From the Vice-Chancellor The UC Platform Arts Festival is a unique opportunity to see the next generation of artists, performers and thinkers that the University of Canterbury is well known for producing. This year’s festival will showcase the vibrancy of our campus, with many events held in our awardwinning Undercroft student space. We are proud to be bringing back to Christchurch celebrated alumnus Vincent Ward, as well as collaborating with the Embassies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela to host the 13th annual Latin America and Spain Film Festival as part of our programme. Join us, enjoy a diverse and exciting programme of art, talks, music, film and more. This is a chance for the Canterbury community to experience all that the Arts at UC has to offer.
Dr Rod Carr Vice-Chancellor University of Canterbury
Welcome to Platform I am delighted to present the programme for the 2014 UC Platform Arts Festival. This year’s festival features a varied selection of performances, exhibitions, talks, and films from across the spectrum of what the UC College of Arts has to offer. This is the fifth Platform Arts Festival that the university has held and I am proud of the continuing commitment of staff, performers, artists and students in producing such a fine festival. I know you will be impressed by the quality and diversity of what we present in the 2014 UC Platform Arts Festival.
Professor Jonathan Le Cocq Pro-Vice-Chancellor College of Arts University of Canterbury
Across the Water NZ & Australian Composers
French Cello Sonatas from the Era of Louis XV
Violinist Cathy Irons (CSO) and violinist/violist Joanna Drimatis (Sydney Conservatorium) perform works by Douglas Lilburn, Bohuslav Martinu, American composer Paul Rudy and UC’s own Chris Cree Brown and Alex van der Broek.
UC Music staff Francis Yapp and Tomas Hurnik together with Jonathan Le Cocq present French and Italian cello sonatas published in Paris in the Louis XV era, including music by Boismortier, Barrière, Geminiani, Berteau, Spourny, and Giraud.
1pm, Thursday 11 September, School of Music Room 205, free entry
Francis Yapp and Tomas Hurnik, baroque cellos Jonathan Le Cocq, lute and theorbo 1pm, Monday 15 September, School of Music Room 205, free entry
Instant Composition
Songwriting Students in Concert
Come along to watch or join in the fun when School of Music staff members Alex van den Broek and Glenda Keam curate Instant Composition. What can be done with a Game Plan, a few props, and a group of musicians ready to play? Come along and find out.
Armed with original content, this year’s School of Music songwriting students from MUSA 120 and MUSA 220 invite you to join them in the chilled out atmosphere of The Foundry as they showcase their talent with their latest songs.
3.30pm, Monday 15 September, School of Music Room 205, free entry
7pm, Thursday 18 September, The Foundry, 90 Ilam Road, Ilam, free entry
Barocco Celtico
Sculptural Sounds
A unique pairing of two traditions is superbly achieved under the direction of Jonathan Le Cocq, UC academic and performer.
An exciting concert of new music composed by staff and senior students at the University of Canterbury including works by Patrick Shepherd, Alex van den Broek, David Sadler, Matthew Everingham, Iain Brandram-Adams, Matt Scobie, James Gardner and Chris Cree Brown.
Jonathan (lute & guitar) will be joined by Jeremy Brownbrooke (fiddle & mandolin), Sophia Bidwell (accordion), Francis Yapp (cello), Lois Johnston (soprano), and guests. The concert will feature original and traditional music from celtic regions from around the world mixed with European Baroque music. 7.30pm Wednesday 17 September, The Living Room, free entry
7.30pm, Tuesday 16th September, School of Music Room 205, free entry
The Music of Resilience The role of music in forging character in both individuals and society has been extolled by writers from Plato onwards. In times of trouble, including disasters, music often plays a vital role. This seminar explores the way music has helped to rebuild communities after-or during-catastrophe. From a response in music to the 1732 Naples earthquake, to the place of Shostakovich’s 5th symphony under the tyranny of Stalinism, to the music of our own shaken city, Dr Francis Yapp will explore the importance of music in building resilience. 4.30pm, Friday 19 September, School of Music Room 205, free entry
Rangiora Brass UC School of Music Intern Keeneth Love recently took the Rangiora Brass Band to the National Championships in Invercargill where they marched away with a host of awards. The band won the “D” (Youth) Grade Band of the Year and Keeneth was named Music Director of The Year. They also won all three sections they competed in. Keeneth has just completed his Music degree and a Music Internship program focussing on his work with this talented band. Come and hear them play, as we congratulate them in their success. 6.30pm, Saturday 13 September, Undercroft, free entry
Tatau 1978 – 2005 Photographs from the Tatau Project by Mark Adams Paulo Sulu’ape was the pre-eminent Samoan tattooist of his generation. Mark Adams met him in 1978 and photographed his practice and that of his brothers and cousins. After Sulu’ape’s death in 1999 Adams produced a new, extended series of photographs of individuals tattooed by Sulu’ape in New Zealand and beyond. They represent an unusually careful and complex response to difficult issues: of our colonial history, our politics, violence and memory and place, and they ask tough questions of this scene and its history - questions that are inevitably unresolved. They also grapple with the discomforts of cross-cultural image-making and its histories. Adams’s project as a photographer is based on a fundamental intuition that the world we inhabit everyday in the Pacific is marked by traces of a founding violence that has made it what it is and him who he is. Mark Adams’s tatau images began to be exhibited around 1982. Six were selected for the 1998 Sao Paulo biennale, and a few were included within larger thematic exhibitions in New Zealand, the
UK, and elsewhere. The 2003 ‘Tatau’ exhibition curated by Peter Brunt at the Adam Art Gallery at Victoria University, Wellington, was the first presentation of an extended series. It has subsequently been shown at public, private and university galleries and museums in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the USA and the UK. Mark Adams has a BFA (Hons) from the School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury and is represented by Paul McNamara Gallery and Two Rooms Gallery. Exhibition opening: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September Artist talk 1pm, Thursday 18 September 10 September – 2 October, 9am – 4pm Monday – Friday, Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Image courtesy of the artist: Image title: 12.2.1982. Farwood Drive, Henderson. West Auckland. Uli (victim) Tufuga tatatau Su’a Pasina Sefo 750mm x 1000mm enlargement from Kodak 4 x 5 inch Ekatachrome transparency on to C type Fuji Crystal Archive silver based paper
Visions of Peace
Greek Art & Myth
As a World Peace Council delegate representing New Zealand, Hawke’s Bay farmer H.W. Youren (1910-1983) visited China three times from 1952-1960.
From Antiquity to Aotearoa: The Logie Collection and a Modern NZ Artist’s Use of Ancient Imagery
On his visits to China, Youren delighted in China’s art, and he bought many fine artworks, often guided by his friend, Rewi Alley (1897-1987). Youren organised a series of exhibitions of Chinese art in New Zealand, with accompanying lectures on Chinese art and culture. His aim, in part, was to present a positive image of China, different than most New Zealanders saw in the press.
Award-winning Christchurch-based artist Marian Maguire will speak about the influence of Greek art, especially vase painting, on her work. Herakles, Achilles, Odysseus gain a new lease of life as their stories are recast within a New Zealand setting. Joining Marian is Patrick O’Sullivan who will discuss aspects of Greek art and mythology in their cultural context with reference to artefacts housed in the University’s James Logie Memorial Collection.
This talk will introduce Youren and his collection of Chinese art, to be exhibited at UC in November. 6pm, Friday 19 September, Seminar Room, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry
Image: 42.57, Athenian Black-Figure Amphora, attributed to Group E, mid 6th Century BCE. James Logie Memorial Collection, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
5pm, Sunday 21 September, Undercroft 101, free entry
Canterbury Schools Debating Competition
Political debate: Voting in NZ Should be Compulsory
High school students from across Canterbury will test their skills against each other in this exciting day of debating. During the preliminary rounds students will be mentored by experienced UC DebSoc debaters to give them that extra edge and help them hone their arguments. Ending the day with a final debate at 5.30pm the judges will be hard pressed to decide who is the ‘best debater’.
With the general election just a week away its time to put the debate about compulsory voting back on the table.
10.30am – 6.30pm, Saturday 13 September, Undercroft, free entry
Talented, witty and politically savvy, our debaters will go head to head on this contentious topic. Hear UC’s Peter Field, Bronwyn Hayward, together with Nathalie Blakely (UC POLSOC), Tom O’Brien (President, NZ Universities Debating Council), and Tim Bain (President, Canterbury Schools’ Debating Council) battle it out while MC/Adjudicator Beck Eleven (The Press) attempts to keep the peace. 7.30pm, Saturday 13 September, Undercroft, free entry
Documentary-What The Coming is it? A Personal of Age Girl Childhood is a common theme in New Zealand writing Approach - perhaps due to the relative newness of the national Acclaimed New Zealand filmmaker and UC graduate Vincent Ward presents two of his films - In Spring One Plants Alone, and Rain of the Children. Exploring the notion: Documentary what is it? Vincent will present two enlightening sessions exploring this central idea and provide an opportunity for discussion. Each film will be screened in full.
identity, and “rites of passage� stories reflect this.
In Spring One Plants Alone
6pm, Monday 15 September, Seminar Room, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry
6pm, Tuesday 16 September, Undercroft 101, free entry
Rain of the Children 6pm, Wednesday 17 September, Undercroft 101, free entry
Cinema Studies lecturer Mary Wiles will be joined by filmmaker Vincent Ward to discuss the coming-of-age story in his 1984 film Vigil. In this film, the landscape becomes a metaphor to the emotional states of its adolescent inhabitant and is transformed through her capacity to re-envision it through storytelling, fantasy, and role-playing.
Best of Film Showcase Filmmaking has a rich heritage at UC. Here UC Fine Arts student filmmakers present a showcase of their recent work. 6pm, Friday 19 September, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry
Vigilante, Vigilante
Aeroplace
PhD researcher Reuben Woods explores the presence and emergence of street art in post-quake Christchurch. Vigilante, Vigilante is a documentary on the ‘battle for expression’ between unsanctioned street artists and the self-empowered (and equally unsanctioned) figures who paint out any form of expression in city streets. Christchurch obviously has embraced sanctioned street art and graffiti murals, but there remains a more strained attitude to unsanctioned forms (that have influenced the sanctioned movement) especially as the city recovers and more and more control is asserted.
John Chrisstoffel’s Aeroplace is a multi channel video installation presented on suspended screens in the Undercroft. Exploring the relationship between travel, time and space, Aeroplace is a lyrical look at air travel, the duration of the journey and our interaction within the confined spaces of a fuselage.
7pm, Thursday 18 September, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry Vigilante, Vigilante contains course language
9am – 9pm, 11 – 21 September, Undercroft, free entry
Latin America and Spain Film Festival The Tiger and the Deer
The Latin America and Spain Film Festival (LASFF) is proud to present, at the University of Canterbury, its 13th edition featuring a selection of recent films from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela. The Festival includes a wide range of genres, topics and styles, providing an opportunity for the community and movie lovers to immerse themselves into the cultural and social aspects of each of the participating countries.
Undertow
LASFF is brought to you by the Latin American and Spanish Embassies in New Zealand and Australia, with the support of the Cinema Studies department at the University of Canterbury. The 13th LASFF is travelling to Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington, in association with art centres and academics institutions. 12 – 15 September, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry
Sleep Tight
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Latin America and Spain Film Festival Programme Friday 12 September 6.30pm Argentina, It’s not you, it’s me (No sos vos, soy yo), 2004, 102 min, Comedy 8.30pm Cuba, Scent of an Oak (Roble de Olor) , 2003, 140 min, Drama SATURday 13 September 1.30pm Chile, The Maid (La Nana), 2009, 100 min, Drama 3.30pm Uruguay, The Engineer (El Ingeniero), 2012, 129 min, Documentary 6.30pm Mexico, In the middle of Heaven (En el Ombligo del Cielo), 2012, 90 min, Comedy 8.30pm Colombia, The Hidden Face (La Cara Oculta), 2011, 103 min, Thriller SUNday 14 September 2.30pm El Salvador, The Tiger and the Deer (El Tigre y el Venado), 2013, 46 min, Documentary 3.30pm Ecuador, In the Name of the Girl (En el Nombre de la Niña), 2011, 102 min, Drama 6.30pm Brazil, Simonal, 2009, 100 min, Documentary 8.30pm Spain, Sleep Tight (Mientras Duermes), 2011, 97 min, Thriller MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 6.30pm Peru, Undertow (Contracorriente), 2009, 100 min, Drama 8.30pm Venezuela, Topsy-Turvy (Patas Arribas), 2011, 90 min, Comedy To view film trailers and descriptions visit www.arts.canterbury.ac.nz/platform
Talk Back
Family Ties
UC Fine Arts students Ella Duncan and Jon Jeet join up with Anthropology Honours student Elizabeth Ashby, looking at how meaning is often embedded into a person’s identity - the clothes they wear, their body language, and their physical attributes. Focussing on the human body, their works attempt to explore how meaning is produced and translated, looking specifically at the position and power of the supposed ‘artist’.
This exhibition draws on the collections of the University of Canterbury and Canterbury Museum to create a unique juxtaposition of documents and objects that bind the present to the past. From medieval England to nineteenth-century Canterbury, these items illustrate the connections that our ancestors felt it essential to remember.
Performance: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, School of fine Arts Block 2, Seminar Room, free entry Exhibition: 9am – 9pm, 11 – 21 September, Undercroft walkway, free entry
Chris Jones will give a talk associated with the exhibition, for date and time visit the Platform web site. Exhibition: during library hours, 12 September – 31 October, Puaka-James Hight Library, free entry
Collecting Yourself
Unknown
Structure, a single object, a small discarded piece meets another. Handmade, found and organic, they mimic each other and a language of difference is created. An abstraction of human relation is sought; material becomes metaphor and a skin to be touched. A collection of the self? A sense of control perhaps, or at least comfort with the material world.
The Art Collections owned by the University of Canterbury include over 5000 objects. The collections are used on a regular basis by students and staff as teaching and research aids and are exhibited throughout the university. But there are a great deal of artworks (around 300) where the artist is not known. UC Collections curator Jamie Hanton has selected a number of these and has investigated who the creators might be.
Fine Arts student Emma Wallbanks presents recent work. Exhibition Opening: Tuesday 16 September, 5pm 17 – 19 September, 9am – 4pm, The Casting Room, Block 3, School of Fine Arts, free entry
9am – 9pm, 12 – 21 September, Undercroft, free entry
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Herstory
A personal examination by Clarissa Lim of the specimens, hybrids and cultivars of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. The natural beauty of the unfamiliar, strange and exotic are explored through painting to glorify their colour, texture and form.
Herstory is a website featuring conversations with women about their lives and jobs. Using oral history and documentary photography, these stories aim to empower young women, to help them envision their own futures. This ongoing project is by Chrissy Irvine, a postgraduate Fine Arts student.
Exhibition opening: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry
10 – 12 September, 9am – 4pm, The Casting Room, School of Fine Arts Block 3, free entry
Launch event: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry 10 September onwards, visit www.herstory.org.nz
In the Margins Artists’ Books from the UC Collections Artists’ Books are notoriously difficult to define, but at the most simple level they can be understood as works of art that engage specifically with the form of the book. They can be produced as one-off objects, as part of a limited edition, or as inexpensive, massproduced items. So too, artists’ books can make use of a variety of different forms, sizes and materials, and can consist of text, image, or a combination of both. The exhibition is curated by Dr Barbara Garrie, Sophie Davis and students from the Art History and Theory Honours programme. 11 – 21 September, during library hours, Puaka-James Hight Library, level 2, free entry
From Hieroglyphs to Text Messages A Short History of Writing Samples of Egyptian papyrus, Roman grave inscriptions, and early cuneiform tablets form the basis of this exhibition of ancient antiquities from the University of Canterbury’s James Logie Memorial Collection. Together these artefacts tell the fascinating story of how different cultures have developed ways to communicate and share ideas through writing. 11 – 21 September, during library hours, Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) Library, Creyke Road, free entry
Fine Arts Open Studios and Tours A unique opportunity to have a look behind the scenes of one of the country’s oldest and bestknown art schools. We invite future students and anyone interested in seeing first hand the painting, film, design, photography and sculpture studios to come for a School of Fine Arts Director’s tour. For bookings and inquiries contact Sarah Brown at: sarahe.brown@canterbury.ac.nz 2 – 3pm, Thursday 18 September, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry
Oculus Art History and Theory is proud to host the OCULUS 2014 Postgraduate Conference. OCULUS 2014 features a diverse range of papers from postgraduate students undertaking visual arts research. We are pleased to be able to provide a platform for students to share their research with their peers and the wider arts community in Christchurch. We look forward to seeing you there! Attendance is free, but please register your interest by contacting Barbara Garrie at barbara.garrie@canterbury.ac.nz 9am – 4pm, Saturday 13 September, Law 105 Lecture Theatre, free entry
Festival Programme PRE-FESTIVAL EVENTS
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
Tatau 1978 – 2005 - Mark Adams, Exhibition opening: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Herstory, Launch event: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Cultivar, Exhibition opening: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, The Casting Room, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Talk Back, Performance: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, Seminar Room, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry
Latin America and Spain Film Festival, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry
THURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Across the Water, NZ & Australian Composers, 1pm, School of Music Room 205, free entry
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Latin America and Spain Film Festival, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry
SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER Oculus, 9am - 4pm, Law 105 Lecture Theatre, free entry Canterbury Schools Debating Competition, 10.30am – 6.30pm, Undercroft, free entry Rangiora Brass, 6.30pm, Undercroft, free entry Political debate: Voting in NZ Should be Compulsory, 7.30pm, Undercroft, free entry Latin America and Spain Film Festival, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry
MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER French Cello Sonatas from the era of Louis XV, 1pm, School of Music Room 205, free entry Instant Composition, 3.30pm, School of Music Room 205, free entry The Coming of Age Girl, 6pm, Seminar Room, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Latin America and Spain Film Festival, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry
TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Collecting Yourself, Exhibition Opening: 5pm, The Casting Room, School of Fine Arts Block 3, free entry Documentary-what is it? A personal approach: In Spring One Plants Alone, 6pm, Undercroft 101, free entry Sculptural Sounds, 7.30pm, School of Music Room 205, free entry
WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Documentary-what is it? A personal approach: Rain of the Children, 6pm, Undercroft 101, free entry Barocco Celtico, 7.30pm, The Living Room, free entry
THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER Tatau 1978 – 2005 - Mark Adams, Artist talk: 1pm, Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Fine Arts Open Studios and Tours, 2 – 3pm, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Vigilante, Vigilante, 7pm, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry Songwriting Students in Concert, 7pm, The Foundry, 90 Ilam Road, Ilam, free entry
FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER The Music of Resilience, 4.30pm, School of Music Room 205, free entry Best of Film Showcase, 6pm, The Living Room (next to book shop), free entry Visions of Peace, 6pm, Seminar Room, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
In the Margins, during library hours, 11 – 21 September, Puaka-James Hight Library, level 2, free entry Herstory, 10 September onwards, visit www.herstory. org.nz, Launch event: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry Cultivar, 9am – 4pm, 10 – 12 September, The Casting Room, School of Fine Arts Block 3, free entry, Exhibition opening: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, free entry Talk Back, Exhibition: 9am – 9pm, 11 – 21 September, Undercroft walkway, free entry, Performance: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, School of fine Arts Block 2, Seminar Room, free entry Family Ties, Exhibition: during library hours, 12 September – 31 October, Puaka-James Hight Library, free entry, Dr Chris Jones will give a talk associated with the exhibition, for date and time visit the Platform web site. Aeroplace, 9am – 9pm, 11 – 21 September, Undercroft, free entry
New Zealand Election - don’t forget to vote!
Collecting Yourself, 9am – 4pm, 17 – 19 September, The Casting Room, Block 3, School of Fine Arts, free entry, Exhibition Opening: Tuesday 16 September, 5pm
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
Unknown, 9am – 9pm, 12 – 21 September, Undercroft, free entry
Greek Art & Myth, 5pm, Undercroft 101, free entry
EXHIBITIONS Tatau 1978 – 2005 - Mark Adams, 9am – 4pm Monday – Friday, 10 September – 2 October, Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts Block 2, free entry, Exhibition opening: 5pm, Tuesday 9 September, Artist talk: 1pm, Thursday 18 September
From Hieroglyphs to Text Messages, 9am – 4pm Mon – Fri, 11 – 21 September, Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) Library, Creyke Road, free entry
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