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Read moreYou can order your copy here using Paypal or a Credit Card. Just select an option below & we’ll process your order as soon as possible. Alternatively you can do a bank transfer, but please forward us your address via email if you do. Victoria Teachers Credit Union (BSB# 704-191) Trax Arts, Account #181540 Contact [...]
Read more< < ORDER ONLINE > > Australian cultural identity is evolving & diversifying at breakneck pace and nowhere is this more evident than the Preston Market. For 40 years it has been one of the first ports of call for new arrivals, cutting across socio- economic divisions and now it is faced with a development [...]
Read moreLanded in Barcelona with our lives in zipper stretched bags and our kids on our backs, we found a tiny one room flat in El Raval. Moving to a new city fluctuates between dream & nightmare, but many residents here are newly arrived & learning a new culture. We asked people to take three photographs [...]
Read more. . . .. . . . “Being inside it feels that I am in the cage or inside jail. The travelers and the scenes outside look like moving pictures.” photographer, Krishna (Nepal)
Read moreIn November 2009, a multimedia exhibition was presented to an audience as a 30-minute tour through the labyrinth of closing shops. Animated tales of family histories play on monitors propped up on counters, where salami should be. Each turned corner reveals a moving image embedded on its steel walls. Peeking behind the façade of the [...]
Read moreThe Preston Market in Melbourne has been standing for over 40 years in the centre of a growing multicultural precinct. When developers earmark the area for serious demolition and re-development, the traders are faced with an ongoing uncertainty to their own futures. Engaged in a multi-faceted project, an arts company focuses on the people of [...]
Read moreThe market’s life story is being written all the time; even the smallest gesture adds to it. Play Tag! is an exploration of the market through a narrative game of tag. This film is based around the exquisite corpse exercise whereby each line of a story is collectively assembled. director, Tintin Wulia executive producer, Tara Prowse camera, [...]
Read more“In our street Sant Antoni Abat, we sell mobile phones & food very cheap – and it’s very good. We have a church here as well.” photographer, Saleem Butt
Read moreSinging Santa, magical girls and a car ride on an easy Saturday morning: a glimpse of the amazing landscapes that shapes Julie’s world. director, Tintin Wulia executive producer, Tara Prowse camera, Stu Liddell & Tintin Wulia starring, Julie Le
Read more“The Raval is a world apart, where the Paella retains it’s spanish identity, although not its cultural one.” . “At the door: The young married couple, Chavi & Miguel, are part of the group of chefs here.” . “A Romanian waiter and a Dominican companion at the table, a pulsing place of narrow streets with many [...]
Read moreAll for just one apple… director, Brian Cohen executive producer, Tara Prowse camera, Brian Cohen & Naz Allen cast, Lisa Piccione, Alice Chaw, Jai Singh & Jamie
Read moreCharandev Singh is a Darebin local and Preston Market fan. director, Brian Cohen executive producer, Tara Prowse camera, Brian Cohen, Tintin Wulia & Stuart Liddell
Read moreJunction 2010 will unleash an explosion of creativity through a stimulating and intellectual conference program that encourages celebration, dialogue and connections. From August 26-29, delegates from across Australia will discuss and celebrate best practice regional arts in an action packed conference program including six plenaries, fifty seven break-out sessions and a hands on stream including [...]
Read moreGowanus On Tap is a Creative Community Consultation project initiated by TRAX, which will bring together a diverse group of local residents who will make the water of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal potable. The project will host a series of community workshops which will develop a filtration unit & sculpture by Brian Cohen. The creative & scientific [...]
Read moreCreative Friction, Disrupting The Boundaries Of ‘Art’ And ‘Community Art’ by Victoria Stead iPaper(26972668, ‘key-1cmsvfrqi3c4se00gl2r’, 800, 720, ‘list’, 1, ‘ipaper1302043315′);
Read moreJury’s Decision: “First place is awared to Outhouse, from Brian Cohen and his team from TRAX. Using an outhouse to serve as a semi-public video confessional booth, this project redefines society’s last bastion of privacy and intimacy. Equipped with four doors in but only one door out, this project is not just a humorous gimmick but [...]
Read moreWe’ve had a priveleged time being here with the Outhouse & all the amazing people we’ve met in Porto. It was especially great to connect with Costah, a Porto street artist of immeasurable talent, who gave the box it’s gaivota (seagull). He reckons although seagulls fly very far, they don’t fly very well. So he [...]
Read moreOUTHOUSE | EUROPE is shaping up to blow away our expectations due to all the amazing people we’ve been meeting in this stunning labyrinth of a city. We’ve started construction on our latest storycatching box here at the school of fine arts in Porto. David, the master builder, is blissin out over every handmade hinge [...]
Read moreWell, Outhouse MkII has had an interesting life so far. As you can tell from our previous posts the older version looked like a toilet spaceship from the 70s. We decided to trim down & streamline the design with David Whitchurch, a master carpenter from the outback town of Ivanhoe. We rebuilt a proud new [...]
Read moreDigital Media & Local Cultures Porto, Portugal 13-17 October 2009 The FUTURE PLACES Festival is an international competition celebrating digital media work. FUTURE PLACES explores the potential of Digital Media when applied to specific cultural and social environments. The festival features exhibitions, conferences, workshops, concerts, performances and parties. We are interested in creative and new [...]
Read moreThe sky was painted in a deep amber for the exhibition & the night began with a crescent moon. The fire drums sent soft clouds of smoke across the stage. It was a memorable & magical night for everyone who attended and exceeded any expectations we had for a preview performance of a new work. [...]
Read moreThis is the first part of a film about building bush cubbies. filmed & edited by Brian Cohen music by Staffan Svahn featuring Abby, Alana & Bindi’s old TV
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