round use. Ice is groomed in

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both summer and winter for skating, curling, and “ice-bouldering”—an

adventurous indoor climbing activity similar to rock-climbing. As a legacy

of the 1956 games, Cortina claims Italy’s only Olympic bobsled track and

ski jump, both of which still host national and international competitions.

Decorating the slopes of Cortina are over 50 “rifugi,” small shelters built

over the last century to shelter shepherds and hikers. (The Italian term

roughly translates to shelter or refuge.) Today, these cozy refuges have

been converted into pubs, restaurants and modest hotels. Their rustic

interiors are complemented by roaring fireplaces that warm wet boots and

mittens while hungry skiers and snowboarders order homemade traditional

Italian fare. Rifugio Pomedes sports a large wooden terrace where dining is

delightful on mild days. While many rifugios are only open for lunch, some,

like Rifugio Averau, serve dinner and a hearty breakfast for those staying in

the 10 bunk beds of theCortina’s dedication to luxury has produced several

high-end, grand hotels. The Miramonti Majestic Hotel has been offering

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upscale accommodations since 1893. Located just outside the village, the

sprawling resort maintains several outdoor spaces dedicated to the art of

après ski including a piano bar, billiards room and a small cinema that are

not restricted to hotel guests only. The slightly less grand Hotel Meublè

Oasi is located near the Faloria gondola, which services the Faloria peak

(while there, stop for lunch at the Rifugio Capanna Tondi for fresh pasta and

local wines). The hotel offers prices by the week, starting at €335 based on

double occupancy.

Cortina is a culinary sanctuary for every skier and snowboarder that has

endured lunches at North American lodges consisting of overpriced bland

chili, soggy pepperoni pizza or mystery-cheese nachos. While Europe as

a whole has a leg up on the meals that accompany a day on the slopes,

Cortina and its slope-side rifugios are in a class all their own. Away from the

slopes in Cortina proper are several. high-end restaurants, like Tivoli and

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Western Australia’s wine region of Margaret River encompasses not only the town of Margaret River but the region between Cape Naturaliste in the north, Cape Leeuwin in the south, and Busselton in the northeast. Augusta, the town nearest Cape Leeuwin and the state’s south-westernmost point, is where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet.

Not only is the Margaret River region noted for its wines but more

than 40 surfing locations along the coast provide conditions

ranging from powerful reef breaks to fun beach breaks. These

features make the Margaret River region a popular wine-growing

and surfing destination.The town of Margaret River takes its

name from the river than meanders just north of the town centre

and flows west to the Indian.

The river is believed to be named after Margaret Wyche, cousin

of Busselton founder John Garrett Bussell. The name Margaret

River first appeared in an 1839 map of the region. The 2001

Australian census placed the population of Margaret River at

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