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.