Cut Collective in Dunedin…

Well so this is it, our southerly sojourn sees us occupying the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (some of it anyway) for just over 3 months with brand new, tripped out, large scale works examining not if the ‘consumer society’ exists, but how we are so comfortable being part of it. And there is no denying that we here at CCHQ enjoy our nice tings much as the next con-sumer..

This is just one of the conundrums that has informed ‘Illegal Tender’.

More info and taster pics to come….

More of the blues

More High Class Blues from TrustMe of the Cut Collective…

soHOLE

New work from TrustMe to accompany the spontaneous signage appearing on the most offensive (abandoned) developments in our area.

Alterego-The Movie

Our friends at the Gothe Institute have helped bring this movie to our shores. A worldwide documentary about graffiti writing featuring NZ’s own Askew (TMD,SUK).

Screening in Auckland at the Academy Cinemas from 21 May 2009 and Wellington at the Paramount from the same date. Alterego takes the viewer to 9 major cities around the world and into the lives of some very passionate individuals behind these written identities, walking the border between creation and destruction, art and vandalism.

Check the trailer on the movies official website here.

Paper, Scissors, Stock.

“Paper, Scissors, Stock” is the Cut Collective’s first Auckland show of the year following the major collaborative exhibition ‘Common Ground’ which is still currently running at The New Dowse in Lower Hutt.
It’s back to basics time now, with a print show featuring limited edition silkscreens from the Cut Collective (Component, Enforce1, Flox, Kool & Trustme) and special guests Misery and Brother Charlie.
Join us for the launch of these brand new prints (and some fresh t’s) at CCHQ. 38 Poynton Terrace, behind St Kevin’s arcade.

Stickerssss

Check them out, Everfresh Studio post on sticker installation by Markster and Tom Civil from Melbourne. So far can only spot NZ stickers from Gasp and TrustMe.

Dont let your battery run flat mid download

It corrupts your data. And so it is that the 200 plus photos taken in Welly over the last 2 weeks are ffzzztput. Check back soon as we source imagery from our friends to put together a decent post on an action packed couple of weeks in the capital city.

S.A.

Sunny dayze

Component getting high..

Silence the hoodlums..

Tenze..

COMMON GROUND

This month The New Dowse in Lower Hutt will be hosting the Common Ground exhibition. A collaborative exercise between NZ’s Cut Collective and Germany’s ViaGrafik.

The show features work exploring ideas stemming from each collectives experience of working within a range of mediums and environments, and how the site of the street can inform and inspire creativity.

Opening on Friday the 13th with live painting, Olmecha Supreme Soundsystem, SecretLevel DJ’s, King Homeboy the NZ beatbox champ, and laser tag (tagging with lasers as opposed to chasing people with laser guns). All are welcome.

Also as part of the exhibition is a panel discussion based around the role of graffiti and street art.

Keep the Wall Grey and the Mind Will Follow…
Sunday 15 February 3-4pm / FREE

Artist/curator Jo Randerson chairs this panel discussion on the role and status of street art. Is street art a display of cutting-edge urban creativity or reckless vandalism?

Engage in the debate about the use of public spaces for creative expression with guest street artists from Cut Collective and Via Grafik, community youth workers, graffiti eradication specialists, media commentators and public space designers/architects.
To book ph (04) 560 1470 or newdowsebookings@huttcity.govt.nz

Fuck All Is All I Need To Get By…

Is the title of this photograph by Miso, who I know has many hundreds of photos we’d be happy to post on here. Wisely he’ll be keeping most of them to himself and putting them to use in a website and zine he’s working on…keep you posted.

Also on the photo tip we have the launch and subsequent exhibition of work from the new The Peeps magazine. Here in AK this coming Friday, if you are interested in graf, street culture or just good photography then go check it out!