by Brendan McKnight on 09 Mar 10

Amy Barclay, curator of Experimenta Utopia Now chats to us about commissioning, exhibiting, promoting and touring media art.

Pimp My Pooch

by Brendan McKnight on 04 Mar 10

We speak to Karl Backhouse about designing gear for the urban pooch.

You Were In My Dream

by Brendan McKnight on 04 Mar 10

We speak to Australian based media-artists Van Sowerwine and Isobel Knowles to find out more about their latest interactive stop-motion artwork, You Were In My Dreams.

jeffstaple

by Brendan McKnight on 24 Feb 10

We speak to legendary designer, artist, DJ, writer and entrepreneur jeffstaple, who is heading to Melbourne this weekend.

Robin Fox

by Brendan McKnight on 23 Feb 10

How did someone who has made a living out of working with lasers completely miss out on the 90s rave scene? We speak to sound and visual artist Robin Fox to find out.

Darcy Prendergast

by Brendan McKnight on 19 Feb 10

Brendan McKnight catches up with stop-motion animation extraordinaire Darcy Prendergast about living the dream, doing what you love and having a whole lotta fun with glow sticks.

Chrissie Abbott

by Brendan McKnight on 15 Feb 10

We have a chat with digital designer and illustrator Chrissie Abbott about life in technicolour, Little Boots and what it’s like to see her work up on a billboard at the end of her street.

You’ve changed

by Brendan McKnight on 12 Feb 10

Can’t get Sia’s ‘You’ve Changed’ out of your head? We can’t either and so we thought why not speak to the man behind the video, director and viral guru Dennis Liu.

I want to break free

by Brendan McKnight on 10 Feb 10

Are you reading this right now from an office-job you hate and would rather be focusing on your art instead? Illustrator Mike Lowe speaks to us about the leap to committing to your artwork full-time.

The Tweedles

by Brendan McKnight on 08 Feb 10

Disney have just released these character progression images featuring Matt Lucas from Little Britain who is playing Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Tim Burton’s upcoming film Alice in Wonderland.

Leaving a comfortable graphic design job, going freelance and heading to Mumbai to work for 18 months sounds like a bit of an adventure huh? Brendan McKnight catches up with Craig Lewisohn to find out how it all went.

Matthew Brindle

by Brendan McKnight on 04 Feb 10

What happens when you run away from home for the big city at the age of 15 with friends you met on the internet? We speak to internationally published photographer, art director, club legend and mega cool guy Matthew Brindle to find out.

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