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Moving right along

Moving right along

Time keeps on moving right along earthquake or no earthquake, a fact that's reinforced for me by the fading Queensland Search and Rescue team's spray-painted message on the Centre of Contemporary Art's window on Gloucester street.

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This is not a vitrine, this is an ocean

When artist/curator Jim Vivieaere died in Auckland on June 3 this year, he was in the process of completing an exhibition for the Vitrine space at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato. 

 

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Allen Curnow

Allen Curnow

The Old Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch

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I'm missing the bright spot...

I'm missing the bright spot...

...in Christchurch's imaginative life.

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Spring fever

Spring fever

She's had a fair old rollicking lately, but there are definite signs out there that Canterbury is turning the corner - in a seasonal sense at least.

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The Bright Stuff

The Bright Stuff

Before the quakes, we thought of our Outer Spaces programme as something extra – a nice complement to all the art going on inside. At present, however, with the building still occupied, the Outer Spaces are our Only Spaces, and any new addition to them counts for a lot more than it might have a year ago.

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Stacked

Stacked

While there's not too much art on the walls at the moment, behind closed doors (arrgh!) there's been plenty of artworks being shifted about for all manner of reasons (repair work, impending nearby demolitions etc.).

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Banded bricks

Banded bricks

I used to bike down Durham street past the old Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery every morning on my way to work ...

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Dead Keas

Dead Keas

It was tragic to see the image of five dead kea at Klondyke Corner at Arthur's Pass in yesterday's Press.

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The Andrew Drummond ZAPPER

The Andrew Drummond ZAPPER

ZAP! ZAP! is what Otto is looking forward to seeing.

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