world war by K-1 utLe and unidkty profwror Amold Rode. Hk purpose m r to bring Gsrmmy back into the main stream of coatanponry ut aftsr p a n of Nazi rule. The eight documentau aiace then, ame appmximuely every four yeam, haw rurveycd the lading themes, movanenta md pemonrliriwinthevkurluerofthetime. Docrtm~mMb different. I t ~ a ~ ~ o f t h e o l d m d t h t n e w , the hot md the cold. the 0 4 0 t e m ~ n n d the b r i c . k a conrcquence, it lad; th f- oi irr ~redecemn Perh~p thia

- con be explained by the fact that it war cunad by a team nther thm m iadividual. Pahapa it can be expl&ed by the philo#)phicrl rhiftwhich arcamp8 to recount for md accommodate a phurllrtic attitude t o w a d ut production. Whatever the r e w w , q d o m are being d e d about the

I vrluc of the world's blockbwsa exhib i i .

What follow is a compiktion from rome of the material which promotes .nd critiques thir exhibition. If nothing elre, it demonmta that m exhibition of this magnitude - a di*#riryofilltefmt&

PromtkrYbitarCwidrtoE(aur1 h l - the only city between Hamover md Frmldua: - M in the 6.m instance the foul p in t of Northern Hare md the adjoining dimrica of Souehan Lower Saxony and Paem

I Wmtphdia. Tbrnlu to the harmoaiwr relationship between I town d between Nature and architecture and

bctwarm tradition d pmgras - probably a f a ~ unique in thewhokofGaemra]r-litsbsminofahighqdiy.

In addition to dw world - funour "documentaw, Kame1 has other l p r to offer in the sphere of art - the national art d d o n s , for exmpk, in Wilhelmrhohe Palace, including the W r y of Old Marten(with 17 Rembrmdtr) and& s d o n containing 4pturen from antiquity. Lomnburg Csde h a collection of weaponr and armour from bygone anturier. The Brothers Crinm M w u m i8 devoted to the life md thnsr d thaw famous Kassel citizens, Jacob and Wilhekn Grknm. The highlight of the Regional Museum is its htrophysica department, while the some building howen the world'^ only Mureurn of Tapertry - history and rtory depicted on ita walls! The New Gallery exhibits p.intinp and sculptures from 1750 down to the p m t day. Amcmg the treuura in the Rqionrl Library m the kjihlebmdlied, the aldm written c*idm# of German pauy. Incidtnrrlly, all wuerrmr ue cbwd on Mondry8l

T k r r r t i o n r r l r b e k i n d D o ~ IX (frompromotid Pnatmial) Art hu a language of ita own. When it coma into beiag it b rlim. And it remains alien, even when it hu long become put

~ w h r t i t ~ b e u w t t k w o h r t a n m o r e f d h . AttLAlba Itaiartofillavoid,tornrrnnr queftionrth8tIIScla8~0pen.It~Otdothi8ifdmtrsbsd fmm~mdir,drrrnn~rncarmdpsobkmr,itbuto conduct a d h dhbpa with roefrrl, but murt we diMtrent m#arofaxp&.

A t i m e ~ w e u * t o o o ~ o u r n h # , t r l d n f 8 d w p bnrth,dbMech#-h*-bua8bok atimeford#rw:ousliaot. Thefiilumofuorpomtabadbrhu h f o ~ b y t h t d i 8 c c w e l y o f t h e ~ b d y . I f u t u n ~ . n y t h i a f u r l l , i t i r r h e ~ v i ~ n o t r a d s y . ~~ponryar t i~ iabsuhyr r tDwumar#1X ,m cxhibitionofworMvidadgpifierwqdudrdcdirsctorJm Hoot md his tam have dren it thin moaor 'Pram the orr to thcmetothe o t h e r - o c h t h e bodytothe body mthe boditr-orfmmtheom#~rktothe~rtothea~.~

From tirr Exbibidon Gwidr by Obrirtoph B a h We have not hked bhuting etch artim i n d i w by providiug a 'guTded' tour; the complex r s h t i d p r between the works of individual p m o d t i a cur be mced withow ouaide &stance. H m u , nome c a d d y &aed d m have been provided for the v k r , from m art hirrorh'r point of view.

The imporition of psychology on art, propapwd by Barnett Newmm with his paintings and alao with his programmatic turn, b nothkg othct chm a liberation - not a libention of the wok of ut (that hrppened a long time ago), but of the viewer. He m now rhIfted into the a t r e md led to perceive hu own autonomy and individuality by the picture. Such autonomy d iudividuality are the only moton for a camhatetion with ut. This proceo m b heavy demandn oo the viswcr but it ir the only way to spuinul independence It b a firnd.wntrl -t for an undentanding of -ponryu

~ ~ d ~ l f i ~ u ~ b 1 4 1 m ~ m ~ ~ 1 ~ l t t b . t a ~ * i d a n o r ~ o f ~ h u b # n a p p l b d t o t b t choke md amngemmt of the Hhorlrs by roughly 200 atdm from newly 40 countries. There m ou t f fu rd ia lw on view, but they must fight for attention in an anvhnmmt iu which the -st, loudest md most aggresrive thrive. Documentr 9's sun of curaton, which bepa to put the &ow togcthi t h e ycrn ago, h u labored towuda this end not only by providing m event bloated in size but rlro by gnerating rmruioarl publicity before itr opening. The dl - male arm b herded by Jan Hoet, Director of the h u m 4% Contempon ry Art in k t , Belgium, whew reputation u a formu boxer d fan of Mike Tyron hb h widely dvertired, u hu hir ukction u one of Bdghd8 8exiat man. "JmH~OatheWaytoDocumamr9",aboalrof photogtrphr of Mr. Hoet, annotated by hb typical hot-&, =If-agenndizing rmurlrr, w u published lut year. It'r hard to imagine w h t they have been doing for the kn three ye-. With all that time md money at their dirpos& M r H a t a n d h i r c o l l e a g u m ~ f a w a k n a , (Ourmane of saleg81 i8 one of thow few) Tbe ultimate fading of Dacumattr 9 is the mart bPoh Miough ruppoKdly m international artistic crorrmrd, it d a m ~ t a U l u m i n . t a h o w ~ r s n t ~ f u , r p r r l c t o uaemodm. Aviaitotquicklypruobfdorratofwohthrt m r y ~ ~ ~ w i t h i o t h o ~ r h r t g r o d t l a d thrrar but amrimplylorc,hare, whereby ue hopeleuly out of

- y m ! PYMiGllffOllS -A KCAT- - ~ d ~ m y l 2 0 0 pag# ( d t covetindip~)wjehuticlcrmdclurpbythscuntorium 404 nhb *' bbgfa* md biblbgmphieh 1200 plcnmra with r p p m SOO in oolour. P u b W aquataly in Cennu! and Pndth, Sort - H d y C;rmr&&h guide with dcu mapa of the many mu#rmu md r im when the wotb us located. 248 p r p with wxt by Qirsoph Mar.

M m P n ' a # ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ L * D M ~ ~ ~ ~ & ~ M , - ~ ' I w 100. 1-011

Docmmta 9, P ~ p l r t z 18,3500 Kusel, Gemwy. Phr 0561 R 00 34, Fut: 0651 n 42 76. WORT BY EVAN ~ I B

SOUNDWATCH '92

. 3 - 21 Awfwt, Artrpau A d h d Omug Nigbt, 3 August Around the spaawere ~ t n r r l hstdationswith accompanying v i m 1 ar dim mrtahb Oac called 'Wendy H o u w m w u a m u d s i r d s d l ~ w i t h d o u m t i c ~ ad occprptmr who inaprovid with wia md ' T h e M o r u b n d ~ a Q L . I h . p ~ ~ W . ~#turdcuamdvorybthamlL.

woodhesw ~ c o m p q t e r ~ v b w l w o z l r ~ d tmcktxplorjnomhdncemdtheprej~#Ipsris&adby the iadividu8l8 in*) by JIclr Body md h v i d Csonur.

Perform- were by: St&n B& - a computer pnerated compoririar with annper mponding, intmcting md improvising on keybowd in real time.

Philip hhl- Soh pcifofmr'ae, Thi8 WWk coluhed of 8

drrukrriwl~innun,fivelrfgettnhen*ruscMckl, ~thga~iarldeandlifdng~omrllatoaerrtoredh crch. Thc hinory of the ma, dKu r i g n i c e and how they cune into the pau#don of the paformer wu told in short rnecdote rccomprnied by the playing of the men by hmd. Jokn'GiUes - (Aurtnlil). Thi multi-media wok conrirted of mw and 8 y I & d d -w~M frWb 8 V d * of muma (a, John Rox) wlrich w u r p c h r a d d with ridso & n 8 g e 8 ( d o c e u p ) o f o ~ w ~ ~ p I r y e d ( q trumpet, Irryboud). The p e c f o t l ~ ~ (John Gilk8) mpondcdto ~rhytbofhpmlmundhrm1timeon(~drumkit. Thirpiovidedu~oFhcrI.profkmdtefentLtrk.ttothe rhyehm ofthe othcrtwo elanma. MFURT BY a o ~ ~ ~ ~ u s n n

Kubirh'r mrk w u badled in the Ceoqc Pn#r Gallery in a eonastc floored md 44 mcmguh -a, deprived of d ~ d l i r t r t . An up& tree, ia tmrrk d about cheat height, m d w i t h i u r o a t ~ ~ ~ p r o p p d i n o n e c o r n e r o f

T o a e h o f t h e d g h t ~ a u r d y r o a a w a a ~ a r ~ ablcwbkholkcdJnaOtb~ofbrpucscnd: t e r m i a # r d k a d r ~ ~ , ~ ~ p w w & f m n t h e Boor.?hctmurd&erperbaablwwerewc#sduhha

, f l u ~ p r i n t w b i c h g a v e d a ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ d ,,+ ~ b y 1 ~ ~ ~ J l r 4 P r l b d m t b e o c i l i n g . 0 f ~ ~ .Fromtbrpcr l rsnamr ,d~ddahr t rcamadto b r W ~ ~ r p a r l c e r ~ J . ~ r a d ~ ec&!mwy*puasm.

A m c $ r d t o t h r o v l a i d c ~ u ~ ~ t o ~ - r p r c e w u t h e a n t d a ~ f o & w w y ~ ~ ~ ~ m . I n ceawmdw with tha utirt it.- mqhhwd that~the 'bud ~ ' ~ & w e r e i n f r a I

mrwfrchlraduQ*iKIforltcspEineuht&awyhuopr. Forme,thirworlrerolttd dwliadsatlm(*d$erw#t rpring of Gamrn folk mq), qmad, rbGIpIrrted, I + ndiorct ivs;~withinrl i&thwcrvity ,witha '

mutmmd md arpaed root qawn... a s~~~ nthnr thrn p- ma nowidbmq ~sng r aua~rfeit chow, of the dawn of ~b l i r i au .~moi r BY JOHN I

COWIM ,

RESULTS OF THE SHORT F ~ M FESTIVAL '92

Bnc Overdl F h V i o k H d Du. Chi& Ragera (Melbourne)

Bm Drama Tbe Minut. Du. Scott Reynoldn (Auddmd)

Reat Documentary W ~ M U W W0 C.t Owt of Hit. Dlr. RWxud Nevitt (Hrmilm)

BM Cmterbusy Tmkrg In Dit. Michael Brown (CMdurcnr

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~~rt*rdyhoLdrisd~rg*sraratmwi&dmil.r In their awn wordr: ~ ~ d F ~ ( ~ J r p m d ~ ) "Iatkaewff-ofur,hrztktbnotldy,'Zheyur m d i s ~ u d d c r b a r r t f ~ ~ u r o c h t i o a r . T o r h i a notwtoutor.Ihnrotd.Thtyworkd~~~c,~~~rkwW enddrr);cmgiverrd*icbdhexp&amdothet / ~ . ~ u t f r a e t o ~ ~ i n w h r t s P r r r r n y t h e y axprzci# p h r t , no longar o p w by conwmtion or tacit potiticrl

will. They rrmrin deaitrble, coddemble, raxy.' Therebrkothepaeibj4ityofaYciucu*~.

Thehrformrdaawehbfnftrrrhmdrbrief~cm mednrbrthhrduk., - a t a ~ t d ~ f o r ~ h d o r a n # r r ~ ~ c o * a n t h e r e g u l a ~ ~ ~ mBd&a

- f t d B # r n - * - r amdmmhip form for iudividurk to join at r mu of W 100.00 (approat, $30.00) ,

- ~ t i o n r b o u t r u r o i c c ~ k a e p a r r w o r d d t h e u h md whue rboua of d a t a ' worka - hfOZEl8ti~ on LWati00

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~m~ttmnptatopro(#trbcd&tsof rrtiatainthncmyu -byenuviag~trhcyrsai*Q3%0fdrsprofitfmntb8ule of their work u auction - byautui rydut theydvc plymentwhentheirwotk b reproduced

- b y p ~ t h e r i & o f u e i r a w h ~ ~ ~ w o r k i s ~ miarrprraa~ted, wed without authority or damyd

Women utirtr and fnfapeople are invited to participate in the 1993 art ewna. Thia will be. r chance to show your own art, aaft, mahi d q a , in your own studio, hwm, marae, ad- hoc or public gallery. Thew cm be done individually, in r goup, with friada or u r collective work. Thue exhibitions will be prrrmted u a "tourw around Canterbury over r two mmth period in Spring 1993 guided by r map iad &du of events. Tht will be printed u r porar to inform the public of timcr phcea and partidam of eacb event. ahoa M p t i m of each artiat or group and theit work will be included.

We ore a* women to give expadcm to whrt they m as I

the contribucian women have made to the art world and the paroar1 and politid dmga women have experiences rincc 1893. The project b intended p coogniae and celebmas the diwne culnuml activhim women m involved in and to I

enhance New ZcrlPnd'r uadtrstandii and appreciation of there. I

Therervillberwiderangeofacdvitiamdrnumberd u~.ntlrd'*abwan-hwirhSI- i u d i ~ a n d g r o u p s h a v e ~ a d y m p o h d e d a n d p u t , orIfy~tRoUMlilerr~~inuurindl*idwl~warldk further iaformrtion p h write to South blrnd Art Rojeca forward ideu. Thue include Tanporary Sculptura (m I .'

urdm~fodthrhfmnmldoa T h t n u y h u r i d c J & ~ p r h o w ) , t ~ ~ ~ r h o w e o r ~ e r a t y z r ~ a c c f ~ . '

bppomtnirytoformmruodrtionofNawZ#lurdArkiats! &hll#, 8 hbh kr Show, w h md . -:%fi.,,( M d p p y d r , r D m ~ ~ u p r h c m . n d r p o u p r h o C P . , ., ,

on the b e of rbwe. .*,;31

" ~ t h e c i t y ' n r s o ~ b y A L a p 8 c t S ~ u h m ~ r o d w d o f W a ' r p r c b h # r ' p h u e w h i l Q a ~ n e w ~ ' S ' h e ~ ~ r ~ ~ " W ~ iaPublEcndbyJ&Burett-I*anudarhichphcdthe ' .~dtofurirsr&*uiarupslblicaituauoundthe WoobommhrarhSydaeywberethenswh willbe bcaan*brwpopuktadwl,bK$"e

' ~ * a d ~ l y ~ d w i d h t h t r e m n r n n o f c h a f o r w r -w popuhtioa isolated in what ia now deahbh water - ' h k h g tk city' preenad r range of a p e h iucludiag Sydney C o d repmnmtivea, ucbitscrr, &ligncn, utirr md~n3dwhomapokerbautthe"Workiugia Publicwudraprojrca.~isnatimeorapooetodacribe t h r ? m I b v t n v o I i b u n d m o q ~ . John Burett-Larrurd p r u a d r paper o h e MultipL u#l m d ~ d t h e t e r m a p u b l i c n -chao*crroncaof dcmocncymdrccewofteno~moreurbde implicuiona. Hia uticle in the moat mcm Art & Text tided "T'h Impure Publicw axpanda oa thir.

Sw M r paper "SmuMi Spacew niwd qumhm about apace u colloniaed, tbc difference between 'Wig apacew and "ha* apacew (borically r male prerogative) md diaauaed Anne Gmhame'a work which rddrrssrd irrws of h m in tha central urbra m a , md that of Jeff Cibaon, whwe '!hmbdw pocssn juxtapored crrtdyrffiti imagcr of mrlt genitrlir with pop psychology definiths of hymria, pcuraoir etc. Nscdkm to my the posters did not 'my upw l q l

Ths afternoon 8enion c o n r i d of pramtationr by thnc ~ b # ~ ~ t e a I l l a d d * ~ p t r d t o rddreu the problem& inoar city aite of b r a Puk near CsnarlR.ilwrySrrtiaa-hi&tnffic,daqemw,h~oftk h~aaddukamdbythedudowsofFIUoffieebbdQlr The aolutioar prwdated n q e d from tho p n ~ n r t i c and d l h 8 b k to the axmord&8ry, fumtirtic aad duaim. It w u widcat that aome problcmr were ammrtsrrd in aaUIbontion buttkmortvidoauypouphad r w a d d d t i m c . w h e t h a t h i 8 ~ ~ t h t ~ u i c c m o r e d y uthe~ofprobIemaolv&gucf.cedwaa not deu but the explandon of collrbomtive madsk L d y 8 wordmhSle md fMcitnr&# pro#co. m R T Sr JUDB MX

T b b h u k s n ~ d b y a ~ o f u r i r r r d u t hlrmdrnr at present made up of Colleen Auatey, Margaret Ikwron, Linda James, Pam Gerrbh-Nuan, Tiffmy Tho* a d Julie King. A grant from the S u h p Year Committee wiIi hopefully cova the cost of the map and aaaocirted advert^ Individurlr and group will bempoxuible for the a& of rbrit own events. Our collective will cootdinate the r*entr d . l r r n i u t h r m p ( & a d o ~ p u t & s i . r h e p . ~ 4 1 d d t - p a a a n @

I w4t~DMdfCQdL~htbdriChU,~dccrllcd d m s d p b d Q m o g ~ r ( d h * t l o l r d h ~ ~ ~ t m t t S o ~ a i r e , a c o n # c c ~ m d ~ ~ d m y ahtr ape& infonnulon (1. womeu d y , brky hrnchee.1 Wewi l lnasdtb ia~rdon bytheend of hbnaq1993 but i t 4 kpodtopugeinhirlhmrsrtrm coaaupoaiblerapbucrcplymdwetrrilllucppuinfod * P W . w

h j e a a PO Box 902 Chrir#hureh.

P~purthirirrfibnrutiorrorr,drrrrlu

I 467 Wellington. Ph (04) 3859 609 ext 796.

I AM : KO AHAU - Lesbian and Gay Identity and Art A n c x h i b i t i t m o a ~ m d ~ i d c n ~ i n a r t i s ochcddedtoapcnattheDuncdinPublicArtWrp oa14Qcbober.Itwillnanrrnsil7DccembtrandwiIl Qcl~dc work8 by Allic WE, Linda Jlrazer, GJI Wright, PPetPu C o r d , Ngahtoh Maron, MPtii ~y , ICleBmrtsc4PuJJohnr ,P lu l s~9ShPne L&mdothem.Tbe~ieionwillbcopencdby J ~ m e r ~ d m f o n m i s ~ e d f o r l a t e Noremkt&g~tirruermndmponwto

-MTIVETAiBCIZY

Ckmmay. The tapemy dtbe interpreted and worked by membur of thc CPnterbury Embroiderers Guild, Ihe completed W& d be placed upstairs in t h e ~ u r c h T ~ ~ . W o s r r e s r u b r r r r t e m M to mabmit d- A fee of $3000 will be paid for the fiilPl d a i p , Southern Rc#OOPl Arts Couacil ph. 366 2072 ' '

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HIGH ST. SPACE Work is going ahead on the High St. Space in Christchurch. Anyone immediately interested in being involvcd/showing work, please contact Joanne Moar of Carolyn Menzies ph. 379 2508

HOTERE AT THE AF!ROCLUB Dunedin Artist Ralph Hotere will exhibit The Black over the Goldno Negro Sobre Lo Oro from Aug 30 to Sept 12 at the Aeroclub Gallery, 10 George St, Port Chalmers.

KRISTINA KUBISCH German artist Kristina Kubisch has sound installations at the Artspace George Frazer Gallery in Auckland and the Wellington City Art Gallery in SeptemberlOctober. ALBA is at the WCAG until 18 October and KEIN SCHONER LAND shows at the Artspace George Fraser Gallery until 11 September.

ART EDUCATORS CONFERENCE The Art Educators Conference 1992 - Art Education in Aoteroa will be held at the Auckland College of Education from 30 August to 3 September. Themes include contemporary Maori art, Identity, the Polynesian presence, resource and curriculum development.

THE DmmW OCTAQON ?ROjTm I

To be curatd by artist Zie&ed Kogddw) thic project dl indve the commissioning of 8 vrira to zapond to the histodd, social and physical &ty of the Dunedin ocmgonorm~dte.Afr#timdriddngrpePken event will be orgadsad to m c u m p y the &bition of works scheduled for May 1993.

THE mmAC?E CPSIIENNUL I I L O ~ ' The Suffrage Project will take a &dar ferm to thot of the D o l s a d i n ~ P r o j e c t . P u M i c r i t # d ~ t t o t h e h i a w f d ~ i n c h r i o a c h d w i l l t r a d e d a t l d a ~ p ~ ~ e o f d r r i o a a d n r o p b b y cowaqorary wamen artists will be devclopcd by m cuntori.l team. A doaynmtary dbitioar will be m d cxmdbg the himtorid ba&toulld and hrkhq drc put wirh the contemporary. A pragramme of fonuno and ridriag lectures will coincide with the exhibition of works. This project is ochcduled for September 1993.

Nezu Zealand art wn'ter Lita &nie will speak at the abow-mentioned conference and will also be pmsenting a paper called =Art, Technology and Dreamstates - Recent American V&" in Aukland, WeUingbn and Christcbunch. She will present this paper at Cantrrbuty University on Monday 7 September at 7pm in Lettnre Theatn? Al and at the Wellington Ciiy Art Gallery on 9 September.