E X H I B I T I O N | NZ identity – le cadavre exquis / the exquisite cadaver – a series of nine works by nine designers / typographers, curated by Italian designer, Leonardo Sonnoli. The nine taking part are Alt NZ / Peter Bilak NL / Moana Bilsahson AO / Tony Brook UK / Catherine Griffiths NZ / Henrik Kubel UK / Paul Sahre USA / Stanley Wong HK / and Leonardo Sonnoli IT | sponsored by Fuji Xerox and Freestyle Print >> 11–15.02.09 at TypeSHED11
E X H I B I T I O N | TDC54 Typography Competition & TDC2 2008 Type Design
Competition – the
winning selections from entries into the TDC54 Typography Competition,
and the TDC2 2008 Type Design
Competition will be exhibited in Shed11 during TypeSHED11. Typography 29, the Annual of the Type Directors Club for TDC54 and TDC2 2008 designed by Philippe Apeloig will accompany the show >> 11–15.02.09 at TypeSHED11 >> TDC54
M U S I C | David Byrne, brilliant musician, film maker, passionate typographer, and artist performs in Wellington >> Michael Fowler Centre >> DON’T MISS HIM! 8.00pm 13.02.09 >> www.davidbyrne.com
S C U L P T U R E | Le ‘Welsh’ Man’s 24 hour - one day sculpture with Bedwyr Williams For this 24-hour event Bedwyr will make every minute count. In Le ‘Welsh’ Man’s 24 hour, an uncomfortable marriage between motorsports and
art will be created. It will be fast, furious, and an event in which
individual people, buildings, pets and the odd bump in the road will no
doubt play an intricate part, and become the artistic subject matter ... Curated by Siv B.Fjærestad >> 12.02.09 >>
I N S T A L L A T I O N | K.I.S.S. 2009, Matthew Crookes, is an artwork in public space that explores typographical form in relation to the function of design and the site of a commercial billboard | Billboard project commissioned by the Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington >> opens 02.02.09 >> Oggi site tbc
I N S T A L L A T I O N | Give us a sign - a message, a proclamation, a warning, a proposition; a way to make things better –
a suite
of works curated by Heather Galbraith, City Gallery Wellington,
installed in the Courtenay Place Light Boxes. Featuring new work by
Joseph Churchward & David Bennewith, Gavin Hipkins, Sarah Maxey,
Kate Newby, Stanley Nives and Jim Speers >> 17.12.2008 – 14.06.2009 >> Give us a sign
C O N V E R S A T I O N | Typo-circle - a series of informal typographic conversations for those who want more ... >> Back room at Olive Cafe, Cuba Street >> more detail closer to the time
E X H I B I T I O N | The Hooligan – a solo show by Sarah Maxey >> Bowen Galleries, 37-35 Ghuznee Street, Wellington >> opens 02.02.09
E X H I B I T I O N | I Must Behave – an artist book and exhibition by photographer Bruce Connew. I Must Behave is a sideways glance at behaviour, and will be exhibited alongside his Censored Triptych. Both follow on from the 2007 surveillance project, I Saw You, and the book is the second in a series of three over three years, each examining a social/political theme >> Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian Street, Wellington >> opens 03.02.09
V I S I T | The Printing Museum – a collection of letterpress machinery spanning the years 1852 to 1967, all restored and in original working order. Albion, Furnival, Wharfedale, Miehle, Heidelberg, Thomson, Little Giant and Fuji, are among the machines represented and able to be demonstrated. The machinery is complemented by a large collection of foundry, monotype, and Victorian wooden type-founts. Hot-metal Linotype, Intertype, Monotype and Ludlow machines show how line casters supplanted hand casting. The collection is completed by examples of sundry equipment required for a printing works. The Museum is open to the general public on special ‘Open Days’. Visits from individuals and parties are welcome and can be arranged through the Museum contacts. The Printing Museum would be delighted to meet TypeSHED11 attendees and display the Museum collection. To arrange a visit, please call or e-mail:
Bill Nairn (President) on 04 934-6509 | bill.nairn@slingshot.co.nz
or
Ted White (Secretary) on 04 565-1093 | heathward@xtra.co.nz
Show your support for the Printing Museum and become a member - contact Bill or Ted, and join up for around $30 per annum. The Printing Museum is approximately thirty minutes drive North of Wellington on State Highway two. Located in temporary premises at the ‘Silverstream Retreat’ on Reynolds Bach Drive, off the Eastern Hutt road.
In the meantime, below, you can read up on our n|e|w|s... items as we archive these entries from the home page. If you have news you want to share, email us at be@typeshed11.co.nz.
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‘Fault’, 1994, by New Zealand artists, Bill Culbert and Ralph
Hotere. A permanent installation of fluorescent lights span the window
spaces across the façade of City Gallery, Wellington. From ‘Wellington – A City for Sculpture’, edited by Jenny Harper and
Aaron Lister with photographs by documentary photographer, Bruce
Connew. www.bruceconnew.com
Poster from the exhibition ‘Four Times Painting’at Wellington’s Adam
Art Gallery in 2007. Designed by Elaina Hamilton and Duncan Forbes
using typeface Fedra Sans. www.experimenta.co.nz
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