Rita Angus Artist’s Residency
The Wellington Institute of Technology is delighted to announce that applications are now open for the Rita Angus Artist’s Residency for 2010. The Residency supports an artist to produce a new body of work that reflects upon the interplay between technology and culture. The Residency also encourages the artist to enter into dialogue with the Wellington arts community and to exhibit and discuss their practice. The Rita Angus Residency is being offered in association with the Wellington Institute of Technology’s School of Creative Technologies. For more information, and to apply, visit the website at http://www.weltec.ac.nz/residency/rita_angus_residency.html Applications should be received by 5pm, Monday 3 May, 2010. Direct enquiries and applications to hamish.tocher@weltec.ac.nz .
HSP Call for Proposals
HSP presents an open call for proposals for its late-2010/early-2011 programme. The gallery extends this call to both emerging and established artists in all fields, including sound art and experimental music. Proposals are welcome from artists wishing to participate in curated, group or solo shows and projects in and outside the gallery. Applications should include: A current artist's CV (outline of current work, education, exhibitions, reviews, publications etc); An exhibition proposal including physical and conceptual descriptions, diagrams and sketches. Clearly define the project and state any special requirements. Email or post proposals to: P.O Box 3733, Christchurch; hsp.coordinator at gmail dot com; phone us, or drop in at level 1, 84 Lichfield Street, Christchurch. DEADLINE: TUESDAY 30 MARCH 2010.
Announcing the Dunedin Film Society's Highly Exciting 2010 Programme
The Dunedin Film Society remains the only organisation in town that is dedicated to showing a broad cross section of significant films from around the world. Unlike more commercial enterprises, the Dunedin Film Society screens classic and experimental masterpieces from every period of cinema history, as well as more recent creations from many different nations (including our own). So whether you are a film lover, an aspiring film-maker, or simply interested in learning more about other cultures, our 2010 programme has something for all of you. Check it out here: http://dunedinfilmsociety.tripod.com/
Otago Focus: Recent Issue of The Journal of New Zealand Art History
The recently released Volume 30 (2009) of The Journal of New Zealand Art History has a strong Otago focus featuring: Ruth Pullin on Eugène von Guérard and the geognostic landscape in New Zealand; Ralph Body on Alfred O’Keeffe’s later paintings; Warren Feeney on William Baverstock and the arts in Canterbury; David Bell on New Zealand views of Japan through Ukiyo-e; Elly van de Wijdeven on the paua jewellery of Alfred Atkinson and Arthur Morrison; Edward Hanfling on paintings by Douglas Badcock; Leonard Bell on migrant central European photographers Frank Hofmann and Irene Koppel; Plus book reviews on The Art Instinct, Charles Heaphy and Rita Angus. Editors: Mark Stocker and Anna Petersen Published by The Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hakena, University of Otago, New Zealand Contact Hocken Collections for more details: http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/hocken/index.html
Dance Lab - Underground Renaissance 23 and 24 October
Dunedin's contemporary dance group Dance Lab is set to premiere its season of new work Underground Renaissance in Dunedin on 23 and 24 October, featuring the choreography of Ojeya Cruz-Banks (University of Otago Dance Studies), Lisa Wilkinson (Rasa School of Dance), Jack Gray (Atamira Dance Collective) and Kilda Northcott (Bipeds Productions), with lighting design by the award winning Martyn Roberts (University of Otago Theatre Studies). Underground Renaissance presents a collage of bold dance pieces that explore themes of counterculture, freedom, resistance, cultural diversity and identity. DATES: Friday 23 and Saturday 24 October TIME: 7.30pm VENUE: Allen Hall Theatre, cnr Union/Leith Streets, Dunedin. DOOR SALES: $20/$15, Group 6+ $15/$10 Cash only. Bookings: dancelab.otago@gmail.com A conversational-style forum directly follows the performance where the audience will gain insight into the creative process of this performance experience. Underground Renaissance is being produced with the support of the Dunedin City Council Creative Communities Scheme and the Humanities Department Performing Arts Fund.
2010 DUNEDIN FRINGE FESTIVAL ARTIST REGISTRATION MEETING
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm Location: XII Below lounge bar 12 Moray Place (beneath Bennu) All artists and students interested in being part of the 2010 Dunedin Fringe Festival are invited to attend this meeting to find out about the 2010 Dunedin Fringe Festival operates and what the Festival can do for artists. We have $23,500 in funding participating artists can apply for and we are also programming some of the key venues for the Festival such as the Fortune Theatre, Globe Theatre and our Comedy Club venue, XII Below. This meeting is a good opportunity to talk to the Festival Director and meet other artists intending on being part of the Festival. Get the registration info pack and forms and let's get the ball rolling! Funding and Venue Applications Close: 6 November 2009 Artist Registrations Close: 27 November 2009 Festival office: ph 03 477-3350 Festival email: info@dunedinfringe.org.nz Festival website: www.dunedinfringe.org.nz
Invitation for Enjoy 2010 Summer Residency Proposals
Enjoy Public Art Gallery is currently seeking proposals from artists and curators for our 2010 Summer Residency. The residency has been part of Enjoy's programme since 2001, and it is designed to assist practitioners develop a significant new project, through research and critical discourse in a stimulating and supportive environment. This residency will mark Enjoy's 10th Anniversary. The 2010 Residency is a free-form opportunity for a practitioner to spend four weeks in Wellington, to research and develop a new and experimental body of work. The residency does not need to take the form of an exhibition. The residency provides practitioners with the opportunity to work from Enjoy, and utilise the gallery as a studio or research space. It is our hope that during the residency the gallery will also provide a place of discussion and interaction with social or critical networks, the gallery’s staff and community. Maintaining a critical platform for the development of the project is an integral part of the residency. The successful applicant will be asked to present a public seminar or workshop relating to their particular research process or project. This could involve another professional artist or other specialist practitioner relevant to the resident’s research process. Throughout the residency the practitioner/s will receive curatorial and administrative support from Enjoy. Some past Enjoy Summer Residencies include Kate Montgomery and Hamish Win, Eve Armstrong, Liz Allan, and Laura Preston. Proposals should contain sufficient information to communicate the concepts behind the project. Documentation of past projects is desirable. We offer a modest practitioner fee and materials fee for the residency, subject to budgets. If you would like any further information regarding submitting a proposal, please contact the Gallery Manager and Curator, Siv B. Fjærestad, siv@enjoy.org.nz
Blue Oyster Sessions - Number Four | Wednesday 23 September @ 5:30pm
Please join us at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space on Wednesday 23 September at 5:30pm for the next Blue Oyster Session. For our fourth discussion we are going to tackle the many questions and implications behind how artists are selected for inclusion in exhibitions and other programmes. Specifically, we want to address issues around trying to provide access and representation versus an intention to stimulate discussion and innovation and to what extent these things are mutually exclusive. This paradox is not unique to the Blue Oyster, but it is one that has been grappled with constantly over the ten years of our existence, as Ali Bramwell articulates in the publication produced for the Blue Oyster's tenth anniversary: "One of the most pressing philosophical arguments to occur in this institution over the years concerns how artists’ works are selected or rejected for exhibition. This issue has a social dimension and repercussion; a cooperative model is not easily compatible with a system that also seeks conceptual rigor and strives to promote quality standard. Some kind of balance is required." - Ali Bramwell Joining us to share their experiences and approaches to artist selection will be: * Jodie Dalgleish - Independent curator * Paul Smith - Director of the Dunedin Fringe Festival * Ali Bramwell - Curator of Unstable Institutional Memory: 10 Years at the Blue Oyster and Lecturer at Otago Polytechnic School of Art
SymbioticA Residencies
SymbioticA Residencies APPLICATION DEADLINE: 21 September, 2009 SymbioticA is a unique laboratory that facilitates artistic research residencies enabling artists and researchers to engage in wet biology practices within a biological science department. Its physical location within the School of Anatomy and Human Biology exposes artists and researchers to the culture and practice of science providing a hothouse for developing new skills and knowledge for its residents. Residents practice lab work and are given training in scientific and technical knowledge related to the area of research the resident wishes to pursue. Residents have worked in collaboration with academics and technicians in the biological and social sciences, arts and humanities, engineering and agriculture departments. Visit www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au for more information
radio cegeste celebrates the first NZ transmission to the Radia network
New Zealand's first contribution to the Radia project (a peer-to-peer network of globally distributed art radio stations) is a documentary on long running Dunedin based experimental music festival Lines of Flight. It was produced by Gilbert May with research and development assistance from Sally Ann McIntyre, and goes live to air around the network this week, being broadcast as Radia show #231 to a group of stations which includes Radio Orange (Vienna), Resonance FM (London), free103point9 (New York State) and Radio Grenouille (Marseille). The documentary will be broadcast this Sunday on the NZ Radia member station Radio One in Dunedin, from 9 - 9:30pm and simulcast by Enjoy in Wellington. If you're somewhere else and would like to listen in, the Radia transmission of the documentary, hosted by Gilbert May, will be streamed live on Radio One's website in the station's Radia slot between 9 - 9:30 (see links below). www.r1.co.nz www.myspace.com/radiocegeste www.radia.fm
Opportunity for Otago/Southland Artists
Lawrence Summer Art Festival 23 and 24 January 2010 The Lawrence Art Festival is an annual event involving performing, visual and creative artistic expression on show over the weekend in the historic village of Lawrence. Artists are invited to submit to the Art Competition, but there are also oppertunities to exhibit in other spaces around Lawrence seperate from the competition. Art Competition Theme: “Lawrence Unmasked” Venue: The Old Blues Gallery, Ross Place, Lawrence Artists are free to intrepit the theme according to their own research and/or exploration of creative avenues. Prizes 1st prize - $500 cash prize + NZ Art guild six-month membership + Art gift vouchers + 2 nights at the Ark Bed and Breakfast 2nd prize - $250 cash prize + NZ Art guild six-month membership + Art gift vouchers + 1 night at the Ark Bed and Breakfast To enter contact: Sharon Ann Burger sharonannburger@hotmail.com Or see www.lawrence.co.nz for more details
Two Opportunites...
(1) Enjoy (Wellington) was to hold their next Summer Residency in the winter of 2009, but this has now been postponed until June, 2010. Enjoy are still seeking expressions of interest from professional and self-taught artists, writers, curators, architects, designers, musicians, and those from other creative fields to participate in the Wellington Collaboratorium, led by Gregory Sholette. (2) Window (Auckland) is currently seeking proposals for their Online space for 2009-2010. Email a proposal outlining your digital art or research project to Anna Parlane at anna.parlane@gmail.com.
Call for applications to Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency, New York
Creative New Zealand are seeking applications for the New York ISCP residency, 1 Feb - 31 May 2010. The closing date for applications is 5pm, Friday 4 September. More info on the CNZ website: www.creativenz.govt.nz
LIVE IN A TOMB
DO YOU WANT TO: LIVE IN A TOMB / BE THE CENTRE OF MEDIA ATTENTION? The Historic Cemeteries Conservation Trust of New Zealand is looking for a volunteer to spend 7 days living in Larnach’s Tomb in Dunedin’s Northern Cemetery to publicise their project to raise sufficient money to restore the historic tomb to its original glory. There is no power in the tomb, but the trust will provide hot food and drink, a tent inside the tomb, shelter from the weather, kerosene heater, chemical toilet, cell-phone, webcam and security at night. The tomb area will be fenced off at all times and the public will be charged $2 to ‘inspect’ the 'hermit'. This is a bit like a ‘pole-sit’ so friends or associates of the hermit will not be allowed to congregate around the tomb site or the cemetery. It will be run live by a local radio station and there may be other sponsors in the wings. Applications should be in writing and addressed to: Stewart Harvey Historic Cemeteries Conservation Trust of New Zealand 65 Every Street Dunedin 9013 New Zealand Telephone +64 3 454 5384 Fax +64 3 454 5364 email stewarth@orcon.net.nz website www.cemeteries.org.nz
Tomorrow @ None
Tomorrow None Gallery presents 'the LIBRARY OF BABEL' by the collective ffffff video installation / texture / sound performance / live cinema The show starts at 7.30pm sharp, duration 45 minutes. None, 24 Stafford St, Dunedin (Black and White building, lower stafford st. big wooden double doors)
Letter to the Editors - Proposed Reduction of Art Criticism in the ODT
Dear Editors, I was greatly disappointed to hear that the ODT will reduce, from what is already a small dedication, the number of reviews it publishes on art exhibitions in Otago. The intent to only provide space for reviews on an alternating basis with profiles of artworks by secondary school students and works from institutional collections, is a major disservice to the Dunedin art scene and public. It disregards the many ways that Otago galleries and artists are involved in major developments in the arts on a local and national level. The proposed reduction to 600 words per fortnight is not enough space for writers to engage in criticism. Criticism is vital for the health of a contemporary art scene and is also much more interesting for readers. I would therefore respectfully request that you prioritise critical reviews above long lists of 'whats on' and coverage of secondary school or historic work. Jaenine Parkinson Director
Blue Oyster Sessions - Number One | Wednesday 10 June @ 5:30pm
Please join us at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space on Wednesday 10 June for the first in, what will be with your support, a recurrent series of discussion sessions. The first of the Blue Oyster Sessions will take its cue from a work, Collecting Culture, which was shown recently at the Blue Oyster as a part of the exhibition Instructional Models and has generated some distributed discussion and debate. Collecting Culture, conceived by Melbourne based artist Alex Rizkalla and developed in conjunction with Otago Polytechnic School of Art students Clare Fleming and Rohana Weaver, intended to expose and critique narratives of national identity and the misappropriation of indigenous culture, present in tourist souvenirs. Their methodology involved collecting historical souvenirs that have circulated around and between Australia and New Zealand. When their nets were cast out; startling objects were collected. Some of which, if displayed, had the potential to cause great offence. In light of this fact, the artists decided to remove these objects and leave behind small signs indicating that the items had been removed due to offensive content. We want to bring together, examine and discuss the different viewpoints that have surfaced since the work was presented by involving as many people as possible in the discussion, so please do invite others and bring your questions and experiences to share. We have invited the following panelists to explore with us the different ways the issues surrounding culturally sensitive material have been navigated previously and how we might work in the future: * Professor Paul Tapsell (Dean of Te Tumu - Otago University School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies, formerly the Tumuaki Māori (Māori Director) of the Auckland Museum) * Elizabeth Caldwell (Director of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, formerly senior art curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) * Simon Kaan (Local painter and printmaker of Chinese/Ngai Tahu/Pakeha descent) * Bridie Lonie (Head of the Otago Polytechnic School of Art) * The discussion will be chaired by Dr Erika Wolf (Senior Lecturer at the Otago University Art History and Theory Department and current Blue Oyster Trustee) We hope to see you then for, what will no doubt be, an interesting discussion and we promise to be done in time for you to get to the Art School for the second Dunedin Pecha Kucha. ------------------------------------------------------- We will also be seeking your contributions - ideas, texts, images, websites, films - for future discussion topics. If you have an idea, please leave it as a comment here!
Residency ~ Korea
The National Art Studio, run by National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, is now accepting applications for Asia Pacific Artists Fellowship Residency Program 2009~2010. See www.moca.go.kr/eng/ for details...
Project on Collaborative Practise
Enjoy Public Art Gallery (Wellington) are searching for expressions of interest from applicants for two elements in a project being undertaken by Gregory Sholette from 22 July - 22 August: 1) to participate in a public panel discussion in Wellington, about collaborative art practices in New Zealand. 2) for artists, writers, curators, and those from all other creative fields whose practices involve, engage, or concern notions of collaboration, to make their practices known to Enjoy. With this, respondents may have the opportunity to become involved in the project publication, and to meet and discuss their practices and situations as artists in New Zealand with Gregory, and other artists. To express your interest, please contact jeremy@enjoy.org.nz or siv@enjoy.org.nz, before Wednesday 25 June, 5pm, indicating which part of the project you wish to be involved with, a brief introduction of yourself, an outline of your practice, and contact information.
2010 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
Applications for the 2010 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship close on 1 June. The annual, 12-month Fellowship provides a studio/office space and not less than the minimum salary of a full-time university lecturer. It is open to artists who are normally resident in New Zealand and who, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, have executed work that demonstrates their talent, and would benefit from holding the Fellowship. Get your application form here: http://www.otago.ac.nz/otagofellows/forms.html
Public Discussion & Film Screening
Tomorrow there will be a public discussion and film screening on the subject of prison privatisation (2 May). 5 Buller St, Dunedin - 7pm, (use back door).
Lantern Makers Wanted
Dunedin Midwinter Carnival organisers are calling for approximately 30 volunteers to demonstrate lantern making techniques to the public at 6 workshops leading up to the carnival on 20 June. Training for volunteers will be provided on 13 May. Please contact the Carnival Coordinator to register your interest. Phone 03 477 3350 or email info@dunedinmidwintercarnival.co.nz
Sydney Residency
Applications are now open for the Artspace Studio Residency Program and are due by Friday July 10, 2009. See: http://www.artspace.org.au/residency/residency_guidelines.php
Educational Workshops
In conjuntion with Onward! the Blue Oyster will also be running the first in a series of educational workshops. Students will be invited to construct their own future city sculptures, based on the concepts and methods used by Kate Boocock. Workshops will be run on Tues 9 and Thurs 11 June from 12:30pm. Participation is free and available to school groups from any year. Bookings are essential - email education@blueoyster.org.nz to reserve a time for your class.
Call for Proposals: Deadline 1 May
Blue Oyster is seeking project proposals from artists and curators for our 2010 programme. Deadline for submissions is Friday 1 May. Visit the proposals section on our website for information, floorplans and images [url]http://www.blueoyster.org.nz/proposals/[/url]or give us a call on 03 479 0197. Blue Oyster is a contemporary project space that prioritises innovative and speculative projects. We are non-profit and will not programme exhibitions that have a commercial focus.
WISH: About Spaces
Sarah and Irvine Forgan will perform WISH: About Spaces at the Blue Oyster gallery on Sat 4 April at 1pm - Free. WISH: About Spaces is a free interactive performance asking visitors to breach the boundaries between performer and spectator through adopting an active creativity—thereby articulating their mark and wish to transgress the ties that bind them.
X Performance Dunedin
Traffic was stopped, bodies were strewn across the street... Sylvia Schwenk's X Performance Dunedin was an elegantly simple intervention into the hussle and bussle of lunchtime traffic in central Dunedin. Up to 20 performers from Dunedin all dressed in black, and a couple of passers-by who joined in, formed X shapes at the intersection of lower Stuart St and the Octogan at 1pm. This performance for the Dunedin Fringe Festival was last in an international series of performances engaging in public spaces.
Boots for Rising Waters
Sylvia Schwenk's post-apocalyptic footwear fashion was modelled at the opening of her exhibition [i]They paved paradise put up a parking lot.[/i] Schwenk's boots comment on the extreme predicaments and awkward situations we will be forced into if environmental destruction continues at its current rate. Local participants wearing the boots could not walk unassisted, so were moved around the space like chess pieces, and were left to stand as still at statues throughout the space. The boots have elongated platforms reminiscent of Japanese geta sandals which have been moulded onto the bottom of typically Aussie/Kiwi black gumboots. The boots are on display at the Blue Oyster until Sat 18 April.
Performers Wanted (No Experience Necessary)
The Blue Oyster is pleased to present an exhibition and two performances by Australian artist Sylvia Schwenk. [i]X Performance Dunedin[/i] will be performed on Friday 27 March at 1pm as a part of the Fringe Festival. Local participants will form giant and individual Xs with their bodies in and around the Octagon. A performance of [i]Boots for Rising Waters[/i], will see women modelling gumboots with black stilt-like fixtures on their base, on the opening night of the exhibition [i]They paved paradise, put up a parking lot[/i] on Tuesday 24 March from 5.30pm. The exhibition is a performance, photographic and installation based body of work, showing off the latest footwear and fashion needed for global warming. If you are in Dunedin and would like to participate in one or both performances, please contact Jaenine on 03 4790197 or [email]blueoyster@blueoyster.org.nz[/email] for full details.
Grad Show Now On!
The Grad Show is now open! The artists will give a talk about their work on Sat 14 March @ 1pm Rueben Moss will also restage his opening night performance. See you there!
Grad Show
The Blue Oyster Gallery is thrilled to present our annual 'Grad Show', featuring a sample of innovative and intriguing art works by the 2008 graduates of the Otago Polytechnic School of Art. Eight artists have been selected to present works from their final assessment exhibition, and many have been inspired to create new pieces especially for this show. The exhibition will open 5.30pm on Tuesday 24 February with works by Max Bellamy, Emily Cannan, Tom Mackie, Reuben Moss, Natasha Nicolson, Sally-Anne Shephard, Jampa Stuart and Steve Walsh and will run until 21 March at the Blue Oyster Gallery 24b Moray Place, Dunedin – Free entry. The artists will give a group talk about their work on Saturday 14 March at 1pm.
Only $3 for a slice of dance history
The world premier of Wind Dancer: The Story of Shona Dunlop MacTavish is on at 7pm Saturday 28 Feburary at Dunedin's Regent Theatre. For only $3 including guest speakers Michael Parmenter and Shona Dunlop MacTavish herself, plus short films by students, this is an event not to be missed.
Dunedin Fringe Festival Programme Launch
The Dunedin Fringe Festival programme will be launched on Thursday 26 February. The Festival will run from 26 March until 5 April. The Blue Oyster will be hosting three performances as a part of the Fringe Festival: Sylvia Schwenk - [i]X Dunedin Performance[/i] 1pm Fri 27 March in the Octogan[/i] Sudhir Duppati -[i]Devoltion #1 "Thus I spoke Silence" 5:30pm Fri 27 March at the Blue Oyster[/i] Sarah Forgan - [i]Wish: About Spaces 2pm Sat 4 April at the Blue Oyster[/i] An exhibition of Sylvia Schwenk's work at the Blue Oyster gallery, titled [i]They Paved Paradise Put up a Parking Lot[/i], will be launched on Tuesday 24 March at 5:30pm with an opening performance [i]Boots for Rising Water[/i]. Work by Sudhir Duppati and Sarah Forgan will also be exhibited at the Blue Oyster Gallery from 24 March - 18 April.
Hello Lamb: The Perspectives of Elsewhere
Our 2009 program has begun with a Japanese - New Zealand collaboration The Perspectives of Elsewhere. The show is a cultural exchange project involving artists from Auckland and Tokyo. Michelle Armistead, former Director of the Blue Oyster, traveled to Japan in 2008 with the New Zealand artists group Hello Lamb who exhibited their Do It Yourself Shelf Museum of Possibilities for the first time in GEISAI Museum 2. The result of this trip is the exhibition The Perspectives of Elsewhere, which was exhibited in Auckland in September last year, involving invited artists from Japan exhibiting alongside Hello Lamb artists. In it's third incarnation the DIY shelf museum has diversified, grown and in some cases spread off the shelf into other regions of the gallery. The group's name Hello Lamb is a merger of the iconic Japanese phenomena Hello Kitty, and New Zealand's cultural tourism trademark - the sheep. This combination represents a meeting point and engagement between both cultures. It is this cross cultural communication and translation, which the artists involved are interested in exploring. The exhibition will be on show until 21 February.
MIC Homegrown
The Moving Image Center Toi Rerehiko have just announced their call for submissions for the Homegrown showcase they present each year at New Zealand International Film Festival. Check out http://mic.org.nz/ for details on how to enter.
New Dunedin Identity
Expressions of interest are being sought by Dunedin City Council from creative agencies to develop a new brand strategy for the city. See http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/news/january-2010/nationwide-search-to-deliver-city-promotion for details.