Speakers and Events
Exposure 09: An Exhibition by graduating Design and Fine Art students
Exposure is one of the signature events for the Festival each year and increasingly, a calendar event for Wellington’s Creative Campus.
As the end of year exhibition by graduating fine arts and design students, it brings together top quality work from textiles to typography, illustration to industrial design, fashion to photography and more. The exhibition spans two parts of the campus, Fine Art and Photography in Block 1 and 2 and Design in Block 10. Maps, signage and our exhibition hosts will be available to assist you.
The exhibition is open daily for 9 days, so make sure you set aside a couple of hours in your diary to thoroughly explore the talents of the next generation of creative thinkers.
Persiflage: An Exhibition by Lee Jensen
"Ornament, like dust, is what remains, a reminder of past fancies forgotten; and not just ill-remembered, but abandoned, like a child at a fair, youthful cupidity, print ephemera, old pornography in a cupboard. My work starts in this place, a site of some friction and chafing between worlds. I want to pick up these fragments, bring this "grammar of ornament" into a contemporary context with all its baggage - vapidity, kitsch, the sweet rot of bathos..."
So writes Lee Jensen of his work, an exploration of ornament that tests the tensions between design and fine art. BLOW 09 is proud to exhibit Lee's latest exhibition, Persiflage, a series of five panel drops inspired by "the debris of the day, informed by both 19th century decorative models and Italian early modernist design".
Lee Jensen lectures in typography, graphic design and contextual studies at the College of Creative Arts. In 2006 Lee participated in SATELLITE, an exhibition in Shanghai featuring artists from Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Other recent exhibits include Walk the Line (2006) at the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery (with Kate Woods), and an installation in The New Dowse in 2007/2008.
Lightbox: An installation by Antony Nevin & Karen Curley
Lightbox is an installation that takes imagery and sound from the Antarctic and presents it to an audience using a room converted into a Camera Obscura. The creation of Antony Nevin and Karen Curley from Massey’s Institute of Communication Design, Lightbox was developed with help from Antarctica New Zealand, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), scientist Anthony Powell and sound artist Servando Barreiro.
They wanted to recreate the effects of the Aurora Australis, which occurs naturally when charged particles riding on solar winds hit the earth’s magnetic field. Inside the Lightbox people are surrounded by imagery that is inverted, refracted and combined through the use of multiple apertures.
A starry field of holes projects the pattern of constellations from the southern sky. As the Aurora Australis glows, the sun rises and sets and the moon races behind Mt Erebus. Lightbox fluxes and moves with a thousand tiny upside-down images of the Antarctic environment.
Lightbox made its debut at the Lightwave Festival in Dublin, Ireland in early 2009, amongst some of the world’s most inspirational scientists, designers and artists working with illumination and light. The Lightbox creates a space for contemplation that encourages any audience to engage with science, the Aurora phenomenon and optics.
Iwi Creativity: An Exhibition by Maori Creative Arts Students
The "Iwi Creativity" initiative highlights Maori student study activities across the range of design and fine arts offerings in the College. An annual showcase provides the opportunity for the College to celebrate and promote Maori student creative work. The event also provides an opportunity to invite Whanau and the wider community to share in our aspiration for Maori achievement.
The "Iwi Creativity" poster exhibition features the creative work of individual Maori students currently undertaking studies in the creative arts. While the posters emphasise the importance of Maori student contribution and academic endeavour in their chosen discipline they also emphasise the iwi connections with whom they are affiliated.
He toi whakairo, He mana tangata.
Where there is artistic excellence there is human dignity
adDressing Space: An Installation by Textile Design Students
What happens when 21 textile design students, armed with pattern, colour and material descend upon an empty and austere industrial site? One could predict that the space will look “permanently surprised by what has happened to it – a glum host won over by a charming guest” (Paton, p.13).
The work on show in adDRESSING SPACE occupies an interesting territory, somewhere between painting, sculpture and the catwalk. Fabric normally associated with the apparel industry finds itself taken off the body to embrace architectural form. The body is still addressed - but it is the body of the spectator. The works on show concentrate on exploring the physicality of viewing, perceiving and experiencing colour, texture and pattern. For one night only, this installation event will reveal how the conversation of concrete and crushed velvet, loading docks and lycra played out.
Paton, J. (2004). Warpspeed. Sara Hughes. Dunedin: University of Otago Image: Erin Cretney
Paul Gough (UK): An Exhibition Curated by Jeremy Diggle
Paul Gough is a painter, broadcaster and writer and has recently become the Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange, at the University of the West of England, after 12 years as their Executive Dean of Creative Arts.
Paul was the Chair of the Art and Design Panel in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, the United Kingdom’s equivalent to New Zealand’s Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF).
His recent research covers the aesthetics of conflict, landscapes of dereliction, and the iconography of commemoration. He has published widely in art history, cultural geographies and material culture and exhibits his paintings internationally. Paul’s large-scale history paintings, with a strong military theme, are in many private and public collections, including the Imperial War Museum, London and Canadian War Museum, Ottawa. He has shown widely in UK and abroad, and has had one-man shows in Canada, London, Manchester, Lancaster and Bristol.
He has a Masters in painting and a PhD in cultural history from the Royal College of Art. His most recent book, about ten painters from the Great War, is published this summer.
This exhibition, aptly located at the National War Memorial Carillon building in Wellington, is a must see for all those interested in exploring the visual cultures of war, memory, place and identity.
Place in Space: Emerging Artists Exhibition
A group of new artists present a collection of installations with an accent on process and performance.
The artworks vary in format, raising different questions of the audience as well as the space of exhibition. In this way The Print Factory site will play multiple roles as gallery, workshop, test space, and laboratory. Some artworks will respond directly to this environment, while others will create environments built within it.
This is a unique chance to see new works in various stages of completion by a diverse group of emerging artists. Featuring: Hannah Edmunds Andrew Ivory Shane McGrath Douglas Stichbury Mike Ting Johnathon Titheridge and others
Jason Munn (USA): Revisiting The Rock Poster; An Exhibition
In a visually cluttered world - from roadside billboards to the overheated Internet - Munn’s work is cool, detached, almost soothing in its gentle melancholy. Scott Timberg - Los Angeles Times.
Jason Munn, originally hailing from Wisconsin but now based in Oakland, has carved out a following in both the art and indie music scenes. Stemming from these twin loves, his strong concept-driven posters soon became a fixture in the local independent music scene.
With the establishment of The Small Stakes studio in 2003 Munn has gone on to reaffirm himself on the international design stage. Munn’s poster designs place the artist’s unique musical and cultural personality front and centre. Rock poster conventions and cliches become all the more obvious when considered alongside his quiet, fresh (yet strangely canonical) approach.
His works have appeared in numerous books, magazines and exhibitions, and is part of the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
This is a must see opportunity for those who are drawn to the seductive trinity of design, music and popular culture.
Design Exposure 09: An exhibition by graduating Design students
Design Exposure 09, Auckland Campus.
The Auckland School of Design, based at the College’s campus at Albany, offers an opportunity to view the work of graduating students in the disciplines of Transport, Industrial and Graphic Design.
Located for three days only in the heart of the city’s Viaduct Harbour, this event is a draw card for industry supporters as well as family and friends. With the launch of the new Integrated Design programme in 2010, this exhibition will continue to grow as a showcase for innovation in design. Be sure to check it out for its limited season.
One Night Out: An exhibition by Gerbrand van Melle
A one night exhibition of selected posters designed by Gerbrand for the Dutch pop venue Tivoli over a 20 year period. This rare Dutch design event offers an extensive overview of Gerbrand’s work, from his very first disco poster in 1989 to his last concert poster in 2009.
Tivoli provided a playground to experiment with typographic and visual language and the opportunity to delve into experimental printing techniques. Gerbrand was responsible for the execution of their corporate identity, keeping the venue fresh and vital over two decades of changing musical styles. This working relationship is best viewed in his book ‘18+’, which he published in 2007.
Gerbrand van Melle is a senior lecturer in typography and graphic design at the College of Creative Arts Wellington. His research domain is defined by information design and online music experience. This is a visual journey into sound! Catch you there.
Dance / Objectif: Showcasing Dance Photography
In optics an objective is the lens that focuses rays from an object and forms them into images on a focal plane. ‘Dance/objectif’ is a unique collaboration between final year Photography Students from Massey University and Dance Performance students from the New Zealand School of Dance.
‘Dance/objectif’ showcases outstanding examples of dance photography; capturing the passion and precision that embodies both disciplines and a must see for all.
This exhibition coincides with the annual New Zealand School of Dance Graduation Season – a selection of classical and contemporary dance works performed by NZSD students at Te Whaea Theatre. It also runs parallel with 'Exposure', the exhibition of graduand work from the College of Creative Arts at Massey.
Photo credit: David Seumanutafa
Surplus & Creativity: Design and the Ready-Made
The 21st century is witness to the manufacture of consumer goods at unprecedented levels of production. Products of every kind, shape and form fill our homes, offices and storage spaces. These products have a life, and when it is over they are either discarded to storage, or dumped. These ready-made but surplus ‘things’ still contain embedded value, untold stories, and the possibilities of different applications and life in their third age. Using these discarded ready-made items has a long tradition in art and design.
A provocative exhibition where ready-made objects are reformed, recombined, rearranged and recontextualised to engender outrage, humour, social comment, imagination and creativity. The works have been produced by staff and Masters students in the Institute of Design for Industry and Environment at Massey’s College of Creative Arts, along with industry associates from AFFECT, the Centre for Affective Design Research at Massey University.
Set Departure: Performance Design Project
This short exhibition features the work of the College’s final cohort of Performance Design students.
They have constructed ten uniquely seductive works for an exhibition which blurs the lines between stage, screen and exhibition. Each component work demonstrates individual approaches to performance and design, turning The Print Factory into a dynamic space of encounter with performance, installation, and audio-visual media.
Performance Design study will remain available at Massey University through Postgraduate study and undergraduate specialisation in performance design through the Spatial Design department.
Featuring: Elizabeth Carpenter Renee Dennison Ian Hammond Ashleigh Kane Rose Kirkup Richard Larsen Rose Morrison Rowan Pierce Emma Ransley Jessica Sanderson