27/09/06

Lash, installation view, The Gus Fisher Gallery, 2005. Courtesy of the artist,
Starkwhite, Auckland and Kukje Gallery, Seoul

Two works by Auckland-based Korean artist Hye Rim Lee, Lash and Boom Boom: Super Heroine Super Beauty, are currently showing in Barcelona, Spain at Casa Asia as part of The Sea That Has Two Names: Video Art From Korea. Curated by Manu Park – artistic director of Busan Biennial – the exhibition features works by nine Korean artists projected onto the walls of Casa Asia’s exhibition halls. Lash was recently purchased by the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Korea. The Sea That Has Two Names: Video Art From Korea runs at Casa Asia until 31 October.

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Third installment of sound performance series STATIC MANSION is set to kick off at Lyttelton’s Wunderbar for two dates: Saturday, 30 September and Thursday, 12 October. Featuring ten sound artists from throughout the country, expect two nights of sonic adventure incorporating hacked electronics, aural assaults and wayward processors.
For more information contact STATIC MANSION at staticmansion@gmail.com

Saturday 30 September 8:30pm - $5
Adam Willetts (Auck)
Sean Kerr (Auck)
The Hi-Aces (Chc/Wgtn)
Stanier Black-Five (Chc/UK)
Thursday 12 October 8:30pm - $5
Sam Hamilton (Auck)
Ben Spiers (Wgtn)
Andrew Weeks (Wgtn)
Tim Coster (Auck)

17/09/06

Just opened at Wellington’s the Engine Room is A Brief History of Time, the final show of the gallery’s 2006 programme. Curated by gallery manager Kim Patton, the exhibition features work by Wellington artists Amy Howden-Chapman, Shay Launder and Tao Wells exploring strategies for making art in a climate of rising political activism. Whether skeptic or believer, the artists promise affronts, asides and personal accounts of modern living. A Brief History of Time runs at the Engine Room until November 3.

Some other local happenings...

Craftwerk returns to Wellington this Labour Day, Mon, Oct 23. The locale is the Southern Cross Tavern and the time is 2-5pm. White Fungus will be there along with Tim Bollinger’s Attitude Problem. The full range of White Fungus back-issues will be available. For more info check out;
www.craftwerk.co.nz

Also coming soon to Wellington is the City Library’s new zine collection. For now you can check out the webpage: www.wcl.govt.nz/popular/zines.html

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Improvisational Music at Happy

Friday 20th sees Happy Bar and Venue play host to the resurfacing of The Idle Suite. The improvisational rock outfit – featuring a cast of members drawn from The Stumps and Cloudboy - has been out of action for several years but is soon set to release its debut record Up Two Sticks Rd on Last Visible Dog. Joining the festivities will be Temple of Heaven, a new guitar duo pairing Pseudo Arcana main-man Antony Milton and Campbell Kneale in his guise as the Black Boned Angel. The mysterious two-piece Pale Fire is also expected to be making an appearance. www.myspace.com/happybar

06/09/06

Kicking off soon at Auckland's ARTSPACE is Ack, an exhibition of new work by Peter Robinson. Robinson’s new show reanimates and introduces motifs into a complicated web of Maori, Pakeha and contemporary art iconography. A major catalogue examining the artist’s work during the past 15 years will be published by ARTSPACE and Clouds in conjunction with ACK and released in Febuary 2007. Ack runs at ARTSPACE from 16 September-14 October. There is an opening at 6pm onFriday, 15 September.

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Wellington avant-punk performance group the Mr Sterile Assembly are set to embark on a 19 day-tour of South East Asia. Beginning at Tunestone Studio in Kuala Lumpur on September 9, the band will play 10 performances, winding up at the GausHaus in Singapore on September 23. A new promotional CD has been recorded for the tour and is now available for listening at;
http://www.myspace.com/mrsterileassembly