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Hanging Around

Hanging Around

Curated by Justin Paton, and in development since 2009, Shane Cotton: The Hanging Sky was scheduled to open at Christchurch Art Gallery in late 2011. However, earthquakes and the subsequent closure of the Gallery intervened, and the show was reconfigured as a very successful touring exhibition, visiting venues in Brisbane, Sydney and Wellington. So it will be a pleasure to finally open a version of the exhibition in Christchurch with Baseland in June this year. Bulletin caught up with Shane to ask a few questions about what has been a rather unusual journey.

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Gone in (under) 60 seconds

Gone in (under) 60 seconds

For the past 11 months we've displayed a large scale copy of the Dick Frizzell work Contacts on the rear wall of the Centre of Contemporary Art next door to the gallery.

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Director mucks in

Director mucks in

Back in 1986, when exhibition crates arrived, not only did they have to be manhandled through the front-door, but the Director himself got up on the back of the truck and supervised the operation.

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MAPDA time again

MAPDA time again

We were very pleased to win a couple of awards at the MAPDAs last Satuday.

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Now that's what I call sound art

Now that's what I call sound art

OK, so yesterday we heard about ""sound art"", today let's record the birthday of Richard Wagner, the world's greatest composer of opera, in 1813. Happy 201st.

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Covers

Covers

Our next Outer Spaces exhibition opens next week at the Peterborough Street Library

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Barbarians, gates

Barbarians, gates

The central library is in a bad way

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Strips Club

Strips Club

University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts 4th year Design students are launching their new journal 'Strips Club' tomorrow night (15th May) at the Dark Room - well worth the effort if you can make it down.

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first printing presses in Canterbury

first printing presses in Canterbury

If you are interested in cast iron printing presses, early Canterbury history or just at a loose end at mid-day tomorrow our curator Peter Vangioni is delivering a talk titled 'A Thousand Pities: being a history of the first printing presses in Canterbury' to the Friends of the Christchurch City Libraries... Fendalton Library at 12.30pm.

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School's back

School's back

You may have noticed this week that traffic is bad again – that means term two has begun! As usual we have a busy education programme planned. Since the opening of Burster Flipper Wobbler Dripper Spinner Stacker Shaker Maker, school groups have been taking guided tours and lessons at ArtBox. Below is a review the exhibition by local home schooler Tierney Reardon.

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