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
