UPDATE:

Arthive has now closed. Thanks for your support!

Line King


Line King is is an exhibition by Chris Brown, a local photographer and installation artist, featuring a collection of his latest black and white photographic works, and a large, detailed, geometric installation made of over 10 kilometres of string.

Opening Night 6PM Friday March 12
Exhibition Dates: March 10th-April 3rd 2010


View photos from Opening Night

Tyes To The House

Tyes To The House is the latest exhibition of painted and illustrated works from Newcastle artist Shane Westernhagen.

Tyes to the House is a ghostland of animals and people that have lived, worked, and war'd together and ultimately, died together.

Opening Night 6pm Friday Feb 12
Exhibition Dates Feb 12 - Mar 5

Casio Gloria - Live at Cuddle Party


Casio Gloria performing live at Cuddle Party #1 at Arthive January 17 2010. Video by Nicholas French.

Cuddle Party

ARThive, Artless Armchair, Lesstalk Records, and Monstera Deliciosa present
CUDDLE PARTY!!

(A cuddle party is an event designed with the intention of allowing people to experience non-sexual group physical intimacy through cuddling.)

Featuring Live Music by
MIKE McCARTHY'S COLOURS
COCK SAFARI
POLYFOX AND THE UNION OF THE MOST GHOSTS
THE SNOOZEFESTS
WHEEL OF DEATH
KIKC ROKCS
HOLOGRAPHIC COCOON feat. KEANE WILLIAMS
LOBSTER FACE
CASIOGLORIA
BLOCK []
THEORY OF KRIS
EDWIN MONTGOMERY
CRAB SMASHER


Sunday Jan 17

ARThive - 1/11 Hunter St Newcastle
12pm-8pm
entry by donation

Penis Tower Anti-Slam


Bring along your free verse, rap, spoken word, shopping lists, stand-up routines, parables, dad jokes, improv, whatever you've got & sign up for the PENIS TOWER ANTI-SLAM. You could win A PRIZE. You would win THE UNCONDITIONAL ADORATION OF YOUR PEERS. You could win WHATEVER'S BEHIND THIS DOOR. But we're not judging you on your poem, no sir. You won't know how we're judging you til the end. We just wanna hear ya, because WE KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE.

It's easy, turn up, scrawl your name on the list & await INSTANT FAME.

last sunday of each month
7 30pm SIGNUP, 8 00pm SHOWDOWN
PROBABLY FINISHES BY 10.

The next event is APRIL 25
at the ARThive
level 1/111 hunter st, newcastle mall

entry by donation


Tapes, Breaks, and Skinny Old Men



Tonight in the gallery from 7PM we have an evening of experimental noise, electronica, and sound art from local heroes Luke Hoskins AKA DRILLBIT and Michael Liestins AKA COCK SAFARI, with special guest from Brisbane, respectable sound artist Adam Park AKA UNIQUE OIL FREE AIR. To finish off the night, Adam Park and Michael Liestins may collaborate as ANAL CUM WOLF. Homemade CDs and Cassettes will be available to purchase. Entry is by donation.

Secret Santa

Secret Santa is the final exhibition for 2009 for the gallery. To celebrate Christmas and our first successful year of operation, we've invited all of the artists, performers, volunteers, and friends of Arthive to participate in a fun artwork exchange and open show. Works will be exhibited for the duration of the show and then gifted at random to other participating artists. It's not too late to be a part of the show, if you're keen, stop by and ask for a blank postcard!

Featured Artists
Simone Sheridan
Michael Liestins
Abbey Cecil
Maddy Phelan
Trine Deans
Rose Turner
Neal Booth
Benjamin Bourke
Cara Pflueger
Di Drew
Angus Crowley
Nicholas French
Marnie Vaughn
Miriam Montgomery
Sam Shepherd
Sarah Mould
Grant Hunter
David Hampton
Jarrod Skene
Maree Van-Tent
Jenna Gill
Lick La Creme
Lance Johnson
Marni Jackson
+ More!

Opening Night 6pm Dec 4

Magic Mushroom Mould Mountain Made Mysteriously Of Milked Moose



Magic Mushroom Mould Mountain Made Mysteriously Of Milked Moose is a new installation and exhibition of photographic, illustrative and sculptural works from Marnie Vaughn and Miriam Montgomery.
This collaborative installation plays with the idea of the narrative in altered states of consciousness. It encourages audience interaction as they have a mystical experience of magic mushroom mould mountain, made mysteriously of milked moose. The installation aims to express a sense that all could change again upon entry, highlighting the fleeting nature of dreams and memories.

“things that grow, and things that snow, get big and small, short and tall, It’s a story, a mystery, a once upon a time of a different kind, you never know what you might find; nut cracker, mad hatter, pip the snail and her button tail, William the worm who lost his squirm, strawberry tea, for free, at three, would it be, that we would pee, from a tree.”


Opening Night 6pm Saturday Nov 7
Music Performances by Edwin Montgomery