Recent
Sunday 29 June 2008
Autumn Season Finale, featuring:
THE PARASITIC FANTASY BAND
Live aerial film
DESILENCED CINEMA
Silent films with live soundtrack
7pm, Free entry (more info)
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17th-28th June 2008
SNAP HAPPY
A snapshot is popularly defined as a photograph that is shot spontaneously and quickly, most often without artistic or journalistic intent".
The collective is joined by overseas counterparts, London and Melbourne based, in this exhibition of unintentional art stemming from the obsession and desire to capture and share the world around them.
20% of all sales from the exhibition go towards the final stages of getting the Cross Street Studios darkroom up and running!
Opening: Monday 16th June, 6pm
Part of
The Auckland Festival of Photography
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Sunday 15th June 2008
HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001) "Simply put, John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s film version of their Off-Broadway smash Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the year’s most enjoyable movie. It’s a bouncy, energetic, dynamic, loopily fun confection of rock’n’roll and gender dysphoria. It’s Rocky Horror for a new millennium; a post-punk odyssey of love and longing filled with wit and surprisingly poignant observations on the human condition." 1
7pm, Free entry (more info)
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2nd-15th June 2008
TERRIFIED OF FLYING?
To experience the sensation of flying, be it in a dream, a piece of visual art or in life itself, symbolises a great sense of freedom, comfort and wellbeing. As human beings we often desire this fantastical ability in order to escape or overcome the boundaries foisted by society and civilized consciousness.
For photographer Jo Galvinand Electroacoustic (sonic) artist Alex Bennett, this escape is found via the creative process and the passion to exceed in life, which at times, can be a most petrifying phenomenon. Terrified of Flying? is an exploratory and sensual exhibition that brings together the worlds of visual and sonic imagery.
Opening: Sunday 1st June, 6pm
Part of
The Auckland Festival of Photography
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Sunday 25th May 2008
THE BABY OF MACON (Peter Greenaway -England, 1993) A "Difficult, challenging, brutal, grotesque, and darkly beautiful masterpiece that makes his previous scar to the collective unconscious THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER(1989) look like BABE...Inspired by Greenaway having looked at an advertisement on a billboard featuring an infant as its graphic center of attention. The whole question of using images of innocence to gull people out of their faith, money and lives, and the profanation of said images in the process and the very ideas they represent, is the focus of the film. 1
7pm, Free entry (more info)
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Thurs 15th May 2008
I.RYOKO + MONOLITH +
IN THE INTEREST OF THE CONVOY
Thursday the 15th of May sees three young NZ solo soundscape artists (I.Ryoko, In The Interest Of The Convoy (WGN) + Monolith (AK) come together to collectively create a guitar-based sonic space.
Hailing from a variety of collective enterprises (A Flight to Blackout/Enright House, (Akaname / Donatello / Ornithologist, Ulcerate/The House Of Capricorn/Graymalkin) the three will create a soundmass unique to one night only.
myspace.com/sonorouscircle
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Wed 14th - Sat 24th May 2008
METONYMY
A new visual/literary arts initiative focussing on forging new creative connections across disciplines aiming to provide an opportunity for artists in the Auckland area to explore media outside their area of expertise. There is an emphasis on equal creative pairings in which each artist will spark off one another.
The collaborative works have been selected by a panel of acknowledged experts, they are: John Pule, Evan Woodruffe, CK Stead, Genevieve McClean and Simona Albanese. Exhibition opens on May 14th, accompanied by a publication. Metonymy is the brainchild of a group of Auckland poets and visual artists: Hannah May Thompson, Makyla Curtis, Christian Jensen and Renee Liang.
Contact: metonymy08@gmail.com
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Sunday 11th May 2008
Newton Gully Screen Society presents:
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Miyazaki -Japan, 1988) "this is a film which perfectly captures the naivite of childhood, a time when one can wholeheartedly believe in magical imaginary friends. Watching this film, it is impossible not to realise how much of our imaginations we have lost as we matured, and we may end up watching the way our own children play with a little more interest." 1
THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO (Anthony Lucas -Australia, 2005)
This may be a futuristic story, but its style and substance is firmly rooted in the 19th century with elements and themes from Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne and Edgar Allen Poe.
Using a variety of techniques including computer graphics, miniatures and what appear to be shadow puppets, the result is a stunning synthesis of innovative animation and smart storytelling. In 27 minutes, this film accomplishes more than most feature films dare. 1
7pm, Free entry (more info)
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Thurs 8th-Sat 10th May 2008
Reverend Jellie presents
CUT TO THE CHASE - The Director's Cut
In ‘Cut To The Chase’ Reverend Jellie, a talented troupe of improvisers, will open their imaginations wide and taking leads from ‘The Director’ embark on quick fire journeys into the unknown. The Director must ride this comet of comedy and attempt to pilot it smoothly during his moment at the helm. If he succeeds you’ll be thrilled by the journey and applaud his success; if he fails you’ll be on the floor with laughter!
NZ International Comedy Festival 2008
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Sunday 4th May 2008
MAKING LOVE TO THE AUDIENCE
A bi-monthly evening intended to foster new performative ideas from Auckland's artistic community. Completely inclusive, any genre of performance is acceptable and given a home, It's designed to give the pieces of performance which wouldn't otherwise have a home, a place to be shown and watched.
The only requirement is that all pieces conform to between 0 and 5 minutes in length. (but hey, even that is negotiable!)
The evenings are structured with short films interspersed through the performances, and there is always something to lick off a spoon.
LINE UP(so far):
"Pleasures of abjection" a mini musical - Jess Haugh
"Callum.E.Stembridge & his 'piece' - Artistic Entertainment
Sarah and Val - Transformative Dance
Non-Idiomatic Duo - Noel Meek (movement) - Paul Buckton (guitar) - Improvised dance and music
"I like the Look of frogs, and their outlook, and especially the way they get together in wet places on warn nights and sing about sex." - Sam Hamilton - bioacoustic choir
Aerial Film Experiment 1 - Eve Gordon and Sam Hamilton
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Sunday 4th May, from 8-10pm
$10 at the door.
check out: http://www.thedustpalace.co.nz
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Wed 30th April- Sat 3rd May 2008
The Society of Paper Dogs Presents:
LOST SHADES
“The loss of both hands is worth two hundred and fifty thousand. Both feet the same. Nothing for loss of weight or love”
What have you lost today? Your wallet? Track of time? Your temper?
Lost:SHADES is a new theatre piece that examines what it is to experience loss – whether it’s something as life changing as being exiled from one’s country or something as banal and everyday as misplacing your keys.
Combining puppetry, masks, physical threatre, live music, excerpts from the writings of Sally Rodwell and Alan Brunton, and the lowest of low-fi multimedia, LOST:Shades promises to be a show quite unlike anything else you might see on stage in Auckland at the moment.
The Society of Paper Dogs was founded when two members of the acclaimed Red Mole off-shoot group Roadworks moved to Auckland from Wellington in 2007, and joined with local actors and musicians. They aim to continue and develop the style of work that Roadworks was known for – an expedition through poetry, drama and comedy.
“Eleven spice jars. One missing.”
More information on http://societyofpaperdogs.wordpress.com
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Sunday 27th April 2008
Newton Gully Screen Society presents:
SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento -Italy, 1977)
"Argento's deliriously artificial horror film owes as much to Georges Méliès and German Expressionism (specifically The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) as it does to Jean Cocteau and Grimm fairy tales. [Its] visuals actively evoke a fairy tale fantastique, engaging and toying with the Technicolor glory of Disney's cartoon version of Snow White, a film the director had been obsessed with since youth." 1
KITCHEN SINK (Alison Maclean -NZ, 1989)
"The relationship that developed between the woman and the man/monster was reminiscent of myths and fairy tales. Containing almost no dialogue, KITCHEN SINK presented the story as a dreamlike succession of events. Cleverly structured, the film returned again and again to a few motifs - hair, water, eye and razor - reminiscent of early surrealist films such as Un Chien Andalou. These images, reinforced by an eerie soundtrack, had a gut-level impact on audiences, who gasped, laughed, and screamed." 1
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16th-25th April 2008
BANG BANG BANG
An exhibition featuring work by Haley Williams with sound experimentalist Nigel Wright, who is also playing April 25th.
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11th April 2008
ONE NIGHT STAND
A collection of Holga photos shot by Sam Montgomery while in Japan, open for one night only, from 6.30pm
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Wed 9th April 2008
Newton Gully Screen Society presents:
IF YOU HAD THREE HUSBANDS
A Performance of a Film, directed by Jess Haugh. A short film presenting ideas of relationships, accompanied by musicians and live voices.
Inspired by Gertrude Stein's "If You had Three Husbands". "A viscerally embodied production of intoxifying proximity".
CAREFUL (Guy Maddin -Canada, 1992)
Set in the sleepy "Canadian Alpine" village of Tolzbad, where its citizens live in constant fear of setting off an avalanche if they talk too loudly or behave in a reckless fashion, "Careful is the equivalent of Victor Hugo slugging out Freud with John Waters egging them on inside a Maxfield Parrish painting." 1
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25th-31st March 2008
THE DISORDER
Mixed media show featuring resident artists Markus Mai and Veronica Manchego
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13th March 2008
BLINKERS
Saddle up for love, doormats and rock and roll…
Fresh from its critically acclaimed, sold-out premiere season at the Wellington Fringe Festival, this high paced two-hander, is coming to Auckland for one show only.
Superbly devised and performed by two recent graduates of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand National Drama school, Blinkers is an unlikely love story between two neighbours; a rock and roll nobody and a tidy lover of horses.
A delightful peek into the private world of neighbours and their everyday oddities, Blinkers asks why it is so difficult to communicate over the smallest of distances.
Featuring Natalie Medlock (Arcadia) and Dan Musgrove (Angels in America, Antigone), and directed by acclaimed actress and director Sophie Roberts (Angels in America, A Streetcar Named Desire, Antigone), Blinkers is an astute observation on the quirks of human nature, exploring the beauty that is found in the mundane, and everyday oddities of life.
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1st March 2008
MAKING LOVE TO THE AUDIENCE ______________________________________
23nd February 2008
Ladyfest Auckland presents
ZINE FAIR & WORKSHOP DAY
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22nd February 2008
Ladyfest Auckland presents
GLITCHES IN FANTASYLAND
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16th February 2008, 2-7pm
Cross St Studios and Fleet FM present:
CROSS STREET CARNIVAL!!
(watch a movie here)
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Saturday 22nd December 2007
dancing: Dave Hall, Josh Rutter
sound: Tim Coster
light: Sean Curham
A performance of dance, sound, and light by the aforementioned
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Sunday 16th December 2007
The Committee presents...
STRING UTOPIA
Violinist/composer JOHNNY CHANG will be presenting some not-often-enough-heard music by Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney, Peter Ablinger as well as premiering some music of Auckland composer Samuel Holloway. Violinist Yid-ee Goh will also be in for some violin duets by Swiss composer J ürg Frey and Serge Prokofiev.
...and a set of violin & two laptop improv with and Jim Gardner (175 East) and Charlotte Rose (The Committee)
(johnnychchang.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/johnnyecho4blue)
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12th - 15th December 2007
THE FEMININE
A play by Thomas Sainsbury
Performed by Glen Pickering, Beth Allen,
Todd Emerson, Nisha Madhan, Christabel Smith
"What's going on? Where are all the men?"
"It's too hard to explain."
The Feminine, a speculative drama, is the story of a new world order.
When Adam Cooper, an English Teacher at a prestigious girl's school, is diagnosed with testicular cancer he thinks his life is over. A new treatment, however, gives him hope and he willingly undergoes it. But there are complications.
In fifteen years he wakes from a coma.
In fifteen years the world has changed dramatically.
In fifteen years Adam's masculinity will have him hiding for his life.
The Feminine will be performed by Glen Pickering (Based on Auckland, 'Tis Pity she's a whore), Nisha Madhan (Shortland Street, Shakespeare UnBarred), Beth Allen (Outrageous Fortune, The Tribe), Todd Emerson (The World's fastest Indian, Amazing Extraordinary Friends) and Christabel Smith (Caustic, OSS The Merchant of Venice).
Contact:
Thomas Sainsbury 021 135 0093, Thomas.sainsbury@gmail.com
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Sunday 9th December 2007
JOHN WHITE
NZ TOUR 2007
With special guests:
I VS DRUM MACHINE
John White playing a short set of quiet guitar songs. Mogwash was recorded in Berlin, 2003 with fellow members of avante-pop outfit Cloudboy. The album has now been released for the first time by Providence label "Last Visible Dog", and in New Zealand by "She'll be Right Records". John recently undertook a tour of the States typically playing short solo sets followed by improvised violin collaborations at each venue. Check songs at www.myspace.com/balloonadventure
I vs Drum Machine is the improv-techo-pop outfit of Wellington's Isaac Smith. Isaac is a Jazz multi-instrumentalist, primarily contra-bass player. A soundtrack composer to several Red Mole productions, Isaac has no sole outfit and collaborates in-numerously.
An Improvised Jam Session will be the main focus of the evening, involving several Auckland musicians who have previously been involved in Wellington-based projects with John and Isaac. The approach to the piece is to find the fabrics of pop music, riffs and melodies, creating them as something to only last for a single improvised moment.
(www.mestar.co.nz
www.myspace.com/balloonadventure)
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1st December 2007
COMPACT LISTEN
Compilation CD Release
Featuring:
Sweetcakes (Stella Corkery, Alan Holt, Sriwhana Spong, Kate Newby, Imogen Taylor, Rachel Shearer)
Rosy Parlane
Tim Coster & Nigel Wright
(www.halftheory.com/claudia)
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23rd-25th November 2007
A NIGHT OF LICHEN EARS
New works, by Amee Kathryn inspired by pagan intuition, and performances by Tim Guy and The Ruby Suns on friday.
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13th-20th November 2007
Tim, Matt, and Sean Molloy present:
MOLLOY AHOY!
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Wed 24th-31th October 2007
MGM & The Groove Guide present:
GRINDHOUSE POSTER COMPETITION
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Thurs 18 October 2007, 6pm
FUCK EM ALL "Collective Workshop"
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Wed 26th-30th September 2007
DRAW
A group show of 8 artists who use drawing as an idea gathering tool, an
exploration of technique or narrative and as a medium in itself.
Featuring:
Sophie Watson
Andrew Clark
Aleksandra Petrovic
Nick Clark
Jessica Van Dammen
Sarah Gruiters
Ryan Bennet
Anthony Parsons
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Fri 21st September 2007, 7pm
Sunken (Stefan Neville / Antony Milton)
RST (Andrew Moon)
Lovely Midget (Rachel Shearer)
Tim Coster / Nigel Wright
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Fri 24th-26th August 2007
Fingerprints and Teeth productions presents
THE MALL
a play by Thomas Sainsbury
As the inhabitants of the local mall go about their days, a foodcourt
attendant plans their destruction.
Performed by Todd Emerson, Stephanie Lee, Marion Shortt, Daniel Mainwaring, Terry Hoong
August 24, 25, 26 8pm $10
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Wed 15th-17th August 2007
OUT OF THE FISHBOWL
Exhibition by AUT sculpture students
Featuring sculpture by Bo Bae Kim, Andy Kusk, Ryan Cassidy, Isabel
Pearson-Green, Monique Fourie, John Vea, Daz Whippey and Jessika Verryt
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Sat 4th Aug 2007, 6pm
ALT MUSIC AT CROSS STREET!!
Auckland City has been blessed recently with a variety of amazing shows
(Cast your mind back only the last couple of weeks for the awe inspiring Alt
Music shows) and we are continuing this theme with the following all-ages
show featuring a very special guest from San Francisco, Ov
Featuring:
Ov (San Francisco)
Dean Roberts
Nigel Wright / Tim Coster
Sam Hamilton
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Wed 1st-8th Aug 2007
oooh! (some art)
Featuring new work by Cross Street Artists' Collective members Haley Williams and Josca Craig Smith.
Opening Wed 1st Aug, 6pm,
with generous support from il buco
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Sat 28th July
SO SO MODERN
with Golden Axe,
The DHDFDS,
The Happy Rainbow Band & Moron Says What!
(check out photos here)
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Wed 25th-27th July 2007
SQUARES
New paintings by Angus Kerr
(check out photos here)
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Fri 20th July 2007
FLEET RAVE
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Sat 14th July 2007
LUNG JACKET
Presented by Queb Records & the NZ Oyster Farmers Tribunal, with special guests 80s Jacket Club
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Fri 29th June 2007, 7.30pm
The Committee Presents...
The Cacoethes Experiments No. 6:
Bangers and Mash
A concert of new music exploring the divisions and connections between "composed" music and other forms of contemporary art music, such as those more commonly defined as "noise" or "sound art". In this concert, musical artists more commonly associated with composed music are asked to create sound works that use no traditional scoring and include no traditional orchestral instruments.
Including new works by:
Eve de Castro-Robinson
Sam Holloway
Jared Marshall
Claire Nash
Peter Willis
Anthony Young
The Committee is a non-profit organisation dedicated to producing concerts promoting contemporary art music in New Zealand, establishing new audiences for this music and encouraging collaboration across art-forms.
(check out photos here)
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Thurs 28th June 2007, 6-8.30pm
FIGHT THE FIGHT
Launch party for a new arts/political/ minority newspaper
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Wed 27th June 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #8
This week Featured:
Cul-de-sac (1966) by Roman Polanski, preluded by an episode of Look Around You, an informative British series dealing with science in every-day life.
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Sun 24 June 2007, 2-6pm
SWAP PARTY
Clean out all your cluttered nooks and crannys and bring along items or services to trade for exciting new treasures! No cash required. _____________________________________
Wed 20th June 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #7
This week featured:
A debut screening of Jess Haugh's short film, Figments; followed by the director of Black Cat White Cat, Emir Kusturica's epic Serbian black comedy, Underground (1995).
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Auckland Festival of Photography
Thurs 7th - Thurs 14th June 2007
PROJECT LOMO #2
Project lomo #2 features 17 up and coming Photographers based in New Zealand and Japan who explore the use of the lomograph camera in relation to the world... the plastic film cameras disarm those used to complete technical control, and serves as an inviting introduction to the world of photography for the uninitiated by providing a fresh way of looking at and responding to our surroundings... don't think, just shoot!
Photographers/Lomographers: Anna Blackburn. Conor Clarke. Peter Dekkers. Brad Fafejta. Jo Galvin. Helen Greenfield. Henrietta Harris. Straton Heron. Joshua Lynn. Veronica Manchengo.Sophia Ong. Milana Radojcic. Emily Raftery. Hannah Smith(Jap). Elsa Thorp. Akinobu Uchimoto(Jap).
Email: jo.poser@gmail.com
or text/call 0272820541 for info
Links:
www.myspace.com/lomogang
Lomographic Society
Auckland Festival of Photography
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Wed 30th May 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #6
This week featured:
The landmark documentary Gimme Shelter (1970) following The Rolling Stones' notorious 1969 US tour.
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Wed 23rd May 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #5
This week featured:
Who I Am and What I Want, a short film by Chris Shepherd and David Shrigley (2005), followed by Australian director Rolf de Heer's Bad Boy Bubby (1993).
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Tues 15th - Sat 19th May 2007
MONUMENTS DREAMING OF ME
Richard Bryant, Richard Frater, Patrick Lundberg
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Wed 9th May 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #4
This week featured:
The premier of local film-maker Tom Greer's Hansel and Gretel, followed by Jan Švankmajer's Alice (1987)
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Wed 2nd May 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #3
This week featured:
The premiere of Jess Haugh's new short, The Snare, followed by Orson Well's epic adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial (1962)
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Fri 27th April 2007
BOX WARS II
create, decorate... and destroy!!
featuring Megaheroes and Don Julio & the Hispanic Mechanic
Construction from 4pm, fight starts 9pm. BYO Cardboard, Tape, and Craft knife. Prizes too!
(check out photos here)
For more info check out this, and this
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Fri 20th April 2007
FLICK
Beat-boxing pyschodelic one-man-band bath electrotique mini-cd release show
Also featuring Cash Guitar + The Silver Dollars (ex. King Loser + Vodafone Warriors), Click Clack (space-shronk-pop featuring James Duncan), and Anti-Kati (fake-core etc)
www.myspace.com/flickbeatbox
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Wed 18th April 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #2
This week featured:
Robin Fox's Backscatter (2005); and Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (1929) with Cinematic Orchestra's new soundtrack (2000)
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Wed 11th April 2007
CINEMA OBSCURA #1
This week featured:
The Brothers Quay Street of Crocodiles (1986); some Don Hertzfeldt's Animation Show shorts; and Paul Grimault's Le Roi Et L'oiseau -The King and the Mockingbird (1952-1980)
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Fri 6th - Mon 9th April 2007
captured in a dialogical moment:
THE DEATH SHOW
Curated by Daniel Koene;
featuring time-based work by Daniel Koene, Jemima Wilhemina Stringer and Elsa
Thorp
(check out photos here)
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Thurs 8th Feb 2007
CROSS SECTION
Cross Street Studio's debut show, featuring pieces and prformances by all ten members of the Cross Street Artists' Collective
(check out photos here)
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Fri 15th Dec 2006
THE END OF THE BEGINNING
Opening party featuring Meat-Bix, So So Modern, superforce, The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band, and a sausage sizzle!
(check out photos here)
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