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Just Poo It
Drawing by Daniel Smith "For months, the mysterious Poo Jogger has been terrorising residents by regularly stopping off in a discreet alleyway of a Greenslopes apartment block to relieve himself in the early hours of the [...]
China will track its citizens’ with new facial recognition system
Welcome to the future. After leading the charge globally in manufacturing hardware, China has its sights set on a major technological achievement: developing a facial recognition system to visually identify all 1.3 billion citizens nationwide. South [...]
We Were on a Break
Things have been a little quiet around here for the last little while (3 years) but we have some new content in the works. [...]
The Kind Warmth Awaits – Geoff Roberts
Here are some photos tom Geoff Roberts upcoming exhibition The Kind Warmth Awaits which will be opening at Colour Factory Gallery Fitzroy. Exhibition opens November 6 and runs through to the November 29. Geoffrey Roberts wanders the [...]
Featured IG: @elsa_isabella
It has been a while since we featured an Instagram account on NOIRNOTEBOOK. Here we have a selection of Instagram pics from Elsa Isabella. There are some beautiful and whimsical small-scale drawings, gummy bears, pin-ups, travels, snippets, [...]
Zach Penhall – Sydney Music Photography
I interviewed Sydney photographer Zach Penhall of ZK Photo about his work, bands and film vs digital. Daniel: How long have you been taking photographs? Zach: I’ve been taking photos for the better part of 4-5 years [...]
Jafflechutes: North America
I spoke with Adam Grant from Jafflechutes about his recent Pozible campaign - Jafflechutes: North America. Jafflechutes is Melbourne's first float down eatery, delivering prepaid jaffles via small parachute to a spot marked on the ground with an [...]
Menagerie – The Welcome Hotel – Every Sunday
Cheap craft beer, free music and a cool poster.... A new music night at The Welcome Hotel - good food, fresh craft beer and quality songwriters. Menagerie is a brand new acoustic night being hosted by [...]
Summernats – A photo series by Geoff Roberts
Geoff Roberts took this series of photographs at a recent Summernats. His essay is a look at Australian car culture and its participants. View more work by Geoff Roberts at his Flickr page. All images copyright 2014 [...]
Vindan’s Top 5 Albums
We asked musician Vindan to share the top 5 albums that influenced him and a little bit about them. Vindan is currently recording an album internationally, between Berlin and Sydney, with Martin.J.Fiedler (Josh.T.Pearson - Last of [...]
ART PRINTS ASIA – Newsagency Gallery
ART PRINTS ASIA LAUNCH EVENT 6.30pm FRIDAY 7 MARCH Exhibition dates Dates: 1 March – 30 March 2014 Newsagency Gallery proudly presents ART PRINTS ASIA, an exhibition of silkscreen and woodblock prints by artists [...]
Joel Beerden at Damien Minton Gallery 20/12
One Night Stand - Joel Beerden at Damien Minton Gallery. Photo by Daniel Smith. [...]