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Hector Zamora, 'Swarm of Zeppelins' 2009, media variable, Making Worlds, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Darryn George, 'Pulse' 2008, Installation view, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Ash Keating, 'COPENHAGEN?' 2009, site-specific painting intervention, Mockridge fountain. Melbourne, Australia
Ruth Watson, 'Unsafe' 2007, Installation view, Two Rooms Gallery Auckland, New Zealand
Ash Keating, 'Timuran' 2009, site-specific intervention in the community of Timuran, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Ash Keating, 'Timuran', 2009, site-specific intervention in the community of Timuran, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Ash Keating, 'The Uprising 5' 2009, c-type photograph, 66 x 100 cm, from 'Activate 2750', video installation, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Australia
Ash Keating, 'Activate 2750' 2009, video installation, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces
Darryn George, 'Pukapuka #6' 2007
Darryn George, 'Waru' 2007
Darryn George, 'Waru', 2007 (detail)
Hector Zamora, 'Atopic Delirium' 2009, bananas, Plaza Comercial San Victorino, Lugares Comunes, Bogotá, Colombia
Hector Zamora, 'Pneu' 2003, red plastic membrane and scotch tape, Garash Gallery, México
Hector Zamora, 'Volatile Topography' 2006, helium gas, balloons and wire, 4,500 m2, Busan Biennale, South Korea
Joanna Langford, 'The Beautiful and the Damned' 2008, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Joanna Langford, 'The Howling Country' 2010, The New Dowse, Wellington, New Zealand
Joanna Langford, 'The Whisper Lands' 2009, Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
Ahmet Ogut, 'Exploded City' 2009, scale model buildings, vehicles, mixed materials, installation detail from Pavilion of Turkey, The 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy
Ahmet Ogut, 'Across the Slope', 2008,Modified Seat 131, Fiat 131 SuperMirafiori and constructed floor, installation view, Centre d'Art Santa MòniCA, Barcelona, Spain
Ahmet Ogut, 'Somebody Else’s Car' 2005, slide projection
Ahmet Ogut, 'Somebody Else’s Car' 2005, slide projection
Richard Maloy, 'Raw Attempts' 2009-2010, installation view
Richard Maloy, 'Raw Attempts' 2009-2010, installation view
Ruth Watson, 'Take Heart' 2003, Collection: Christchurch Art Gallery/Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch, New Zealand

SCAPE Christchurch Biennial is launching its 6th edition on Friday 24th of September from 8pm to 11pm at Christchurch’s new Civic Building. Public art, architecture and the city will come together for this once only occasion. You are invited to join with local, national and international guests, the creative sector, artists, media, business and cultural leaders to celebrate the launch of New Zealand’s premier biennial of art in public space!

The SCAPE 2010 Opening Gala Event will be an extraordinary occasion; one you will not want to miss. Showcasing artists and local industry along with fabulous entertainment...

SCAPE 2010 will feature a busy Opening Weekend of events, and to mark SCAPE’s dedication to the future of contemporary critical art writing we are holding the SCAPE 2010 Critical Writing Workshop on Thursday 23 September. The workshop will provide an opportunity for each participant to develop their writing practice and gain further insight into the field of contemporary art writing. The workshop is made available through the generous sponsorship of Creative New Zealand and Goethe-Institut to New Zealand art writers who have a clear interest in contemporary art and critical discourse.

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Australian artist Ash Keating is the Arts Centre's Artist in Residence Programme Artist for SCAPE 2010. Ash will join the line up of presenters at PechaKucha Christchurch 09's 20 x 20 presentation format based on a simple idea of 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. This promises to be an exciting and concise insight into Ash's recent projects and practice informing his new commission...

SCAPE 2010 Opening Weekend will include a comprehensive series of keynote talks, events and activities. Announcing keynote speakers Manray Hsu and Biljana Ciric. Manray Hsu is a Taipei based independent curator, critic and co-founder of the Taipei Contemporary Art Center. Manray will mark the beginning of SCAPE 2010 Opening Weekend with his keynote...

Opening week events

Anna Crighton Contemplating a History of Public Art in Christchurch Lecture

Wed, 2010-09-22 18:00 - 19:30

Christchurch Art Gallery, Philip Carter Family Auditorium

Providing a context for SCAPE 2010 local Art Historian and former Christchurch City Councillor Anna Crighton will present a history of public art in Christchurch.

With support from Christchurch Art Gallery and The Press

Dawn Ceremony Unveiling Anton Parsons’ enduring artwork Passing Time

Thu, 2010-09-23 06:00

Wilson Reserve, CPIT

A dawn ceremony marking the formal donation of Passing Time to the city of Christchurch. Commissioned by CPIT and Christchurch City Council. Unveiled on the occasion of SCAPE 2010

With support from Christchurch City Council, CPIT & CPIT Foundation

Running Lecture with Ahmet Ögüt

Fri, 2010-09-24 12:00 - 13:00

Meet at Victoria Square, Central City

Step out from the indoors and join SCAPE 2010 Artist Ahmet Ögüt for a run on the SCAPE 2010 Public Art Walkway. Beginning at the artist’s work Waiting for a Bus he will lead a group through the city centre on a casual jog and will present a personalised lecture about his practice. Bring your own running shoes and prepare to exercise your mind and body.

Picnic Lunch with SCAPE artist Hector Zamora

Fri, 2010-09-24 13:00 - 14:00

Victoria Square, Central City

Join SCAPE 2010 artist Hector Zamora for a picnic lunch near his artwork Muegano in Victoria Square. Enjoy a relaxed midday break and come prepared with a BYO lunch ready to enjoy the outdoors and discuss contemporary art.

SCAPE 2010 Opening Gala Event

Fri, 2010-09-24 20:00 - 23:00

New Civic Offices, Central City (entry via Worcester Boulevard)

Inviting all who wish to mix, mingle and experience SCAPE 2010's opening celebration at Christchurch's new Civic Building. Enjoy an evening of fabulous entertainment that will surprise and delight along with fine finger food and drinks.

Only 500 tickets available!

With support from vbase, Ngai Tahu Property, Hawkins Construction, Beca, Blueprint, Christchurch City Council and Be There

Manray Hsu The Loader, The Cleaner and The Generator: The Informal Politics of Public Art SCAPE 2010 Keynote Lecture

Sat, 2010-09-25 11:00 - 12:30

Christchurch Art Gallery, Philip Carter Family Auditorium

Taipei based independent curator, critic and co-founder of the Taipei Contemporary Art Center Manray Hsu will mark the beginning of SCAPE 2010 Opening Weekend with his keynote lecture on global issues relating to public art events, including biennales.

With support from Creative New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery and The Press
 

Manray Hsu is an independent curator and art critic, currently living in Taipei. Manray served as a jury member for the 49th Venice Biennale, Unesco Prize for the 7th Istanbul Biennial in 2001, and the 2006 Hermes Prize for Korean Contemporary Artists.

Guided Walk with SCAPE 2010 Curators and Artists

Sat, 2010-09-25 12:30 - 13:50

Meet in the foyer, Christchurch Art Gallery

Curatorial group members Julia Morison and William Field will lead a tour of the temporary artworks along the SCAPE 2010 Public Art Walkway. Curators Julia and William will discuss each artwork as viewed through the curatorial framework. SCAPE 2010 artists will also join the guided walk to introduce their artworks. This walk offers a unique opportunity to experience the 2010 artworks with the insight of the SCAPE curators and artists.

Contemporary Art and the Fabric of the City Panel Discussion

Sat, 2010-09-25 14:00 - 15:30

Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall

Chair: Blair French, Curatorial Convenor SCAPE 2010 and Executive Director of Artspace (Sydney).
The first of four panel discussions held over the opening weekend of SCAPE 2010 and involving an array of participating artists, curators, writers, architects, urban designers and commentators will take up the question of what forces – economic, political, geographic, cultural, environmental – are currently driving urban consolidation and how do or might contemporary art practices contribute to, redirect, openly challenge or actively subvert these forces?

Working Live: Contemporary Art and Social Space Panel Discussion

Sat, 2010-09-25 16:00 - 17:30

Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall

Chair: Emma Bugden, Director, Artspace (NZ).
How do the changes that happen within the inner city (architectural, demographic etc) have an impact on human use and the experience within these spaces? Does the constant regenerative nature of a city facilitate possibilities for artists to work in participatory ways within public space? How is the mutable, dynamic city reflected in and/or formed by developing models of community? Can works of art in public space somehow institute such notions of community?

Inhabiting the City Panel Discussion

Sun, 2010-09-26 11:00 - 12:30

Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall

Chair: William Field, SCAPE 2010 Curatorial Group and Landscape Architect
What do we understand by or experience as inner-city life and what new possibilities might we expect in the future? How is the city consistently rearticulated and/or claimed by the groups that inhabit it? How are subtle and not so subtle impulses to ownership or sovereignty of and within space manifested?  How do patterns of inhabitation shape public space?

Biljana Ciric Public Space: Strategies of Involvement

Sun, 2010-09-26 13:00 - 14:30

Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall

Shanghai-based independent curator and former Director of the Curatorial Department at the Shanghai Duolin Museum of Modern Art, Biljana Ciric will discuss the notion of public space as it exists in China, from its place in traditional culture through to the appearance of public monuments during the Mao era. Considering the changing relationship between artists and the state Ciric will also track the shifting critical contexts for art in public space as well as look at virtual space as an important platform for public discussion and information sharing.

With support from Asia New Zealand Foundation

Biljana Ciric is an independent curator based in Shanghai. She was a member of the curatorial team for Intrude: Art and Life 366 (Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, 2008) and is former director of the Curatorial Department at the Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art.

Imagined Futures / Possible Futures: Art and Public Space Panel Discussion

Sun, 2010-09-26 15:00 - 16:30

Limes Room, Christchurch Town Hall

Chair: Lara Strongman, Independent Curator/Writer  
How do practices in contemporary art intersect with those of urban planning, design, architecture and environmental planning? Do any such intersections bear the potential to create new possibilities, conceptual frameworks and material environments for art in public space practices?

Night Tour with Blair French and Ruth Watson

Mon, 2010-09-27 19:00

Meet at SCAPE 2010 Hub, Cathedral Square

SCAPE 2010 Artist Ruth Watson and Curatorial Convenor Blair French will lead an exciting night tour of the artworks along the SCAPE 2010 Public Art Walkway. To include Watson's large scale projections Swamp along High street.

Tour with Blair French

Wed, 2010-09-29 12:00

Meet at SCAPE 2010 Hub, Cathedral Square

SCAPE 2010 Curatorial Convenor and Executive Director of Artspace (Sydney) Blair French will lead a tour of the artworks presenting each project as viewed through the curatorial framework

Multiple City Film Screening

Wed, 2010-09-29 19:30 - 20:30

Philip Carter Family Auditorium, Christchurch Art Gallery

Directed by Rich Potter, Multiple City is a film about the public art project ‘ciudadMULTIPLEcity’ curated by Gerardo Mosquera and Adrienne Samos in Panama City in 2003 in which 13 artists created public works involving the city’s various urban communities. English subtitles. Introduced by Blair French, Curatorial Convenor SCAPE 2010.

Courtesy of Rich Potter
With support from Christchurch Art Gallery and The Press