Jim Allen’s News Curated by Mark Williams with Jim Allen and Mark Harvey
Jim Allen’s News presents video and still documentation of three works by Mark Harvey responding to a performance by Jim Allen entitled News.
in the abstract Natalie Kittow
Christchurch based emerging artist Natalie Kittow presents a new video work developed for Blue Oyster featuring selected sites around Dunedin including the gallery itself.
Phytophilic Why Look at Plants?
Join us for an afternoon screening of Phytophillic, a curated programme of contemporary video art and archival footage focused on the photosynthetic among us. Organised by Ellie Irons and presented by Zina Swanson.
Heavy to Hold Ana Iti
Having spent 3 weeks at the Caselberg Cottage in Broad Bay and working from the Blue Oyster studio space, Summer Resident Ana Iti opens the 2016 programme with Heavy to Hold.
summer of supine Juliet Carpenter
To conclude our 2015 programme of exhibitions Blue Oyster has commissioned a new video installation by Auckland based artist Juliet Carpenter.
Live at the Slipping Fan Belt Tim Player
An exploration of some live art themes.
The False Demographic Curated by Ted Whitaker and Chloe Geoghegan
Robert Carter, Brendan Jon Philip, Stella Corkery, Ondřej Vicena.
The call to “design your own flag” aligns with a proud DIY culture, modern democracy and a wry antipodean humour. What does the referendum mean to Aotearoa’s largely apolitical and globalised youth?
Grey Goo Tully Arnot
The Blue Oyster welcomes spring to Dunedin with a solo exhibition by Sydney based artist Tully Arnot. Supported by the 2015 Blue Oyster Supporters Network, Grey Goo is Arnot’s first major exhibition in New Zealand.
A Tragic Delusion Deanna Dowling, Tomas Richards, Cobi Taylor, Robyn Jordaan
Accompanying Public Programme: Adrian Hall, Kim Pieters, Nick Knox, Stuart Griffiths
vital bodies Curated by Georgina Watson
Georgette Brown, Wendelien Bakker, Anna Rankin, Sam Norton, Virginia Overell and Holly Childs.