Can I Has Hulk-Buster Iron Man Suit Now?

'Robert Downey Jr is to appear in the forthcoming film The Incredible Hulk as Iron Man, Marvel comics has announced. A panel at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas has confirmed the news, which marks a break with superhero movie tradition. While characters often appear in each other's comics, this is the first time a lead actor from one film franchise has appeared in another. Iron Man hits cinemas here on May 2, with The Incredible Hulk, starring Ed Norton, following soon after on June 13. Marvel's new studio arm is producing both movies, allowing it to indulge in the previously unseen cross-pollination.'

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I always get so excited about superhero flicks before they come out. I remember around the time Spider-man 3 was coming out, I would be on the internet scouring for leaked images of Venom, and of course I watched it on the plane and was major disappointed by the whole thing.

Anyway, so apparently because Edward Norton is on board Hulk as a screenwriter as well, he is changing the script around so he has more screen time. People should know from the previous Hulk flick that Bruce Banner = FAIL. HULK = SMASH.

STRANGE AEONS

I started a full time job recently, which is why I haven't been posting much(I haven't been home much). I am now a Technical Assistant for the Fine Arts/Printmaking department at Hornsby TAFE. I spend eight hours a day at work and almost four hours a day on public transport (Hornsby is a long way away from the gothic sublime of Maroubra Beach), which leaves me twelve remaining hours to eat, sleep, and read Oh No They Didn't. If I stay back after work to do my own work then that leaves me around six hours at home until I am back at Hornsby.

Of course it is not all bad, the job comes with some benefits....




I've made it a little project of mine to get the screenprinting equipment up to speed. I tried pushing the current resources as far as they could go tonight and faced a FAIL of epic proportions. Everything that could go wrong in screenprinting did, which would be fine if I didn't have a load of work due for some shows coming up. I'll admit that I was a bit rusty from not printing for over a year but the amount of problems I encountered left me completely defeated.

In case anyone reading this didn't already know, screenprinting at large format can be MEGA HARD. I realise now that I took for granted the swish equipment that I had at my disposal during my COFA days. DIY style screenprinting without top-of-the-line equipment is so excruciating it makes me want to quit screenprinting entirely.

Anyway before this post becomes too dark, two shows coming up:


Charles Dennington is showing in the group show at Somedays, his work is amazing - I missed out on seeing his solo show before so I'm glad I'll get another chance to see his stuff.

I'll be updating my website over the long weekend too so it will look like I've been keeping busy doing something other than falling asleep on trains and checking Facebook.

Mike Rea's Artist Statement

"Standing on the shoulders of other people's dreams could perhaps be the most pathetic of all dreams. The intent of my work is to create something short of its outcome. My goal is to create the idea of an object that remains a dream. The objects I create are based on fictions, rather than realities. I have always been interested in the ephemeral worlds established in film, or even in popular culture. Fictions or established hearsay allow for a flawed interpretation, which leads to a flawed result. The sublime is unattainable, and not an option. I further amplify this experience by only using my memory to construct my images. Failure is imminent. I find humor allows me to enjoy this experience, and I in turn build humor into the worlds established by my work. I have chosen to depict these states with unfinished wood, and other materials which convey a sense of the temporal. I find the beauty in life lies in between moments. My work offers a sense of what could be and what could never be simultaneously."

“Lysistrata” 2005. wood, burlap, rope, pink-foam