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[Oct. 12th, 2006|01:47 pm] |
Richard's new Yootha pshops
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[Oct. 5th, 2006|07:41 pm] |
dannii
latoya
jermaine
donny wahlberg
nicky hilton
jamie spears
ashlee simpson
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| 1 Aug dream 06 |
[Sep. 28th, 2006|03:44 pm] |
Beyonce/Nasty Girl installation. Black steel structure covered in black gloss paint. This sculpture is a self-portrait by a cool Koori girl who loves my drag outfit. I mimic Beyonce booty dancing to let her know I’m in on the joke. She’s really into it. We both feel good because we understand each other. We wade through the river at waist height and the water is very murky.
A group of totally hot Koori/islander boys surround her. I’m thinking “How great to be able to connect with this chick! But wouldn’t it be nice to feel the BROTHERHOOD?” It’s obvious that this is the end of the tour. As we exit it feels almost like coming out of Kinokuniya but in a natural setting. |
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| Aug 1 2006 |
[Sep. 28th, 2006|03:07 pm] |
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Sarah Alderson pops by (she comes up now and again) as tour guide/hostess. I'm flying around the outback. If I concentrate hard enough I can control the level - levitating above water. Sarah Goffman installation on Ikea-type shelving system on the riverbank. She's used metal beading wire which rots in my hand as I pick it up. These are places which people don't normally inhabit. I go to grab the wire - another "tourist" saw it first but I grab it anyway. As it disintegrates in my palm I realise that maybe it wasn't mine to take in the first place. |
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| Aug 01 06 |
[Sep. 28th, 2006|03:07 pm] |
Beppu walking down pathway green grass. Group of 3 dodgy junkies schlepp by. Beppu dares to mutter an insult under his breath. In retaliation they spit on us. I blow it all of proportion telling him NEVER to engage with those types cos it could lead to some serious trouble. I continue reprimanding him as we enter arty girl fashion boutique. The staff/customers are shocked by my public outburst.
(I feel less of a victim/less of a tyrant/less domineering/less of an asshole) |
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| 1 Aug 06 |
[Sep. 28th, 2006|03:00 pm] |
Prince concert on TV. But Prince is dead – he died on August 8 1998 (888). The year “1998” in gold leaf lettering on blue cloth-bound book. This meant it was last year (2005). Start crying and remember Muffchain crying over Nina Simone’s death over a glass of white wine. I’m shocked and hurt by Prince’s death. He died suddenly of a heart attack but I’d missed the news.
I’m drawing Prince in concert with Diamond and Pearl. Pencil and charcoal. I’m waving to the crowd positioned at the back of the stage behind where Prince is performing. I put on my stage eyes. Join in with a few dance moves but I’m out of time. |
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| 25 July dreams |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|04:28 pm] |
John South is here to teach me something. He has managed to maintain a sense of dignity through the rough time. And what about the marijuana analogy?
Dirty sex in backroom style squat. Trevor’s there. Go to suck a giant penis. Very satisfying.
See Bernadette Murray - her skin all lizardy leather. She’s wearing green woolly jumper. Happy not to acknowledge me.
At a party I spot Manjam Skeleton Boy (= unattainable hotness). He’s doing roaming performance with his double. Their dance is like a drumfill throughout the party. A break in the familiar. They casually walk around the party socialising and then BAM their sharp sexy moves synchronise for a 2 second dance routine. When they are finished they return to socialising.
I realise the double is actually his alter ego both with skeleton face makeup. I’m doing my best to remain nonchalant but on the inside I’m aware of the impression I’m making on him and being very careful to act OH SO COOL! I want him to notice me by projecting an image of kewlness… that I am unattainable? I want to attract him. We pretend not to make eye contact just as we do in 3D.
I lose myself somewhere inside the dream and start to manoeuvre around the room – propelling upwards, hovering confidently and flipping over myself. It’s a wondrous feeling flying up the wall then landing softly on the ground in an upright position. I feel confident and strong. For a moment I lose consciousness and allow my body to float back up freely without awareness. When I come back down to the ground my senses wake me up. Reminds me of Shirley Maclaine’s first astral travel experience (which I read about yesterday).
There’s a video playing at the party. I’m in one of them clowning around. The Skeleton Boy comes on. His routine is something humorous to do with chewing and eating. I laugh heartily to show my appreciation. I don’t make direct eye contact with him but something unspoken is going on. Silent stalker. Unrequited lust. Ya just wanna fuck right? I dunno… maybe the fascination goes WAY beyond that. |
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| 11 July dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|03:17 pm] |
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Eyeing off a black floppy hat in a second hand store. I want to find out the price. Cute black shop assistant is hesitant to say because he knows it’s overpriced… “$144 for the hat”. I pretend it’s only slightly overpriced and somehow indicate that I would have bought it if it was around $100. This dream memory sparked by seeing hats in a shop in Town Hall on the way to work. |
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| 29 June dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|03:01 pm] |
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At some kind of school camp during a really intense electrical storm. Lightning strikes just out of view. Where’s the bedroom? Am I at work? We’re high up in an office block. I’m getting dressed and don’t look as funky as I’d like to. Wearing my horrid school shoes that remind me of my old boss! |
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| 27 May dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|02:42 pm] |
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Dad comes home from work "What's wrong?"... He wants to know. I'm naked and retreat to my room passive aggressive playing the victim shutting myself off not wanting to engage. He places his hands on my arse cheeks at first in an affectionate gesture which then becomes more sexual. Finger finds arse crack. I squirm back into his hands. Have had a few conversations with Dad lately regarding my new job. He enjoyed his role of giving advice and I enjoyed the opportunity to connect with him on some level. I also really appreciate his valuable advice in these kind of matters which I normally shy away from. |
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| 28 june dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|02:29 pm] |
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I’m in Z-block at UWS. I can see a bizarre graphic of floating rectangular shapes – different shades of purple and grey on a black background. The shapes are like doors or keys and seem to fade in and out. Larger rectangles are deep indigo (similar to flannelette sheets at Joan’s). Smaller ones are more a pastel lavender. I’m getting a real 70s Aussie feel from this graphic (Frank Hinder/Margo Lewers). I wish I could remember the title. Is this design inside a book or floating in front of a window? I’m struck by its sublime beauty. This dream links to Tori Amos mandala dream August 2 (see further). |
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| 28 june dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|01:06 pm] |
I’ve told this guy that he’s my new boyfriend but have decided to keep Nori as a boyfriend. They don’t know each other exists. New guy looks young 20s red hair pert and cute. He’s wearing a Spiderman lycra bodysuit – doing a dance routine in his pristine white bedroom, reminds me of Mike and Carol Brady’s bedroom. I’m flipping through a large book (like Bjork in Bachelorette clip). Is this boy inside the book? It’s like one of those “Dancing with the Stars” numbers – very amateurish. He crosses his arms and puts his fingers under his armpits (Tori as cheerleader/waitress in Crucify clip). As he performs for me I wonder why he wants to stay together when I don’t bother to offer him sex. How very ironic!
As part of his routine a blonde Paris Hilton type appears wearing a sumptuous floor-length gown (fuscia again). She is very gawky with no grace. Her movements are awkward as she flails around like a big dodo bird. I can’t see her face clearly. When I watch her I imagine this is how Paris would dance. But this girl isn’t Paris – just a variation on a theme. |
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| Wild Boys Lavendar Bay Shoot |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|11:35 am] |
pic by Michael Myers + Mikofanclub |
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| 19 June dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|11:30 am] |
Short journey across a wide river – reminds me of “The Heads” - dark and mysterious waters – catching a car ferry with Tom. Meet Tori with Tom in a dark room floating on the river. Tori remembers me – I’m honoured. Everything lit by moonlight. She says she remembers me as “the guy whose shit dropped out of the leg of your trackpants” (reference to guy at Block). Tom dishonours Tori by picking up her bass guitar and banging out some notes. She also remembers Tom as “my sidekick”.
Cut to her show. Outdoor venue. She is using a guitar (male equivalent of the piano) – small festival - her stage is surrounded by food stalls. She is very much on the periphery as opposed to the main stage. Her fanatic audience are having a religious experience as usual. Tom picks up the bass guitar with an air of arrogance. Her lead is pulled really tight. The fans are disgusted at what he has done. I tell him that he shouldn’t be doing this. Tori is also pissed off but not really showing it.
I’m trying to avoid eye contact with her. My fear is that because of what Tom’s done she will hate me forever (this really worries me). Acceptance – feeling like you belong.
She tells me Madonna is on the cover of Vogue – remembering I am a Madonna fan. I feel ashamed of this in her presence – as if I am dishonouring her. Arrive in bizarre country town newsagent. Can’t find the Madonna mag and don’t seem too bothered about it. Shelves filled with “Ladies Home Journal” type mags.
Conclusion/Resolution – Tori lying on the dusty ground on a warm day outdoors. It’s very Australian. I massage her neck to please her and thus feel more secure in myself. My desire to please others comes from “wanting to create a positive impression”. I want them to love me. Tori chats for a while. She doesn’t seem upset by what happened at the show and doesn’t blame me for this. She doesn’t judge me. We are friends and there is a real feeling of love. We just sit together for a while in silence. Tash (her daughter) appears with her nanny (reference to Madonna DVD Lola and Rocco). Tash seems quite mature now. They walk away hand in hand. Tori has to tend to her family now. She walks up to the homestead. It’s her family time now. |
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| 28 June dream |
[Sep. 21st, 2006|11:22 am] |
Kathryn (Madonna fan) 3 missed calls – I know it’s her because I have her listed as “VOGUE” in my mobile. We’re at Madonna’s house. Rocco and Guy are there sitting on Joan’s couch eating cold okonomiyaki topped with king prawns and crushed peanuts. We imagine that her Japanese chef made this food but the chef is out of sight (similar kitchen setup to Da Wei and Armand’s tea house).
It’s exciting hanging out with Madonna but there’s not much conversation going on. Her house is difficult to describe. Madonna gives us Confessions stickers for the “friends and family” show - black with silver lettering and special code. At the concert, four girls with orange wigs and oversized sunnies position themselves at the foot of the catwalk bowing down to Madonna. They are wearing matching dresses with red, blue, yellow bands on puffy sleeves (a bit Snow White). These costumes have been devised to catch Madonna’s attention. They perform a simple dance focussing their attention on me while they raise and lower their arms. It all seems rather magical.
Madonna steps out in the Abba-inspired (Gaultier) leotard but it’s more like that Pucci print dress she wore to her bday party in 1990 (psychedelic white, pink, lime swirls). She’s wearing an overcoat (ala Rebecca Carlson) and black open-toed pumps. Her look morphs into the Like A Prayer Pepsi ad (1989) - dark shoulder-length hair with blonde chunk. She peels off her overcoat to reveal a very 80s one-piece lycra bathing suit in fuscia. Her right arm in the air posing, she twists her body down and everything shifts to black and white.
There’s 2 other segments in this dream. I’m not sure what order they occurred in:
1. Waiting at Central (country platforms) with Dad and Melanie. Is Mum there? I watch through the trees for a silver train to come. I’m on the tracks but jump off quick when the train arrives. Why are we at the station and who are we waiting for? I dunno. Maybe it was all in the waiting.
2. Gathering around outdoor café table at night (like after visiting Barbara in hospital). 2 cute gay guys sitting there. I go to speak to them. I want to tell them that my boyfriend was going to sit there. I hesitate at first and say “friend” because I want to appear single. They take this to mean that their seats have already been taken and move out of their chairs. I touch one of the guys on the shoulder and welcome him to sit with us. They are both happy to stay and glad to be with other gay people. Both Nori and Tom arrive. Everybody confused about who is whose boyf. I spot the same Confessions admittance stickers on their jumpers (mine on left breast pocket). Everyone’s really excited - proud to be associated with Madonna. I ask them how they know her and one guy says he was her personal trainer in Miami. |
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| 27 june dream |
[Sep. 13th, 2006|11:13 am] |
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Handing my mother a chipped wine glass. Obviously it's dangerous to drink from. |
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| 27 June Dream |
[Sep. 13th, 2006|11:07 am] |
Shopping centre like my nightfill job at woollies. Closed at night we’ve broken in. Everybody dressed up - performance/costumes. We can feel the excitement of trespassing. Suddenly the automatic lights come on. The police are here! Everybody scrambles out the back door. Somehow I’m in charge of this. Clearing the exits.
Escape through the back door which leads out onto John St (Erko) at dusk. Run into a woman. She’s jogging incognito. I recognise her from the supermarket. She has taken on this disguise because she doesn’t want to be recognised by the police as one of the trespassers.
Marian (the hooper) was at the supermarket. Clearing milk crates out of the exits. Outfits/dressups. Dark rich greens/blacks/velvets. I’m recalling oversized turtlenecks, floppy hats and medieval garb. |
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| 26 June dream |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|03:52 pm] |
A new drag costume made of old dresses found under my bed. Instead of doing full makeup I have decided to wear a rubber mask. I will apply the makeup to the mask. It’s like that dolly rubber with frizzy Barbie hair attached. I’m studying J. Lo’s makeup – a very pearly aqua under her eyes (to disguise dark circles). It is very densely applied in the corner closest to the nose and then blends out at the sides - as if her makeup artist has applied eyeshadow under the eye rather than above. There is a gap of white under the eye to accentuate size. I’m thinking that this makeup idea seems quite mod. It’s unclear as to how I’m seeing this… is she on a giant TV screen (widescreen eye shot) or is it an image in a magazine?
This aqua is the same colour as the dress I may be wearing. Diaphanous froufrou with white trim.
As I apply foundation to my face I realise I can’t locate a sponge so just use my hands. Manage to find a sponge but it’s too plasticky and won’t help to apply foundation. I wonder why I’m applying foundation when I’ll be wearing a mask.
Foundation stick is all used up. Reach for the Dior liquid makeup (which Mum gave me). I confuse it with the heavy duty foundation for port wine stains. So it’s Dior in a plastic tube instead of the regular glass bottle. Something about lipstick – pale pink with a paintbrush. The lipstick’s run out. I can’t remember.
There’s a performance. Am I part of the audience or am I supposed to be up there on stage? Tension/pull between these two – spectator/performer. |
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| dream in japan 26 June 06 |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|02:44 pm] |
Japan - botanic gardens
single parents push kids around on primary coloured toy bikes. The walls are boarded up (yellowish construction boards) - some kind of zoo/garden/sanctuary surrounded by tropical coastline.
Walking along the path with a guy named Grant (Kooky Grant the fashion designer). I couldn't figure out who he was in the dream. But upon writing it up I realise. In the dream he is middle-aged... walking along the corridor. When we come to the end Trevor is there talking to him. They seem to know each other. He is taking a class. The class is filled with twinkish guys dressed in my school uniform (reminds me of the little Toris in her 'Raspberry Swirl' clip). An atmosphere of lusty playfulness. Blue long-sleeve shirts gray pants and jumpers. I recognise a few of the faces and I'm attracted to most of them. I introduce myself as Tim to one of he boys but too shy to look him in the face. I close my eyes. He wonders who I am and why I'm there. I tell him I'm a friend of Trevor's. The conversation goes nowhere and I'm left feeling like a preshy.
The boys are in groups of 3 or 4 holding hands in a line, flirting with each other. I realise they are waiting for the drag class to begin. I'm too shy to look them in the eye. This is all about confidence and taking responsibility.
Something negative was said about Grant early on in the dream. He was criticised for not being as amazing as he used to be. |
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| Man and His Symbols |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|02:36 pm] |
"The more horrifying this world becomes (as it is in these days) the more art becomes abstract; while a world at peace produces realistic art." - Paul Klee p. 311
"Abstraction offered a refuge from this ugly world." - Franz Marc
Forms in disintegration. What's happening in current art practice?
Structures are falling apart - taking on new meaning (collectives are appearing
Deafeat/retreat of consciousness
consciousness/unconsciousness must marry - dangers on both sides if one is ignored and the other takes over
p.316 - passive victim of the unconscious
consciousness gives the possibility of meaning to life
Mercurius - dark spirit - the devil - modern art - spirit of the underworld (abstraction) |
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| 21 June Dream |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|02:28 pm] |
Magda Szubanski on the side of the street... "I'm loving the reurgence of B.G.B and F.F!" (big girl's blouse and fast fwd).
Two tix to an Irish pub. Tix have four-leaf clovers given to me by a guy who reminds me of Rohan Lee. Small rectangular ticket... good luck symbol. Memory goes back to Werrington Lakes discovering four-leaf clover. Pure and unabandoned joy. Your Huck Finn adventure. |
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| 19 Jun Dream |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|02:24 pm] |
Ignored Jon through dinner. He was very close at the same table. I was helping somebody - instructing them. Jabe drags me to meet some friends. It's a dance party that I've visited before in a dream. She's so happy and vibing. By the end of the dinner it was too late to pretend that I hadn't acknowledged Jon's presence.
Semblance of Tom - clean/neat haircut - boyish charm - what does this figure represent? |
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| dream 14 june |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|12:09 pm] |
Squatters similar to squatfest but it’s a Tori Amos concert
There’s something deeper inside that goes WAY in
A photograph on flickr
Me riding a wave in my Mum’s front yard (Glenmore Park Huntingdale)
On computer screen graphic image – green on white slowed right up and hovering
A male voice in cyberspace comments on how impossible it would be to surf so slowly – thus commending the picture for being able to capture a surfboard suspended in time…
“flood”
Then it becomes colour with a hint of a wave - me in top right hand corner of pic – most of the pic taken up by water
Flashes back to a memory of being in the front yard while the water was rising spinning allowing myself to flip over. It’s more like how I imagine the tsunami hit. I give in to it like a fish going with the current – slow, steady strong – NOT AFRAID OF IT – just kind of going with it and allowing it to do what it’s meant to do
lesbian postal officer pops by
Madonna and Guy live far off in a corner of Glenmore Park
Squatters, Falcon, a movie |
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| Wild Boys Shoot |
[Sep. 6th, 2006|05:13 pm] |
Sonic Yootha sprawls Lavendar Bay
Pic by Michael Myers
pshop mikofanclub |
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| june 7 dream |
[Jul. 25th, 2006|12:19 pm] |
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Angie (there's something of Angie in her...?)/junkie/weird girl photoshopped in yellowy orange hues, reclining, symbol of DEATH, long "flaxen hair" with a junkie gaze/expression. She could have been wearing Bunny's leopard print catsuit, glowing with yellowish light. It's as if she's on a tarot card (major arcana) - framed/poise/no movement |
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| Sonic YOOTHA click me |
[Jul. 13th, 2006|10:26 pm] |
Wild Boy Photoshoot |
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| Trixie Trevor Fry |
[Jul. 4th, 2006|09:55 pm] |
New Wild Boy Photoshoot ist July Lavendar Bay
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| Cones of Zontact at Loose |
[Jun. 22nd, 2006|08:13 pm] |
click image to view set
View of work By Benja Harney, Trevor Fry and Anna Peters for Cones of Zontact
June 2006 @ Loose
image by Mikofanclub |
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| Schapelle Scrag @LOOSE |
[Jun. 19th, 2006|12:54 am] |
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