At Blue Oyster, Kathleen Peacock presents If I Were a Blackbird as part of the Future Proof series in association with High Street Project, Christchurch.
Past Exhibition
Tūrei 10 -
Hātarei 21
Ākuhata
Tuesday 10 -
Saturday 21
August
1999
Kathleen Peacock, If I Were a Blackbird, Installation View, 1999. Photographer unknown.
In 1999 Blue Oyster collaborated with High Street Project on a series of exhibitions titled Future Proof . Eight artists were shown in a touring exhibition between the two galleries, lasting until November. In this iteration of the series Kathleen Peacock presented her exhibition If I Were a Blackbird comprising of a series of small wooden boxes dotted throughout the gallery and lit by hanging bulbs. Within these boxes speakers were mounted, playing haunting songs from the artists childhood, as performed by her mother.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 detail view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 detail view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 detail view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 detail view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 installation view.
Future Proof was a series of exhibitions made ready by High Street Project and Blue Oyster split across Christchurch and Dunedin between August—November 1999.
In Dunedin, Blue Oyster hosted Kathleen Peacock, Robert Hood, Ian McDonald and Amanda Newall. In Christchurch, Hight Street Project hosted Douglas Kelaher, Steve Carr, Emma Kitson and Sera Jensen.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 ephemera detail.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 exterior view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 exterior view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 ephemera detail.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 exterior view.
Kathleen Peacock, Future Proof: If I Were a Blackbird, 1999 exterior view.
Kathleen Peacock