PAST EXHIBITIONS
Cloud Shape Classifier
Douglas Bagnall
18 Aug – 1 Sep 2006
Douglas Bagnall created a machine that takes the hard work out of cloud watching.
Calling the Mirrorical: Deep Dives into the Deepest Depths
G. Bridle
27 Jul – 11 Aug 2006
Present by Cryptozoologist G. Bridle
G. Bridle is a cryptozoologist; he investigates and studies the mirrorical, an entity which is ‘hidden' or possibly unattainable. He describes it as a demanding existence requiring perseverance and faith in the face of scepticism, but tirelessly he does not waver from this lifelong vocation. G. Bridle here documented this quest for the mirrorical, an aesthetic spirit, through the portrayal of potential habitats and sites of reference.
Inner City Real Estate 174/147
Fiona Connor
8 Jul – 21 Jul 2006
In 2005, Enjoy Gallery moved from 174 to 147 Cuba Street. Although this move was short in distance, producing a street number that is satisfying, albeit confusing in its reversal, the relocation brought about a great change in terms of new architectural challenges and considerations for exhibiting artists to work with.
CLUBSproject Inc. & Christopher L G Hill present:
Christopher L G Hill, CLUBSproject Inc.
14 Jun – 30 Jun 2006
Works by Christopher L G Hill & James Deuthsher and guests
CLUBSproject Inc. was an artist-initiated project, which initially resided above the old Builders Arms Hotel in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia, operating from this site for three and a half years. Since the closure of this pub CLUBSproject encountered a struggle with the new landlords and it became untenable to remain on these premises.
Green Belt Video Suburb
Jenny Gillam, vjRex
24 May – 9 Jun 2006
Green Belt Video Suburb was a collaborative multimedia installation by Wellington artists, vjRex and Jenny Gillam, which explored relationships between environmental and suburban anxiety.
P.R.I.E.S.T.
Hamish Palmer, Julien Dyne
3 May – 19 May 2006
It can often feel like there's an art biennale opening somewhere in the world every second day. In Pacific Rim Inaugural Emergency Shelter Trienniale (or P.R.I.E.S.T.) artists Julien Dyne and Hamish Palmer chose this ubiquitous format to showcase some of their latest works in a tongue-in-cheek collaboration.
Deflation
Violet Faigan
12 Apr – 28 Apr 2006
Deflation saw Dunedin-based artist Violet Faigan's continuing exploration of the role of value in contemporary society.
Lucky Sod
Caroline Johnston
16 Mar – 25 Mar 2006
Lucky Sod saw local artist Caroline Johnston play with ideas relating to the contrived organisation of nature and how this is manifested in home gardens.
Against Nature
Daniel du Bern, Nicholas du Bern
15 Mar – 26 Mar 2006
Local artist Daniel du Bern was selected to represent Enjoy at the 2006 Next Wave Festival.
Rhythm is best considered fractally...
Chris Cudby
15 Feb – 10 Mar 2006
Over four weeks Chris Cudby was a daily resident at Enjoy, producing weekly printed booklets with accompanying audio CDs documenting his artistic activities in the gallery space.
SLIPs : Small Local Improvement Projects
Eve Armstrong
2 Jan – 10 Feb 2006
Summer Residency #9
SLIPs called for local residents to contribute ideas to improve Wellington, utilizing the gallery as a headquarters and meeting place for the public to come in and discuss their ideas.
Buy 100
13 Dec – 18 Dec 2005
The annual Enjoy Gallery fundraiser.
At Home (in transit)
Vivien Atkinson
23 Nov – 9 Dec 2005
Tourists, exiles, immigrants, expatriates, and refugees. The idea of location determining identity has particular currency in contemporary society as travel becomes easier and the distances between countries seem to shrink.
Spellbound
Terry Urbahn
2 Nov – 18 Nov 2005
Terry Urbahn has spoken of his interest in the mystical sense that the medieval landscapes of Europe emanate. before this show, Urbahn had just recently travelled to Europe for the first time and was struck by the sense of age, permanence, history and grandeur of the places and sites he visited. Spellbound played with the memory of travel, simultaneously revealing documentation's failure of truly conveying an experience and the dilemma faced by the artist in absorbing and adopting its influence.
SPECIAL at Enjoy: First year show
Andrew Barber, Chae-Hyon Cho, Clara Chon, Fiona Amundsen, Fiona Connor, Jason Lindsay, Joy Chang, Julien Dyne, Nick Austin, Simon Denny, Stacey Lim, Tamsen Hopkins, Tim Chapman, Wonmok Choi, Xin Cheng
12 Oct – 28 Oct 2005
The first year of art school is often set aside as a time to experiment with materials, ideas, scale and space in a way not possible within the secondary school curriculum. This can be either a liberating or terrifying experience. SPECIAL at Enjoy: First year show takes work from this playful period of freedom and inquiry, combining works by students currently in their first year of study at Elam, Auckland with the first year work of SPECIAL gallery board members and other practicing artists from Auckland and Wellington.
SCHLOCK! HORROR!
Mike Heynes
21 Sep – 7 Oct 2005
DEATH OF A B-MOVIE EMPIRE
Enter a world of stop-motion monsters, crude puppetry and dodgy special effects.
repeat performance 2005
Amy Howden-Chapman, Biddy Livesey, Bryce Galloway, Chris Cudby, Daniel Malone, John Borley, Louise Tulett, Sean Kerr, Shay Launder
12 Sep – 16 Sep 2005
As a result of 2004's Performance Week success, we decided to do it again. Enjoy Gallery presented repeat performance 2005, a week dedicated to the exploration of contemporary performance art. In 2005 we invited artists from within and outside Wellington to choose a performance of their own or from history to be re-performed.
Soft Serve
Nicky Campbell
24 Aug – 9 Sep 2005
Ice creams shared between lovers? Kisses that draw blood. A rejection that leaves the room tepid.
Michael Morley
Michael Morley
3 Aug – 19 Aug 2005
Michael Morley's paintings attempted to recreate abstract utopian ideas as graphic symbols. These inevitably operated as failures; an acknowledgement of the elusive nature of utopia and the futility of attempting to recreate it conclusively and with any authority. Failures too because of painting's reliance on failure and disappointment in order to proceed through successive and repeated deaths. The history of post-industrial global culture is replete with examples of failed utopias.
Everything I know at the Top I Learned at the Bottom
Marnie Slater
14 Jul – 29 Jul 2005
Marnie Slater was joined by Daniel du Bern and Jessica Reid to present her debut solo project Everything I know at the Top I learned at the Bottom.