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The Depot Newsletter, August 2012
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Exhibitions, events, literature, music, workshops and opportunities.
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SUM OF THE PARTS HAS ARRIVED!
After vast amounts of preparation, the much anticipated exhibtion Sum of the Parts will be launching in three venues around Devonport this month. Concerts, poetry readings, speakers, cultural mapping installations, artwork by some of New Zealand's most iconic artists and much more will be unveiled on 11 August and close on 30 August. For a full list of events and additional information please click here: www.depotartspace.co.nz
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This quarter marks a bit of excitement for MORPH!
We have a new political columnist, David Duffin, on board, who will be airing his views on the state of it all each month. Morph magazine’s regular feature Ten Questions will include the director of the Peace Foundation, Claire Speedy and peace writings by John Minto, Riemke Ensing and more!
We are also thrilled to have released our latest A Peace MORPH ‘bagazine’ (a magazine in a bag full of goodies) on 1 August in collaboration with Sum of the Parts Peace Map held at Kerr St. A Peace MORPH celebrates the holism of peaceful living, be that through food, fashion, politics or art.
A Peace MORPH ‘bagazine’ can be purchased from The Depot for $10 Depot members or $14 non-members. They can also be ordered via email: sarah.bing@depotartspace.co.nz
Image above: Abby Lewington and Laura Dallaston happily and beautifully occupying one of the nooks at the
New Lynn Hospice shop during MORPH's ethical fashion shoot.
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- King Snake - Recorded a live demo CD of 19 songs. These guys have performed around the Auckland Blues/Rock circuit over many years and this experience really showed in the recordings i.e they're tight! www.kingsnake.co.nz
- Depot Sound finished the recordings for Auckland-based hip-hop artist Michael Clifton’s debut EP. Michael has been working on this for the last six months and it's been great to have been involved.
- We have completed the masters for Auckland reggae band Unknown Peace's debut album. The album is to be released independently and copies are available via the studio or the band's website www.reverbnation.com/unknownpeace
- Mixing is in the final stage for the upcoming Surf Friends album release through Flying Nun Records.
- We're also mastering an album for Ponsonby based musician Tim Fowler.
- Finally we've completed a showreel for Canadian/US jazz-classical pianist and composer John Mackay. Back in early July John headlined the Bach Musica concert at the Holy Trinity Church in Parnell. We documented this concert and assembled beautiful video pieces of the performance complete with some amazing audio recordings. John's kept us really busy as, added to the above, he has also completed his album Danavira for upcoming release via his website www.johnmackaymusic.com
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- Sum of the Parts Exhibition Opening 11 August, 2pm, The Depot: The Devonport Harmony Choir, poets Riemke Ensing and Maree Scarlett plus Janet Dudney’s Human Sound Mandala.
- Intrepid Music Project, 12 August, 4pm, $15/$10, Kerr Street Artspace, classical music and poetry.
- Devonport Chamber Orchestra, 26 August, 2pm, The Devonport Community House, Concert for Violin.
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The Cultural Icons project celebrates people who have shaped New Zealand’s arts & culture scene. A valuable, informative and accessible series of recorded interviews, conducted between contemporaries, with the aim to sharing the histories, stories and experiences of some of New Zealand’s most significant arts and culture contributors.
- We are delighted to have a number of Cultural Icons participate in the mapping exhibition (see "Exhibitions Highlights" section above), developing their own maps which are both personal and social commentaries, or featuring as a part of others’ maps. Some of these icons include: Nigel Brown, Dean Buchanan, Peter Scholes, Eve de Castro Robinson, Helen Pollock, Margaret Lawlor-Bartlett, Riemke Ensing, Gil Hanly, Tony Watkins and Denys Trussell to name a few.
- ROGER HORROCKS has written the libretto and EVE DE CASTRO ROBINSON composed the music for a soon-to-be-launched opera based on the life of New Zealand’s great kinetic sculptor Len Lye. Len Lye - The Opera is a unique mix of music, poetry, theatre, dance, costumes, set design and film, with a cast of top national and international singers, musicians and performing artists. The opera runs from 5-8 September, at The Maidment Theatre in Auckland. Book tickets here: www.maidment.auckland.ac.nz
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AUGUST'S ARTIST OF THE MONTH: Sean McDonnell
Enamoured of oil and board, painter and teacher Sean McDonnell creates striking abstract and naive works. Using an angle grinder to rapidly and violently reveal the painting’s layers or past underneath, Sean portrays his interest in cells and reproduction; birth and death and the brevity of life.
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AUGUST ARTSLAB WORKSHOPS
Kerr St Artspace, Foot of Mt Victoria, Devonport
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 Artists across all disciplines have frequently inquired where they might find professional work and practice development workshops designed from a creative and not just business perspective. The Depot has discovered that artists want to develop skills in subjects like networking through social media, book keeping tax and GST, goal setting and presentation, but they want to do this in an environment that respects and approaches these subjects from a creative perspective. The Depot has developed a series of workshops through its ArtsLab programme at Kerr Street Artspace, Devonport, that are designed for creative people seeking to develop their arts practice and generate income. The scheduled workshops, which you are invited to attend, are:
From Vision to Viability – Creative Practitioners Workshop - An interactive workshop to provide you with tools to establish and maintain your creative vision, set realistic and achievable goals, manage barriers to goal achievement, manage yourself within time constraints and speak confidently about your arts practice.
Two day workshop - 14 & 15 August; 9:30-4pm both days ($80)
New Media/ Legal Seminar
Lewis Bostock provides practical tools and examples on how to use social media to network and expand your client base and promote your work. Advice and answers to your questions on issues of copyright and privacy by an arts lawyer David McLaughlan.
One day workshop - 22 August; 9:30-3:30pm ($30)
Job Search Interview skills
A practical workshop on preparing your CV, portfolio and cover letter as well as interview training which will increase the possibility of gaining that elusive interview and ultimately empower you in the job application process. Tips on finding jobs where no one else looks and how to get your ‘head above the crowd’ to secure an interview.
One day workshop - 9 August; 9.30am-2.30pm ($30)
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AUGUST DEPOT GALLERIES EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
28 Clarence St, Devonport, Auckland
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ON NOW:
James Oddy: Walking Over Rocks
21 July - 9 August 2012
Opening in Outerspace Gallery 3-4:30pm Saturday 21 July 2012
“I start painting a picture and I finish it. I don’t think about art while I work, I try to think about life.” Jean-Michel Basquiat
James’ art is created as he sees it unfolding in front of him; it is not planned but evolves from a brush stroke or pencil line and takes a journey, through layers and textures of paint and pencil. As a self-taught artist the process of mark making and decision making run hand in hand as we too are taken on this journey.
Robin Purllant: The Magpies Said
21 July - 9 August 2012
Opening in Main Gallery 3-4:30pm Saturday 21 July 2012
With a representational style, Robin’s loosely autobiographical approach combines many
different mediums. The starting point is either a literary or a musical source, both
of which are combined with a personal life event to produce an artwork that is
multi-dimensional, often metaphorical and full of memorable detail. Robin does not
attempt to purely illustrate any of the sources, but focuses on and brings out the emotional aspects of a situation or event.
COMING SOON:
THE CULTURAL MAPPING PROJECT EXHIBITION
SUM OF THE PARTS: exploring New Zealand’s cultural identity opens at The Depot on 11 August (1-5PM). Sum of the Parts is a dynamic, interactive exhibition which features numerous installations and a comprehensive programme of events. The exhibition and events will take place in three venues in Devonport: The Depot, The Depot’s Museum of the Vernacular on Kerr St and the North Head Naval Barracks.
There are over 20 mapping projects around the country being produced for the exhibition including an online project with multiple contributors. Examples include painted maps by renowned artists Nigel Brown in Southland and Dean Buchanan in Karekare and sculptural installation work by Devonport local Helen Pollock. FOR A FULL LIST OF EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, ETC PLEASE CLICK HERE: www.depotartspace.co.nz
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SATELLITE GALLERY
Satellite Gallery 136 Newton Road, Newton, Auckland
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Aaron Wilson; Towards The Line
1 – 10 August
Opens at Satellite Gallery, Thursday 2 August 5.30 – 9.00pm – First Thursdays event
Artist talk Thursday 2 August 6.30pm
Aaron Wilson’s tape installations are initiated by the masking of an area as if preparing for the act of painting, thus creating a barrier so that paint does not mark those spaces on the surface. Being site-specific, Wilson’s Towards the Line installations bring the streets surrounding Satellite Gallery inside and onto the walls. Aaron’s exhibition will coincide with Auckland's First Thursdays (www.firstthursdays.co.nz)
Julian McKinnon: Goodbye Arcadia
An exploration of utopianism and its inherent failure
15 – 25 August
Opens Satellite Gallery, Tuesday 14 August 5.30-7:30pm
Be it through shifting ideology, environmental upheaval, or a slow devouring by the inescapable persistence of entropy, even the best and most virtuous conjurations of utopia will inevitably fall. The pastoral idyll of Romantic Arcadia, the classless industrial harmony of Soviet Russia, the hyper-tech mega-urbane promise of the future - none is immune.
Like a virus dependent on the body of its host, utopia soon dies when it emerges from the imagination - its existence limited to the amorphous realm of possibility. Surely then, in as far as utopia is concerned, the seeds of destruction are sown at the moment of material genesis. “In exploring this concept I intend to create artworks that hover between resolution and dissolution. Are the forms depicted under construction or are they falling apart? These two states are sides of a single coin.”
Jasmine McCracken
15 – 25 August
Opens at Satellite Gallery, Tuesday 14 August 5.30 - 7:30pm
This series is the beginning of a body of work that explores the links between actual space and the illusion of space. Through this series Jasmine brings out the conflicts and paradigm shifts that occur in our minds when shifting between perceptions of geographic space, inspired by the landscape of the Kaipara and West Coast. “I am interested in exploring the links and shifts that occur between memory and reality.”
Brenda Hart: The Comforter
28 August - 5 September, 2012
Opens at Satellite Gallery, Tuesday 28 August 5.30- 7:30pm
Brenda’s work begins with a metaphor for the seductiveness of alcohol. At first glance the  patchwork quilt of beer bottle caps gives an illusion of softness and comfort. The precisely positioned and coordinated patches have bright colours that attract, but they are the root of this deception and are cold and hard. The materials and the detail highlight the deception. Their recurrent pattern evokes the repetitive nature of dependence. Brenda’s work brings in Alcohol Healthwatch’s International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day – 9 September, 2012.
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS
The Depot Members Exhibition will feature alongside the Peace Map at Kerr St Artspace in August. Circular, peace themed works must be submitted by 4 August with name, contact phone number and email address, title and price. Foam dots are available from The Depot for a $5 koha, or circular works on other media may be entered. Maximum size 30cm x 30 cm please.
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- 4 LOUD magazines annually.
- Discount on making Jam Radio programmes.
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Membership Rates (for one year membership)
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