Perched upon the top of Cuba St, This­tle Hall is known for pro­vid­ing Welling­to­ni­ans with short bursts of visu­al arts. Exhibits pack in and out again at a fre­net­ic pace, and if plan­ning and serendip­i­ty con­spire, trea­sures can be eas­i­ly missed. Take some time this week and get up to the cur­rent exhib­it.

Exquis­ite Corpse draws its name from the sur­re­al­ist move­ment and a par­lour game that col­lects a series of ideas from par­tic­i­pants, joined togeth­er into a col­lec­tive uncon­scious real­i­ty. The exhib­it col­lects the pho­tog­ra­phy of four Welling­ton design­ers as a sequen­tial col­lab­o­ra­tion, with each new item link­ing direct­ly from the one pre­vi­ous. Liane McGee, Kate Arnott and Tes­sa Gour­ley of Forty­five Design and Andrew McGee of Tea­spoon Films have con­struct­ed a vivid­ly colour­ful array of famil­iar sights and scenes, arranged and pre­sent­ed as a col­lage of uni­fy­ing char­ac­ter­is­tics and con­trast­ing state­ments.

Hav­ing been slight­ly short of time today, I’m going to have to make extra time tomor­row to dwell longer on the details. Exquis­ite Corpse is open 11–6 Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, and 11–3 on Sun­day.