{"id":2182,"date":"2012-07-25T22:47:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T12:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulbridgemedia.com\/news\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2012-07-25T22:47:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T12:47:38","slug":"reboot-function-fashion-and-the-sneaker-the-converse-blank-canvas-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soulbridgemedia.com\/news\/?p=2182","title":{"rendered":"Reboot: Function, Fashion and the Sneaker + The Converse Blank Canvas Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mmm...sneakers! Nom nom nom<\/p><\/div>\n

The Artisan gallery<\/a> is currently hosting two great exhibits for the price of one at one great price… FREE!<\/p>\n

The main event is a broad cross section of sneaker styles, purposes and colours; some iconic, some WTF but most dialing in some form of wow factor. The display is set to a rough time line of major sneaker related events through out their history. Individual items are also numbered and are available for look up via a Supercheap Auto oil\/air filter, paint code booklet on a chain deal. Some random facts are also included which made for hushed gallery library voices to be broken with honks of chuckling. <\/p>\n

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As a bonus, a side feature of the exhibit includes the Converse Blank Canvas Project<\/strong> where plain Chuck Taylor Cons<\/strong> were given to local artists to customise or convert. Some pieces were outlandish and featured a lot of intricate work while others seem like they were thrown together during morning tea at a Westfield arts and crafts kids minding stand. However, my favourite pieces weren’t artist pieces but the anatomy of a Chuck and the history of Converse wall (even if there weren’t any of the ERX series!).<\/p>\n

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Our buds over at Sneaker Freaker<\/a> provided a fair portion of the exhibits and information so if you’ve been around the traps you may have seen quite a few of the items before but its still worth a look to see them all in the one place (and pick up a free copy of Sneaker Freaker mag \ud83d\ude09 ).<\/p>\n

Even if you only have even a passing interest in funky footwear and 20min to spare after you’ve stuffed yourself at Harajuku Gyoza<\/a> then its definitely worth a look.<\/p>\n

The exhibit runs till August 16, 2012.<\/p>\n

More Sneaker exhibit photos here<\/a><\/p>\n

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