This warehouse pop-up bar is the side project of Sharon Custers (co-director of Shebeen) in collaboration with Melissa Loughnan of Utopian Slumps Gallery. The space will be transformed by acclaimed Australian visual artist Thomas Jeppe as the artist-in-residence. Princes of electronic pop, Safia, will be the headlining music act, off the back of a sold out National tour and heaps of international hype, along with a massive line-up of local DJ talent to keep the party going for 3 days.
Residency is not like other art exhibitions; no art will be for sale and no commissions will be paid. Instead, Residency will give Thomas Jeppe 50% of the profits from the bar. It’s a revolutionary way to support a talented artist, and enjoy great music and drinks at the same time. Residency will be located at 524 Flinders Street in a renovated warehouse. The pop up bar will also mark the launch of a campaign to raise money to open a permanent Residency Bar, where a new artist in residence will be invited to design the space every 3 months, transforming the venue into a completely new bar with each new residency. The artist is then awarded with 50% of profits from the bar over the time of their residency.
Lineup:
Thu 20 November 2014 (FREE EVENT)
Misha Hollenbach (PAM)
Daniel Stricker (Siberia Records)
Pete Keen (Sugar Mountain)
Laila (Day Care)
Fri 21 November 2014 (FREE EVENT)
TBA (Special announcement to be made in early November)
Sat 22 November 2014 ($20 presales/ $25 on the door)
SAFIA
Supported by Moon Holiday
Location
524 Flinders Street, Melbourne
For more information please visit.
https://www.facebook.com/residencymelbourne
http://instagram.com/residency_melbourne
www.residencymelbourne.com.au
