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Wednesday 1 September:
Venue: Christchurch Art Gallery, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, ground floor.


1.00pm
Paul Hartigan: Alphabetica
Auckland artist Paul Hartigan transforms the foyer of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu by painting directly on the walls and ceiling of the foyer in state-of-the-art aqua-coloured laser light. Paul will introduce this work Alphabetica which has been developed for LightSCAPE.


6.00pm Biennial Opening and Curator’s Talk
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, Director, Art and Visual Culture at Te Papa, and curator of LightSCAPE, will open the SCAPE Biennial 04, welcomed by Art & Industry Biennial Trust Chair, Adrienne, Lady Stewart. Tobias Berger, Director of Artspace, Auckland presents ATTAC it in which he discusses alternative Art Spaces and Biennials and the Work it. programme of which he is the curator.


Thursday 2 September

12.30pm
Artists’ Talk
Venue: The Physics Room 2nd Floor, Old Post Office Building 209 Tuam Street
Ph +64 3 379 5583
Natalie Robertson and Scott Flanagan will talk about their projects.


6.00-7.30pm Curator’s Talk and pre-view of LightSCAPE
Venue: The Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings Corner of Durham and Armagh Streets
Ph: +64 3 941 7680
Dr. Deidre Brown, co-curator of LightSCAPE (with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki) will introduce LightSCAPE


Friday 3 September

5.30-7.30pm Curators Talk and pre-view of HOME/GROUND
Venue: Robert McDougall Gallery at Canterbury Museum Rolleston Avenue
Felicity Milburn, curator of HOME/GROUND, will introduce the programme and 10artists of HOME/GROUND


Saturday 4 September
2pm-3.30pm Curators Talk and pre-view of ECHO
Venue: Riccarton House & Bush, Putaringamotu 16 Kahu Rd Riccarton
Ph +64 3 348 6184
Julie King with Tessa Giblin (curator of the Reuben Patterson project), will introduce the programme and artists involved in ECHO. Places limited, please register at the Art & Industry office ph: +64 3 365 7995 or email: SCAPEBiennial04@xtra.co.nz


Tuesday 7 September

1.00pm Artist’s Talk: ‘Grounding Multimedia Practice within Philisophical Ecology: a history of works by Keith Armstrong and collaborators’
Venue: The University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Ilam Rd
Ph +64 3 364 2987
Keith Armstrong will discuss his practice and LightSCAPE work, Tree of Fortune.


Wednesday 8 September
6.00pm Director’s Talk
Venue: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu: Philip Carter Family Auditorium, ground floor.
Bronwen Colman, Director of Melbourne Docklands Art Program, will speak on the Docklands program and the project management of the major art commissions involving the integration of art by developers over a 15-20 year timeframe.


Thursday 9 September

12.30pm Artist Talk
Venue: CoCA Centre of Contemporary Art 66 Gloucester Street
Ph +64 3 366 7261
Artist Victoria Bell will talk about her project, The Peacock Fountain: No. 38


Friday 10 September

7.00pm Opening Night Party for &:Ampersand
Venue: The Ex Government Life, Tower Building Cathedral Square, Level 2


Wednesday 15 September

6.00pm Director’s Talk
Venue: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu: Philip Carter Family Auditorium, ground floor.
Deborah McCormick, Director of the Art & Industry Biennial Trust will speak on the role of the Trust and the exciting programmes it has organised for Christchurch over the past six years


Friday 17 September

7.00pm Floor Talk: &:Ampersand
Venue: The Ex Government Life, Tower Building Cathedral Square, Level 2


Monday 20 September

10.00am - 4.00pm Photography Workshop (with Rapid Youth Festival)
Venue: Robert McDougall Gallery at Canterbury Museum Rolleston Avenue
Aaron Seeto will explore different and unusual methods of photography for a workshop open to 13-18 year olds. Spaces limited, please register at the Art & Industry.


Tuesday 21 September

10.00am - 4.00pm Jewellery Workshop (with Rapid Youth Festival)
Venue: Robert McDougall Gallery at Canterbury Museum Rolleston Avenue
HOME/GROUND artist Sofia Tekela-Smith will hold a jewellery workshop for 13-18 year olds.
Places limited, please register at the Art & Industry office.


Wednesday 22 September
6.00pm Curator’s Talk
Venue: Christchurch Art Gallery, Philip Carter Family Auditorium, ground floor.
Sophie McIntyre, curator of Concrete Horizons: Contemporary Art from China in the Wellington Arts Festival will speak on Perspectives on the Development of Art from China and Taiwan.


Wednesday 29 September

6.00pm Director’s Talk
Venue: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu: Philip Carter Family Auditorium, ground floor.
Paula Middleton, Director of the British Council, New Zealand will speak on current and future art projects supported by the British Council, the United Kingdom’s global cultural relations organisation. Paula has worked on knowledge sharing and partnership opportunities in West and Southern Africa, UK and Western Europe.


Thursday 7 October

5.00pm Artist Talk
Venue: Riccarton House & Bush, Putaringamotu 16 Kahu Rd Riccarton
Ph +64 3 348 6184
Artist Phil Price will talk about his large kinetic sculpture, Dinornis Maximus, installed in the gardens of this significant heritage property. Places limited, please register at the Art & Industry office, Ph: +64 3 365 7995 or email: SCAPEBiennial04@xtra.co.nz


Friday 8 October

7.00pm Publication Launch and closing Party for & Ampersand
Venue: The Ex Government Life, Tower Building Cathedral Square, Level 2

Book early and get SCAPEing! Places are filling up fast and you wont want to miss this 3-month long visual arts extravaganza!



3. CONTACT US

Art & Industry Biennial Trust
PO Box 763
Christchurch 8015
New Zealand

Tel: 64 3 365 7995
Fax: 64 3 365 7994
Email: SCAPEBiennial04@xtra.co.nz