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Felix Idle Portfolio




Bio:
Felix Idle is a Sydney-born designer, artist, musician, and translator based out of Tokyo, Japan.
Graduating from ANU School of Art & Design in 2016, he curates events, upcycles second-hand clothing, and performs music under the name Wa?ste.
His work collides his subjective observations on the everyday with an interest in linguistics, media theory, and internet art.
He works in video, sound, painting, ink, collage, clothing alteration and live performance.

Clothing
Opened Re-store (Upcycled furniture/clothing, second hand books/CDs, event-space/ gallery)
2024/6/16


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DJ Mag (UK) Tokyo Fashion Feature
2023/8/10



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New Boutique @ Shibuya Cast pop-up and spray stencil workshop
2023/4/29

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The spray workshop


Customized trousers for Koto
2022/11/27


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Nimbus Popup and DJ performance
2022/6/26


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Bag for YNZ Valetine
2021/9/11


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Felix Idle x Sudden Star Gr8 Popup
8th September 2021

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Starshirt
Hemp loose knit base >
burned holes >
patched with various fabrics
(striped cotton shirt, fake fur silver leopard print, sweater ribbing, velvet) >
constructed an original collar section with embedded lace >
attached ornaments such as buttons,
broken toy gems,
broken hair clips and
embroidered with colored thread,
reflective safety strips,
embroidered heart,
found ring in collar and elaborate glass bead >
sprayed navy stars onto the body
with fabric-safe spray paint
model: Yiqing





Freepaint Flower Blue
Photoemulsion screen print of summer flowers
in a dirty parking lot >
mixture of white and blue screenprinting inks
hand painted with a brush >
sewn on broken hair clip ornaments >
embroidered my name over the collar
so it doesn't get lost
model: Harry





Mitame Fashion Week: Making things is not such a big deal! (見た目!Fashion Week つくることはたいしたことない)
19th March 2021


Pokona wears globe-print skirt and flower sweater @ Mitame Shinjuku, Tokyo


Felix wears double layer-skirt / Pokona wears embroidered long sleeve and inverse skirt @ Mitame Shinjuku, Tokyo
Clothing display/Discussion (Japanese)


Music
Releases:

2019 "h1bernat1on" Глубина Неба (RU), Single.

2018 "Living Demons" Quantum Natives (UK), EP.



2016 "Hollow Vessel" Genome 6.66 Mbp (CN), EP.


Compilations:

2022 ‘Skygazr n#’ featured on “5qmt” Daddypower (HU), Compilation.

2021 ‘Blistered Petals’ featured on “Biosphere” Mizuha 罔象 (JP), Compilation.

2021 'Pores Open’ featured on “Home A” Глубина Неба (RU), Compilation.

2020 'L-4zy’ featured on “Bag of Toys” Modem (SI), Compilation.

2020 'What Else Could I Do’ featured on “Перамен! A Compilation for Belarus” Radio Kapital (PL), Compilation.

2016 'War Monument’ featured on “3tmc” Daddypower (HU), Compilation.

2016 '50 On My Eternal Ocean’ featured on “Care Package” Decisions (AU), Compilation.

2016 'T2 Meltdown’ with Mya Gomez featured on “Harmony From A Dominant Hue” Body Promise (AU), Compilation.




Artworks
2009



"Poppies, Darlinghurst", Gelatin silver print, 21 x 29.7 cm.



"St Vincent's Hospital 1", Gelatin silver print, 21 x 29.7 cm.



"St Vincent's Hospital 2", Gelatin silver print, 21 x 29.7 cm.



"Singapore", Gelatin silver print, 21 x 29.7 cm.


2013



"Untitled (Hard Abstraction)", Acrylic and Enamel on Board, 97 x 97 cm.



"Untitled (Interview with Susan Atkins)", Spray, Acrylic and Chinese Ink on Board, 100 x 120 cm.


2013



"Dark Room", C-type print, 14.8 x 21 cm.



"Heiwadai After dark", C-type print, 14.8 x 21 cm.



"Tokyo Stray", C-type print, 14.8 x 21 cm.



"Heiwadai Pharmacy", C-type print, 14.8 x 21 cm.


2015



"Untitled (ESP)", Acrylic and Oil on Board, 83 x 120 cm.



"Untitled (Nakano Apartments, Nightfall)", Acrylic and Oil on Board, 83 x 120 cm.



"Untitled (West Hill House)", Oil on Board, 120 x 83 cm.


Exhibitions
2018


“Late Diary” for “ANBA”, San Mei Gallery, London.

2019

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Sound Installation for “A Fig Tree”, AD Space, Sydney.

2020


“Play Space” for “Открытие выставки Spring of Dream or Nightmare”, NEW ZIL, Moscow.

2021
Custom clothing, work in progress artworks/music for discussion event "Drill", Mitame, Tokyo.



Music Event Organization


Radix Pres: NODE-STAR @ Matsudo FANCLUB
7/17 17:30-22:30
7F La Shina Building, 20-10 Honcho, Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture
Entry: 1500 Yen

Live:
Prius Missile
soichi 芳芽 & renko

DJ:
Rosa
Daiki Miyama
Saint-Croîx
Riria

Pop up:
Ririn Yu Rusty (Matsudo Select)

Visuals:
Ritsuko
Felix Idle

Video Track:
Prius Missile


Winning 12 (+2')
18th December 2021, Spread Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
熱血のB2B対戦⚽
For the Floor, For the World.🏆

選手一覧:
sudden star
Baby Loci
dj poipoi
T5UMUT5UMU
DIV☆
4ngelkidz
towa
Ichiro Tanimoto
Suzuishi
CEMETERY
Wa?ste
Saint-Croîx



Winning 12
22nd November 2020, Spread Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
“絶対に負けられないフロアが、そこにはある”—B2B Asia Cup

Mari Sakurai
Chaos
Saint Croix
Cemetery
Biッkin
Suzuishi
Wa?ste
Mon
Alta
DJ Drunk on the Spot
Sudden Star
sryu



'i-ss
2nd November 2019, Faith Koenji, Tokyo
bela (NBDKNW/KR)
reinabe (Zoom Lens)
lIlI
Shattered Form
trickydicky1
suzuishi
saint-croîx
& Gaul Plus (NYC)



'i-ss
12th July 2019, Forestlimit Hatagaya, Tokyo
NET GALA (NBDKNW/South Korea)
111X (Finland)
Cotto Center
Cemetery (TAR/MIND)
Wa?ste (Genome/Quantum Natives)
saint-croîx



'i-ss
17th May 2019, Bushbash Koiwa, Tokyo
Live:
Swan Meat (Bala Club / PERMALNK)
CDR
Final Heal (Quantum Natives)
Dead Bitch
Ignition Block M
CEMETERY
Wa?ste (Genome 6.66mbp / Quantum Natives)
DJ:
DJ Sisen
ДРУГ АНДРЮ
Otis (Slagwerk)
iitoomouyo
saint-croîx



Valley Spirit 008
4th January 2019, LongPlay Fitzroy North, Melbourne
Incarnate!!!!!!!

Emily Glass

R Hunter

Wa?ste

Lilly Kane (DJ)

knifebody

Hello I have lots to show
My feet back on stolen soil
🃏



g’nei-ss vl.3
17th November 2018, Forestlimit Koiwa, Tokyo
Live
Sand Circles presents: Continuity (Posh Isolation/Not Not Fun)

Ultrafog
DJ
Shattered Form (AMEN)
Nuji
鬼兵隊
Cemetery (Angoisse/Slagwerk)
Saint-Croîx



無品味俱樂部 No Taste Club
10th October 2018, Box Club Taipei

TeachNO (Taiwan) x Horizon99 (Singapore) Presents
好 趴 十 大 準 則|Ten Principles for Good Rave
好 趴 是 非 原 創 的|Good rave is derivative
好 趴 是 多 餘 的|Good rave is superfluous.
好 趴 是 醜 陋 的|Good rave is ugly.
好 趴 是 難 懂 的 |Good rave is incomprehensible.
好 趴 是 刺 耳 的|Good rave is obtrusive.
好 趴 用 美 學 偷 渡 意 識 形 態 | Good rave disguises ideology in aesthetics.
好 趴 是 暫 時 的|Good rave is temporary.
好 趴 是 粗 糙 的|Good rave is rough n ready.
好 趴 即 是 環 境|Good rave is the environment.
好 趴 是 盡 可 能 地 複 雜|Good rave is as much as possible.

DJs / 行動者 Activists
▲A(;D (LEAP/Horizon99, SG)
▲ROT FRONT (LEAP/Horizon99, SG)
▲ Wa?ste (Valley Spirit, Genome 6.66 Mbp, AU/JP)
▲ Sonia Calico (UnderU, TW)
▲ Luu Cheng ( ᴄΔndy мoυnтΔιn, TW)
▲ Betty Apple-鄭宜蘋 (TeachNo, TW)
▲ 味王Wèi Wáng (TeachNo, TW)

▲Special Guest :
▲ 羅百吉Dj Jerry Official fanpage TW
行為表演 Live Performer
▲ Ooo礦物母金剛o卍omineralgorilla_ooo TW
雷射專家 Laser Performer
▲ Chao Yu Lin (理化兄弟 pcb.com.tw) TW



Valley Spirit 007
22nd September 2017, Crossroads O’Connor, Canberra
Candlelyte
Mors
Janes Jungle
Wa?ste
Kevin Kien

。゚。゚゚。 ヾ。o○・♪*´ 。゚゚:*。゚゚:;...:・。゚・。・o゚・。゚・。・o゚ ≡*。゜。゜。゜。 ゝc艸*`´`**:;..:;.・・。・ ,´



Valley Spirit 006
17th March 2017, Tributary Projects Fyshwick, Canberra
AVA
OH-K DJ (Ambient Set)
TeXH
awake
Kevin Kien

☆.。.:*・゜ambient space for assorted musical moments, questionably club? ♨゚・*:.。.exploratory borderline of fire ○o。..:*♨



M.E.S.H.⦗PAN⦘☉sʏᴅɴᴇʏ
9th February 2017, Portugul Madeira Club Marrickville, Sydney
M.E.S.H.
Jikuroux
Ptwiggs
T. Morimoto
Wa?ste
Kevin Kien
Impart Amiss

☼ Held on Cadigal, Eora land
☰ Do no harm, respect others



Valley Spirit 005
2nd December 2016, Crossroads O’Connor, Canberra
Grasps
Makeda
every1
TExh
Hendaham91
BIGZAG

northbourne reterritorialisation
(the edge of the electronic / margins of the club)



Valley Spirit 004
27th May 2016, 15 Hope Street Dickson, Canberra
Waterhouse
Mya Gomez
Wade Gilmour
p a r k s
Wa?ste

Valley Spirit Recordings presents a night of genreless electronic music spanning references to noise, grunge/alt rock, ambient, breaks, techno/house and sound collage etc, etc.



ANU School Of Art Ball 2k15 'Down To Earth'
10th October 2015, 15 Hope Street Dickson
Straight Arrows
Lucy Cliche
Bobby Kill
Simona Castricum
Body Promise
HP Mini
Mind Blanks
California Girls
Angie
Baby Face Thrilla
Kimchi Princi
Shisd
Solid Effort
P A R K S
Odlaw
Waterhouse
Thiilii
Sex Tourists
Kangaroo Life Saver
Propeller
The Amphibians
The Doctrinaires



Valley Spirit 003
20th July 2014, 107 Project Redfern
Horse Mcgyver
Scissor Lock
School Girl Report
Lortica
Calico Cat
Stealth (DJ)



Valley Spirit 002
March 25th 2014, 107 Projects Redfern
Nakagin
Chunyin
Power Moves
p a r k s
Wade Gilmour
Shisd (VJ)



Valley Spirit 001
November 1st 2013, 107 Projects Redfern
Pimmon
Cape North
Jeremy Tatar
Commandant
Shisd