On Thursday we checked out the Go Font Ur Self exhibition at Peer Gallery, inside a heritage listed church hall in Glebe, Sydney. This was the 4th Chapter and also the 1 year anniversary of the typography exhibition. We caught up with Marty Routledge the curator of the typographic showcase who said that they now have a total of 60 artists from around the world who have exhibited so far. He also said with every ‘Chapter’ , this unique typed-based show has grown at an exponential rate.

Chapter 4 features Above, Raza Uno, Istvan Szugyiczky, Sarah A. King, Adrian Gray, Blends, Paul Nolan, Marin Horikawa, Saynt, Timba Smits, Super Expresso, Yok, Rob Abel and Helen Mycroft. With Chapter 5’s planning almost in the bag we can’t wait to see more of the biggest and best and probably one of the most impressive exhibitions in Australia entirely devoted to type-based artwork. If you’re in Melbourne the exhibit opens on the 1st of April at No Vacancy. Click here for details.

Photos by W7

A cultural moment in pop music history! This film clip by Jonas Akerlund will go down as a classic!

Lady Gaga is currently touring Australia holding down a epic show. If you haven’t got a ticket to the show then get a Pussy Wagon!

A friend of mine highly recommended me to watch a documentary call the King of Kong - A Fist Full of Quarters. His spiel went along the lines of, this guys who’s in his 30’s tries to break the world record score on Donkey Kong. The first thing that came to mind was the movie ‘The Wizard’ with Fred Savage, with his gaming genius little brother and the first time you see ‘the ‘Power Glove!’ (Remember that!) Anyway this film is worth the watch, opening your eyes to the world of competitive gaming on ‘Classic Arcade’ machines made popular during the early to mid 80’s also known as the ‘Golden Age of Video Arcade Games’.

Believe it or not, after all these years people are still trying to break top scores on games like Pac-Man, Galaga, Space Invaders, Paperboy and Q Bert to name a few.

The DVD will be available to us Aussies on May 5th… that’s if you can wait. Check out the trailer -

*** WARNING TRAILER INCLUDES DISTURBING HAIR STYLES ***

PS The top score for Donkey Kong was recently broken on the 27 of Feb 2010 by a New York brain surgeon, Dr. Hank Chien with a score of 1,061,700.

Back again, lock that in your calendar! Something to do after church on Sunday. (Mebourne folks only)

Typography is at the centre of our everyday lived experience. It gives us a voice to express ideas, tell stories or articulate meaning. Proudly presented by Kirin GO FONT UR SELF* is back for another round with Chapter 4 arriving on Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane shores in March and April 2010. The touring exhibition, which is a firm favourite in the wonderful world of type, brings you 14 artworks from the world’s most critically acclaimed typographers.

With headlining artists, Above (California, USA), Yok (Perth, AUS), Timba Smits (Melbourne, AUS), Super Expresso (Barcelona, Spain), this is one you don’t want to miss. To attend you need to RSVP.

Brisbane click here. Sydney click here. Melbourne click here.