PAST EXHIBITIONS
CRAFT DOESN'T PAY
16 Apr – 3 May 2003
A Crafty Novella
exquisite craft: six pieces, six processes, six people, six weeks
Enjoy Toast
Andrew Clifford
26 Mar – 12 Apr 2003
Six toasters and six bread plates borrowed from New Zealand personalities were the focus of the exhibition.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE
5 Mar – 22 Mar 2003
An eye for an eye: but whose eye was first?
Siv B. Fjærestad
Siv B. Fjærestad
1 Jan – 12 Feb 2003
Summer Residency #6
Fjærestad's work references everyday life, and her sensitivity to social and cultural interactions, played out through the materials and techniques she uses. In a previous exhibition she wowed audiences by crocheting fuse wire into the forms of 1980's and 1990's middle class, domestic appliances.
Ex Number 9
11 Dec – 20 Dec 2002
Lissa Mitchell scrutinised the Number Nine series as a sample of contemporary curatorial practice.
Festiva of Enjoyment
Richard Whyte, The Now Romantics
20 Nov – 7 Dec 2002
Art, the closest function. Our closest concept to serendipity and truth, her lover, artifice. Art is our last ditch attempt at understanding perfection (cease the AESTHETIC) at battle with the great paradox, both called by name ARTIFICE. All construction.
Projections
Andi Chapelle, Devon Damonte, Jason O'Dea, Nikki Deeley, Richard Whyte, Rick Jensen, Tim Wyborn
30 Oct – 16 Nov 2002
Projections was an exhibition involving nine artists, working with slide projectors as their medium.
Sleep Over
26 Oct – 26 Oct 2002
Saturday Night Performance Art Night
Rule: Once your mattress is installed you are able to invite, set up, bring, do, sleep when you want. Once your mattress is installed.
Curative Acts
9 Oct – 26 Oct 2002
To have boundaries, one must create boundaries.
Satellite City
Dominic Forde, Douglas Kelaher, Rachel Brunton
17 Sep – 5 Oct 2002
Exploring urban landscapes and their populace is the subject of this exhibition curated by Rosemary Ford of the Physics Room (Christchurch). Although at first the work by artists Douglas Kelaher, Dominic Forde and Rachel Brunton may seem disparate, on closer inspection they work well together. Each piece suggests a different kind of society, fantastical, contemporaneous or futuristic, breaking away from the overwhelming dominance of the rural landscape in New Zealand art practice.
I AM: Individual Artifacts Museum
Clem Devine
28 Aug – 14 Sep 2002
What is identity? How is it manipulated and formed within the construct of Post-Modern culture?
SPAT
Clemency Boyce, Regan Gentry
7 Aug – 24 Aug 2002
Two people collaborating for the first time will focus SPAT on wads - in the form of used chewing gum.
Comfort Blanket
Teresa Andrew
17 Jul – 3 Aug 2002
Teresa Andrew is an installation/performance artist who works with narratives, using the body, whether present or absent, as the locus of behavior.
Rex Republica
Eugene Hansen
26 Jun – 13 Jul 2002
Political spoof involving the intro to the television series Monkey. In Rex Republica (Rex's Cybernautic Dreamscape, releases candidate nine) Tripitaka is Helen Clark, Pigsy is Winston Peters, Sandy is John Campbell (Jonjon), and Monkey is Busta Rhymes.
Urban Lymphatic. A Street Maneuver
Marcus Williams, Matt Hunt
5 Jun – 21 Jun 2002
Marcus Williams with score by Matt Hunt
Williams’ work discusses the contest for market control of information supply. At the time of writing, the three major telco's in NZ were burying an arterial system of conduit for the conveyance of digital information.
Chew Two To Chew
Belinda Curran
15 May – 1 Jun 2002
Ever since the industrial revolution people have been just another cog in the wheel, everyone keeping existence in motion.
Far/Near/Somewhere
Louise Tulett
30 Apr – 11 May 2002
A Paradox of Distance
Louise Tulett works with sound, examining her surroundings by stopping and listening as well as looking.
New To Enjoy
Arlo Barraud, Marianne Muggeridge, Ned Barraud, Roger Morris
17 Apr – 27 Apr 2002
A group show bringing together a new and eclectic combination of styles and artists.
Why I Can't Dance To Techno
Gerald Phillips, James Wallace, Jill Kennedy, Lauren Winstone
3 Apr – 13 Apr 2002
Featuring work by CPF, Jill Kennedy, James Wallace, Gerald Phillips, Lauren Winstone. Examining the interface between art and technology.
craftcamp
Gabby O’Connor
20 Mar – 30 Mar 2002
A collective started by Gabby O'Connor and some of her friends in Australia and Japan, craftcamp was devised on the road.