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Kitchen snug. #freshasfuck #art #girlplusboyequalsart

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One of our projects to cultivate public displays of humanity is #ConversationFoundation. We set up conversation stalls and encourage passersby to talk to us, (and each other). The first Conversation Foundation event in Sydney will be held on Weds 7th Jan 2015. We will begin in Newtown, holding a welcoming gazing circle to connect with all the participants. MEET: 10am in Camperdown Memorial Park near the cemetery. Then moving to King St, (near the icon 'I have a dream' wall), to set up a stall. At Midday we will travel by public transport to Bondi Junction to set up a stall in the open air mall, then finally arriving at Bondi Beach by 2:30pm to set up a final stall on the corner of Hall St and Campbell Pde. Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation and connect with strangers. Let us bring a human face to the crowds of Sydney streets.

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Sometimes the road wears you down. You travel and bump elbows. You find respite in a lone corridor where none can hem you in at the sides... but then you have the space to remember the joy of turning to another to pass a juicy piece of orange or watch their face as they see the view too... You reunite, a little frayed by the pulling of the seasons, but warmed by the place you've come back to, right next to a love who sees you, for the thousand eyes who gazed, merely grazed by without acknowledging they knew... and how could they ever? For they're not 'Me & You'. #PhotoBooth #Berlin

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The super fresh talented @bravochild made this artwork for @rawcanejuice in LA! I modelled!! Raw Cane juice kept us healthy while we were in LA and they are awesome peeps too!! #pineapplehead #digitalart #bravochild #juice #artascurrency #health #gba #girlplusboyequalsart

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Jamming with music and Lego for the interactive installations this summer at the Opera House!! @bravochild #girlplusboyequalsart #lego #operahouse #sydney #bravochild #alphamama #installation #music #technology #techart

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The #youngblood party is going off!!! #girlplusboyequalsart #alphamama #bravochild @craigbatmamba

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Alpha and Bravo! #girlplusboyequalsart #globalarttour in #southafrica @bravochild

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#NoMoneyFun continues with my co-creator @alphamama now that the #GirlPlusBoyEqualsArt team has reassembled in #LosAngeles #ninjaturtleslovepizza

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We traded poetry for dessert tonight :) @bravochild #spacemaninwonderland #gba #girlplusboyequalsart #icecreamtour #gelato #LA

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An explanation of our lifestyle and approach to 'family'.

I am quite astounded by some of the negative responses to a post my partner ALPHAMAMA made, explaining our Global Art Tour and our approach to parenting and moving our exchange system away from being money-centric. I respect Alpha's ability to articulate her own stance, so am not trying to defend any stance, nor am I interested in arguing when I see most people agree on 2 points:1) It is important to exchange fairly and not be a 'drain'.2) It is important to give children love, support and connection to people who hold the parental role.AGREED. Now it comes down to each person's opinion, which is based on their personal perspective on what information is available to them. I am only interested in continuing this adventure and improving the conditions of each area I enter through Art and creative problem solving.What I would like to add here is simply how I am approaching achieving point 1 & 2 above, which we ALL agree are important.1) Fair exchange: A case in point is the work I have done this week. I built a website for a business and consulted with the owner on how to start using social media in his business, (which also included creating a Facebook page for him and his business). I did two days of work to achieve this. In exchange he gave me a place to stay, refilled my phone credit and gave me some food for the road. Was I a drain? There definitely was energy exchange: He gave and I received, I gave and he received. Exchange. But to give is not to be 'drained', it is a natural part of the cyclic nature of exchange. Were this related back to money it could look like this, (dollar figures used as a rough approximation):What I gave:Website design and development = $450.Social media consultation and implementation = $200.What I received, (actual figures):Hotel room = $75Phone refill = $60Food for the road = $25Lunch while I worked = $24 ($12 x 2 days).Thus I gave $650 and received $184.No I was not a drain in money terms.I am currently spending a week, (7 days), in Cleveland doing creative consulting for a fashion boutique including interior design of their store which includes:-Branding, (how to embody the brand through spaces and events). -Performance workshops, (as one of the owners is an actor too). -3D modeling for the design wing of their company, currently working on a commissioned job, designing an expo stall for another company. -Helping design their garden and a few days of landscape gardening.-Performing as part of a window display for their store, (7 hours).- We are also in continual discussion about how to realise their vision for the growth of their business so I can only imagine more exchanges will occur during this coming week.In exchange for the above I am staying in their spare room. Eating with them and being flown to LA at a ticket price of $216.You do the math, I don't like to bring everything down to a dollar unit, but I wanted to put it in terms that money-centric analysis can work with.Once again, I DO NOT intend to be a drain. I receive and I give back in abundance.2) Child raising: I too have raised my child as a single parent. 'Single parent' however doesn't acknowledge the 'village', which is unfair. I grew up in South Africa. It is common there for children to remain in their home township with their grandparents, with their FAMILY, while parents must brave the greater beyond to build a life to support both the grandparents and children. They send money back home, they bring their children to visit. They pay for their education. They teach their children skills which they can then use in the world. In such a tumultuous world, adults sometimes need to navigate areas that are not always safe nor pleasant for children. True care is putting children where they are safe and nurtured. It is also very important not to generalise! We have not 'abandoned' our children. We took them on a world trip and home schooled them for 4 months. They saw new continents, heard new languages, tasted new foods, learned about money exchange rates, saw some holiday sites, helped us clean the house, met children of different cultural backgrounds... and, and, and... THEN we sent them back to their family homes to stay with their grandparents while we really tried to expand as artists and develop our creative process on how to improve our own and other people's lives. We have also taken the time to enhance our relationship as a couple and our children now have a very stable pair of parents living and working as a team. We will now be returning home next month, to reconnect as inspired, loving parents. We are building lives, big ones, which will benefit our children and parents alike for years to come. Our children have parents, (us), who are living their truth, who are attempting to apply a positive frame of mind on a daily basis, who passionately support their children's goals and who are very much in love in their own partnership. THIS I believe is 'good parenting'. Perhaps if we had have stayed at home people would not question what we were doing. No objections raised if we just sat at home watching TV while our kids played video games. No objections if we went to work, returned home exhausted, spent an hour or two with our kids before they went to bed. No one would challenge that. Not to say this is the pattern of all parenting, I'm just saying that is one of the many possible forms of 'at home' parenting which would not be socially acceptable to decry and defame. What we are doing resides outside this protected domain and thus we are open to attack. I, however, love giving my son such a worldview. I passionately work, day in and day out to inspire each person I meet. I talk to my son and others about how they would like to shape their own lives. My son just sent me the following message in talking about exchanging the resources people have, instead of being limited by if they have financial reserves:------------My son:"Ah i see. Exchange. A clever alternative to money. The best thing about that is you don't have to be a millionaire. You just need to be a kind and helpful human being. Which is what you are!"Me:"Thanks lovely boy, I'm glad you see me so "My son:"I've always seen you so. You are tolerant, creative, kind, helpful, optimistic, interested and a bit of a thrill seeker. These are all things that make up a great person. I really believe you can improve the world in more ways than one. So keep doing it and I hope for the best on your journey to self and worldly improvement."---------------He is 11 years old.I am proud of my family, of my partner, of our children, of our parents and the village who assembles, not around us, but WITH us, to mutually enable each other to live our Truths.This is my family. I ask you not approach us to harm us. I wish you appreciation and connection in your own families.Big Love, Bravo.

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On September 27th GirlPlusBoyEqualsArt will be teaming up with POODLEHEAD to throw the party we expected to find in New York City. If you can't find there, put it there!

Details: Doors are at 8 P.M Show is at 9 P.M RSVP to poodleheadtheband@gmail.com for reduced admission. $5 RSVP $10 at door. $5 dollar drinks.  Location: The Red Door This party has a theme :) SPACE OPERA. Feel free to dress accordingly ;) 11:30pm -1am Poodlehead has set out to present you with an Art Saga. We are calling it "Space Opera" which is also the theme for the evening. We will be featuring our good friends Bravo Child and Anita Bonita Applebaum aka alphamma in our set. Bravo will be in control of the projection art and Alpha on the vocals :). This will be POODLHEAD like never seen before.  11-11:30pm - Girl Plus Boy Equals Art Australian songstress ALPHAMAMA blends her vocal loop harmonies and vivacious musical performance with whimsical experience designer bravochild to fill the stage with an interactive art performance... it's bound to get splatter happy with these two! 10-11pm Lex Sadler's Rhythm & Stealth Rhythm and Stealth is the solo project of New York-based musician and producer, Lex Sadler. An accomplished bassist and synth bass player, Lex has toured nationally and internationally with numerous artists including Blitz The Ambassador, and has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and Good Morning America with pop songstress Ellie Goulding.

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'KTHXBAI' was our farewell gig as GirlPlusBoyEqualsArt collected up the family and headed out on our Global Art Tour to meet artists, collaborate across genres, mediums and cultures and get a first-hand experience of the current state of the international art scene. We held the event at an amazing warehouse space in Marrickville, Sydney. Our road map set for Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Germany, America and South Africa...  

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We champion the 'Yes AND..." philosophy of accepting the offers the Universe flows to us and adding to it with a passionate irreverence. This is a rodeo and we have to earn our place here; you can't always be good if you're going to be great. Let's get amongst it, love open hearted, live face-first and kissing, giggle like the last star just fizzled in your armpit and your laughter is it changing form and being born again as human song. We don't have long, so let's live BIG!!!

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GirlPlusBoyEqualsArt is the creative collaboration between soulful songstress ALPHAMAMA and whimsical playmaker bravochild. This is our digital playground where we’ll be sharing images, videos, lyrics and news about our art and adventures. We love living stories into existence, colliding brave fashion onto bodies, directing art into immersive experiences and staying on the bull as long as we can in this yeeha rodeo of life, love and art. We’re dedicated to lightness, colour, fun, awareness, wellness, sensuality, adventure, integrity, exploration and ice cream! Join in - WE ARE AT PLAY!

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Best fucking shot of the day!! #girlplusboyequalsart art directing for #POODLEHEAD in NYC!! Getting ready for the space opera gig!! @ebb__and__flow @youngonthebass @bravochild