The Dust Palace is home to Sam Hamilton and Eve Gordon, experimental film and music artists who've performed and been based in Brisbane and Auckland. The site highlights their past and future projects and festival works.

http://www.thedustpalace.co.nz

Cross St Studios is an artist-run space, organized by young artists. It acts as a hub for networking as to nurture an emerging artist community. Cross St Studios will function as a platform for encouraging professional practices. It is an incubator for ideas that can be easily generated, executed and exhibited. Our emphasis is on creating the freedom to experiment with unconventional ideas and presenting them to a public audience.

http://www.crossstreetstudios.com

The necks workshop / solo performances

The Necks FREE workshop and solo performances.

This Thursday the 28th of February Chris Abraham, Tony Buck, and Lloyd Swanton from Australian group, The Necks will host a workshop presented by vitamin s in association with alt music and the audio foundation.

The workshop will begin at 7 p.m. at the silo theatre, - (lower Greys Ave - Auckland city(and yes, the Bar will be open)) - and following the workshop Chris, Tony, and Lloyd will perform a number of solos.

This is a great opportunity to get an insight into the process of improvisation and performance both as a collective and as individuals.

The format for the vitamin s workshops offers all those who attend the chance not only benefit from the host's presentation, but also have the chance to play, interact, discuss and get feedback drawing from their knowledge and experience. These workshops are very much a dialogue between all those who attend.

Tending Networks: The 5th Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium will address new developments, connections, and opportunities in digital, new media and electronic art practice in New Zealand and internationally.

The symposium will feature presentations by major international artists Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries of Korea, and Adam Hyde, a New Zealander based in Amsterdam. A wide range of artists and researchers from Christchurch and around New Zealand will present current projects, and panel discussions will focus on the creation of new work, including the role of community networks, the value of collaboration, and the challenges posed by exhibiting digital art.

I was checking out the NZ Audio Foundation website again today and came across a link from an email on the AF-l about funding from Damian from Frey. it's an interesting argument. I think Australia is similar to New Zealand in this way, but also at a glance I think New Zealanders have the creative support advantage over the Australians, or so it seemed to me at least, as they have MANY! support organisations helping the artists. will have to do some more research to see if my assumptions are founded.

For those of you in Auckland over this weekend

As part of the Cross St Carnival
http://www.crossstreetcarnival.com/

The Audio Foundation presents the first AF CD Shop!
complete with badges...

We are selling on behalf and all profits will of course go back to the artists.

In stock we have:

* Lovely Midget
* Sci Hi and Audible 3
* PseudoArcana artists
* Alastair Galbraith
* CMR artists - including Richard Francis latest work
* CLaudia artists
* Nigel Wright
* Rosy Parlane
* Pumice
* Adam Willets
* Crude
* Agitated Radio Pilot
* Spacething stock

NaVloPoMo 16 - day # 16 the chaos & randomness of Rotorua mud pools

original video @ http://blip.tv/file/489262
blog post @ http://www.aliak.com/node/14217

I don't know what it is about these mud pools but I could watch them all day. I'm mesmerised by them - the sounds, trying to guess which one will explode the highest or next. it's a mathematical problem just waiting to be solved!!

video taken @ Rotorua, New Zealand - April 14th 2007

NaVloPoMo 13 - day # 13 NZ - Corromandel drive

http://blip.tv/file/480062 = source file
http://www.aliak.com/node/14210 = blog post

Watch the video

whilst I seem to have a fast net connection I thought I'd upload this one. it was taken earlier this year, I forget the date - sometime between feb-june I'd say. I was in Auckland, New Zealand. a couple of guys from work came on a driving trip and I wasn't driving so took the opportunity to take some video. it's a little bumpy and I haven't edited it, but Corromandel is such a beautiful part of the world I wanted to keep it as is. it's sooo laid back there. we found a nice little gallery / store and it turns out the girl who owns it was originally from Brisbane. Australians.. what can I say.. they get around and find the good spots!! :)

KOG 30/10/2003 phone interview with Mark from KOG label.

http://www.kog.co.nz/

this is the full transcript for reference. so excuse the ums & ahhs & spelling / transcription errors and incoherency on my part.. I had a shorter, edited version on Pulse Radio site a few years back but I've lost the copy and the content's changed on their site now.

Auckland Festival '07 - 9-25th March 2007
http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/

Auckland drive to Bethells Beach

gps data - saved 22 March 2006

Auckland, New Zealand 04/12/2005 - needs adjustment!

gps data - world view

May 15 2006

gps data : NZ, Australia, UK, India

click here or on the image to play the quicktime movie

Robin Fox performed live @ Artspace in Auckland on 18/02/2006.

this is a recording in three parts of his performance

http://www.aliak.com/node/2227 has some other documentation of the night

http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz

click here or on the image to play the quicktime movie

here's a slideshow video of a trip to Bethells Beach, not far from Auckland, New Zealand. 19/02/2006.

it's my favourite Auckland beach - dark, volcanic sand that sparkles in the sun. it's one of those raw untouched beaches where the sand dunes are still untouched, though erosion has started on them. like the beaches in QLD when we used to go as kids.

music is "Relaxin' with Cherry" by Kid Loco

click here or on the image to play the quicktime movie

mhfs, Sean Kerr, Robin Fox performed live @ Artspace in Auckland on 18/02/2006.

this is a slideshow video of some photos taken on the night

http://www.aliak.com/node/2227 has some other documentation of the night

http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/

music in the video is "Reel Life" by Cinematic Orchestra

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