Kia ora,
Yes the Splore 08 Music and Art Festival is only four months away. If you have never been this is an opportunity to experience the best festival New Zealand has to offer. With a spectacular setting, great music from New Zeland and abroad, art, activity and lots more, Splore is the event of the summer. Where else can you groove hard whilst swimming in the Hauraki Gulf?!
For more information goto: http://www.splore.net/
P.S This event may or may not feature the reverend Y El Presidente?
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spirits
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i live in a road once called view, now kohu or mist. both true. today though the latter is apt. the swirling fog of precipitation blankets the forest top. it's said there are fairy folk or terehu who emerge in such conditions. tricks of light play light tricks on the mind. the recesses of the bush are alive. the spirit of whenua never subdued, no matter how much concrete we pour on the tracks.
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Another day another dollar
windowshoppers©burgseye07
slow motion punters
in shopping mall
foodcourts
collecting thoughts
and plans of attack
of what to shop for
next
and where
feed themselves
larger
no matter
what the cost
another day
another dollar
for who knows
how long
modern family outing
in retail theme parks
filling the gaps
between graft
and imagination
no hell below
above us only sky
albeit a mural.
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Birdness for all
Tony Johnston's Diary Window©burgseye2007
Kaiaua artist Tony Johnston paints on and from the frontier coastline of the Firth of Thames, the Seabird Coast, southeast of Auckland.
He has been a longtime associate and friend of DIG appearing in DIGzine#1 and at the DIG multi media events at Corban Estate Arts Centre.
There is a growing list of of high profile private collectors with a Johnston to their name but he is equally well known for his public works in the NZ Parliamentary collection, at the Manukau City Council Chambers and his iconic Oyster Catcher sculpture, now the symbol of the Seabird Coast.
Tony is currently showing his new works and the assemblages of fellow artist and collector Warwick Brown at Kaiaua's Penguin Studio.
http://www.penguinstudio.co.nz
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Staedler and Waldorf bust out of the box!
Dangerously, dynamic duo Staedler and Waldorf are pleased to announce their signing to Aardvark Records. Their first single and album is due for release in mid-november 2007.The Cardiff based duo met through The Reverend and the course of musical history has never been the same since!
Their unique mix of funk, beats, dancehall, trance and more has been wowing the public for some time including 2 legendary appearances on the Glade stage at Glastonbury.
Check out the Stadler and Waldorf Myspace page for news, tunes and more. A big DIG congratulations to the boys and girl.
Kia ora
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NZ Heroes on Parade
The Reverends recent NZ Hero series was reproduced on canvas for the recent Whanganui Artists open Studio Weekend. Here are the works on canvas...
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ee knew what the world was cummings to
when god decided to invent
everything he took one
breath bigger than a circustent
and everything began
when man determined to destroy
himself he picked the was
of shall and finding only why
smashed it into because
everything he took one
breath bigger than a circustent
and everything began
when man determined to destroy
himself he picked the was
of shall and finding only why
smashed it into because
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DIGmedia - New works in the works, so lets work it!
DIGmedia is commencing on a project to create DigIconGreetings. A series of greetings cards/postcards referencing and celebrating iconic New Zealand and International subject matter. The initial run of 20 images will feature 10 by El Presidente and 10 by The Reverend.
In advance of well anything! Here is the Reverend's NZhero series.
Baxter, Batten and McCahon images courtesy and copyright of The Reverend / DIGmedia 2007
In advance of well anything! Here is the Reverend's NZhero series.
Baxter, Batten and McCahon images courtesy and copyright of The Reverend / DIGmedia 2007
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Once Upon a Time in Essex
A lost recording has been unearthed of Herfordshires premiere Acid-Folk ensemble 'The Herbsmen' playing their finest song 'Autolysis' back in the last millenium in 1991.
This historical footage has appeared along with the lost bass player Chris 'Denim Clad Warrior of Sound' Jarvis (Missing presumed having a good time).
The footage was shot during Heat 1 of the Harlow Square Rock Contest at Harlow Square deep in the cultural wasteland of Essex, decimated in the 80's during the Good-Taste Wars. The Herbsmen made it through to the final and came a close second to 'comedy' house band 'Oi, Oi Saveloy! There is no justice, nor taste in Essex!
This footage featured the original and best line-up of:
Chris Jarvis - Bass
The Reverend - Drums
Chris Evans - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Ben Scratcher - Lead Guitar, Vocals
A record of a time, lest we forget.
The Herbsmen play 'Autolysis' live at the Harlow Square 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65FhYyuqEiw
This historical footage has appeared along with the lost bass player Chris 'Denim Clad Warrior of Sound' Jarvis (Missing presumed having a good time).
The footage was shot during Heat 1 of the Harlow Square Rock Contest at Harlow Square deep in the cultural wasteland of Essex, decimated in the 80's during the Good-Taste Wars. The Herbsmen made it through to the final and came a close second to 'comedy' house band 'Oi, Oi Saveloy! There is no justice, nor taste in Essex!
This footage featured the original and best line-up of:
Chris Jarvis - Bass
The Reverend - Drums
Chris Evans - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Ben Scratcher - Lead Guitar, Vocals
A record of a time, lest we forget.
The Herbsmen play 'Autolysis' live at the Harlow Square 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65FhYyuqEiw
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Jesus Electric Plugged in Appliance.
Plugged into the Source. Spiritual gifts can be compared to electrical appliances
With a nominal voltage of 230v,
"One minute we were admiring the jewelry and the next minute Jesus was missing"
Any path greater than one hundred feet is a long distance in the physics of electrical transmission.
"One minute we were admiring the jewelry and the next minute Jesus was missing"
Any path greater than one hundred feet is a long distance in the physics of electrical transmission.
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The Art of Assemblage
This current exhibition at Corban Estate Arts Centre in Waitakere City, Aotearoa features contributions from various DIG alumni. One room of the exhibition is given over to Mark Whyte and the his gravitas defying 'Graviton Gravy' Show. An amazing installation of 70 individual works made from paint flakes that defies easy categorisation and at once speaks of the diverse and the generic nature of community and humanity.
(Images copyright Mark Whyte 2006)
The Art of Assemblage also features a tribute to Master Assemblagist and DIG contributor Peter Sauerbier who is sadly recently deceased and features the work of 2 other DIG acolytes The Reverend and Andrew Hall.
(Artwork copyright - The Reverend 2006)
Peter Sauerbier (Statement about Peter to accompany exhibition by The Reverend)
I first came to meet Peter Sauerbier through my wife. I was excited to hear of an amazing old Dutch assemblage artist and hoped to meet him. I did meet him and over the course of several years was lucky to get to know him better. Through him I also discovered a secret cabal of West Auckland assemblagists, each decidedly individual but all with a common love of the unloved!
I could write about the endless wonder and joy of Peters work, his innate craftsmanship, and inventiveness but you would already know of that and know how hard it is to describe so I wont.
I remember regular visits to the house for official and unofficial reasons. We would drink tea, eat Spekulaas (Dutch biscuits) and have wonderful rambling, fascinating esoteric talks. I would use the opportunity to drop in Dutch words (I lived in Holland for a year) where appropriate, which always seemed to tickle him.
I would look around his cornucopia of a house and every time would see something new that he had made.
Always in awe of his art, I was nervous asking him to contribute something to a humble zine I was producing with a friend. He contributed 2 exquisite, accomplished and funky drawings generously and without condescension. These drawings were rendered on the toilet using a specially adapted table so as not to waste precious creative time! They were the 2 most popular pieces without a doubt and with all ages and tastes. Real genius always shines through.
It was my pleasure to be able to exhibit some of his work whilst working at WCC , bending ears passionately to get a piece bought for the city collection. Here at CEAC I was privileged to be able to do the poster for the exhibition and speak at the opening. I am regretful that I could not ever get the idea of a book off the starting line but still hope that some sort of chronicle of the life and work of this extra-ordinary man will come to fruition.
I said at the opening of the retrospective, that one of the most precious things about Peter was that he was a custodian and celebrant of quality. He belonged to a time and had a great understanding of quality, quality of materials, quality of design and quality of craftsmanship. This ‘quality’ Peter fossicked, saved, conserved, restored and recreated with even greater quality of invention and production. In the disposable age, this quality has gone and so has one of its guardians.
To me Peter was never old; he always shone with a vitality and spark that few could match. He was as interested in the future as the past and was as creative if not more at 70 than most of us could be in our prime.
Peter it was always a privilege and a joy to know you and the quality and delight of the memory, like that of a Victorian light-switch, will never fade.
I first came to meet Peter Sauerbier through my wife. I was excited to hear of an amazing old Dutch assemblage artist and hoped to meet him. I did meet him and over the course of several years was lucky to get to know him better. Through him I also discovered a secret cabal of West Auckland assemblagists, each decidedly individual but all with a common love of the unloved!
I could write about the endless wonder and joy of Peters work, his innate craftsmanship, and inventiveness but you would already know of that and know how hard it is to describe so I wont.
I remember regular visits to the house for official and unofficial reasons. We would drink tea, eat Spekulaas (Dutch biscuits) and have wonderful rambling, fascinating esoteric talks. I would use the opportunity to drop in Dutch words (I lived in Holland for a year) where appropriate, which always seemed to tickle him.
I would look around his cornucopia of a house and every time would see something new that he had made.
Always in awe of his art, I was nervous asking him to contribute something to a humble zine I was producing with a friend. He contributed 2 exquisite, accomplished and funky drawings generously and without condescension. These drawings were rendered on the toilet using a specially adapted table so as not to waste precious creative time! They were the 2 most popular pieces without a doubt and with all ages and tastes. Real genius always shines through.
It was my pleasure to be able to exhibit some of his work whilst working at WCC , bending ears passionately to get a piece bought for the city collection. Here at CEAC I was privileged to be able to do the poster for the exhibition and speak at the opening. I am regretful that I could not ever get the idea of a book off the starting line but still hope that some sort of chronicle of the life and work of this extra-ordinary man will come to fruition.
I said at the opening of the retrospective, that one of the most precious things about Peter was that he was a custodian and celebrant of quality. He belonged to a time and had a great understanding of quality, quality of materials, quality of design and quality of craftsmanship. This ‘quality’ Peter fossicked, saved, conserved, restored and recreated with even greater quality of invention and production. In the disposable age, this quality has gone and so has one of its guardians.To me Peter was never old; he always shone with a vitality and spark that few could match. He was as interested in the future as the past and was as creative if not more at 70 than most of us could be in our prime.
Peter it was always a privilege and a joy to know you and the quality and delight of the memory, like that of a Victorian light-switch, will never fade.
Peter Sauerbier - Rust In Peace
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