Enjoy call for proposals for NEW WORK
Call for proposals for NEW WORK July - December 2004 NEW WORK is a series focusing on the generation of ideas encouraging artists and curators to develop new work that pushes at the boundaries of…
Treaty Quiz - Getting informed is a good idea
How much do you know about the Treaty of Waitangi and the settlement process? Here's a quiz you can do online, it only takes a minute or so and you will probably learn a thing or two. Quiz…
Dieting, vomiting and fashion in Paul Rothwell's new play
Undine, a new play by Paul Rothwell is a satire on consumer culture and attention seeking, set in an in-fighting trio of fifteen year olds. It's on at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre, Western…
Hautaha by Filip Tohi
Onehunga Public Artwork FilipeTohi has lived in New Plymouth for 22 years where he has made a name as a stone carver. For many years now Filipe has studied the Tongan traditional art of lalava, or…
The road to riches? - Richard Florida finds his critics
The road to riches? Richard Florida has built a thriving career on the theory that the "creative class" drives urban economic growth. But critics increasingly say his ideas just don't add up. …
Auckland Film Society 2004 Season
Dedicated to broadening local filmgoing options, Auckland Film Society is a link in New Zealand's only alternative non-profit film exhibition network. As a largely voluntary organisation, the Film…
Bogans - The movie that you didn't know you were waiting for
Before "Lord of the Rings" there was Bogans When Peter Jackson scored the Lord of the Rings the acting fraternity in New Zealand went into a frenzy. Everyone was going to be a movie star,…
POOP at Pigeon Park
POOP' - AN EXCREMENTAL ADVENTURE Premieres Te Aro ('Pigeon') Park, NZ Fringe Festival 7pm, 8-13th March 2004 FEATHERED FRIENDS OR FEATHERED FIENDS? 'Poop' is an exciting new…
The Have - mini album, X-Box commercial and international interest
By the end of last year the four boys from Wanganui called The Have had shifted to Auckland, released a couple of singles, were sponsored by Converse and Red Bull, signed a deal with Shock Records,…
Shape Shifter - National Sculpture Exhibition
Shapeshifter Essential New Zealand Sculpture is an exhibition of outdoor sculpture by leading New Zealand artists. It is the first of what will become a biennial event, alongside the New Zealand…
Bic Runga - The Acoustic Church Tour
New Zealand April/ May 2004 In London in July last year, Bic played an acoustic gig at the Union Chapel in Islington. A beautiful 18th century church, it was a truly memorable show - a flawless…
Tessa Laird reflects on the Cultural Provocation Conference
The following article written by Tessa Laird was first published on Natural Selection a free Australasian art reviews magazine distributed on-line. It was written in response to the marae-based hui…