by John Raptis | Dec 30, 2021 | Communique
Well, where does one begin? I guess at the start would be a good choice! I guess the first thing one would ask is what does the name mean and were did it come from? I always loved the word ‘clandestine’. Over the years I have always jotted down words and...
by John Raptis | Mar 23, 2019 | Events
The celebrated Melbourne street artist has taken over Burnham Beeches, transforming it into an immersive, overwhelming ode to an abandoned past. Up a winding road, high in the Dandenong Ranges, a vast art moderne mansion has lain dormant for decades. In the dining...
by John Raptis | Nov 16, 2018 | Protests
Another successful Slutwalk protest in the streets of Melbourne. SlutWalk is a public protest against victim-blaming and slut-shaming. SlutWalk Melbourne is one of many SlutWalk events around the world. In Toronto in 2011 a police officer addressing a group of...
by John Raptis | May 16, 2017 | Locations, Travel
The legend of the Bone Chapel out in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic is something I had heard about for years. But if someone told you there is a little church that is largely constructed and houses thousands and thousands of human skulls and skeletons… well, you’d imagine...
by John Raptis | May 9, 2017 | Locations, Travel
Second day in Berlin and the main quest was to find the Ramones Museum that I had heard so much about over the years. It was a bit of a trek from where I was staying so I had printed out maps to make sure I get there. It didn’t take me too long to get there out...
