MCA ARTBAR curated by Pip and Pop

Overview

ARTBAR is the MCA's after-hours offering for those who like their art with a soundtrack and a bar. It had its second birthday in May, celebrating two years of Friday night art, music and performance with a fancy display of bright lights and projections curated by Ross Manning.

For the July edition, ultra colourful sugar-coated dreamscape creators Pip & Pop (Tanya Schultz) are at the helm, and the theme is Japan. There'll be opportunity to fantasise away in front of Schultz's kawaii fairyland-style work and get lost in the dark digital ocean of Tabaimo's MEKURUMEKU, which is currently on display within normal daylight art gallery hours too.

The MCA has definitely got a good thing going with ARTBAR. There's a general consensus that art is cool, but doing it all with a glass of red in hand and a DJ in the background is that little bit cooler. Fortunately, everyone's favourite cultured night out since Jurassic Lounge ended isn't going anywhere, with monthly happenings planned for the rest of the year.

Read our review of Tabaimo's MEKURUMEKU here.