SPIRAL TRIBE VS MUTOID WASTE

"an old vhs tape was found on a farm in france covered in birdshit and hay

cleaned up well

a good example of the power of creation and non consent yeah its changed but that is cos we let it

forward the revolution

peace"

FRAKTURA - ISSUE #1

First issue of the zine Fraktura (Spanish) by Eskombros Klan & TeknoCokos soundsystem in collaboration with C.O.K.O. La Kondenada. The zine has several themes such as the (local) free tekno movement, cyberpunk, Mutoid Waste Company, Reclaim the Streets and much more.

- via Tekno con K

GRAB IT HERE

 (The PDF file is too big for Google Transelate, so you will have to copy and paste. That'll keep you busy for a while :D) 

PHAT TRUCK POST

TACHELES SQUAT

Random impressions of the Tacheles Squat in Berlin, Germany.

More info here!

My advice is to bring this squatted church a visit, before it's gone. Really great to enter a free zone in the centre of the capital of Germany!

PHAT MUTOID BUS

178WTU (1961) Bedford VAS 1 . Plaxton Embassy C29F. Ex-Sportsman .

 

From Robin Mutoid, seen 1991 near Paris heading for the uk ..

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"We believe that art is more about experience than theory, so we like to PARTY."

 by mutoid waste company

MUTATE BRITAIN @ GLASTONBURY 2010

More info on mutoid waste company here & here

SPIRAL TRIBE 1994

SP23 - Spiral Tribe - Teknival 1994 Brandenburg Germany

Amazing video, featering some new MIGjetfighter-footage!

MUTOID

Rimini, Italy. 2009. 

Mutoid's totem 

in Mutonia - Santarcangelo di Romagna (RN)

MUTOID PIC

"krafterman & Feuervogel "

mutoid waste company

Pics are not that good, but decided to share them anyway. 

Photos of these sculptures are hard to find...

More on the robot sculpture here

More on the bird sculpture here

ROBIN HOOD TAX

Mutate Britain On The Robin Hood Tax

WASTE MUTATE

By Mutoid waste company

Berlin, Germany

More info on this sculpture & Mutoid here

JOE RUSH & MUTOID WASTE

MUTONIA SCULPTURE PARK - PART THREE

Part one - Part two 

"RECYCLE, MUTATE & LET ONE SELF BE MUTATED"

That is the password to Mutonia Sculpture Park near Alberrie Creek. Because of his Celtic roots Robin Mutoid has been celebrating summer solstice in Stonehenge. In the winter everyone is invited to celebrate the winter solstice at Plane-henge.

I uploaded a video of a broadcast on ABC News in Australia featuring Robin Mutoid and his park. I hope the video doesn't get deleted due copyright. Copyright who? This gives you a better idea on the size of some sculptures.

Also in WMV format from source.

On with our tour. After the relocation of the Ghan Railway in 1980 the original track was abandoned. Robin Mutoid mutated an old railway bridge crossing Alberrie Creek. Using a 58 seater white bus an aeroplane tail fin bolted to the roof to create the worlds first 'Ghan Hover Bus Service'. A travel service free of charge including the Ghan Hover Bus Library. Where anyone can borrow or deposit a book for travelers passing by.

GHAN HOVER BUS SERVICE

GHAN HOVER BUS LIBRARY

WINDMILL FLOWER

 

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

 A LOCAL

And so on...

THE END.

But remember, as Robin Mutoid said..

 

MUTOID BERLIN

"Feuervogel"

By Robin Cooke from Mutoid Waste Company

Installation made in Berlin, as protest against the wall that seperated the city.

More here

MUTONIA SCULPTURE PARK - PART TWO

Welcome back on are tour trough Mutonia. If you missed part one you can find it in our archives on your right. By juxtaposing old aeroplanes, old cars or pieces such as a VW beetle shell, washing machines, motorbikes, parts from an old railway and many more so called garbage, Robin Mutoid mutated the Australian Outback.

The year after the 'Dream Catcher' was born a new sculpture was created under the name of 'Spinning Car'. Take a wild guess..

SPINNING CAR

The next winter the Time Tree popped out of the desert sand. 

TIME TREE 

But it gets better, one of the main pieces in this recycladelic diaspora is Dotty the Dingo. Using a huge water tank, which was used in the past to refill steam trains, as a body. And a rusty old Chrystler who got a second life as a dingo head. It is so big that it can be seen from miles away. Travellers passing by from all wind directions are attracted by this giant, because it is nearly impossible to ignore. Locals named it 'Big Dog' and since then it goes by that name.

 BIG DOG

By time the park keeps growing, become more popular over time. Since his first visit in 1997 during his travel to protest against uranium mining the park has been evolving. Every year Robin Mutoid returns to the Outback.

To be continued... 

MUTONIA SCULPTURE PARK - PART ONE

Every year in the winter the co-found of Mutoid Waste Company (MWC), Robin 'Mutoid' Cooke, returns to his Mutonia Sculpture Park to build a new sculpture providing a rich visual backdrop to his ideas and work. It is located in the outback of South Australia at Alberrie Creek somewhere near the historical Oodnadatta Track near the Old Ghan Railway. I tried locating it on Google Maps, but even with instructions from Robin Mutoid I was unable to locate the exact location, so I went for the area where it should be. If you are interested you can also find a review on a trip trough the Oodnadatta Track on Travelingoz.com.au, which is also the source of most pictures below. This is one of those places I am dying to visit, really looks awesome.

"People's reaction when they come past here is a mixture of amazement and amusement, fascination, as there are plenty of questions floating around in their heads, I think, as to why and what all this is about. But, basically, it's all positive, they love it, they jump out of their cars and run around, and they bang on the xylophone and have a look at various pieces from various different angles, and it's very, very popular. It's a positive reaction, yes, it's great." - Quote by Robin Mutoid in an interview on ABC News featuring his Mutonia.

CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE

If you do find the exact location, feel free to let me know (bluzark[at]gmail[dot]com). You can find the instructions here, the rest is up to you. Explore!
Edit: So I did find the exact location after all, -29.623129,137.542775, confirmed with a geotagged picture. So I could have been smarter and searched Panoramio and save me some time, but of course I chose the hard way and tracked it down myself not knowing there was an easy way. I should have known..

Marking the entrance of Mutonia Sculpture Park is the Kombi-Gate. The Kombi is a classic VW van that became a symbol of outback travel over the years. It was mutated many times in sculptures by MWC all over the world. Such as in this famous car-henge setup below. The first car-henge was built by Robin Mutoid when travellers were told they could not visit stone henge, so built a version of it using scrap cars.

"KOMBI-HENGE"

You should recognize this picture since it was taken from FreeNRG: Notes From the Edge of the Dance Floor edited by Graham St John. If you haven't read it yet, you might want to give it a peak, it won't hurt you. Not all books are boring.

 "KOMBI-GATE"

Directly behind Kombi-Gate you will find one of the first sculptures by Robin Mutoid at Alberrie Creek. Using a couple of Beechcraft Baron light aircraft, American-made light aircraft from Moorabbin Airport, he created Plane-Henge. The aircrafts were lifted by hand by a group of about 50 people. Must have been one hell of a lift but a great achievement to treasure.

 

 "PLANE-HENGE"

Behind Plane-Henge you will find his next work which was named the Dream Catcher. Utilizing waste materials or recycling rubbish, the Mutant way.

 "DREAM CATCHER"

Some pieces of railway elements were used with their characteristic whimsical touches mutated in figures which were spread over the park. Such as these below.

To be continued..

IN COMPANY WITH MUTOID - PART II

The original Pre-Acid House Warehouse Party Party People, Notting Hill and Shepherd's Bush based Mutoid Waste Company, combined music, art and performance art into their own unique brand of late Nineteen Eighties DIY culture at its best. With home grown catch phrases such as 'Mutate or Die' their own original collectively conscious personal philosophy was to revolve around the recycling of other people's waste products, everything from old wellington boots to wrecked cars, into self created user servicable art works. Amongst those who could claim to have been influenced by them in some way were one time Hackney based Techno Terrorists Spiral Tribe and a whole host of other party people and rave organizers too numerous to list here. This video, shot by Notting Hill based underground film maker Jonathan Barnett, includes footage of their now legendary 'Car Henge' from Michael Eavis's Glastonbury music festival....Part 2 of a series......

For more about Jonathan's annual film festival and film maker's convention go here

IN COMPANY WITH MUTOID - PART I

By Jonathan Barnett

The original Pre-Acid House Warehouse Party Party People, Notting Hill and Shepherd's Bush based Mutoid Waste Company, combined music, art and performance art into their own unique brand of late Nineteen Eighties DIY culture at its best. With home grown catch phrases such as 'Mutate or Die' their own original collectively conscious personal philosophy was to revolve around the recycling of other people's waste products, everything from old wellington boots to wrecked cars, into self created user servicable art works. Amongst those who could claim to have been influenced by them in some way were one time Hackney based Techno Terrorists Spiral Tribe and a whole host of other party people and rave organizers too numerous to list here. This video, shot by Notting Hill based underground film maker Jonathan Barnett, includes footage of their now legendary 'Skull Bus' from the days when they were still established in and around King's Cross....Part One of Two

For more about Jonathan's annual film festival and film maker's convention go here

RANDOM MUTOID TRUCK

Seen 31.8.89 

Havens Festival .Amsterdam . 

By Jerry of the Mutoid waste co.