Past Exhibition

After chequered beginnings, the theme and narrative of Galloway's zine Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People has come to be determined by autobiographical elements from his life. Same Same (Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People) is confessional and darkly funny, aiming for nothing less than personal catharsis in the hope that readers will see something very authentic and familiar in his day-to-day trials and tribulations. By focusing on the everyday Galloway challenges the generalisations of theory. This self examination is such ready material for an exploration of embarrassment and the social-ego. A reading room, with hot coffee, will be constructed in the gallery where visitors can peruse back copies of the zine and related material: posters, photographs and wall drawings. Same Same is presented with support from Massey University, Wellington.

Presented alongside Anna Muirhead Polytears , Simon Kaan The Asian and a new public artwork Displacement by James Voller . Concerned at different levels with the multifarious construction and performance of identity Kaan, Muirhead and Galloway, through very different mediums, explore the histories, domestic and public circumstances and politics that impact on the construction our lives.

Blue Oyster Discussion Session 10: Tuesday 4 May, 5:30pm

For this discussion we will be looking at the debates which have arisen around Nicolas Bourriaud’s treatise Relational Aesthetics, in which he offers a theory for characterising and evaluating post-nineties art works based on the social exchanges which they represent, produce or prompt.

Simon Kaan, Bryce Galloway and Ali Bramwell will be joining us to ask how useful this debate is for understanding Simon and Bryce's work and the experiences of the visitors to the Blue Oyster .