A proposal was unveiled yesterday for a Weta Workshop-designed rugby-themed sculpture to grace the city, somewhere, In Time For The Rugby World Cup.
The sculpture is highly symbolic, with the DomPost providing a list of all the symbolism, but what does the sculpture most resemble?
Spotted at the Railway Station is this hilarious anti-graffiti ad:
Find out what this nice young suburban couple are up to after the jump.
I’m just guessing that the reason the letterbox outside Borders Bookstore in Lambton Quay has been happily talking to itself (possibly with Emily Perkins’ voice) all week, has something to do with Writers & Readers Week.
That NZ Post are sponsors of the week kind of supports that theory.
Has anyone heard any other postal paraphernalia talking to them?
Please say it’s not just me…
The Hutt is a seething mass of culture (as if you didn’t know), and at the moment there is a particularly splendid outdoor exhibition of sculpture, Shape Shifter. The art works are for sale, and we at the Wellingtonista Towers feel a few would look just the thing in the foyer. The exhibition is at the Civic Gardens, next to the Horticultural Hall and opposite the Dowse.
Why not make a real trip of it, and come out on Saturday for the Petone Fiesta. This street carnival features a vibrant and eclectic mix of music, food, theatre, arts and crafts. A certain shop may even be open especially late for the fun , and a certain shopkeeper may be guzzling grog to make the fun funner, but that is another story…
Petone Fiesta, Jackson St, 6pm-10pm 8th March.
Shape Shifter, Civic Gardens, 22 February – 16 March.
Now, everybody has seen the poetry which seems to appear just about everywhere down near the lagoon and around Te Papa, right?
This one took me by surprise though.
It’s Fiona Kidman, and is in such a comparatively out-of-the-way place I literally stumbled across it.
The full text of the poem is here.
But can you guess where the picture was taken?
Here’s another one of the wee guys in this series of temporary sculptures:
Quite an appropriate location, atop the long-abandoned toilets and amid the construction of the new Courtenay Place park.
Say hi to my new favourite statue.
I edited out his privates.
This is one of my favourite places in Wellington:
… and if anyone ever tries to do it harm, as I’ve heard rumours of happening in the past, well… they just better watch out.
Sorry for the crappy photo. Stupid phone. Looks like I also managed to catch a flying rat in full, uh, flight.
Well, you’d really have to know your way around to guess today’s piece just by the photo here.
One of the things I’ve been enjoying is not having to wander too far from the apartment to find some amazing[ly weird] stuff around for you to look at.
This piece is in Jack Ilott Green. You know, the little garden just off Jervois Quay, the one where they’re constantly promising to build something useful. At the moment it just seems to be a refuge for pot smokers.
OK, since I’m keeping you in suspense, here’s the side view!
Yeah, the Wellingtonista are thinking it too. Bloody strange bit of art.
It has this same bias relief on all four sides, and although the entire sculpture seems to be getting a little knocked about it’s still in good form.
Problem is, no-one is certain what in the heck it’s supposed to be. If you have any suggestions, fell free to leave them in comments.
But first! What is it!
