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RAPHAEL LANGSLOW

Where are you at right now and what are you up to?

I’m currently sitting in the backyard of the ‘Glassmanuge’, which is Dean Johnston, Howard Palmer and Brunz’s [Dylan Bruns] new house in North Melbourne. Brunz is dying his hair brown, and Dean just cooked up some bacon and eggs.

What do you do for work?

I’ve been working at the NGV [National Gallery of Victoria] for about five months. It’s nice working at the gallery. I work with a bunch of friends, which is cool – Braden Jordan and his little brother Zane. It makes it really enjoyable going to work when you have good mates there. Working at the gallery mainly involves setting up various weekly events that they hold, but recently, I was able to help out with the installation team where I helped set up for the NGV’s winter show. I’d love to get a job with the install team eventually.

Tell us about the kinked boardslide you tried. It sounds like there’s a bit of

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