Solo 36 – Hall of the Unrecognised

On now at the New Zea­l­and Academy of Fine Arts the install­a­tion ‘Hall of the Unre­cog­nised’ cel­eb­rates the inaug­ur­al Nation­al Coun­cil of Women which first met in Christ­ch­urch on 13 April 1896. The install­a­tion is part of the Solo 36 group show. It’s an inter­est­ing and pro­vok­ing exhib­i­tion con­sid­er­ing the cur­rent debate around rape and […]

Baby it’s cold inside

A little late to the party but still some­thing rather delight­ful has popped up in the city.  Cleave (a pro­ject between artist Gabby O’Con­nor, ocean­o­graph­er Craig Stevens, cur­at­or Kath­ar­ine Allard and the amaz­ing kids from Miramar Cent­ral school) is liv­ing at 86 Vic­tor­ia St Wel­ling­ton until July 13 2013. It’s view­able 24/7 as it’s all […]

Binge Culture takes on Lucrece

“Audi­ence mem­bers will be seated close enough to touch the per­formers and view­ers will be encour­aged to think about the ways they look at women’s bod­ies – both on film and in the flesh.” No, that’s not the press release from Wel­ling­ton Fash­ion Week. Instead, it’s Lucrece: An Adapt­a­tion of Shakespeare’s the Rape of Lucrece, […]

Living City

Did any­one see the install­a­tion on Wake­field Street yes­ter­day?

I’d popped out to the cent­ral lib­rary, and someone had out­lined a park­ing space with small, pot­ted pan­sies.

It was right next to the zebra cross­ing out­side the West Plaza.

The cutest bit was the meter tick­et put into one of the plants!

If you were involved in that, or knows who was, could you get in touch with the Wel­ling­tonista? Thx.