var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-23956395-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); “… My sister Cath remarked there was more hair than musician as slender Alex Cuffe pulsed his crude homemade bass guitar in Sky Needle..” Andrew McLellan/Andrew’s sister. How do you ‘fuel’ that creativity? Coffee and bread usually. But today it was Ice cream and fruit cake. Perhaps tomorrow It will be beans and cheese. Wait… No it was noodle and egg. “… His volatility and impatience makes it difficult for him to learn, and for other pupils to know how to react to him. He frequently makes unprovoked assaults on those around him and shows no remorse at having done so.” My Kindergarten Report 1993.Tumblr (3.0; @alexcuffe)http://alexcuffe.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qgbuuHUZ1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>PATAPHYSICAL HIPPOCRATES, 2012, Collaboration with Ben Kolaitis, <a href="http://www.creonova.org">www.creonova.org</a></span></p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/23925717259http://alexcuffe.com/post/23925717259Mon, 28 May 2012 08:35:53 -0400artcreo novaalex cuffeben kolaitisnext waveinstallationsound art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2trzdWbM11qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rock, 2012, papier<span>-</span>mâché, dirt, glitter</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/21489207042http://alexcuffe.com/post/21489207042Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:33:13 -0400Fake rockePapier-mâchéart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rlzjvhA61qcb72bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>RGB Collapse, manipulated found video, 2012</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/21426192674http://alexcuffe.com/post/21426192674Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:28:00 -0400vhsvideo stillartalex cuffergb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m27og9nAtG1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ice Cream Castle, 2011</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/20774447852http://alexcuffe.com/post/20774447852Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:09:00 -0400artice cream conescastlesculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1u72bAQi11qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Inverted Ice cream Structure 1,</em> Serious matter  solo show at Boxcopy, 2012</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/20336733073http://alexcuffe.com/post/20336733073Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:25:00 -0400BoxcopyAlex cuffeIce creamartinstallation<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30796122" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sonus Fon, Installation, Bayside Regional Gallery, Melbourne, 2011</p> <p>Creo Nova (Ben Kolaitis & Alex Cuffe)</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/12309840874http://alexcuffe.com/post/12309840874Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:52:58 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbb55LaO01qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Sonus Fon</em>, Installation by Ben Kolaitis and myself (a collaboration called Creo Nova that we have started for Next Wave). Shown  at Bayside Regional Gallery in Brighton. </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/11650869292http://alexcuffe.com/post/11650869292Wed, 19 Oct 2011 08:10:00 -0400installation,PyramidartCreo NovaALex CuffeBen Kolaitis<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt9357Ybi11qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Some recent trophies Ive been making in the studio. Each has a story; the first was made from the rope of a abandoned swing, the middle is a collection of discarded/stollen trophies in a frankenstein mash up attempt at a mega trophy and the last one is the only surviving part of my old ARI SPEC (I jumped the fence after ‘they’ demolished the building and I found this little guy). </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/11606513726http://alexcuffe.com/post/11606513726Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:42:00 -0400TrophiesAlex Cuffejunkart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lryqkruYsd1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Overground, 2011 Melbourne International Jazz Festival, photo by Laki Sideris </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/10550220892http://alexcuffe.com/post/10550220892Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:41:00 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22942510" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>This was a collaborative project from when I was still with The Wandering Room for a show <em>when your around. </em> thewanderingroom.org/</p> <p>“When You’re Around was the first exhibition in the 99 Melbourne St series that The Wandering Room curated. The exhibition came from a desire to interact with a public that would encounter the work from the footpath, a simple and romantic gesture springing from a need to communicate, whether someone be near or far. An almost therapeutic exercise. …The Wandering Room collaborated as an artist group to create a sort of makeshift metronome, using everyday ephemera and found objects.  … The wooden objects within The Wandering Room observe the goings on outside the window boxes”</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/9829337385http://alexcuffe.com/post/9829337385Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:14:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq5lx33im51qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My old studio in East Brisbane. </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/9106687741http://alexcuffe.com/post/9106687741Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:36:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq5lswJPim1qcb72bo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Infinite Universal Energy Channeling Pyramid, </em>2011</p> <p>Progression of work for the Kings show <em>Understanding Infinity </em>in Melbourne. </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/9106594676http://alexcuffe.com/post/9106594676Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:34:00 -0400artpyramid<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnzsn1Nnub1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thanks to the IMA and the Hynes family! </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/7366536924http://alexcuffe.com/post/7366536924Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:09:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnsudbtf9P1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Meteor, Rock,</em> </p> <p>“Alex Cuffe’s seemingly low-fi art practice embraces an aesthetic that evokes the charming practical tinkering of a backyard inventor against finely honed conceptual premises. Sound, electrics and amplification become key activators of clunky and kind of romantic sculptures, often underpinned by a degree of irreverent humour and a solid grasp of techno-wizardry. </p> <p>The kind of speculation that has previously led the artist to build ‘biospheres’ or permaculture units, magnifying the sounds of plants growing, or brewing beer according to medieval recipes or supposed differences in types of intoxication, is also alluded to in Rock, meteor.  Theses curious elements, with ‘science project’ rocks propped by hand carved sticks and a fluro comet, act as fallible stand-ins for astronomical and elemental phenomena.  </p> <p>After completing a Bachelor in Fine Arts at QCA Alex has recently completed two residencies, including a studio residency at NK in Berlin. He has held multiple solo and group shows, including a major solo project in 2010 titled Natural is the Static at Metro Arts. He was also included in the GAS 2010, along with Brisbane Emerging Art Festival, and Ryan Renshaw’s Test Patterns. His work was also in the Home Sweet Home video art festival in Berlin 2010. Cuffe is also a founding member of SPEC, an ARI which has hosted and participated in a multitude of events, most notably Gross Bodies of Light held in 2010 at MAAP. He is currently developing a mini festival titled New Primitive and a member of Sky Needle, a collaborative performance based sound art project with hand made instruments. Sky Needle recently played at the Melbourne Jazz festival’s Overground and headlined at Sydney’s Now Now festival’s opening night, both in 2011. In 2012 he will be featured in Melbourne’s prestigious Next Wave Festival.” <em>Churchie Emerging Art Catalog</em></p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/7222143719http://alexcuffe.com/post/7222143719Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:03:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnshbsof9X1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sky Needle and <span>Snawklor at Melbourne Jazz festivals Overground 2011.</span></p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/7215160155http://alexcuffe.com/post/7215160155Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:21:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmppksaMRP1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Myself and Dale Gorefinkel playing at Gltchd for Make It Up Club in Melbourne 2011. Photo by Julian Werne.</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/6479379618http://alexcuffe.com/post/6479379618Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:53:00 -0400dale gorfinkelAlex CuffeMake it up clubgltchdHand Made Music FestivalMelbourneexperimental musicsound art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll0el7KZoZ1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Magic Happened,</em> 2011, Leather Jacket, EL lighting</p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/5379923327http://alexcuffe.com/post/5379923327Tue, 10 May 2011 22:22:00 -0400magic happenedarttextfashionlightAlex cuffe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljua3h7nLD1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alexcuffe.com/post/4714215893http://alexcuffe.com/post/4714215893Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:26:06 -0400brisbaneartinvitealex cuffeakiko yamasaki<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljklhvKMN51qcb72bo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Organic Black strap Molasses and grass clippings. First in a series of experimental beer brewing.  Work in progress.</p> <p>I’m currently brewing a take on a medieval beer using mugwort and wormwood to bitter the grain instead of hops. This turns the beer from a sedative (as all hopped beers are) to a <span>inebriant narcotic. This was usually a favored drink at medieval weddings as a frenzy was said to result from it.</span></p> <p>Secondly I am brewing a pink cider made from cloudy apple juice and raspberries with a hint of ginger, licorice root and chili. I am brewing this in homage to the galaxy/universe and a show at the end of April on the same theme. Im going to call it UniversAle…  <span>A edition of 50 beers for the event Omniversal. </span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/4570802108http://alexcuffe.com/post/4570802108Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:56:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljkjlxmZLu1qcb72bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A photo booth shot from Berlin.</p> <p>I guess sometimes I consider myself to be profoundly hairy. </p>http://alexcuffe.com/post/4569693962http://alexcuffe.com/post/4569693962Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:15:00 -0400photography,artbeardwolf faceberlinbrisbane