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Reflecting on our grassroots August – October 2014 Image: ERIN FORSYTH
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The Depot Artspace quarterly magazine Loud showcases exhibitions, events, artists, music and musicians and a host of other creative initiatives. It is a condensed representation of our values; a clear and informative voice as well as a practical guide to what’s happening at Depot Artspace. Loud is the voice of Depot Artspace. Loud is about respect, support, advocacy and promotion of the arts. Loud is about liberation of the arts from current narrow definitions. Loud is a forum for discussion and opinion. Loud is loud because it needs to be - art is an incredibly undervalued aspect of our culture, significant to our history and our society. ISSN 2382-0187 (Print) ISSN 2382-0195 (Online) LOUD ISSUE 60 • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
About the Depot Artspace Editorial: LOUD Turns 60 – Linda Blincko Alternative Grassroots Arts and Cultural Creative Action Plan – Depot Artspace Depot Artspace Exhibitions and Openings Exhibition Opportunities – Helen Winskill, Gallery Manager Depot Sound News – Dave Rhodes Depot Press Auckland Zinefest Featured Artist: Aleksandra Petrovic Approaching my own Art Practice and my Teaching of Art in Simpatico Article #3 Teaching as a Significant Learning Experience – Linda Gair Cultural Icons News ArtsLab News – Lynn Lawton Social photos of Depot Exhibition Openings Join Depot Artspace
Header font: Otama by Tim Donaldson thesuburbs.co.nz All content © Depot Artspace and the respective artists, 2014 For magazine contribution, comment or criticism contact Linda (09) 963 2331 or linda.blincko@depotartspace.co.nz LOUD Magazine design and layout by Lia Kent Mackillop
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A Multidisciplinary Creative Community Depot Artspace is an open and inclusive multidisciplinary community that encourages engagement in all art forms. To this end it offers a variety of facilities, services and events that support the creative community and provide opportunities for participation and appreciation. www.depotartspace.co.nz Depot Galleries are three galleries in the Depot that provide diverse exhibiting opportunities for artists - the Main gallery exhibits large bodies of work and group shows; Small Dog is a light-filled, street facing gallery hosting solo or small group shows; Project Space is a small, intimate exhibition space at the back of the Main gallery. Depot Press is an ongoing series of publications created by the Depot Artspace with an emphasis on exploring Aotearoa/New Zealand’s unique cultural identity. Depot Sound is the Depot Artspace recording studio. Depot Sound is dedicated to providing a friendly and productive outlet for artists along with support and advice for musicians. Rehearsal rooms are also available to hire. www.depotsound.co.nz Ph. (09) 963 2328 The Vernacular Lounge is located within the Depot Artspace and operates as a space to develop projects and ideas in relation to New Zealand’s cultural heritage and its perpetual development in relation to a distinctive national identity. nzculturalgenealogymapping.wordpress.com Kerr Street Artspace is a large space, located at the foot of Takarunga/Mount Victoria, for workshops, performance and theatre as well and an intimate space for self-managed exhibitions and meetings with very reasonable hireage rates. ArtsLab offers professional development workshops, seminars, and mentoring to creative people seeking career guidance and employment in the creative sector. Ph. (09) 963 2328 Cultural Icons is a series of interviews with iconic New Zealanders who have shaped the arts and culture landscape of New Zealand. www.culturalicons.co.nz Morph Magazine is an online arts and culture magazine featuring articles, overseas columnists, reviews and artist profiles. www.morphmagazine.co.nz Urban Arts Village Devonport celebrates everything that makes Devonport the rich and distinct community it is; its history, heritage, landscape, landmarks, arts and people. www.urbanartsvillage.co.nz
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Loud Turns Snowplough and the Angel by Sandra M. Waine 2010
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Turning 60 assumes a history, and hopefully a philosophy, which has grown from experience and observation and informs how we live and act in the world today. We have learnt a lot leading up to our 60th, most of which has been recounted throughout earlier editions of LOUD, and which relate to the place of the arts in society and our place as a creative community in the arts. It has been an interesting and edifying journey. Our biggest challenges have been to meet the needs our multidisciplinary environment is committed to satisfy while managing to remain sustainable, and to represent arts in the community as important, valid and liberating.
When Auckland citizens were invited to submit to the Council’s Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan (ACSAP), the Depot Artspace decided to write an alternative action plan that, from the grassroots perspective, detailed the extent to which organisations like ours were fulfilling, alongside their communities, all the goals that Council set to be achieved. Following is the Grassroots Creative Action Plan, developed from many years of keeping an ear to the ground while looking around for opportunities. - Linda Blincko
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Exhibitions & Events Paul Hartigan: Helium 2 – 27 August
Opening in the Main Gallery Saturday 2 August 2 – 3.30pm Helium brings together two ostensibly disparate parts of Paul Hartigan’s artistic output. The Power Flower series stems from consecutive in-camera Polaroid exposures, each analogue snap taken of a different botanical subject at the Auckland Domain. Hartigan manipulates time, floral form and colour, as if he is doing violence to a perfect bouquet and arranging a display that is less, yet more than its constituted parts. The Power Flowers are a mashed-up map to a garden city – not a clear snapshot to guide you from A to B, but overlays that result from the milky haze of memory, pictured through the scent, light and texture that muddies in remembrance.
They play with the traditional beauty of floral depictions: the perfectly painted or photographed vase of flowers; the bouquet of cut flowers - each Polaroid exposure plucking the botanical image from its surrounds; the idea of pressed flowers, where the bloom dies but retains its form. They gain power from their layered intensity; the palms seem to explode; they become hyper-floral. These bursts of colour and emanating light are mirrored in the neon works that make up the other half of Helium. With centres like plucked specimens they pulse as if alive. They may appear synthetic and man-made, but the neon inside these tubes is as natural as the flowers with which they share the room, an organic gas that provides the atmosphere with the colour that turns a sunset red. Harnessed and electrified, neon pollinates the spaces it illuminates. Side by side these photographic and neon works echo each other’s form, colour and intent. They both pump out light, but in differently ethereal ways. The mist of photographic memory and the fog of neon light are both given breath, and in the one room, they breathe new life into each other. –Text by Don Abbott 2014 GALLERY TALK: 2pm Saturday 9th of August with Don Abbott and Paul Hartigan in the Main Gallery. 16
We encourage you to come and be a part of the community. All are welcome at Depot Artspace exhibition openings and events.
Oliver Chun Xu: The Sympathy of Curves 2 – 28 August
Opening in Project Space Saturday 2 August 2 – 3.30pm
Oliver Chun Xu’s series is inspired by the Seigaiha motif. Originally used to depict the sea on ancient Chinese maps; it was then adopted by Japanese for use as patterns. Seigaiha is a Japanese word pronounced ‘Seikaiha’; the word literally means big sea waves. As a traditional Japanese pattern, it appears on Japanese ceramic cookware, fabric and wallpaper and symbolises good fortune and happiness. Oliver has created his own patterns by inventing a system of rules. All the curves are free, not in the sense of departing, but finding each other, holding onto each other, being able to feel and move in relation to each other. The structures are created by the movements of these curves.
Grant Sutherland: A Robot’s Conception – Created from Memories 2 – 28 August As a small boy Grant Sutherland enjoyed taking apart mechanical objects and reassembling them. In his first solo exhibition, Grant continues his childhood explorations playfully utilising found and salvaged objects from the past, breathing new life and humour into pre-loved everyday objects and discarded mechanical and industrial parts. Grant’s past as a cabinetmaker of bespoke furniture, can be glimpsed in his use of old patinated wooden objects in most of his robotic assemblages. He enjoys bringing these unrelated objects together to create sculptures with their own distinct personalities.
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Opening in Small Dog Gallery Saturday 2 August 2 – 3.30pm
Exhibitions & Events Shelby Farmer: Tracing Space 2 – 26 August
Opening in the Vernacular Lounge Saturday 2 August 2 – 3.30pm Shelby Farmer is a Visual Arts graduate from AUT University. Her artistic practice is a balance of eclectic media; sculpture and painting, interacting to traverse the space between two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums to enhance the viewer’s perception of space.
Her recent sculptural work explores the paradox of perceived space and how the viewer negotiates the possibilities of spatial experience. This idea has also been translated into her paintings dealing with a similar aesthetic. Inspired by architectural constructs and conceptual drawings, the use of projected light acts as a physical material and is present within the space mimicking that of digital design and 3D modelling. The work in Tracing Space forces the consolidation of the second and third dimensions and perceived dimensions of the human mind, and attempts to manipulate perceived space and spark curiosity and a fresh awareness of how space reveals itself. Opening in Small Dog Gallery Saturday 30 August 2 – 3.30pm
Claire Delaney: Pocketful of Stars 30 August – 18 September “What do you keep in your pockets? Useful things? Odds and ends? Bits and bobs? Dig deeper, past the loose change, past the lolly wrappers. There, right in the corner, can you feel it? Maybe a little sharp. Now you have it. Just a tiny sleepy star, longing to pop out. So many stars in her pockets, all waiting to be set free. An imagination over spilling with creations, who long for adventures. She realises stars are not stones. They do not weigh her down. Nor do they wish to lie dormant forever. It is time for these stars to rise up and join the night’s sky.” Claire Delaney is a creative story teller who uses mixed media, oil paint and texture. She believes we all carry stars in our pockets and mostly never realise it. This exhibition showcases some of these stars.
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We encourage you to come and be a part of the community. All are welcome at Depot Artspace exhibition openings and events.
Flag It! Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Next National Flag 6 – 18 September
Opening Saturday 6 September 2 – 3.30pm
In the next parliamentary term, 2014 – 2017, the people of Aotearoa / New Zealand will vote on whether their country flies a new flag. In that case it will be ensured that the public can contribute design ideas. There have been numerous calls in the last decades for a new flag design. It has been argued that the current flag symbolises a colonial and post-colonial era whose time has passed, and that it ignores Māori heritage and other ethnic groups. It is also very similar to the Australian flag and the two are often confused. New Zealand is not the first country to address redesigning their national flag; 31 countries have done so since 1990. A flag competition held by the Listener in 1989 showed that most New Zealanders wanted a change. In 2010 the New Zealand Herald ran a front-page article arguing that it was time to change and with the referendum coming up, the time is now. The Depot Artspace wants to prepare for this process by hosting Flag It! – an opportunity for people to have their say and represent their country, identity and tūrangawaewae/sense of place! The design process will play a key role in the evolution of the Aotearoa / New Zealand flag. Featuring innovative designers and artists such as Michael Smythe and Dick Frizzell, this exhibition is open for submissions. For further information please see www.depotartspace.co.nz/flag-it/
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Exhibitions & Events Takapuna Grammar School: Works on Paper 20 – 25 September
Opening in Project Space and the Vernacular Lounge Saturday 20 September 12 – 2pm
Works on Paper is an exhibition celebrating the achievement of Takapuna Grammar School’s visual art students. Each work displays the individual talent and style of an artist in their senior years, through the medium of photography, design, drawing or paint. For a student in high school, their final years are crucial in developing their character, skill and portfolio so they can be prepared to leave school and enter tertiary education or the industry. Works on Paper provides a genuine working experience that will encourage and equip students who are hoping to work in the professional art world. This exhibition will inform and inspire budding art students in the junior years as to what the school can offer them in their senior years. – Maya Wyatt
Spinners and Weavers Guild Auckland: Focus on Fibre Diamond Anniversary Exhibition 1954 – 2014 20 September – 9 October Formed in 1954, to “advance and encourage the crafts of hand weaving, spinning, dyeing and related fibre crafts” the Spinners and Weavers Guild is thrilled to be celebrating its diamond anniversary with a stunning exhibition Focus on Fibre at the Depot Artspace. Not only will the exhibition feature new, top quality, one of a kind articles created by the current members, but there will also be the opportunity to see a display of historical works from private collections by some well-known textile artists who were former Guild members. The techniques used in the exhibition will include weaving, spinning, knitting, tapestry weaving and felting, mainly using high quality natural fibres such as merino, alpaca, silk and bamboo. In addition, there will be three Hands-on Sundays, where visitors will have the chance to try out the various techniques, and watch demonstrations. 20
Opening in the Main Gallery Saturday 20 September 2 – 3.30pm
We encourage you to come and be a part of the community. All are welcome at Depot Artspace exhibition openings and events.
Greg Smith: Building History and Safeguarding Our Civilisation 27 September – 9 October
Opening in Project Space as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival Saturday 27 September 2 – 3.30pm
An exhibition of text, photography and models, showcasing Auckland’s ‘modernist’ heritage of built and social history, illuminating both the growth of Government and private Post-War housing development and some of the unsung contributors to the city’s unique architectural heritage and landscape. It features: pioneer family Scarborough’s, Stonemasons and Landscapers; architects Rigby Mullan; landscape architect Odo Strewe; Haydn & Rollett Construction (1946), among many other pioneers of vernacular architecture and design.
Felicity Moore & Miriam Ludbrook: Possum Tracks 27 September – 23 October
Opening in the Vernacular Lounge as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival Saturday 27 September 2 – 3.30pm Possum Tracks, a mixed media installation by Felicity Moore and Miriam Ludbrook, acquaints Aucklanders with the arrival of the Possum in New Zealand and the devastating effects of their introduction; the decimation of many thousands of hectares of native bush and forest, the predation of native birds and the spread of bovine TB to livestock.
The artists’ aim is to show what can be learnt about the natural history of New Zealand/Aotearoa, the effects of introduced species and how the environment can be regenerated and history reversed once necessary steps are taken. The installation involves time-motion imaging of possums destroying native flora, a 3D sound and photographic installation which details effects on bird-life since their introduction. It encourages respect for and preservation of our heritage for future generations.
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Exhibitions & Events Sculpture by Andrew de Boer: The Fruits of Silence 11 – 23 October
Opening in the Main Gallery as part of Artweek Auckland Saturday 11 October 2 – 3.30pm Duchamp’s insistence that art should be an expression of the mind rather than the hand, ushered in the new era of conceptual art that, almost 100 years later, has become a major driving force in contemporary art practice. Andrew de Boer’s project as an artist over the last 30 years has been to find ways to make art that goes beyond or transcends the mind in order to bring forth an art that is grounded in “the Good, the True and the Beautiful.” The Fruits of Silence for Andrew is the maturation of that process.
Katarina Matovic: Freedom to Interpret 11 – 23 October
Opening in Small Dog Gallery as part of Artweek Auckland Saturday 11 October 2 – 3.30pm Freedom to Interpret is a pictorial ethnography of Auckland’s many familiar inner city streets. Its title references the intention to establish a relationship between artwork and audience, with the subject being the cause of connection. The subjects are also evocative and open to interpretation whereby we are able to see our own world and place our feelings in this context. The work comprises digital painting transferred onto a photo paper in order to create the final effect.
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We encourage you to come and be a part of the community. All are welcome at Depot Artspace exhibition openings and events.
Richard Joughin: The Pioneers 11 – 23 October
Opening in Project Space as part of Artweek Auckland Saturday 11 October 2 – 3.30pm After a hiatus in his exhibiting career the Depot Artspace is pleased to welcome back Richard Joughin with his series of ceramic works, The Pioneers. These works explore how shelter creates a sense of security and belonging; that housing is a form of community. Playing with the idea of kit sets these sculptures focus on colonial construction and how foreigners settled here, forming a connection to the future and a disconnection to the past. Some of the subjects they address are; - - - - - - - -
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Shelter, security, belonging Settler tent community feel / disconnection from the past Foreigners in a new land Individual and the group Different groupings like a piece of theatre Different groupings = different usage (the life within) Sequence Simplicity / economy of design
Calling All Artists Exhibition Opportunity Main Gallery and Project Space 25th October to the 6th of November We have a great opportunity for an artist or group of artists to exhibit in our Main Gallery and Project Space from 25th October to the 6th of November. We are calling for artists’ proposals with a view to take these two week spaces. Over the last six months we have had a diverse and exciting lineup of artists; the standard of work has been exceptional. It is very rewarding looking back through the summer months and thinking of all the exhibitors, their artworks and the unique experience of working with each individual artist. The Depot is firmly on the map for a unique exhibitor/visitor experience. As part of the Auckland Festival of Photography the Depot Artspace was privileged to host Paul Mcnamara Gallery’s photographic exhibition Flora Photographica Aoetaroa. As well as locals, many visitors travelled from across town to see this exhibition and take advantage of the talks and events arranged as part of the festival. We saw over 1,600 visitors during the festival. Year 13 photography art students from Westlake Girls and Takapuna Grammar took advantage of a special opportunity to attend an insightful talk by Peter Peryer and Grant Kerr. The gallery is a diverse environment and provides a fabulous backdrop and forum for all sorts of creativity. Each time a new exhibition goes up it’s amazing to experience the transformation of the space. The main gallery rental is charged at $450 including GST a week and the commission for sales is 30% plus gst. Please see the Proposals tab on our website for further information and to download a proposal form. For further information or any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Helen Winskill helen.winskill@ depotartspace.co.nz or Robyn Gibson robyn.gibson@depotartspace.co.nz.
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Exhibition Opportunity: Festivals for 2015 2015 is fast approaching so it’s time to think about getting those proposals in! When submitting a proposal, it’s a good idea to think about how your work and exhibition can tie in to an arts festival happening in wider Auckland or nationally. It’s a fantastic opportunity for promotion and to reach other communities. Below are some of the festivals and rough dates for next year:
Devonport Food, Wine & Music Festival : February Auckland Pride Festival: February Auckland Arts Festival: 4 – 22 March which includes White Night on Saturday 14 March 6pm - Midnight Pasifika Festival: 4 – 15 March Anzac Day: 25 April 2015 WWI Commemorations NZ Music Month: May Auckland Writers Festival: 13 – 17 May Photography Festival: 1 June – 26 June Matariki: June/July Auckland Art Fair: August Auckland Heritage Festival: September/ October Architecture Week: September/October Artweek Auckland: 10 – 19 October (approximately) 25
Depot Sound News Over the past year we have been working on a new album for John Rowles. The album is now finished and due out in August. During the project, producer and arranger Mark Dennison brought in an amazing selection of top session musician to play on the album. Depot Sound sponsored the Ding Dong Lounge band competition recently and we are pleased to announce the winners, Thin White Lines, will be recording a single at Depot Sound very soon. Carrying on with the Depot Cultural Icons series, we recently turned the live room into a film studio for interviews with Peter Peryer and Llew Summers. We have also had a number of bands and solo artists through the studio including Damn The Trend, Poison Skies and Ghost of Electricity. You can find more photos and news on Facebook at facebook.com/ depotsound and at our website depotsound.co.nz – Dave Rhodes
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Featured Artist: Aleksandra Petrovic Aleksandra Petrovic is a practicing artist, currently living in Auckland. Petrovic graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 2007. She has also recently completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 2011. Since completing her university studies, Aleksandra has been building a reputation for her illustrations and artworks, which are unique and recognisable for their technical ability, odd ideas and anachronistic components referencing popular narratives, folk lore, fairy tales, puppets, film and casual observations. Recently, the pen and ink drawings have been incorporated into stop-motion animations, creating odd narratives and snippets of stories, which although seeming recognisable at first, play with storytelling conventions. Aleksandra is currently exhibiting a series of prints in the Depot Artspace Tardis Gallery. Each beautiful print is an edition of 5 (250mm x 200mm) $150 (framed) $100 (unframed). View some of the work below and for more information about upcoming and recent projects, exhibitions and artworks can be found at petrovicaleksandra.wordpress.com.
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Approaching my own art practice and my teaching of art, in simpatico I moved schools after 8 years of teaching most of the year levels in a wonderful primary school, to an art specialist job in an exceptional, (in my opinion), full school, Yr 1 – 13. So straight from generalist primary teaching to lower secondary as the specialist Art Teacher in a Cambridge curriculum school, where I am into my eighth year now. That first day of art teaching was scary but glorious. My whole life suddenly made sense in every cell of my body for the very first time! I was thrown in the deep end and was given a Yr 11 art class – IGCSE level. My credentials, integrity and skills were on the line. It wasn’t now just about my ideas. These students were totally relying on my knowledge, skills and ability to teach this forward in a way that they could understand, internalise and confidently learn the skills and strategies they needed in order to work through their own ideas and solve problems. Knowing that there was a pass required at the end of the year with the practical exam, I felt the ‘fear’ with them as they worked throughout the year. What could I do to improve their experience, and mine of course, as I was journeying with them? My own artwork changed as a result. There became a greater confidence in pushing the boundaries in materials, ideas and of risk taking. Just what I expect the students to do every lesson! The benefits are huge for me as an Art teacher. Risk taking isn’t an issue, neither is engagement with the process and their willingness to solve problems and think and talk about the artwork in a focused and intelligent way. I teach them that every mark made results in a problem-solving exercise, therefore engaging the mind. So if our artwork is to have integrity we cannot be chatting about our social lives while problem-solving our mark making. This focus requires a harmonious and reasonably quiet environment. Unless I am teaching, I have glorious music playing always. I was also given a philosophy period to teach at Junior College level, a subject known as Eudemology. I’d never even heard the word before, let alone taught the subject! It takes its name from the Greek term ‘Eudemonia,’ which describes the state of ones well-being and happiness. Therefore, Eudemology is the study of our well-being and happiness through philosophy, reflection of the world around us and self study. Glorious experiences for both myself and the students of unrestrained, yet unsolicited thought and opinion arises from wonderfully open and respectful conversations. As to teaching and learning, all of us are always doing this in the form of ‘coaching’ ourselves through the highs and lows of our lives. If we’ve had children, we coach them in the ways of our values and ideas. We coach and learn from our parents, partners, children and families, our myriad friends, colleagues in the careers we hold and our vast range of acquaintances. Learning and coaching is a very busy job when you think about it! As for me, I see teaching as a fusion of leadership and guidance, encouragement and support and an osmosis of learning from and with students. It surely doesn’t get better than this! – Linda Gair 32
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CULTURALICONS.CO.NZ Iconic contemporary photographer Peter Peryer recently visited the Depot Artspace where he exhibited in Flora Photographica Aotearoa, an exhibition from Wanganui’s McNamara Gallery Photography. During this time he was interviewed for our Cultural Icons programme. In this fascinating episode of Cultural Icons, Hamish McKay of Hamish McKay Gallery Wellington, converses with Peter. Peter has been called a “walking microscope”, which is exemplified by his inquisitive style and the way that he plays with the scale of his subjects. Detailing his formative years on a dairy farm in Takanini, the Hokianga and Takapuna, Peter considered studying medicine as he was greatly interested in biology. However, he found at the time, you were either supposed to be interested in science or the arts – “it was as if Leonardo da Vinci never existed.” He ultimately studied English and became a teacher, yet the influence of science is evident in his works. He took up photography in his early 30’s and was influenced by American photographer Larence Shustak, who had come to New Zealand to teach photography. Shustak critiqued Peter’s work and left an indelible impression on his focus and praxis. Other influential photographers such as Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Karl Blossfeldt, as well as the Surrealist Salvador Dali, are just some of the artists he admires. Peter has photographed a number of subjects over his long career. He tends to deliberate over his next photograph and is often struck by something whilst out and about. He finds that it is important to explore, and the arrival of modern technology (such as his iPhone which he often take photographs with) has made the process easier. He recognises that it is hard to keep one’s creative drive fresh, but he works hard at it. This episode is full of frank, informative and funny insights into his life and practice. From learning how to develop photos in a dark room off the school hall at Otahuhu Intermediate, to setting up his daughter’s room with doughnuts for his famous photograph Doughnuts (1983), Peter maintains a pragmatic, stoical view on the struggles of an artist.
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Artslab News ArtsLab is a creative, innovative and effective professional development and career guidance service for artists across all sectors. We welcome to the team Jamie McEwan who joined us in July, and Margaux Wong in March, whose introductions are below. We are also supporting two visual artists to exhibit their work in the gallery over the next month. You can read about Shelby Farmer’s and Oliver Chun Xu’s exhibitions in the Exhibitions and Events section in LOUD.
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Artslab is pleased to welcome to its team Jamie McEwan, who joins us this month to support our professional development and career guidance services. Jamie’s main focus will be running our new training programme, which covers everything that goes into successful job-hunting for people trying to gain
Jamie comes to us from a People and Performance role at Madison Recruitment where, for the past two and a half years, he has been hiring and supporting recruitment consultants around the country. In 2013 he completed his Masters degree in organisational psychology from Massey University’s Albany campus. His Masters thesis looked at styles of humour and their relationships with social support and wellbeing. In between his undergraduate studies in Christchurch and his postgraduate studies in Auckland, Jamie lived abroad in both Nara, Japan and Boston, USA. Jamie and his wife Rachel have since enjoyed living here in Devonport with its lovely beaches, cafés and people. Margaux Wong is our new Programmes Administrator for ArtsLab. Her background is in arts administration, having previously worked at Corban Estate Arts Centre, Mangere Arts Centre and Webb’s Auction House. Apart from a love for art and culture, she also enjoys travelling, music, books and food, lots of food. Margaux is excited about being part of the vibrant Depot team, and brings an enthusiasm and attention to detail to her role. Her major task is keeping Lynn, Jamie and Mathew in line, and making sure everything keeps ticking over! – Lynn Lawton 35
Depot Events & Openings David Barker: The Shadow Series
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All are welcome at Depot Artspace exhibition openings and exhibitions. Please check www.depotartspace.co.nz for the latest news and events. Tōrangawaewae – Sense of Place
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