Publications
Recent Print Publications
Le 'Welsh' Man's 24Hour: Bedwyr Williams
Published May 2010 by Enjoy.
ISBN: 978-0-473-16710-3
ED Jeremy Booth, DES Alice Baxter
Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams completed 24 paintings in 24 hours at 24 Wellington locations, February 12th, 2009. It was a feat in endurance art meets motorsport, as one of the worst torrential downpours of the year set in over the artist and his support crew.
Le 'Welsh' man's 24Hour presents a site by site document to this One Day Sculpture project, featuring the artist's personal commentary to colour photographs of each location, and essays by Dr. David Cross and Siv B. Fjaerestad. Copies limited. Order a copy.
The carved house in the sky
Published May 2010 by Enjoy. ISBN: 978-0-473-16904-6. Designed by Alice Baxter
A micro-publication to accompany the exhibition Framework, a photographic installation by Andrew Beck, shown at Enjoy from 6-29 May, 2010. Booth's essay looks to explore the cultural and mythological significance of Andrew Beck's subjects, and how their status as art objects in the gallery might be enriched, and/or complicated by these associations. Publication is available from the gallery by koha, or order a copy.
Tea Time
ublished Feb 2010 by Enjoy. ISBN: 978-0-473-16705-9. ED Jeremy Booth, DES Hannah Ngaei
The exhibition Tea Time, curated by Siv B. Fjaerestad and Stuart Shepherd, included the artists Ron Dixon, Maiangi Waitai and Don Driver. This eponymous catalogue extends the debate surrounding academic and 'insider' art practice in New Zealand that resulted form the exhibition, not by the artists' practices directly, but by their bringing together within the show.
Featuring essays by Aaron Lister, Stuart Shepherd, and Edward Madrid Gomez. Copies $8 + postage from Enjoy.Order a copy here.
Workshopping Performance
Published Feb 2010 by Enjoy. ISBN: 13: 978-0-473-16391-4. ED Jeremy Booth & Hannah Edmunds, DES Gary Peters
'Anyone who has ever experienced a live piece of performance art is likely to have experienced confused expectations, a sense of embarrassment for the artist and or a desire for something successful to happen' (Siv B. Fjaerestad).
Workshopping Performance documents and expands upon the notions of rehearsal, the workshopping of ideas, and public performance that Enjoy's 2008 performance series looked to address for both audience and artist. The result is an essential unpacking of contemporary performance art practice featuring written peer responses to the artists' projects, as well as texts by Dr Martin Patrick, Siv B. Fjaerestad and Russell Martin. Copies strictly limited: $8.50 from Enjoy order a copy of WSP
Role. Play
Essay Rachel O'Neill, Designed by Alice Baxter
Published on the occasion of the opening of Role. Play - featuring Vivian Lynn, Erica Sklenars and Justine Walker. O'Neill's essay Requiem for Set, considers a wider reading of the three artists' work. Accompanied by images, and fold-out poster. Only $5 from Enjoy: order a copy of Role. Play
Vacuum Idle Adjustment: Robert Hood and Tahi Moore
ISBN 978-0-473-14797-6. Published May 2009. ED Paula Booker, DES Hannah Ngaei
Hot off the press, the catalogue Vacuum Idle Adjustment: Robert Hood and Tahi Moore is published subsequent to the eponymous exhibition curated by Siv B. Fjaerestad, exhibited at Enjoy Public Art Gallery 7-21 June 2008.
"It's going to have videos. And cars ..." The pairing of Robert Hood and Tahi Moore promised something slightly boyish, coupled with the deadpan, creeping, dry wit both artists are known for.
Edited by Paula Booker and featuring essays by Kristen Wineera, Harold Grieves, Tahi Moore and Rudolph Hudsucker, Vacuum Idle Adjustment looks critically at the exhibition described as 'brilliant minds gone amok' - and more widely at the artists' practices and the ideas raised by what is now a critically aclaimed body of work.
Only $9 from Enjoy, Parsons, Gambia Castle, Physics Room + more order a copy of Vacuum Idle Adjustment
Public Good: Itinerant responses to Collective Space
Edited by Paula Booker and Marnie Slater
ISBN 978-0-473-13698-7
This inaugural journal publication by Enjoy questions expected notions of art in public, and asks what alternatives may be offered. Public Good is a collection of critical essays, artist's pageworks and prose pivoting around an exploration of The Public. The journal draws from local and international contributions and sees the coming together of diverse voices and interpretations from practitioners locally and internationally to form a varied thesis, offering a springboard for argument, thought and discussion.
Contributors: Fiona Amundsen (Auckland) Christina Barton (Wellington) JC Borrelle (Melbourne) Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers (Auckland) Kah Bee Chow (Penang/Auckland) Tim Corballis (Wellington) Harold Grieves (Christchurch) Rudolph Hudsucker (Wellington) Tushar Joag (Bombay) Dane Mitchell (Auckland) Kate Newby (Auckland) Rachel O'Neill (Wellington) Spiros Panigirakis (Melbourne) Chaitanya Sambrani (Canberra) Shuddhabrata Sengupta (New Delhi) Simon Sheikh (Berlin/Copenhagen).
Only $18 from Enjoy, Parsons, Gambia Castle, GBAG shop, Physics Room, Chch Art Gallery, UBS Dunedin + more order a copy of Public Good
Never Completely Still
2008 Summer Residency Publication
ISBN 978-0-473-13626-0
The Enjoy 2008 Summer Residency follow-up exhibition Vincent Grocery, was accompanied by the publication Never Completely Still. This catalogue features a substantial text by Preston, texts and page works by Dan Arps, Xin Cheng and Richard Frater, and documentation of the Summer Residency in-process by photographer Michael Salmon. The artists have individualised copies of each book with new drawings. Available from Enjoy for $10 or Parsons Fine Art Books in Auckland. order a copy of Never Completely Still
Benjamin Buchanan monograph
There's a Ghost in My House is a small monograph published to accompany Buchanan's 2007 exhibition of the same name. Published by Enjoy, it features texts by Juan Rubén Reyes and Ruth Buchanan and is designed by Alice Baxter. Available from Enjoy for $4.00 and Parsons Fine Art Books in Auckland. order a copy of There's a Ghost in My House
Online Publications
Enjoy commissions a critical piece of writing for each exhibition and other major part of our programme. Please explore our Archive, where essays are matched to their respective shows and events, appearing as PDFs at the bottom of each page from 2006 onwards. Retrospective PDF catalogues from our 2004, 2005 and 2006 programmes are available for you to download below.
Other publications at Enjoy
Take time out in the serenity of a white cube to browse and research from Enjoy's growing collection of local, national and international arts publications. We supply all Enjoy published items for sale and are also proud to stock the efforts of national arts periodicals, including White Fungus, Hue & Cry, The National Grid and more. Full list below.
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