The story breaks - 4 October

On October 4 Melbourne will be taking part in a project that aims to break a major news story via the power of the collective distribution of news imagery. TED Prize winner, James Nachtwey, will break a story via the projection of his news images on a global series of public TV screens.

Be in Federation Square at 9.50am on Saturday, 4 October, to witness the story break.

Corrs lane - art

Come to Chinatown and I recommend you can't go wrong with anything in Corrs lane. Great Chinese (Ants Bistro and Dainty Sichuan), Japanese (have eaten there but looks to have good write-ups) and drinks @ Eurotrash.

Also, I've decided to take a slightly different tact with my photos. If the photo I take with my trust camera phone (phone is awful but the camera on it quite good) isn't that exciting I'm gonna play around with the colours until it looks good. And if not good, then just plain fun.

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Is it art?

Whether it's functional or not has nothing to do with it. There are so many things out there in the big city that could be classified as art. I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the good old rubbish bin can even be considered art.

Check out these two examples and tell me there is no artistic merit in the arrangement, composition and colour!?

I've decided I'm going to create a new series called "Is it art?" And the best bit is you get to decide!

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Space invader - Melbourne

An invasion is underway - did you know? Urban artist, Invader, is one of the many artists to take his art to the people, quite literally. Just keep an eye out next time you travel down a laneway in Melbourne, you might see the invasion taking place before your eyes.

Just like the good ol' game of space invaders there are points to be won! The system is from 10 to 50 points depending on size, location and style.

The one I've captured above is pretty big and in a fairly public spot, so I'm gonna call it 40 points.

If you want to see more of the invasion check out this Flickr cluster.

>LOCATE THIS ***not this time! You must hunt them out yourself!***

Lush lane - art

With a name like Lush lane, it'd surely have to be one of the most coveted lanes in Melbourne, alas, this lane is a very functional lane only for parking cars. Used for previous Laneway Commissions in 2004 and 2006, it is in a primo spot, yet does not have much 'cool' potential.

One link that I have bookmarked (delicious tag: Melbourne), is eMelbourne a website created by Melbourne University, it gives a great synopsis of each laneway's history, amongst other things.

Also found through the wonders of Google was the Melbourne City Council CBD Lanes Built Form Review ( I found A to L of lanes).

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(Strange, there is a black spot in Streetview for this lane)