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Real Musical Instruments Crafted from Deadly Weapons

Who would have guessed a gun could sound so disarming?

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Be Naked in the Sydney Biennale

Make the world take you in all your glory this Biennale of Sydney.

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Horror and Nostalgia Combine in Beautiful Doll Hospital Photographs

Can't sleep, doll will eat me.

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Mind-Bending Timelapse Shows a Whole Life in One Face

Imagine if you could see a full lifetime's ageing process happen before your very eyes. Well, you sort of can.

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The Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2013

The upside of an uncurated festival is access to the unlimited scope, diversity, and imagination of the independent scene, but the sheer number of artworks on offer can make it tricky to navigate. Here's our top ten picks.

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Artist Joins Forces with Four-Year-Old Daughter to Create Whimsical Portraits

Hollywood slug people brought to you by an artist and her genius four-year-old

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Oil Paint Engineered Out of Toxic Waste

An engineer and an artist transform toxic waste into oil paints and wondrous works of art.

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3D Print Your Own Art Masterpiece Forgery

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A ten-hour theatre show, a concert in the dark and a giant Welcome to Country mark Melbourne Festival 2013.

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Surprisingly Beautiful Photographs from the Secret Underworld of Drains

There's suffering for your art, and then there's fighting off cockroach armies to take a photo.

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Les Bains, Paris: The Best Street Art Collection No-one Can See

Derelict Parisian nightclub Les Bains plays host to the world's most respected street artists - but alas, you're still not on the guestlist.

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MONA Reveals Dark Mofo Festival Program – And Will Fly You There for Free

Enough art, music and jet fuel to blast through the winter chill.

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The Beauty of Decaying Theatres

Photographer Julia Solis brings us 100+ images of the hub of mid 20th-century popular culture.

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How the Internet, Marina Abramovic and Dachshunds Made Performance Art Cool

What is it? Why is it? Huh?

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Food Is Artist Hong Yi’s Latest Paintbrush

Hong Yi creates delicate artworks from everyday victuals.

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Artist Jay Shells Swaps Street Signs with Rap Lyrics

Meet you on the corner of 'Cause I want to be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz'.

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Book Spine Poetry That Speaks Volumes

A lifelong book fetish becomes fun and quirky poetic art.

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Artist Bradley Hart Finds Unusual Use for Bubble Wrap

Bradley Hart would not like it if you popped his bubble wrap.

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Vivid Sydney Announces 2013 Lineup

The festival turns five this year, and is celebrating with its most dazzling lineup yet.

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See Yoko Ono and Opening Ceremony Do Make-Up for Men

This colab should never, ever stop.

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Four Interesting Ideas in the New Australian Cultural Policy

The Gillard Government announced their long-awaited cultural policy which look set to have some unexpectedly awesome consequences

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Seven Forward-Thinking Foodies Create Meals from the Future

Good news for people who like needles, kelp and insects.

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Idyllic Chinese Landscapes Made from Trash

Beauty is a lie in the photographs of Yao Lu.

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When a Building Brightens a Neighbourhood

Reko Rennie's Welcome to Redfern is part of a history of large-scale murals that have driven urban renewal.

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