PerformaceArcade2015The Per­for­mance Arcade is one of those delight­ful year­ly Welling­ton events that hap­pen come rain or shine, wind or gale.

The Arcade’s popped up on the water­front every sum­mer since 2011 and the 2015 series kicks off tonight 18th of Feb­ru­ary at 5pm.

It’s run­ning for 13 hours every day — because even artists have to sleep some­times  — for an oh so short but very beau­ti­ful four days, fin­ish­ing  Feb­ru­ary 22nd.

The Arcade exists as an archi­tec­tural­ly arranged string of  Ship­ping Con­tain­ers, along Welling­ton’s Water­front, behind Te Papa. Once the Arcade gets going  it’s hard to miss the delight­ful con­ver­gence of  instal­la­tion, per­for­mance art, son­ic art, audio-visu­al art, inter­ac­tive media, culi­nary art and live music. For 2015 they’ve cre­at­ed four com­po­nents”

  • The Con­tain­er Series: Ship­ping con­tain­er-sit­u­at­ed instal­la­tions and per­for­mances

  • The City Series: A pro­gramme of per­for­mances and instal­la­tions occur­ring along the Welling­ton Water­front or extend­ing into the near­by city

  • The Live Music Series: A shel­tered stage behind the Arcade, ide­al for live music, culi­nary art and oth­er per­for­mances

  • The Audio-Visu­al Series: A pro­gramme of mov­ing image and sound works installed on screens and pro­jec­tion sur­faces around the Arcade archi­tec­ture.

In antic­i­pa­tion, here’s an awe­some film of the pack-in by Gussie Larkin!