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New Gallery Space for Christchurch
Christchurch's visual artists have been doing it tough of late, but there's at least one bright spot on the horizon with the opening of a new gallery, Chambers@241, on 20 July.
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The ghost of studios past
In preparation for the next issue of Bulletin, Gallery photographer John and I have been out photographing some of the local artists who will be taking part in Rolling Maul when we reopen.
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Flying Flywheels
Leo Bensemann's Diadem platen press being transported from the Gallery back to its home at the Ferrymead Printing Society today.
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This sinner is saved!
There was a full house at The Brewery last night for The End is at Hand gig, featuring Reverend Beatman from Switzerland and Christchurch's Delaney Davidson.
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Sharks in the Water
Here in Christchurch, some motorists seem to be counteracting the challenges of earthquake-affected roading (bumps, potholes, closures, detours, decoratively-configured traffic cones) with a nifty new driving style.
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White-out
The care of artworks is of the utmost importance here at Christchurch Art Gallery, so it's a strange feeling to 'destroy' an artwork.
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Extraction complete
It seems quite some time ago now – almost two years actually – since we were in the planning stages of the Andrew Drummond exhibition Observation, Action, Reflection.
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The future isn’t what it used to be
Nothing looks older today than yesterday's robots. Rewind through the history of science fiction and you'll find hundreds of robots to whom time has not been kind – creations that looked newer-than-new when they first emerged but now appear tragically tinny.