Melbourne Beats

hi guys...

so i have been involved in the street art/stencil/graff kinda scene for the last couple years...

BRB has asked if im up for getting the art auction happening, and even inviting john so along and not tellin him its a graff auction HA!

I can get some pieces donated from quite a few artists i think, and i will ask some people directly like phibs, reka, unwell bunny who ive worked with before...

is everyone happy for me to do this?

once we have a date, charity, details worked out i will begin the ghetto kitty round up!!!

Sounds ace

I want to win all of them

nice one Kitty


in another thread you asked how many pieces you should get. I reckon as many as you can. If we start getting more than we can handle we'll stop asking

awesome!


buy some stencil work yes! yes please!!!!

if you start getting more than you can handle, i'll store them at my house

okay i made a few calls yesterday...

phibs is down, as is form...
ill do a couple of rude ponies or kitties or summin...
and ill do an email out soooon to the rest of the artists i know.
most of what i collect will be street styles/stencil/graff stuff, but i think a cross section of styles would be cool, so if anyone has any other art theyd like to donate, then bring it on!! (elflaymo??)

we need someone who actually knows how to be an auctioneer though...

it helps to present em right, and drive the prices up there!!

It'd be worth talking to more artists - e.g. have you tried the King Street artist space people? There's heaps of good artists involved with that studio who would be right into something like this, I reckon.

NiceProduce.com is down also. We'll hook up some madness.

I also spoke to a friend who is a Glass Blower, she's up for donating a piece

If i have time i might be able to whip something up.

system > i dont know the space you mean...do you know em enough to ask them to dnate art works?

lynt > im in touch with unwell etc, but not sure if ive got rekas email, who else is part of nice? should i let you ask them or what?

BRB > great! with pieces like that, we really need a bit of a bulrb about the work too, so we can tell people what theyre bidding on! hype it up!!

lauer > cool man, would be great to have some MB.comers art to reprazent.

i just sent this letter to aruond sixty artists

hi guys...

I have specifically sent this email to all the artists who I admire, who I know live in or around melbourne.
The latest bushfires have devastated much of rural victoria,and its not letting up anytime soon.
A group pf people from the music scene im involved in are going to do a 24 hour benefit with all money going to charity, with a party, a raffle, a charity auction and other stuff. its going to be at miss libertines (new great venue in town) on march 3rd 2007.

The group organising this is based around the melbourne website www.melbournebeats.com.au which is a community of great people mostly into breaks and drum and bass, but with a lot of drive and enthusiasm, many are into the street art scene in melbs, and have been at MSF and exhibitions of many of yours..
Lynt, (karl) is one of the sites creators, and is part of niceproduce.com, so you may be approached from him as well, but they have asked me to put the call out to all you amazing street/stencil/character artists to hopefully get you to donate some artwork for the charity auction.

ALL money raised from this event will go to either the CFA for more equiptment or to a casue we all agree on.
there is a special forum for the fire aid benefit here >> http://melbournebeats.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=11

please go check it out.

im hoping each of you would donate one piece and then we would have an amazing auction and the ability to raise a few thousand dollars
to help the farmers who are already sufferring casue of the drought. (or more than one!)

you can call me at ********
or email me at this address to let me know if tyoud be up for donating something.
there is no limits to size, mediums or styles...
please give some of your talent, for the most relevant, in-your-own-backyard casue and come join in the party too!!

thanks for reading,

bo ghetto kitty.

excellent work Bo!!

ghetto kitty wrote:i dont know the space you mean...do you know em enough to ask them to dnate art works?

Yes, but I'll do it in person when I get down on the weekend.

Good work re the letter, but there is one glaring typo:

ghetto kitty wrote:www.melbournebeats.com.au

NB: This should be melbournebeats.com.

Otherwise, all good! Nice work.

Nice work Bo on the letter Well written indeed...

system wrote:

ghetto kitty wrote:ere is one glaring typo:

ghetto kitty wrote:www.melbournebeats.com.au

NB: This should be melbournebeats.com.

shit! duh kitty...

well, ive had around six positive responses so far,
and some artists have asked for a reminder in a month or so, so if they dont work it out by then, ill correct my mistake.

sheesh, youd think id get THAT right..

Hey guys,

I'll contribute a piece!!

I do crappy photography stuff, and I'm having an exhibition in February at Brunswick Street Gallery (http://www.brunswickstreetgallery.com.au/2007.html), so I'll actually be in town for a couple of weeks round then, and can pass something on to you.

If you wanna check out my trashy phtography, just go here:
http://keitai-kouture.tripod.com



Best...

cool pics andrez - i was in tokyo a month ago and they brought back a lot of cool memories!

shepherd wrote:cool pics andrez - i was in tokyo a month ago and they brought back a lot of cool memories!

...cheers, Ben!!! Muchas gracias indeed!!!



But, zounds... you were here and I missed you...? Doh!!!

Miss Libertine would like the art to be hanging in the venue before the event, approx' 2 weeks

Does this give you enough time to organise pieces and get them to the City?

Around about the 15th of Feb would be sweet

i will contact the artists again and ask for them to be brought to me at work, so theyll be in the city...

anyone from here who would like to donate art (any art)
please drop me A pm or email to [email protected]

yay.

will report back soon.

are you interested in photography shot in new york city subways?

yes.

if your willing to print it up and frame it, id love it!!!

thats already done when do ya need it again

in the next couple weeks would be great,
so i can catalogue stuff and then it can hang in the venue for a while...

are you near the city regularly?

is it possible for you to drop it into lounge during office hours sometime??

Hey guys...

Next couple'a weeks, huh? Slight problemo for me, as I won't be getting to Melbs till 30th Jan, and my exhibition's from 2nd Feb. to 15th Feb., but I can probably give you a piece on the afternoon of the 15th...?

Will be heading back to Tokyo on the morning of the 16th...

Is that too late? Or too much of a hassle?

I'm cool either way...

Best,
A.

heya....

the 15th is fine with me! just in time.....

drop me a line closer to then and well hook up!

meow.

quick has the right speech pace..

lol

ghetto kitty wrote:heya....

the 15th is fine with me! just in time.....

drop me a line closer to then and well hook up!

meow.

...cool, mate!! Will do!!

we now have an auctioneer

thats GREAt mellogs!!

nice one indeeeed.

awesome stuff Mel.


that should make Kitty happy

He's won awards for the best real estate auctioneer in australia many times, and is really funny.

we have to make sure that we give him a detailed description of the art/artists though

happy kitty



okay on the detailed descrpition, ill do my best.

fucking no time no time.

have you tried jade and hendo at autopsy?
http://www.theautopsy.com/

ghetto kitty wrote:happy kitty



okay on the detailed descrpition, ill do my best.

fucking no time no time.

if you need help kitty, let me know. i can research and write stuff down and stuff

I'll can manage the bidding record at the event.

I've got lots of practice

spiral wrote:have you tried jade and hendo at autopsy?
http://www.theautopsy.com/

if anyone knows of any artists who might be up for donating, can you please copy and paste the letter i wrote above and send it to them?

if they are interested, im happy to answer questions, liase with them further and collect works...but right now..

i have done all i can with my own networks, but seriosluy am pressed for time to approach more people and find more stufff....

cool??

and liz > thnaks i might take you up on that babe

mellogs > great! that would really really help!

...awesome all round!!

ghetto kitty wrote: mellogs > great! that would really really help!

No worries

awesome guys. great work

i'm saving some cash for this

Miss Libertine have just bought a whole bunch of hanging rails & associated wiring to hang all the artwork

They'll definately be up in time for the 15th so we can display the works leading up to the event.

sweeet!!!!

me and liz are doing up a catalogue type thingie together...
so ill need written info about works ASAP even if i dont see em till the 15th..

i have aruond fifteen pieces or maybe more...
elflaymo got aruond six...
copule more coming in, and andrez is gonna give us a copule on the 15th..

if we have 20-30 ill be very happy with that!!

yall rock.
thanks.

go kitty go goooooooo kitty

ghetto kitty wrote:sweeet!!!!

me and liz are doing up a catalogue type thingie together...
so ill need written info about works ASAP even if i dont see em till the 15th..

i have aruond fifteen pieces or maybe more...
elflaymo got aruond six...
copule more coming in, and andrez is gonna give us a copule on the 15th..

if we have 20-30 ill be very happy with that!!

yall rock.
thanks.

i'm hella bored today GK, you got any for me to start on.

liz > sending you what ive got already to your other email...but i think there is more that lbm and brb have organised...

hmmmm

will try to find out whats goin on!!!

awesome! send it on through, i want to get started on it.

s anyone available to assist me and jgal with hanging of the art tommorrow night from 6pm at miss libs??

really gonna be a big job for two of us to do alone...

any other night, and i would have been there for sure sweets, but i have cancelled on my mate three times already so cannot again.



also, i really need bio info from peeps who have put in pieces. If you don't give me a bio/title/name etc i will just use your alias and put "untitled" for the piece with no description or bio.

cheers

no problem babe...

who are you missing info from?

ill crack the kitty whip and see what i can get from em...