Welcome to the Horse Bazaar newsletter for another month. Happy Easter long weekend to you all.

At Horse Bazaar we're having an autumn of virtual lighting, send in an image here of your favorite light and receive a couple of free pots. We'll show all the entries on the screens. One per person (to stop the greedy) and they must be redeemed within the week (to stop the overly relaxed).

We have a few freebies this month some more movie tickets to give away and a 2 for 1 ticket deal to the excellent and innovative show Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon, some local screening opportunities at the Emerging Writers Festival, and of course some party fun at the Horse and North Bazaars. Hope to see you on the dance floor at this months extra special The Good the Bad and the Balkan wear your stripes and down some vodka with us.

Horse Bazaar Prize
The Horse Bazaar Prize for panoramic content is running again this year. Entries close on the 7th July winners announced on the 21st July.
The Horse Bazaar Prize for panoramic content is an open digital art prize for the production of screen-based content that best uses Horse Bazaar’s unique panoramic projection system. The screens are custom-built for the environment and extend for nearly 20 metres around the bar. Casting aside the traditional 4:3 screen format, Horse Bazaar invites visual artists to produce digital content at an 8:1 ratio. The Horse Bazaar Prize is the world’s richest prize for panoramic content and aims to cultivate the appreciation and production of panoramic virtual décor.
Contact Horse Bazaar

Thursday 5th April (Good Friday Eve)The Good the Bad and the Balkan
(& unofficial Gogol Bordello afterparty!!!)
Good Friday Eve - Thursday 5th April - The Balkan Beasts (DJ Delay & Systa BB) invite lovers of all sounds Gypsy & Balkan to The Good, The Bad & The Balkan, running from 9PM to very late on Good Friday eve - Thursday April 5th @Horse bazaar! We're hosting the unofficial Gogol Bordello after party and will be raising the bar with rowdier tunes than usual!
Make sure you're there early @9pm to catch all the musical action from DJ Delay & Systa BB, plus gratis vodka shots (for suitable enthusiastic dancing, tasty stripes and other reasons randomly at our discretion).
http://www.myspace.com/balkanbeastsaus
Free, 9- very late

Up North Trip Thursday 5th April
Special live birthday edition of performance by Low Def, plus the usual Awakenings Crew beatmakers Aux-One & Baddums make the trip up to Northcote every Thursday to bring you 'Up North Trip', four hours of classic and underground hip-hop.
9pm-1am, free entry

Rogue State by Uber Lingua Friday 6th April
Rogue State by Uber Lingua presents the OLLO album launch. Rogue State migrates to the big smoke from North Bazaar for a special one off city show at Horse Bazaar. Sydney band Ollo are in Melbourne to launch their brand new second album. Expect live anti-pop and melodic electronica. Residents bP and sakamoiz move thru Gypsy Ballads, Tuareg Guerrilla Guitars, Turkmen Booty, Bollywood Gangsta, North Korean propaganda pop & plenty more.
http://www.ollo.net.au/
http://www.myspace.com/uberlingua
http://www.zonar.net/uberlingua/rogue/
Free entry, 9 3.

Emerging Writers Festival - call for screen content.
Festival theme:New Media, Old Media: Storytelling on the big screen.
The Emerging Writers' Festival stimulates the mind and tickles the belly of underground culture. It exists as a counterpoint to all the major writers festivals - critically engaging with the work of emerging writers, performers and artists - those at the edge of the mainstream. New Media, Old Media is a collection of animation, digital visuals and new media art that celebrates the diversity of approaches to an oldest artform: storytelling.
BRIEF:
The Emerging Writers' Festival is compiling a program of material to show on the screens at Fed Square, and it is looking for all sorts of work that connect to the culture, themes & media of the festival (such as underground culture; culturally & linguistically diverse writers; zines, animation, spoken word & text in art ... the list is almost endless).

See Horse Bazaar home page for more details
http://www.horsebazaar.com.au

Kick Gallery, High St Northcote Seeking Proposals for July-December 2007
Kick Gallery is currently seeking proposals for July-December 2007. Kick Gallery is an independent artist run gallery that has exhibited the work of numerous artists from Melbourne and abroad since opening in July 2002. Kick Gallery has a strong track record of promoting and presenting the work of up-and-coming arts practitioners. The program mix usually focuses on artists working in the fields of painting, sculpture and photography although new media and conceptual art works are also regularly exhibited. The gallery space is well lit by natural light during the day and has an excellent lighting system that illuminates the gallery space by night. Exhibitions usually run for 2-3 weeks.

See Horse Bazaar home page for more details
http://www.horsebazaar.com.au

Content required: The Domino Economy DVD
Earthsharing Australia is looking for digital imagery for an upcoming doco on the modern warfare of economics. We are an NGO interested in the efficient and fair use of resources. Our DIY type DVD will focus on the bare essentials of economics. It's crazy that the majority of society spend their lives chasing the elusive dollar but yet few understand the fundamental economic laws that determine why some can make money in their sleep. Those that do study economics are given a bum steer by a subtle twist in economic theory that downgrades the importance of the earth thanks to the robber barons of the 1880's.
We are looking for a few streamlined pieces, nothing too ritzy. Contact Karl Fitzgerald or 9670 2754 to catch up for a beer at our fave drinking hole...guess where?
Email

Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon.
Copy paste and print out this passage for a Special Offer! 2 for 1 tickets to the Melbourne Comedy Festival show 'Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon' by The Suitcase Royale.
Something strange is happening atop Roogs Hill, a plan to go underground is afoot and all the cows in the district are dead! Inspired by 1920s radio, backyard invention and the unique Australian outback, Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon is an exquisitely crafted and bizarrely funny fairytale for grown-ups.
"A comical tale as ingenious as its creators, as inventive as their tools and as enjoyable as stumbling through a crack in the fence to find yourself in a junkyard paradise"- Sydney Morning Herald.
Offer is valid from 5 to 12 April and only on presentation of this printed passage at the Comedy @ Trades Box Office, Lygon St, Carlton.
Thu 5 to Tue 10 Apr, 2 tickets for $16,
Wed 11 & Thu 12 Apr, 2 tickets for $21.

Venue: Trades Hall (Meeting Room), Cnr Victoria & Lygon St, Carlton Dates: 10 29 April (no show Monday), Previews 5 8 April.
Not available online, by telephone or through Ticketmaster, sorry. Tickets subject to availability.
Chronicles of a Sleepless Moon was developed with assistance from Next Wave.

Paris, Je T'aime Madman announce the coming release of Paris, Je T'aime (April 19).
A feature work by 18 international directors. Email "mailto:people@horsebazaar.com.au" with Paris Free Tix in the subject line for free tickets. Paris, Je T'aime.
In Paris, love is everywhere. Take a stroll through the French capital, and love-struck couples can be spotted in bars and cafes, under the Eiffel Tower, even in the Metro that runs beneath the city's historic streets.
From the producers of Amelie comes Paris, Je T'aime - a film that collectively illustrates stories of love as seen through the eyes of some of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers including, The Coen Brothers (Fargo), Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham), Wes Craven (Scream), Walter Salles (Central Station), Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Alexander Payne (Sideways). Eighteen directors were invited to tell their story of love in the romance capital of the world, resulting in a kaleidoscope of stories about joy, separation, unexpected strange encounters and most of all, about love.
Featuring an incredible international cast - including Maggie Gyllenhaal, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi, Marianne Faithfull, Bob Hoskins, Natalie Portman and Gerard Depardieu - Paris, Je T'aime will reignite your love for the world's most romantic city.

The Horse Bazaar Newsletter is sent out around once a month, although occasionally we might send a brief newsflash during the month.
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