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Hi there! Thanks for downloading cosine Vol. 3 - Sydney’s first online art mag collab! Vol. 3, has now evolved as an opportunity for artists to collaborate and get their creative merit exposed! To those that are new to cosine, welcome! You’re probably wondering where it all began so here’s a brief history lesson... back in 2008, a humble printed zine titled cosine Vol. 1 was created, consisting of black and white personal photographs with mixed digital media. Pop culture, the surreal, geometrics and marble statues all comprised as observations of the minutiae of the world that is sometimes overlooked. The next release, titled cosine Vol. 2, evolved in 2010 to the digital world by becoming an online exclusive publication - composed as a chromatic visual voyage through our home planet and beyond using found images. That zine’s humourously flamboyant tone led to the release of the Special Spacial Vol - cosine’s peculiar sister zine. By taking on the guise of Barbara Kruger’s style of juxtaposing text and image, the volume commented on the forms and features of the face in structures and objects throughout Sydney. Building facades, fruit and iconic landmarks were just some of the discoveries made from various keen observers. The contributions for the Special Spacial Vol influenced the idea for Vol. 3 to become a collaborative effort - aiming to promote the artistic creativity of all emerging Australian artists. It’s an ideology which creates an online avenue that showcases pieces of work that anyone can be proud of. A few of the features of Vol. 3 is the artist biographies, or what I’m coining as cosineographies. It’s the very backbone to what cosine’s aim is. The cosineography index acts as a central hub so everybody can enjoy the great art with a simple and easy-to-navigate page structure. Also, as you happily perouse each cosineography and spot a weblink on an artist’s page, click it! Your web browser will open up and load that particular artist’s website or blog so you can read up more information about themselves and their works. It’s just one of the biggest driving factors behind creating Vol. 3 - utilizing the power and ease of the internet to make artist exposure more fluid and simple. At the end of the day, I could go as far as to say that cosine Vol. 3 is more than just a creative platform, rather, a celebration of Australian creativity in a modern age - and when you celebrate something, you’ve got to enjoy yourself and have fun with it, right? So enjoy cosine Vol. 3! All the best and always dreaming,
Costa Vakas / Creative Director /
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Shelling Peas, a short film Directed by Catherine Moore, Produced by Diana Ward, Production Design by Esther Couch Photos by Costa Vakas
The John Steel Singers video clip ‘Overpass’ Directed by Josh Groom Produced by Diana Ward Art Direction by Kerrie van Lambaart Photo by Costa Vakas Click for video clip
‘Four Sisters’ - Costa Vakas
Alex Rahr
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Kate Barr
The Heimlich maneuver Whitney smokes her crack pipe in Tracy Emin’s bed
A collection of computer paint doodlings from Caz & Luke
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Kristina, 2
Welcome to the cosineography index This interactive platform lists all the artists showcased in Vol. 3. Keep scrolling from here, or alternatively, you can click on an artist below which will take you directly to their cosine page. Also, if you see a weblink, click it! Your web browser will take you to their blog or website so you can learn more about themselves and their art!
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Paintings/Drawings by
Suzanne Shelley
Emily Van Loon Lauren Vassallo & Vanessa Rodriguez Bobbi Genre Lucy O’Doherty Pia Wolanski Larissa Perego
Digital Illustrations by Elliott Beaumont Louisa Tirris Cherry Mo Beth Dillon Ash Moses Ben Marriott
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suzanne shelley Student, Sydney ‘Beauty’ “Beauty is only skin deep, what is perceived as beauty by one person is not by another.”
“Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.� David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish philosopher and historian
“The objects in my sculptures are often discarded, unwanted, unnoticed. Anyone confronted with these appendages generally asks, ‘What is there to eat on a chicken’s foot?’ ‘Is it not all skin and bone?’ ‘Are there any reasons as to why someone would want to suck these knuckles?’ ...”
“... The Chinese love chicken feet, as they contain lots of collagen and are famed for enhancingxbeauty and skin elasticity. So beauty transferred is the concept behind my ‘beautiful feet’.“
elliott beaumont Freelance illustrator from Sydney, currently working in Berlin ‘schöner Berg’ “This illustration is a kind of fragmented portrait. He is wearing a mask that has been inverted, in that the eyes are shown and the rest of him is shrouded. Planning on working towards an exhibition here in Berlin of small paintings and drawings with masks as the central motif.”
http://ocularparagon.tumblr.com
louisa tirris 22, Sydney Student 1.
Magic with the Mushroom 2. Flying Tree
“I think the most exciting part of the creative process for me is coming up with the idea. There are so many inspirations that come together to play in your head. My work is very much a culmination of these influences. If it’s music, an image, a reflection, a memory, a smell or a word - all these trigger creation!”
This was intended to be a self-portrait. I drew inspiration from my fascination with carnivals and music in Brazil and how it contrasts to my life here in Australia. I have a strong Brazilian heritage, yet, I feel somewhat dislocated and disconnected whenever I go there or even when I’m living here in Australia. I am a carnival dancer of sorts, I try my best to celebrate what both cultures have for me - but is it a real show of how I really feel? I’m sandwiched between both, I have no real definitive identity. Coming from varied backgrounds, my Brazilian heritage is the strongest and most pronounced of all but it has never identified with me. In trying to discover myself and where I fit, I have unmasked that carnival, for me, is about ‘celebrating’ differences in heritage, in culture, in life.
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This piece was developed over time as I wrestled with trying to combine a multitude of ideas into one. I wanted to create a silhouette depicting growth, interconnection. I had to also decide what was the best way to display and describe these ideas. As time went by, the ideas morphed into the present one and I realised that the main concept behind this work was the ‘flight’ and development of the imagination. The tree is as alive as the bird, it grows and changes as a tree does, except for changing destination which is only something a bird can do. 2.
The aim here was to create a very fluid tree with movement, the bird’s wings are part of the branches of the tree. It’s feathers were made to resemble leaves. I chose to use a charcoal black and white palette which resembles an etching in order to highlight the sketchiness of drafting thoughts. I wanted to also make it more pronounced up against the black of the sky and the body of the tree. The lamp down the bottom was used to symbolise the enlightenment you receive through the imaginative process. The finished product becomes more than just a simplistic idea of just another ordinary bird perched in a tree.
cherry mo 20, Sydney Student ‘Lady Clown’ “... This piece of work is actually a cover of my magazine design project at uni. I had this “Lady Clown” looking up and staring at the viewers... She is a mysterious lady, we never know what she is thinking... Clowns are supposed to be entertaining and delightful but instead she acts like that she does not care about what people think - the smokey background emphasize this personality.”
beth dillon 22, Sydney Dabbler ‘Lovers: A Compendium of Larrikins, Ladiesmen and Lotharios’ Beth lives in Sydney and makes art, sometimes for herself and sometimes for everybody else. She is currently studying Sculpture, Performance and Installation whilst dabbling in FIMO jewellery design, zinemaking and public murals. “This series of drawings is dedicated to all the men I’ve known, wanted to get to know, and wished I’d never known.”
Visit Beth’s blog at www.bettyborehead.blogspot.com to check out more of her work.
ben marriott ‘Heisenberg’ “A digital painting of Walter White from the television series ‘Breaking Bad’, who adopts the persona of Heisenberg. The work shows the moral decay a person can experience from making some of the hardest decisions imaginable.”
ash moses 24, Sydney Graphic Designer / Record label owner / DJ *Ash: tell me what you’d prefer to go here?*
emily van loon 22, Sydney Student “I have been very taken by the architectural compositions that surround me on a daily basis and tuned into the grid like nature of the surrounding urban environment.�
... I focused a lot more on the scaffolding sense of buildings...
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“The way in which I began painting architecture
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Back lane in Redfern ... Eventually I began using loosely applied colour blocks, adding walls to the scaffolding...
Rio ... The next step from here was incorporating the surrounding environment of buildings...
Tin Shed
... I began painting outdoors and enjoyed juxtaposing very modern architecture and nature...
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... Ultimately, I began feeling restless with where I had ended up and felt that in order to invite some change into my creative practice, I needed to begin stripping back in form and now recently, content (this was a most frustrating time which left me in painting limbo for about a year (I ruined many canvasses)...
... I first began distorting the lines within my paintings which created a blurry look. Then eventually, slowly, what I have come to today is mostly just pure colour blocks, the main focus for me now is the juxtaposition of colour still represented in the form of architecture as we know it today.
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A Tale of Loss, Love & Unhappy Happy Endings
Tattoo inspired artworks by Lauren Vassallo Portraits by Vanessa Rodriguez
‘Stitch In Time’
‘King of Hearts’ ‘Change’
Fairytales are where our dreams begin, but fairytales don’t always come true, and we may never get that happily ever after. You don’t have to have a fairytale ending to be happy. Instead we should look to a happily ever now. Because now is what we have. Now is attainable.
The Blue Bird features hand illustrated artworks done in coloured pencil with hand embroidered detailing. The piece also comprises of individual pieces that can be customized through hand embroidery techniques to create truly individual pieces of art.
‘Flying Frogs’
Inspired by the ‘Tattoo Queens’ of the late 1800’s onwards, The Blue Bird is an exploration of tattoo art and design recreated into a new visual language. Irene Woodward who performed in the 1880’s handed out pamphlets to the crowd that read ‘the lady is not offensive to anyone, no matter how sensitive they may be. Her tattooing
‘What Is the Use’
is of itself a beautiful dress’. The Blue Bird has recreated the French fairytale ‘L’ioseau Blue’ into a visual feast of tattoo inspired imagery; and placing it into the modern day context of a contemporary wallcovering. A panel from the wallcovering has been tattooed on designer Lauren Vassallo’s back to help close the divide and misconceptions around tattoos on the female form. Like the female circus performers of old, Lauren has placed her body on the line for her art, and to show that like her wallcovering her body art is like a beautiful dress and is part of a greater story.
As a multi disciplinary designer Lauren Vassallo is always striving to push the boundaries of the conventional. Her work spans many mediums including Graphics Media, Textile design, Tattoo art, Photography and the Wearable. Using these creative outlets as one allows Lauren’s work to explore new ways of looking at the old. She is inspired by techniques such as hand embroidery, and placing them into a modern day context. Lauren is inspired by every day actions; the different spaces people inhabit and how people individually interact with that space. By recreating the norm, Lauren hopes people will see these every day actions with new eyes and become more aware of how they contribute to their environment. Lauren is currently undertaking her final year in a Bachelor of Design honours at the College of Fine Arts, Majoring in Graphics Media and Textile design. Her 4th Year Major Project and Honours will be an exploration of space, her love of Tattoo Art, and the female form; where Lauren will use her tattoo designs to become a ‘living textile’. Lauren is looking to start a career within the tattoo industry while continuing to explore the way in which tattoo art dresses the body in the same way textile art dresses interior spaces. If you would like a custom tattoo design or artwork by Lauren, contact her at the.etched.body@gmail.com
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Currently based in Sydney, Vanessa Rodriguez hails from a family of Uruguayan descent and also spent ten years living in Los Angles, California. From a very early age she had her eyes opened to a world of culture, diversity and opportunity. As a lover of all things “art”, she will often try to incorporate the world around her into her art and design work, but sometimes it will simply be the aesthetic beauty or quality of the subject that will inspire her. With a love for reading and study, she is mainly a self taught artist and has extensive experience with realism. Her style of work focuses largely on composition and her favourite mediums include graphite pencils and felt tip pens. Vanessa is also a huge admirer and active participant of the body art industry. She is currently working on building her skills as a tattoo artist so that she can continue to push the boundaries when it comes to the possibilities of fine art on skin. She hopes to someday travel the world leaving her art on people everywhere. If you would like a custom designed tattoo by Vanessa, contact Wicked Ink Penrith (02) 4722 9107.
All images of ‘The Blue Bird’ exhibition by Daniel Repeti
bobbi genre ‘Faustette’ “I LOVE GOUCHE! There are lots of thin layers and marks to build texture in the flesh. Gouche is an amazing kind of ink/water-based paint. You can thin it out, fat it up, drip it, fix it. I think I work on a scale of detailing with my materials. Felt is good for really particularly fine stuff, pencil is for stuff that needs fine detail or colour but there’s also room for meshing and blending...”
This work is from a series titled FAUSTETTE. The name was inspired by the book “Faust� by Goethe. The journey of Faustette is evolving. As the internal realms of the beast change, and more symbols are revealed, the exterior morphs to accommodate. The work becomes a metaphor for the different points of sight as the journey continues. In this way the journey is very dream like, or like a video game. The three images shown include the themes of an Awakening, a contemplation of destination and ability and a small death of sorts. The first image is the birthing of the middle chapter of the journey. She wakes as a bear headed beast. Light on. Naked, exposed to her journey. The feathers strewn around the beast are of crows which appear throughout the story; they are like the antagonist of movement. Crows are documented in the history of many cultures as a catalyst for change, hence there association with death.
The second image is still, more contemplative. . I like keeping her raw, animalistic stamina.... and fragile human elements like thin skin and rugged knees and elbows. I find furniture design and texture a massive muse. This picture loves up the texture of woven cane and wood. There are elements of fear and self preservation in this piece, however it is also calm. Looking at this now i remember a long time ago a mystic telling me when i was scared of dark forces to put my right hand over my left, this would create a protective circle of white light. You can’t see it in the scan but the top hand is translucent fluoro yellow. Faustette often has that colouring; it’s a force which runs through her. Like a power....in some pieces it creates balls, manifestation balls, foresight, a faith which ties the personal ability with the greater plans. The final image is a contorted death, but there is exposure to something else and the dream roles on like the ball of light. The backgrounds are modelled on the texture of wood grain. Natural textures are huge for me! I feel like in that way the work is always grounded and real. I did this with water colour pencil. It has the ability of creating texture and being very fluid. You can re work the surface quite a bit with this medium and a good quality water colour paper. I use a really thick medium texture water colour paper; i can’t remember the grade of this one. The illustrations are done with felt tip, water colour pencil, lead and gouache.
WE ALL LYE IN SPACE “... This image is from a 2007 series of coupled nudes. Different relationships of space, colour and elements shared were expressed through intimate displays of human form.”
Search for more of Bobbi’s work at http://bobbigenre.blogspot.com/
lucy o’doherty 23, Glebe Student ‘Unmade Bed’ “Unmade bed is an oil painting based on a black and white forensic photo found in Peter Doyle’s book City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948. The stark bedroom interior is rendered in a limited palette in order to convey the image’s quietly disturbing atmosphere. Tension is created in the discord of the rumpled sheets, crooked rugs, and shadows cast on bare walls. The room’s door is left ajar, and a discarded letter on the floor implies a human presence that has hastily vacated the scene.”
pia wolanski 25, Sydney Graphic Designer/ Interior Designer/ Artist “... My creations are drawn from things all around me. The smallest happening, an instant, an event or encounter can spark something off in my mind: watching the street and waiting for customers, facial structures prompt doodles which become paint on canvas. My drawings lend themselves to imperfection and strive to add precision to the art of randomness...�
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Indian Cloud Boy “... In current works, I’m able to create a sense of movement and balance using repetition of lines and angular shapes; a play on the harshness of angles, revealing gentle and congruent affect. I am very inspired by triangles and geometry; symmetry...”
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larissa perego Sydney Music Marshall 2. Bobby Socks 3. Flatmates
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billi hayes 23, Sydney Student ‘The Take Away Chair’
Flat Bar Mild Steel Marine Canvas
“The Take Away Chair re-invents the idea of renting a chair at the beach. The steel frame is fixed to the ground in a public space and people can purchase the canvas to attach to the chair, thus reducing vandalism and allowing people to use their own seat.�
christina bou 20, Sydney
“bou was born from a loophole. It was never a predetermined venture. bou is now a year and a half old and just starting to walk steadily....
... the baby started as an initiative to combat the lack of stuff! I couldn’t find the exact ‘thing’ to complete a look here or there and so I thought why not make it. Having never studied fashion or textiles everything was self taught...
’Colour Block’
... The intended lifestyle of bou is to foster expression, but not only simply from the perspective of the designer or the wearer...
‘La Reina’
... rather, it aims to marry the two (three, four or twenty; the more the merrier), so it can be cherished and worn with love and commitment. bou does not wish to confine the creative vision to one type of woman or man, but rather invites everyone who wishes to share the vision and join the family...
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.. For the incessant support of other freakishly amazing artists, friends and family, I am eternally grateful and have the desire to douse you all in kisses...
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... bou is currently working on the third collection, with the next launch show being ambiguous; there is much more to come in this lifetime. bou only hopes you can stick around to share the ride...” Photography by Jeff Yiu For further enquires, contact; firstcontact.bou@gmail.com 0421598446
alena lodkina 21, Sydney Student ‘Contemplation of Colour and Form’ “... I’ve had the pictures for ages in my private collection, but just decided to spice things up in Photoshop the other day. Those pictures of the trees were taken as they were moving on slow shutter speed and when I played around with the settings in Photoshop, all these amazing traces of movement came up in the background I thought it looked supercool so I wanna keep experimenting with that. “
paul van kan Digital Photographic Operator, 30, Sydney ‘Frank’ “Frank is a reformed heroin addict that owns a pawn brokers in Melbourne. After using for 14 years and 3 jail sentences, he kicked the habit and now is on a methadone program. Many of the clients that pawn goods are close friends he used to use heroin with. He says it’s the only time he sees his old friends, when they are trying to swap goods for money to purchase the drug. It saddens him to see them still going through this, but makes him feel stronger by the day that he has made the right decision to go clean.”
“... Was shot on Mamiya C330 TLR with Kodak 400VC medium format film. Even though film is fast becoming obsolete, I still prefer to use this as a medium for my photography. For me, the process brings a sense of real life to the image captured.” Explore Paul’s photography at http://paulvankan.com/
jimmy le 20, Illawong, NSW Student/Photographer ‘The 12th Image’ “All of these images are the 12th image from my roll of film. These images happen by accident as I forget to advance the film but create somewhat aesthetic images none the less. I think it is important to embrace the happy accidents we tend to have in life as we never know what really comes from it...”
sophie wolanski Sydney Student “I am Sophie Wolanski. I live in Sydney, Australia. I take photos (sometimes), I cook (often), I make sculptures (too). Each series of photographs I create is like a diary entry to a part of my life. This series is ‘(26.03.10 - 30.04.2010)’ “
See more of Sophie’s photos at http://sophiewolanski.tumblr.com
alex grinter 23, Sydney ‘You walk up thin blue lines possible with reality’ 2. ‘Searchin’ for light in the darkness of insanity’
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Peace Music is the brainchild of a bunch of people who appreciate good music - the idea was to build a family of like minded individuals around amazing musical experiences featuring the world’s best artists. Hip hop, grime, soul, drum n’ bass, dub, reggae, electronica and dubstep - all encompass the community of inspired music lovers around a company that works with the best musicians, DJs and producers, they hope to create a culture platform that allows people to be inspired by and get involved with what they love most - the best live music in the world. The people behind Peace have a long history of working with the best artists in the world - De La Soul, Lupe Fiasco, Pendulum, DJ Qbert, DJ Marky, Nas (the list alone would require further standalone cosine volumes!) This year, Peace Music has acquired many fantastic and world renowned artists including Kool & the Gang, A Tribe Called Quest, Sub Focus, King Jammy’s Soundsystem, Doctor P and Evidence. cosine is proud to announce Peace Music’s Native Tongue’s Mixtape tour - A collection of the greatest Native Tongues Posse artists gathered together on one stage to celebrate the birth of funky, feel good hip hop! Like flicking through the dusty crates of a living record collection, the Native Tongues Mixtape will take you on a trip back into time and through the evolution of what is arguably hip hop¹s most loved era. An era when hip hop artists first dared to create music that cut against the main stream mass appeal, and inspired people to love, not hate. In the wake of their Australian tour dates earlier in 2010 and in response to the hundreds of requests from people in cities outside of Sydney and Melbourne, A Tribe Called Quest band members Phife Dawg and & Ali Shaheed Muhammad have confirmed that they will return to Australia in November to play a series of intimate live shows alongside their brothers from the Native Tongues Posse. It all goes down at The Metro Theatre, Friday November 26th.
Tickets are available now from the Metro Theatre Box Office, or from the Peace Music web site metreotheatre.com.au / (02) 9550 3666 peacemusic.com.au/purchase.php
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“Is there anything I haven’t tried?” Well here it is.
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Stand out from the crowd while being sensitive to the environment!
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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Peter Greenaway 1989
One Hour Photo, Mark Romanek 2002 Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip To The Moon), Georges Melies 1902
the cosine canvas Something beautiful created by the Rushcutter’s Bay Park collaborators of 11/9/10
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