Brisbane Confidential 15 – Shih Chieh Huang’s Cubozoa-L-09 from Brisbane Confidential on Vimeo.

Cubozoa –L-09 is a hauntingly beautiful and dramatic interactive and mutating installation which explores what happens to organisms when competition is removed by human depletion of fish and other environmental factors. It takes its cue from the invasion of the Brisbane River by blue blubber jellyfish.

New York based Taiwanese artist Shih Chieh Huang’s work explores the unusual evolutionary adaptations undertaken by creatures that reside in inhospitable conditions.

He creates analogous ecosystems in his installations and populates them with organic living things made from common, everyday domestic objects that comprise our modern existence.

These objects are reconstructed into experimental primitive organisms that reside on the fringes of evolutionary transformation: computer cooling fans are re-purposed for loco-motion, Tupperware serves as a skeletal framework, guitar tuners rewired to detect sound, and automatic night lights become a sensory input.

Cubozoa–L-09 is part of the 2009 Arc Biennial of Art which runs from September to December 2009 and will showcase innovative and groundbreaking works of Australian and International visual artists through an extensive program of exhibitions, installations and workshops.

For more information on the 2009 Arc Biennial of Art, including program information and full event listings please visit arcbiennial.com.

Shih Chieh Huang’s site is www.messymix.com.

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Joshua Levi Galleries, located in Woolloongabba, is an art space revamped from an old antique shop. Josh, an artist himself, seeks out emerging artists that he can explode into public awareness by combining a funky “dero-chic” gallery space with live music and attention-grabbing stunts.

Brisbane Confidential 13 – Joshua Levi Galleries from Brisbane Confidential on Vimeo.

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Brisbane Confidential 11 – Sam Eyles, Artist from Brisbane Confidential on Vimeo.

Sam Eyles is a Brisbane artist whose latest show, Perserverance, was recently featured at Juggler’s Gallery in Fortitude Valley. I chatted with Sam about the theme of his work, what the role of an artist is in modern Australian society and the art scene in Brisbane.

You can keep up to date with Sam via his blog: sameyles.blogspot.com.

Juggler’s Gallery: jugglers.org.au

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I’m very excited today to release the news that I’ve partnered up with ourbrisbane.com to co-produce the "Brisbane Confidential" series that I’ve been talking about for the last year. Brisbane has a surprising number of cool, funky places and I want to show them to you. Each week the series will showcase some of the funkiest cafes, bars, restaurants, boutique stores and events in Brisbane. New episodes will be available each Thursday on ourbrisbane.com, BrisbaneConfidential.com and through iTunes.

Partnering up with ourbrisbane.com is exciting because they are THE site to tell you about what’s happening around Brisbane. They have huge reach in Brisbane, about 500,000 people visit their site each month. When I made a decision to move up here early last year, the first site I ended up on to learn more about Brisbane was ourbrisbane.com and I remember thinking at the time "I wish they had some podcasts".

Well, now they do.

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