I’m very pleased to announce that I will joining Richard Goodwin and Michael Snape for an exhibition titled (edit: apparently still in flux). The one night event will take place on ____ at ____ in Sydney.

We’ll announce details and post a formal invitation in the coming weeks, but I wanted to give you the heads up.

Update
We’ve decided to postpone the show due to scheduling, etc. Stay tuned.

SO-AD’s web of creative interests have become a bit more tangled today with the arrival of the book ‘Agenda’, edited by David Burns. ‘Agenda’ is a publication documenting the work from UTS during the 2008 school year. Weighing in at a spry 192 pages, it features student work from all levels of the School plus essays by staff, guests and students. In addition to editing the book, we also designed it, collaborating with our friend and co-conspirator Nadia Wagner.

Tonight UTS will host a book launch to celebrate the book. Stop by and pick one up for only $15.

‘Agenda’ Book Launch
6-7pm
UTS DAB Courtyard
730 Harris Street
Ultimo NSW 2007
Australia

I love WordPress, I really do. But it irks me when they release a new version and tempt you so sweetly to update and then proceed to wipe out all of your custom CSS in the process. I know, I know, they warn you to backup, etc. But, I DO backup, but I still have to manually replace all of the custom CSS and PHP files after the update. Why can’t the geniuses behind WordPress (and I use that word sincerely, I believe they are geniuses) write an update to the software that carries over all of your design changes?

Anyway. That’s a brief explanation for the appearance of the blog recently. I happily upgraded to 2.8 and in the process wiped out the design of the ole SO-AD blog, reverting it to the miserable default. Ack.

On a side note, if you are so inclined, you may follow us (David) on Twitter.

Out.

David Burns joined forces with Jess Dixon and longtime collaborator Jill Daves to propose an installation for the By George! Hidden Networks competition. We’re pleased to announce that the scheme was among the shortlisted finalists!

We’ll post some images soon.

Hope you’re well and enjoying the winter down here and the summer up there.

Hello all. We’re on the search for a large warehouse or raw space in Sydney for an exhibition. Details are still a bit secret (shhhh) but we’d like to have the show in November. 

If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please drop us a line:  info(at)so-ad(dot)com

Thanks.

Last minute notice, yes, but David Burns will be giving a talk tomorrow morning at the University of Sydney.

Specs:
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 9:30am
Room ALT3 (?)
University of Sydney

As always , If you’re in the area, please stop by and say hello and heckle.

We’ve formatted some images of Triptych 01 and uploaded them to the WORK page.  Have a look.

Oh, and the opening was good fun…

See you next time.

The opening for Triptych 01 was great fun, thanks to everyone who came out.

The exhibition will be open until 27 March.

Please join us in welcoming the newest SO-AD addition, Jasper Morris, pictured here with Director of Heavy Machinery, Elliot Morris.

David Burns’ new installation, Triptych 01, will be on exhibit from 11 – 27 March at the DAB LAB Research Gallery at the University of Technology, Sydney.

The opening is Wednesday, 11 March from 6-8pm.  There will be a short public lecture by Burns at 7pm to introduce the new installation.

We certainly hope you can make it, come say hi and introduce yourself.