01/03/07

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TOM KREISLER AT GOVETT-BREWSTER

Just about to open at New Plymouth’s Govett-Brewster is Tom Kreisler, the first comprehensive survey of Tom Kreisler (1938-2002), an artist critic Wystan Curnow calls "possibly New Zealand’s most under-recognised important painter". Curated by son Aaron Kreisler, the exhibition features more than 40 large-scale paintings, altered ready-mades, works on found materials, drawings and notebooks in a reconsideration of the artist’s work and its impact on fellow artists, writers and critical thinkers across New Zealand.

Tom Kreisler runs at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 3 March-13 May.

Set to coincide with the opening of Tom Kreisler is the launch of comma dot dogma, a 196-page monograph of Kreisler’s work with four new texts by Wystan Curnow, John Hurrell, Deborah Cain and Aaron Kreisler. The book is the first to be released by Umbrella, the Wellington-based print and publication design company.

For more info on Tom Kreisler or to purchase comma dot comma checks out: www.tomkreisler.com

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UpStage Call For Submissions

UpStage Festival is calling for submissions by artists keen to do on-line performances to a global audience using www.upstage.org.nz, a site purpose-built for live interactive performance events. The festival will take place on-line in UpStage and be screened at the New Zealand Film Archive in Wellington.

To submit a proposal, email the following information to info@upstage.org.nz:

.Working tile of your cyberformance and 3-4 sentences about it
. names and locations of people involved
. brief background / bios (not more than 300 words)
. preferred time (in your local time) for presentation on 7 July
. contact email and postal address

Deadline is 31 March

David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights to tour NZ and Australia

Legendary Dunedin musician / songwriter David Kilgour and his band The Heavy Eights are about to kick off a tour of New Zealand and Australia to support Kilgour’s new album, The Far Now. The new album - recorded in Dunedin but mastered in Nashville - is out this February on Arch Hill Records in New Zealand and Merge Records in the US. A US tour is also planned for later in 2007



Check out David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights

Feb 3 Arc Café Dunedin
Feb 8 The Dux Christchurch
Feb 15 SFBH Wellington
Feb 16 Latitude Live Napier
Feb 17 Schooner Tavern Auckland
Mar 1 Metro Sydney
Mar 2 Ricks Bar Brisbane
Mar 6 Corner Hotel Melbourne
For more info go to www.myspace.com-davidkilgour

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The New Dowse About to Open

After an 18 month 6 million dollar revamp, Lower Hutt’s public art gallery The Dowse is finally about to re-open Saturday, February 17 with an opening party followed by a month-long festival of classes by international artists, workshops, performances and lectures.

The opening party kicks off 12pm on Saturday, February 17.

12pm: Opening Ceremony Batucada & The Titan Hutt City Brass Band
2:30pm: Ricky Boyd & The Boomshack Band Loonesco – Fringe Street Performers
VJ – Video Artist Showcase
4pm: Real Hot Bitches Danceathon
5:30pm: DJ Duke Willis
6pm: All Star Dawnraid Entertainment Showcase
7:30 pm: Hollie Smith & Band
check out www.dowse.org.nz

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Perilous – A Summer Circus in Civic Square

Featuring two outdoor trapeze rigs, live music, rolling workshops and roving performances by stilters, jugglers and adagio acts, Perilous – a summer circus – will be occupying Wellington’s Civic Square this Sunday, January 28, 12-5pm, sponsored by Summer City. White Fungus will be holding a stall with the full-range of back-issues available plus comics and other art publications.

www.myspace.com/perilouscircusfestival

White Fungus Issue 7
Out Soon

White Fungus Issue 7 is set to be released. The bright red new issue will be the biggest yet with articles on New Zealand artist Yvonne Todd, Australian artist Hany Armanious, Japanese Noise pioneer Merzbow and an interview with LA writer and filmmaker Chris Kraus talking about her new novel Torpor and growing up in Wellington in the 1970s.

There will also be new drawings by Peter Robinson, a short story by Wellington writer Hamish Low, an in-depth history article by Tim Bollinger: Strange Days on Lake Rotomahana: The End of the Pink and White Terraces, plus much more…

The magazine will be available at New Zealand retailers December 15 and at international retailers about a week later.


White Fungus Release Party and Fizz Factory Premier

A release party for the new issue will be held at Wellington’s Happy Bar and Venue this Thursday, December 14, at 8pm. Music will be provided by Jeff Henderson, DJs Ace Hurt and Bek Coogan (Cortina) and the Noise Machine.

Also, there will be the premier screening of new experimental short film Fizz Factory starring Jeremy Randerson and set at the iconic and historical Foxton Fizz Factory that Randerson took over earlier in the year. The film features a soundtrack by Rowan Laing including the saxophone of Jeff Henderson and music by German composer Hans Otte, courtesy of Pogus Productions (US) and Radio Bremen (Germany).

Party is Free Entry, White Fungus Issue 7 will be on sale.

On now at Wellington’s The Walrus Gallery – cnr Jessie and Taranaki St – is Contemporary Artifacts, an exhibition of new work by Sandy Rodgers running until December 12. Rodgers’ work explores the Maori and Pakeha histories drawing upon maps, illustrations and other archival materials.

Exit Dunedin

Exit Dunedin - a recent project organised by Wellington artist John Borley – undertook the task of proving this year’s graduates of Dunedin’s School of Fine Art with detailed critical responses to their work from a team of invited arts professionals. Inspired, in part, by a 2002 project Static that took place in Liverpool, Exit sought to deal with the issues and problems confronting art students moving from the protected environment of the art school into the professional realm by giving students a direct experience of public reception of their work. To see the reviews check out:


http://buro.net.nz/exitdunedin