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JulyJul 4 Wednesday 07
Amongst the Loons
What if trained performing artists could continue developing their artform - spurred on amongst their peers with generous feedback and critique? What if the flavour of their work was sourced from their life's experiences particular to living here in New Zealand, …
JuneJun 26 Tuesday 07
Amongst Friends update
I'm gladly looking to the likes of this event and others around Christchurch that give performers the opportunity to do their thing and have a voice. New Zealanders I feel, have a tendency to pay more attention to the artist who has gone away and impacted foreign …
JuneJun 8 Friday 07
Choir Farewell
Saturday night my choir are hosting a farewell party for me - I've decided I want a break with an unknown outcome ahead. How peculiar. Peculiar because after 5 years of being devoted to these people, the process and a vision - I'm not quite sure I know what to do with …
JuneJun 5 Tuesday 07
Maybe
So... Craft is like applying a set of skills, it means for me an intelligent, considered approach to producing an end result. On stage for the performer a sequence of events 'a' through to 'z' that coincides with the intention of the work... is it the artist that fills …
JuneJun 4 Monday 07
Art & Craft
Does anyone else ponder over the question - Am I an artist or a crafts person? Is there anything out there in the cosmos that is original or still hidden in the darkest corners of collective conscousness - that is left unsaid, unsung? What is the difference between …