Sam Kim (aka SamAbsurd) started his art career as a graffiti artist in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. Over time he honed his aerosol skills to become one of the region’s most prolific mural artists. As well as beautifying countless walls, doors, skate parks and humble infrastructure boxes, he has also spent time as a youth worker […]
Keith Stanley has painted a big colourful octopus nestling in amongst the coral and seaweed on the Bondi Sea Wall. He is inspired by all the creatures in the ocean, and the octopus signifies the protector of the coral and the ocean ecosystems. Keith’s love of ocean creatures inspired this work as well as the […]
Read More… from Keith Stanley on the Bondi Sea Wall + ACO “River Live in Concert”. Arts Wednesday
Alone It Stands The Ensemble Theatre, 3 February 2024. Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Putting my personal biases to one side, that was the most multi-talented cast I’ve seen on stage. Each actor was expert at changing characters and accents in a millisecond, enacting difficult choreography and complex physical theatre in a high-speed relentless […]
Natalia Chabadova loves travel and art. The two inform a lifestyle that has brought her to Bondi from Slovakia. Her mural entitled Whales Constellation portrays 3 different species of whale floating in an underwater dream world, expressing freedom and liberation. She travels the world working as an artist, teacher and sound healer. Since arriving in […]
Read More… from Natasha Art on the Bondi Sea Wall + Alone It Stands @ The Ensemble. Arts Wednesday
The Lonesome West Old Fitz Theatre, 18 January 2024. Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) This has to be the best ensemble cast I have seen in a very long time. The acting second to nothing I’ve ever experienced in live theatre. The Lonesome West in the hands of Empress Theatre’s creative team turned this […]
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Scott Rathman (aka Rusted Tin) is an Arrernte artist from east of Alice Springs now based in Semaphore, South Australia. He creates colourful murals in schools all around Australia, and has realised his dream of painting a mural on the Bondi Sea Wall. His work features his signature tag, “Make Kindness the Norm”, and signifies […]
Sydney Opera House Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Friday 15 December 2023 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) As the audience kept pouring in to the Concert Hall, we soon realised it was a full house, only to notice all the boxes surrounding the stage were packed to the aisles with choristers. 600 hundred in all. And […]
Read More… from Review: Carols at the House – Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
Originally from Brazil, Kaina Morais has created a beautiful mural on the Bondi Sea Wall called The Gatekeeper. It features two jaguars, one black and one yellow (her spirit anima)l, in front of a portal or mandala. It is a very spiritual work with lots of symbolism representing yin and yang, male and female and […]
This week we chat to Paul Kildea, Artistic Director of Musica Viva Australia about their 2024 season of chamber music. After several disrupted years he is looking forward to capacity crowds and predictable programming again. 2024 will see seven national tours featuring twenty-six of the world’s best artists including The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, William Barton, Finnish […]
Read More… from Melnunnie on the Bondi Sea Wall + Musica Viva 2024 season
Sydney Opera House Friday 24 November 2023 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) “The pinnacle of western classical music” is how AWO Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Alexander Briger describes Mahler’s 9th Symphony. It is a monumental work of 1.5 hours requiring 98 musicians to perform. But the Australian World Orchestra is no ordinary band. […]
Read More… from Review: Australian World Orchestra – Mahler 9
Since embarking on his art career Mulga has exhibited in over 60 art shows, published 2 books, painted thousands of artworks and murals, won multiple awards and worked with a multitude of big brands. Mulga (aka Joel Moore) joins us on the Bondi Sea Wall Project this week to talk about his fascination with gorillas, […]
Read More… from Mulga on the Bondi Sea Wall + David M Thomas (conceptual artist)
This week on the ‘Bondi Sea Wall Project’ we feature an alluring mural painted by visual artist Tania Wursig (pictured above). Tania is an Australian visual artist specialising in portraiture. Since 2011, Tania has embraced a travelling lifestyle, splitting her time between Sydney and the captivating islands of Tahiti. As an artist in residence, she […]
Read More… from Tania Wursig on the Bondi Sea Wall + the Australian World Orchestra