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14 Jan – 16 Feb 2008

Laura Preston

Summer Residency

Laura Preston has begun her occupation of the gallery as a workspace for research on contemporary sculptural practice, activating the gallery as a site for action, pause and reflection through a month of dance, sculpture and research.

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Exploring its concerns and methods of making, Preston will focus on sculpture's relationship to movement and connection to dance. This research will form the basis of her later exhibition at Enjoy. Movement Dance groups and individual practitioners have also commenced using Enjoy's light filled gallery space for rehearsal, performance and the devising of new works. These classes and sessions will be open for the public to view.

 

WEEK 1

Claire Lissaman and Ellen Loui August practice at Enjoy
Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 6pm.
Performance will take place on Saturday January 19, 11am-3pm, on the hour every hour.

WEEK 2

Choreographers and dancers Juliet Shelley, Liana Yew, Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind, and Elle Loui August practice at Enjoy
Juliet Shelley - Tuesday 12-2pm, Wednesday 10am-1pm
Liana Yew - Tuesday 5-7pm, Wednesday 2.30-4.30pm, Friday 5-7pm
Elle Loui August - Thursday 12 -6pm
Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind - Friday and Saturday 1-4pm
Artist and film maker Sarah-Jane Parton uses Enjoy to devise new work Friday 10 -1pm

WEEK 3

Choreographers and dancers Juliet Shelley, Liana Yew, Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind, and Elle Loui August practice at Enjoy
Juliet Shelley - Tuesday 12-2pm, Wednesday 10am-1pm
Liana Yew - Tuesday 2.30-4.30pm, Wednesday 5-7pm, Thursday 5-7pm
Elle Loui August - Thursday 12 -6pm
Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind - Friday 1-4pm
Artist and film maker Sarah-Jane Parton uses Enjoy to devise new work Friday 10 -1pm Facing the Moment: Notes on forming fun while informing the future

Talk at Enjoy
Friday 1 Feburary, 6pm: Artist and Writer, Amy Howden-Chapman will talk about Facebook, the problems facing politically engaged art and what performance art can learn from dance. Followed by discussion and Friday night drinks.

Sculpture
Activity and movement within the gallery will build over time, culminating in an archive of visual material. From January 29 to mid February Preston will be joined by Auckland-based artist Xin Cheng, who will inhabit the gallery to make work.

A film screening and forum discussion in the final week of the residency will provide insight into the accumulation of research and findings.
Film screening Thursday February 7 7pm, New Zealand Community Trust Mediatheatre New Zealand Film Archive, 84 Taranaki Street, Wellington. Entry by koha.

Panel discussion
Saturday February 16 3pm, Enjoy Public Art Gallery Preston is the first Enjoy Summer Resident to benefit from a new initiative, which sees the researching resident return to Enjoy for an exhibition later in 2008. This exhibition will also be supported by a book published by Enjoy. The gallery will be open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 6pm, and late night Thursday until 8pm. Please come by and investigate Enjoy in a state of accumulating research and movement.