Words by Arielle Richards
For all your genre-specific vinyl needs.
There’s no greater pleasure than an afternoon spent rifling through the stacks at a local record shop. Luckily for wax heads, mild enthusiasts and newcomers just dipping their toes into the rapid, winding river that is vinyl obsession, Melbourne has hundreds of shops to choose from.
Whether your eyes are on hardcore, hip hop or funk, you can bet there’s several locations with the expertise, knowledge and – of course – the stock, to guide you to your vinyl Valhalla.
While a really good dig is second to none, sometimes we know exactly what we want. Or, at least, the general genre gist we’re after. So, we’ve taken the liberty of collating all of Melbourne’s specialty record stores, selected the best, then divvied them up by genre(ish), for your perusing and pursuing pleasure.
Ryoji Ikeda Presents: point of no return
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point of no return, Ryoji Ikeda condenses the unknowable chaos of the event horizon of a black hole into a work of order and balance.
CAUTION: STROBE WARNING
Composing a delicate assemblage of basic shapes, sounds, light and shadow, the artist eschews the intricacies of data for a more sculptural approach. While gesturing towards the sublime, the infinite expanse of space and the immense, reality-warping gravitational force of a black hole, he focuses in on the beauty of the physical, bringing together a few simple elements to make sense of something unthinkably complex. Through his own artistic process of playing with space, the artist finds purity in basic structures while drawing inspiration from the vast scope of the universal. “The entire exhibition is based very much on physical experience, not only intellectual content,” he says of his upcoming exhibition at 180 The Strand.
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Since his breakout show at London’s Truman Brewery in 2007, Charming Baker has exhibited at some of the world’s most established venues and leading contemporary spaces.
Recent UK shows have taken place at Sotheby’s S2, Unit London and The Vinyl Factory, and in 2012 Charming collaborated with designer Sir Paul Smith to create a sculpture for the V&A’s Britain Creates.
Immersive RYOJI IKEDA exhibition opens this May at 180 The Strand
A multi-sensory exploration of light and sound.
Fact and The Vinyl Factory, in collaboration with Audemars Piguet Contemporary, present a new RYOJI IKEDA exhibition in 180 Studios, 180 The Strand opening this May.
The largest exhibition of the artist’s work ever staged, including numerous world premieres, RYOJI IKEDA invites viewers to immerse themselves in Ikeda’s dynamic digital universe. A subterranean exploration of sound and light, the show takes viewers on a sensory journey through 180 Studios’ labyrinth-like spaces.
The 12 artworks include the world premiere of Ikeda’s
data-verse trilogy – a towering, triple-screen immersive project commissioned by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, and a site-specific, synapse-splitting new iteration of