och a wee shooooooooow for insomniacs .....................August 2010

a new show 

by candlelight 

in the Scottish settler city of Dunedin 

sheltered between the high cliffs and the harsh antarctic sea

curated by Larry Matthews

at the Lagniappe gallery

this is a group show featuring works only by pinhole camera ...

which I have been secretly working away on for 5 years ...

of my diorama pinhole polaroid collection I will show 6 images

camera oscura ..... the origins of photography

how to make a pinhole camera

always proposed to do an exhibition by torch or candlelight ,........
wonderful telepath that Larry ...!!!!

{lanyop} lagniappe small art gallery is a not-for-profit art space along george street in dunedin, new zealand behind mou very bar and above alchemy cafe. run by artist/designer/poet/magic

ian larry matthews it is open only when the sky is dark.

a very short film

in the dreaming...

Arnhemland    

Northern Territory, Australia,........ Aboriginal lands

back of beyond ...beyond the black stump....out in woop woop ....lost in the never never...

always wanted to go there ...the land that time forgot .....

not easy 

need permits and excellent guides

 

 

in the dreaming...

stories...

stories....

laws for how to live 

menu......dedicating images to spirits of animals killed and eaten

handprints ...."danger ...dont go there"

mimi spirits ...

ancestors bones

white fella ..always hands in pockets .....havent seen that before

strange those white fellas

a poem

"these days, ....my days ....easy ...you break law ... you get spear in the leg

and 5 years banish from community ...

easy

old times 

my ancestors time ... 

6 feet under ...

eaten by ants ...

these days,..... my days .... more easy .....you break law...

spear in the leg ...

you understand ..?"

Tommo      ( June 2010 )

going walkabout in the dreamtime...

Australia is a complex land...

ancient elegant culture and brash new bling...

impossible animals, 

and most everything can kill you ...

Australia has always been part of my life ... just as New Zealand has ...

they both have the deep magic ... but on entirely different dream-scapes...

exploring the Northern Territory has always been a wish, since forever

so, ... I ran away and got married up there ......

:D

birds of paradise ...

"Kiss the ground" dance and film productions ...teamed with Creative New Zealand ...

the continuing story ....

break a leg and 

in bocca al lupo ....

here is the latest in the series ....

the beautiful Arjo

we love her

New York EXPOSURE

photography competition 

it's called "EXPOSURE" .... the prize is an apartment in New York for a year and a solo show 

obviously that is quite lusciously tempting ...

to see the whole folio entry

 ... Frances folio

to vote click on the 5 stars at the bottom of the folio ... (preferably the 5th star ...ahem shuffle shuffle)

dont be shy

Francis Van Hout

Francis Van Hout one of my oldest and greatest friends made a brilliant solo show at the UC Canterbury School of Fine Arts gallery last week ....coinciding with the opening of the new wings for film and post grad artists studios

All 4 walls were filled with a single marching file of paintings with definitive photographic sensation......stand in the middle of the room and slowly turn in a circle 360 degrees for the best view ....

Each work is dated ... the show is in chronological order ... mapping out one month of his life in paintings... each day some paintings were made ...some days prolific.... some days only one or nothing for the day ...

following different paths and thoughts over a month

but ...
what happened on the lost days?