The Dowse >> What's On : April 2005
The Dowse >> What's On : April 2005
APRIL 2005
exhibitions
THE IHC TELECOM ART AWARDS [OPENS 9 April >> 10 July]
Afro Vince, Cocoon Baby and Diana’s Diamonds! The Dowse is proud to host the 2005 IHC Telecom Art awards, celebrating the extraordinary creative talents of New Zealanders with an intellectual disability. The works of 30 finalists have been selected from over 400 entries nationally for the exhibition, and will be auctioned on May 11. This impressive collection of works includes art, craft and design and is representative of the enormous amount of work being produced by people with an intellectual disability around the country, as a vital form of communication and expression. more http://www.dowse.org.nz/dowse%20IHC%20Art%20Awards.htm live online auction: www.ihc.org.nz http://www.ihc.org.nz
BOARD ART : SKATEBOARD ART [ON NOW >> 17 April]
Check out these decks! NZ's coolest established and student artists get streetwise for the national Board Art competition - painting, designing and re-creating skateboards like never B4. Student work alongside well-known artists Michael Tuffery, Mark Braunias, Tony De Lautour, 4 artists from the Disruptiv collective, Dylan Horrocks, Nathan Pohio, Hannah and Aaron Beehre, Jane Dodd and Michael Reed. more
THE CRAFT TERRORIST [ON NOW >> 1 May]
[NEW ACQUISITION on show in THE HOUSE OF DOWSE] This cheeky work by local artists Gabby O'Connor and Genevieve Packer was inspired by Gabby's recent attempts to take craft implements, such as knitting needles, onto airplanes.
Since 9/11 these items have come to be viewed as possible
weapons and routinely confiscated...but she found if she
wore her tools on her body - a knitting needle bent into a
bracelet for instance - security wouldn't bat any eye! And
so routinely throughout Europe she committed such small acts
of craft terrorism. more
> THE WHO AM I? EPISODES : KELCY TARATOA
[ON NOW >> 8 May] From space-invaders to paddling
pools, Tip-top icecream, BMX bikes and the local dairy, this
series of large-scale graphic paintings explores issues
surrounding identity - about growing up Mâori in an urban
environment. This hugely popular exhibition is of final year
work by emerging artist Kelcy Taratoa who will graduate from
Te Putahi-A-Toi, Massey University, Palmerston North, with a
Masters of Fine Arts in early 2005. THE FAMILY [23 APRIL
>> 28 AUGUST] The Family is much-loved and holds a very
special place in The Dowse's permanent collection. This
artwork is comprised of 35 dolls by artist Malcolm Harrison
and has, like any family grown in a random and somewhat
unplanned way - and they make a very eclectic bunch..! The
first family member, Jerry, was born in 1983 and was joined
by 33 more over the next four years. Other family members
include a circus busker, a used carriage salesman, an
explorer, a showgirl, as well as babies and children. Each
doll was created from Harrison's vast collection of fabrics,
buttons, old jewellery, snippets of lace, pieces of
embroidery and hat trimmings. REREHIKO : The wharenui of cyberspace...
[ON NOW >> 8 May] Stunning multi-media projections by
young Maori artist Rachael Rakena, incorporating images of
water, submerged kapahaka performance and floating fragments
of email text... The title Rerehiko plays upon the Maori
word for computer 'rorohiko' or 'electric brain', and the
substitution of the word 'rere'-meaning to flow or fly,
emphasises the free fragmentary nature of email...
more The 'new' Dowse building redevelopment The Cafe The
Dowse has a reputation not only as a leading creative space
but as a great spot for serious coffee and very yummy cafe
food. The 'new' Dowse building redevelopment, designed by
Athfield Architects, is scheduled to commence later this
year, and will incorporate cafe seating for 100 people (the
current space only accommodates 40 hungry visitors.) The
sophisticated and spacious design features indoor and
outdoor courtyard seating, high celings and lots of natural
light - and will be the ideal spot to meet friends and take
time out to reflect on your extraordinary Dowse
experience! http://www.dowse.org.nz
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