by Kylie Sinkovich | May 31, 2018 | Handshake4, Kylie Sinkovich
Participants had between 2 and 4 days (depending on where in the country they were travelling from) to respond to installation artist Gabby O’Conner’s exhibition design/challenge. Drop sheets with grids drawn on them (symbolising the canvas of our...
by Mandy Flood | May 24, 2018 | Handshake4, Mandy Flood
So much spinning around with the final HS4 fast approaching. It is time to revert to the trusted workbook approach. It is a discipline I have let go for too long. However, getting back into it, is meditative and constructive at the same time. It is as much of...
by Nadine Smith | May 23, 2018 | Handshake4, Nadine Smith
Gabby O’Connor worked with us wholeheartedly for our install at Toi Poneke. The Grid-lined drop sheet installation challenged the conventional wall plinth gallery display. Hand drawn with crayons, the grid lines resembled a page in a workbook. These were...
by Nik Hanton | May 15, 2018 | Handshake4, Nik Hanton
The magic in life’s about polarities- without light there’s no shadow. I’ve been thinking about our up-coming show Polarity and the kind of work I want to make given the nature of the space, the installation plan and the title of the group show. The...
by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna | May 10, 2018 | Handshake4, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
I have been a bit quiet on this blog and it is only to my dismay that I found a whole set of blog entries that I had compiled in my google docs but alas forgot to publish… was it a secret anxiety that stopped me from posting these thoughts, revelations and rants?...
by Caroline Thomas | May 8, 2018 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake4
On Saturday night, Dave and I went to this show. Dave had seen a poster and we knew we both admired the artist’s work, having seen it adorn the streets of Wellington since we first moved here in 2007. Being the middle-class, middle-aged sticklers for promptness...
by Sandra Schmid | May 8, 2018 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
A Week of Indulgence “Unpacking the Language of Things” 12/13 April 2018 organised by Sian van Dyk, Curator at The Dowse, Lower Hutt “NO FILTER” 9 – 15 April 2018 organised by Occupational Artists, Wellington On the world scale of events it would be a...
by Caroline Thomas | May 1, 2018 | Caroline Thomas, Handshake4, Handshake5
Some people see the Virgin Mary in a piece of toast. I see a face in a piece of saddle leather.
