In the 18th century a Shinto priest named Hideaki saw a Karakuri doll (a clockwork robot made of wood) and claimed that in the future we will create mechanical characters that will become so superior to our own intelligence and ability’s that we will subject ourselves to them as if they were gods.

AUJIK shares Shintos belief that everything of nature is animated, even those things that we consider to be the most artificial and synthetic which border the realm of the abstract. To them science and technology is considered as sacred as stones and trees and imbued with a universal sentience.

This is fundermental to AUJIKS doctrines which aims to represent the chaos of original nature (trees, metals, organism etc) in duality to the ordered nature of refined nature (computers, robots, DNA-manipulation, etc), it explores the relationship of the two and the nature of existence.

By reflecting on it’s doctrine through the creation of artwork of an organic/synthetic nature, AUJIK hopes to facilitate the evolution of mankind.

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“And the places they most haunt are the loveliest — high shadowy groves where the uguisu sings in green twilight, above some voiceless shrine with its lamps and its lions of stone so mossed as to seem things born of the soil like mushrooms.”

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“This first fallen snow

is barely enough to bend
the jonquil leaves” – Matsuo Bashō

time to get familiar with Elph before his show opens next month at Backwoods.

there’s a new wooden toy out

get involved

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I having poping up every where last 2 month.

2nd Duo show with Thomas Jackson At Lo-Fi Collective Gallery in Sydney.

series of Giclee prints of new water color drawings. and more..

Please come down If your in Sydney!

Also here is few photos from “Absence  of man” also an Duo show with Thomas Jackson at China heights.

I will do Proper post about this show soon..

My friend Jennifer Leung will be showcasing a series of photographic work and also curating a four metre paste up wall for this event at the Qbar in Darlinghurst Sydney.  Also live wall art by Judie So and some cool live bands too…see more deets on the flyer below and you can check Jenn’s fantastic snaps here.

I am part of the Creatures group show featuring a super talented bunch of folk, including U.S. artists Jason Maloney and Bigfoot! So if you are in Sydney this coming Friday night it will be well worth your while to get on over to The National Grid Gallery in Brookvale to check it out…it’s gonna be killa!

Phibs being photographed at Semi Permanent GPO.

Somehow this event has crept up without any kind of proper promotions, however from tomorrow until Saturday Semi Permanent will be running at the GPO.

Reka, Rone, Meggs, Phibs, Beastman, Prism and Beastman are painting an installation and there’ll be the usual array of talks the highlight of which being Beastman and Andy Jenkins.

Check the Niceproduce events section for more details.