Done and Dusted

I have to admit that there was something rather poignant about watching the sun rise on the last day of our degree, still frantically working to pull the threads of things together before the time it was all due. It felt like a fitting testament to the last three years we spent at this one space together and the years that we will spend on our seperate ways.

But after the all-nighter and a flurry of drama in the morning (unexpected wonky hangs, equipment not working, accidentally throwing out the dvd you were going to project...etc etc), things finally came to a close. Those of us who finished setting up left the building in a manner of dazed and confusedness. In the complete consumption that was graduating project, we forgot that it was exactly that, the end of our undergraduate degree.

So before we don our graduation gowns, we'll be showing aforementioned projects in an exhibition that opens next Thursday night. All info on poster. Celebrations ahoy. In the meantime however, hibernation-mode.

- Agnes

4.44am

Bloggin from studio where in approximately four and a half hours we will be handing in all our graduating work. Obviously since both Claudia and I are still here, we are not ready. Fuelled by 'Pocket Rocket', hob nobs and Beyonce, we are becoming rather desperate. To Be Continued...

- Agnes

Found

Snapped from a drycleaners somewhere out in the eastern burbs. Thought it was fitting as of the coming wednesday we will be entering install week, and most of us will be furiously cleaning the terrible mess of both floor and wall space that we've been given.

Recent life happenings have not been very exciting as a result of spending every waking moment preparing for this week. This normally involves a lot of time consuming caffienated beverages and spending a lot of money on materials/developing/framing/living/aforementioned caffienated beverages. I think at this point, most of us have the fear of God in us. Nope? Just me then?

Hap-hap happenings will occur in the meantime through the first and second year exhibition this tuesday from 12-8pm at our WM studios on St Paul Street. They have all finished, goddamn you.

- Agnes

Happenings

D.A.N.C.E is back on for 2009! Join us tonight at Cassette 9 for some art and dancing, both of which go well together.

Amber is also doing a performance at RM Gallery at 5.30pm. Woweeee!

- Ag

Breakables

A small respite from the slowcooking pressures of studio led Elliot and me to his parental unit's exhibition opening at Essence Gallery in Parnell.

Peter and Julie Collis are ceramic and glass artists, Peter mostly known for his familiar shaped ceramic vases. But I think it's funny to see the aesthetic similarities between parent and child. Elliot is also fond of organic shapes and strong pigmented colour (mostly with his paint works from last year...)

As for the haps with graduating exhibition preparations, everyone seems to be bunkering down for the upcoming stress-storm, hence the noticeable increase in tumbleweeds on this blog and the tepid writing. For that I apologise, but I do promise that a little bit of silence is necessary in the meantime. From picking up tidbits on the studio floor about what people have got planned for end of year, it sounds like the show is going to be huge. Five Weeks...

Keep Calm and Carry On time.

- Agnes

art of the free variety

Have been busying myself with non-art stuffs for the last week or so. In between watching all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls back to back, I've also been collecting free art things around Auckland. A newsprint off the stacks at Simon Glaister's latest show at St Paul Street and a piece from Elliot Collins and Linden Simmons' show at Rm, which is on right now. However, I lost my copy of Matters 3 from the new artists show at Artspace somewhere...bother.

Graduation count down = Six and a Half Weeks. For now, back to Lorelai and Rory.

- Agnes

Musical Paintings

Music Painting by JUL & MAT from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

Sweet Jeebus, Elliot, if you are reading, let's attempt something similar with your new high gadgetry video camera?

- Agnes