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The Italian Job

The Big Idea Editor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:53:39 +1300

University of Waikato composers David Griffiths and Michael Williams will represent Oceania at the international Volcanic Lakes Festival in Italy this February, the only performers from the South Pacific. Read More »

2013 Venice Biennale

Creative New Zealand — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:45:10 +1300

Massey University’s Head of Fine Arts, Heather Galbraith will be deputy commissioner for New Zealand’s presentation at the 2013 Venice Biennale, and Christchurch Art Gallery Senior Curator, Justin Paton will be curator. Read More »

11:11:11 UpStage Festival

UpStage — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:27:46 +1300

In the global day from 11am on 11/11/11 in Aotearoa/New Zealand until 11pm on 11/11/11 in Europe, an exciting selection of cyberformance (live online performance) will be presented at 11:11:11 Read More »

Inside Work: Awards

The Big Idea Community Editor — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:14:58 +1300

Awards for writing, research and art are the focus of this weeks Inside Work: Read More »

A' Design Award & Competition

adesignaward — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:32:39 +1300

A' Design Award and Competition (http://www.adesignaward.com) is looking for the best designs, design ideas, prototypes and finished products by talented designers, artists and architects to award them with the A' Design Award.

Winner Designers of A'Design Award receive the following benefits and exposure:

1. Featured in the yearly ResultBook Read More »

NZ Film Archive honored at 2011 Pordenone Film Festival

FilmArchive — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:05:17 +1300

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, the internationally renowned festival of silent film held annually in Pordenone, Italy, has honoured the New Zealand Film Archive with the 2011 Jean Mitry Award, the annual international prize established by the Province of Pordenone in 1986 to single out individuals or organizations “distinguished for their contribution to the reclamation and appreciation of sile Read More »

Culbert invited to Biennale

Creative New Zealand — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:47:16 +1300

Celebrated New Zealand sculptor, photographer and installation artist Bill Culbert has been invited by Creative New Zealand to present his work at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Read More »

Unexpected phantom

Francesco Corvino — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:54:51 +1200

Unexpected phantom

Francesco Corvino — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:49:05 +1200

Temples for the Gods

Auckland Art Gallery — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:16:24 +1200

Many of the people clambering over the ruins of ancient Rome in the 17th and 18th centuries were merely curious about the secret city half-hidden beneath their feet. Connoisseurs, however, were acutely aware of the ruins' original function - as temples for gods and goddesses, and monuments for famous Romans. Read More »

6th International Arte Laguna Prize

Arte Laguna — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:30:11 +1200

Eyes wide shut.. while typing with Turkish national keyboard. F against Q

ANKA — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:11:16 +1200

I'm a typewriter and teacher. Its Turkish National keyboard.

NZ at Venice Biennale 2011

Creative New Zealand — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:30:48 +1200

Michael Parekowhai’s Venice Biennale exhibition On first Looking into Chapman’s Homer had its official opening in Venice on 1 June (local time). The beautiful voice of New Zealand opera singer Aivale Cole welcomed more than 300 guests as she performed a mix of European arias and waiata at the New Zealand Pavilion - Palazzo Loredan dell’Ambasciatore. Read More »

Opportunity in Venice - NZ Venue Attendants

The Big Idea Community Editor — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:03:16 +1300

fantasy

arteforte — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:27:55 +1200

Peggy Guggenheim Internships

University of Auckland — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:30:54 +1200

Three students from the the University of Auckland Department of Art History have been selected for the 2010 / 2011 Peggy Guggenheim Internship programme in Venice. Read More »

Chris Bailey - Ringa Whao Documentary

TOI Gallery Waiheke — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:21:41 +1200

A film documentary produced by Rongo Productions for screening on Maori TV at 8:30pm on 11th september 2010. Filmed in both Italy and New Zealand this film looks a the lif story of Maori sculptor Chris Bailey.

Online Competition

mattakehurst@gmail.com — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:02:42 +1200

Alison Rayner

dreamon — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:12:50 +1200

Battle of Cassino tribute

Word of Mouth Media NZ — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:11:45 +1200

The biggest Kiwi art exhibition in Italy and one of the most moving NZ art events overseas opens at Cassino in Italy on Saturday.

The event will be held at Cassino on May 15-29 to commemorate New Zealand’s involvement in the Battle of Cassino there 66 years ago. Read More »

One for the pot

Michmich — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:53:07 +1300

Highlighting the wasteful, excessive nature of Western culture, juxtapose the resourcefulness of Indian culture through the historic connection of tea. Drawing on the idea that tea was once a Luxury product, which could only be afforded by the aristocracy but has now come to define our cultural identity and is intertwined with Indian identity through imperialism and globalisation.

One for the pot

Michmich — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:16:40 +1300

Zimniy Dvorets (the Winter Palace)

Hox — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:26:38 +1300

I took St. Petersburg Winter Palace - left empty when Nicholas II and imperial family moved to Alexander Palace - as a hint to depict 1905 russian Bloody Sunday. Read More »

?????? ?????? (Zimniy Dvorets, the Winter Palace)

Hox — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:18:48 +1300

I took St. Petersburg Winter Palace - left empty when Nicholas II and imperial family moved to Alexander Palace - as a hint to depict 1905 russian Bloody Sunday. Read More »

Intro

Hox — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:17:09 +1300

Subject of video is swines. I like them, they're clever and it's a stupid common place they love to squelch in the dirt. Vietnamese little pigs are clean like cats. Read More »

Gianluca Missero

Hox — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:06:36 +1300

Thar Desert

Hox — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:25:45 +1300

Thar Desert is a 5/4 signature funk metal track inspired by Les Claypool odd basslines but also in debt with Chic's Bernard Edwards. It's something near to funk progressive, with a hammering atonal compulsive riff. Read More »

Creative Momentum: Real life meets Second Life

Creative Momentum — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:23:43 +1300

Italian filmmaker Pier Giorgio Provenzano is this month's Creative Momentum featured creative.

Talking via Skype, Provenzano reveals his surprising discovery about virtual filmmaking, the role of film in changing social attitudes and the importance of collaboration in the creative process. Read More »

Real life meets Second Life

creativemomentum — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:03:58 +1300

Small-town boy Pier Giorgio Provenzano grew up in Pistoia, Italy. At University he realised mathematics wasn't his thing. Then he met multimedia artist Douglas Gayeton and his life changed forever. Read More »

Venice Biennale: George Nuku

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:41:21 +1200

Featured at Judy Millar’s venue, La Maddalena, The New Zealand Room at Venice Biennale is a meeting place for visitors to explore New Zealand’s contemporary art, culture, literature and design.

The walls have been adorned by panels commissioned especially for the New Zealand Room, designed and carved by highly regarded Maori artist George Nuku. In this video he talks about his work. Read More »

Virtual Tour: Judy Millar

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:12:10 +1200

A virtual tour of Judy Millar’s Venice Biennale exhibition, Giraffe-Bottle-Gun, in La Maddalena. The historic venue is the only circular church in Venice, designed by Tommaso Temanza and built in 1780. Read More »

Virtual Tour: Venice Biennale

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:50:43 +1200

A virtual tour of Francis Upritchard's Venice Biennale exhibition, presented by her co-curator Heather Galbraith.

The installation Save Yourself includes clusters of figures situated on table-like wooden platforms extending out from the base of giant antique mirrors within the Fondazione Claudio Buziol, overlooking the Grand Canal, in the Palazzo Mangilli-Valmarana. Read More »

NZ at Venice Biennale

The Big Idea Editor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:18:07 +1200

Maori kaumatua, Muriwai Ihakara (Te Arawa/Ngati Porou) led an early morning procession with Kapa Haka group Te Waka Huia through the streets of Venice today to launch New Zealand's official presence at the 53rd Venice Biennale.

Read on to see the virtual tours of exhibitions by Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard. Read More »

Invivo Wines supports NZ artists at 53rd Venice Biennale

debeer — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:47:58 +1200

Invivo Wines is a New Zealand company with a lot of positive attitude. Its boutique wine will be on the international stage at the world renowned 2009 Venice Biennale in Italy. Read More »

Kristen Darragh

The Big Idea Editor — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:17:24 +1200

Kristen Darragh, a young singing talent whose international career is just taking off, has returned to NZ to perform as Zulma in the NBR New Zealand Opera’s production of The Italian Girl in Algiers.

The Auckland-born mezzo soprano says performing makes her feel ‘so alive... so present.' Read More »

Geo

Tue, 12 May 2009 03:26:21 +1200

Light transforms, depending on its incidence angle, the impression we
have of the surface of matter. Similarly music act on images, giving
them a new expression, beyond appearance.

Geo is a live mutating performance, and it.. Read More »

Link - Interactive Experience

Tue, 12 May 2009 03:17:27 +1200

Link plays with the virtual and actual experience. It consists of two parts. An interactive physical experience, where the participant creates an avatar, a visual representation of himself, with his/her voice and then modulates it by his/her movements in relations to others. His/her personal soundscape evolves accordingly. Read More »

NZ Venice Biennale venue

Creative New Zealand — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:36:29 +1300

Judy Millar, one of the two New Zealand artists exhibiting at the 53rd Venice Biennale, has secured a new venue at La Maddalena church.

Millar selected the new location following advice from the local diocese that her original exhibition venue may not be restored in time for the Biennale’s opening on 3 June 2009. Read More »