Circus Automaton By Mark Ogge Back To All Artwork Commissioned by Spiegelworld, this coin-operated, mechanical toy theatre contains 20 moving parts and characters, presenting a five-minute circus performance including specially created music and lighting effects. The piece celebrates Spiegelworld’s beginnings in 2006 on the pier at South Street Seaport, New York City, and features the kraken, penguin, monkey with fiddle and ocean liner which were born as recurring Spiegelworld symbols during that period. Presented as an opening night gift to The Gazillionaire when Absinthe toured Australia in 2014. First exhibited at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia. The Gazillionaire re-gifted Circus Automaton to Boozy Skunkton and its first performance in The Vestry took place at midnight on the opening night of Atomic Saloon Show, September 18 2019. Melbourne artist Mark Ogge lives and works in an old church in Clunes, in country Victoria. He was the first artist commissioned by Spiegelworld, creating an entrance archway mural in 2006. Mark has long been fascinated by the iconography of the circus and fairground, exploring the dichotomy between enchantment and disillusionment. Location Atomic Saloon Show, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas Date 2013 Media Hand painted card, paper and wood mechanical toy theatre More ArtWork Brian Duffy Anarchist, painter, atheist, fashion illustrator, film producer, advertising director, photographer – Brian Duffy (1933-2010) was a blizzard of talent and contradictions. Fast-talking and controversial, he was also something of an enigma. Those involved in the media during the 1960s and 70s remember him as a cutting-edge fashion photographer, equal in stature to Terence Donovan and […] Read More Moshpit Sam Ganados uses vibrant color palettes and intimate compositions to explore themes of gender, sexuality, and nonconformity. Their practice often has a feminine perspective and reflects on personal experiences, distorted memories, and inner conflicts. Working mainly with painting, their subjects are rendered with bright gradients connecting colors with fluidity and transitional states of being. Read More