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Spotting them in their raw state is fun, but what does it mean to visit an entire gallery of street art inspired works? One man creating that ideal is Joseph Allen Shea, curator of Monster Children Gallery, and the multi-artist show Disorder Disorder.

Good things come in pairs. Visual artist Sui Zhen and writer Tessa Lunney are a newly paired pair. They have taken part in Double Glazed, the first exhibition co ordinated by Even Books, and they joined Nell Greco in the studio to talk about this new and exciting project.

Think about how many modes of grief we have when something comes to an end. Post- travel, Post-childhood, Post-employment, Post-natal... Even a sadness that we’ll all start feeling as today goes on - Post-weekend, and that happens to us every week!

Mark Gerada is exploring this human disappointment that follows the finale of a major experience in anyone’s life, including the weekend, in his latest exhibition, Post Exhibition Blues.

In the depths of the inner city, artists are exploring a mysterious building and feeling the textures, histories and layers; creating video works that only come alive at night to tell these tales.

Angelica Mesiti was one of these artists, invited to explore this temporal change between day and night as part of Carriageworks’ new site-specific media arts installation - Nightshifters.

Have you ever in-genuinely smiled out of sympathy to a cleaner? You might think you’re doing a nice thing, brightening up their day. But when flipped to the other side of the cleaning cart, after viewing Branch Nebula’s latest show, you may be forced to consider it as just irritating and condescending. A darkly humourous show that takes you into the world of those who do the dirty work, Sweat is the most recent performance from the multi-disciplinary crew, and Nell Greco was joined by co-creators, Claudia Escobar and Lee Wilson.

Politically incorrect is a contemporary label you could give Brian - the father of the endearingly named, Joe Egg, from the Peter Nichols 1967 play, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. Brian is childish, insulting, irreverent and terribly funny at times. Actor, Jonathan Gavin is none of those things we can assure you, that is, except for when he’s playing Brian.

Have you ever been a bit intimidated by the cutting edge? By interpretative dance? Nell Greco spoke with a man determined to break down those barriers. He is bringing internationally acclaimed choreography to our shores, and in an approachable way. He is Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director, Rafael Bonachela.

You’re probably familiar with the mythological figures Zeus, Aphrodite or Hercules right? Well, how much do you know about Sir John Mandeville?

Jesse Cox is a visual artist who’s spent some time exploring the adventures of one of the few mythological figures of Anglo-Saxon history. He joined Nell Greco in the studio to talk about his works and this mysterious man.

Big Ted, Humpty Dumpty, The Rocket Clock, Noni, Monica and John. Ring any bells? It’s not quite Playschool but rather, it’s Child’s Play, the new exhibition of multimedia artist (and fan of children’s books and TV), Madeleine Preston.

Do you read the comic strips in newspapers? It has possibly been a while since you've read a graphic novel, however Matt Huynh is transforming illustration in a way that has yet been unexplored. He joined Nell Greco in the studio to discuss his latest experiment.