THE SERPS
ABOUT

The Serps (also known as The Serpents) was forged during the summer of 2005 by now sober friends, Tristan Ceddia and Brendan Huntley. The original agenda was simple - to establish a platform through which friends could connect and work across creative projects. Based in Melbourne, Australia, The Serps now have around 30 members within their ranks. Recruiting from coast to coast in Australia, membership stretches as far as San Francisco, Tokyo and New Zealand. The crew includes people from all walks, including photographers, literary masters, musicians, athletes, fine artists, tattooists, graphic designers, career criminals, graffiti writers, kitchen hands, a-grade students, high school teachers, BBQ specialists, bus drivers, home owners, and competitive cyclists.

Thus far, The Serps have been real busy. There have been exhibitions; A Little
Boob by Christopher Day at Victoria Park Gallery and Brendan Huntley’s In Order of Appearance at Utopian Slumps, amongst others. There have also been stints at galleries such as Melbourne’s Someday and Sydney’s Monster Children. There are five collections of T-shirts with prints by Tristan Ceddia, Danny Young and P.A.M’s Misha Hollenbach as well as Snakes On A Bus the documentary by Tmac. There’s also a huge range of printed matter. The low-fi Serps Zine covers the collective Venom series as well as various other artist releases. There are perfect-bound publications such as My Birthday Party; a mash of art and photography by Artist Martin Bell and there are national and international publications that have picked
up The Serps’ photography, art and words. There is also Serps Press, run by Thomas Jeppe. This includes releases such as Surprise Tough Times by Christopher Day, Westside from photographer Conor O’Brien and Jeppe’s
own Home Made Tattoos Rule.

The Serps may come from humble beginnings, but their aspirations aren’t small.
There’s a lot going on.

Text by Nadia Saccardo