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.