Dear friends, Agents of Proximity are pleased to report that we are fully recovered from the Next Wave festival and still have a few copies of Brunswick: A Travel Guide available. If you have a burning desire to lay your hands on one of the last few books you can purchase them directly from us by sending an email to agentsofproximity@gmail.com or by venturing into... >> more

The Agents of Proximity launch last Friday was a huge success, so thanks to all of you who came then, or who've dropped in since to see the show. For those of you who haven't seen the show yet, and would like to, we're going to be down at the Coin Laundry this Friday through to Monday, 2-9pm, as well as Friday and Saturday the weekend after.... >> more

After months of artistic-inspired mayhem, the Next Wave Festival is finally upon us! As part of the Festival, the Agents of Proximity will be opening our exhibition and launching our Travel Guide to Brunswick this Friday, the 16th May from 6-9pm at the Brunswick Coin Laundry. Over the last few months our local artist-run travel agency has been taking Brunswick residents... >> more

FROM HERE TO THERE is a series of panels at the Emerging Writers' Festival that takes an intensive look at a writer’s project. From where they came up with the idea, to how they developed it and where it has gone to since. The Agents of Proximity will talk about their project and the intricacies... >> more

Alex made her way to Afghan Kebab on the promise of Brunswick’s best cardamom-flavoured coffee. But even the best-laid plans fall through, and when the coffee machine broke it looked like her tour was over before it had begun. Alex’s feisty tour-guide Ellie was momentarily stumped, but quickly devised an alternate plan. And so the two intrepid travellers bid goodbye to the... >> more

Tolga, who owns the Blue Elephant carwash on Stewart St, takes his neighbour Eric to some of the places nearby where he spends his time when business is slow. At Sahara Café, past the pizza ovens and the cabinets filled with cakes, is a little courtyard with yellow brick walls and old men playing backgammon and drinking coffee. Further up the road the unassuming Beans ‘n’... >> more

Jessica, an American exchange student and Brunswick resident of a mere eighteen months, treks to the north end of the suburb for a late-night snack. At Afghan Kebab she tries super sweet jelebi, sugary orange coils on sparkly silver foil, washed down with green tea which the owner brings her for free. Then it’s on to the legendary Bahla’s Pastry. The baklava is piled... >> more

A circus performer leads an environmental philosopher through a hole in a fence, to a world where abandoned buildings are transformed into art galleries, the views from train bridges are paid the attention they deserve, and discarded flowers in supermarket dumpsters are rescued with gentlemanly aplomb. No entry fees, big-name locations, or show-bags filled with samples from discount shopping... >> more

When Heather took Sheri on a historical tour of Brunswick, their first stop was The Spot. Heather, who has called Brunswick home for more than two decades and remembers the days when Sydney Rd had two cinemas, told Sheri of the times when The Spot was known as the Candy Tavern. The Tavern’s lesbian nights were amongst the first in Melbourne, and Heather spoke fondly of the hours she... >> more

 Liz gets lost en route to her tour and has to ride her bicycle up a very steep hill. Waiting for her at the top is her tour-guide, Mem, a Kurdish musician and film-maker. Leaving bicycles behind they venture out together on a tram, for a lazy afternoon filled with apple-flavoured tobacco smoked on leather couches, cheap whisky drunk at tables with plastic... >> more