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Hutt River to flow in Denmark

Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 9:30 am | Letting Space

After being first presented at the Hutt City Common Ground festival in 2017, a drone film of the Hutt River will feature in Århus, Denmark this week at an international academic conference. More >>

Guests from Beirut, new projects, essays and brokerages

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 10:07 am | Letting Space

Come meet Letting Space’s first ever international artists in residence. Architect Rana Haddad and artist Pascal Hachem from Beirut are in Wellington meeting locals, exploring the history of the city and responding with urban interventions. A vacant ... More >>

Beirut artists intervene in Wellington streets

Friday, 5 May 2017, 4:03 pm | Letting Space

Visiting Lebanese architect Rana Haddad and artist Pascal Hachem will be literally rolling out an artwork in Wellington’s streets next week, making visible historic paths with their project The Missing Flow . More >>

Lebanese architecture and artist duo install in Wellington

Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 4:51 pm | Letting Space

Public art programme Letting Space announces its first international residency, hosting Lebanese architect and artist collaborators Rana Haddad and Pascal Hachem. The pair have recently arrived in Wellington City where they will be resident until mid May. More >>

Next week in Porirua! TEZA 2015 Programme

Monday, 16 November 2015, 11:46 am | Letting Space

Please find attached our programme for the Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa 2015, in Porirua. www.teza.org.nz More >>

Urban Dream Brokerage opens for business in Dunedin

Monday, 5 October 2015, 3:07 pm | Letting Space

Letting Space public art organisation has appointed well known designer Tamsin Cooper to become the broker for creative projects and empty commercial sites through the Urban Dream Brokerage, Dunedin from this week. More >>

Could the Internet Have a Life of its Own?

Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 8:31 am | Letting Space

A Kapiti writer’s debut novel boldly suggests that in the not very distant future the internet could develop a life of its own. To be launched at St Peters Hall Paekakariki 2pm Sunday 4 October with a discussion with an expert in computer science , Dr Marcus ... More >>

Call for TEZA 2015 submissions, a picnic and your moods

Friday, 10 April 2015, 9:23 am | Letting Space

This coming Sunday if you're in Wellington we are having a pretty special picnic. More >>

Join to a picnic on a giant field painting

Wednesday, 8 April 2015, 1:13 pm | Letting Space

If you're in Wellington, this is an invitation to join us and share food and activities as part of a picnic at Macalister and Liardet Street Parks, Berhamphore, Wellington 12noon - 3pm Sunday 19 April to celebrate a giant field painting that has been created ... More >>

Restoration complete on long-lost art treasure

Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 1:19 pm | Letting Space

Restoration has been completed on a rediscovered significant national mural, and it is now available for the public to view online ( http://bronwyn.co.nz/projects/te-ika-a-akoranga ) and as photographic tiles in a large publicly-viewable glass cabinet in the JWT ... More >>

Berhamphore Residents Shape a Giant Field Painting

Friday, 4 July 2014, 11:58 am | Letting Space

MacAlister and Liardet Parks residents in Berhamphore have been asking if they’ve been recently visited by vandals or crop circle creators. Artist Siv Fjaerestad’s has been testing grass paint on the fields. More >>

Artist rediscovers long-lost national treasure

Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 3:33 pm | Letting Space

A significant national mural has been rediscovered as part of an art project by Wellington artist Bronwyn Holloway-Smith. For the first time in decades, members of the public will once again be able to view the mural in conjunction with Holloway-Smith’s ... More >>

Letting Space News

Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 1:30 pm | Letting Space

We bring news of the continued expansion of public ground, with the announcement of a new Letting Space project in Wellington later this year, and public art projects happening under the auspices of Urban Dream Brokerage in the Capital’s CBD this ... More >>

Letting Space News: TEZA writing and images

Wednesday, 18 December 2013, 4:05 pm | Letting Space

It’s been a busy, electric year-end with TEZA in Christchurch and the launch of a Judy Darragh commission in Auckland. Exciting projects with beautiful people, still turning over in our heads and hearts. The Urban Dream Brokerage is cooking up new ... More >>

Letting Space News: Full programme of TEZA is out!!

Friday, 22 November 2013, 2:32 pm | Letting Space

We’re pretty stoked to be able to share the full programme for TEZA: the Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa next week, 25 November to 1 December, New Brighton, Christchurch www.teza.org.nz/programme. Bestest, Mark, Sophie, Helen and the whole TEZA crew. More >>

Welcome to TEZA: The Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa

Thursday, 7 November 2013, 3:31 pm | Letting Space

A group of artists from around New Zealand are establishing an economic zone in New Brighton, Christchurch for seven days. More >>

Welcome to TEZA: The Transitional Economic Zone of Aotearoa

Monday, 16 September 2013, 2:17 pm | Letting Space

New Zealand public art programme Letting Space has released details of an impressive new project - a ‘transitional economic zone’ to open for a limited time 25 November to 3 December in Christchurch, exploring new ways of working together for common ... More >>

Letting Space News: TEZA details emerge

Monday, 16 September 2013, 2:08 pm | Letting Space

Lots to share as the Brokerage reopens in Wellington, we establish a media channel online, plan for our TEZA project in Christchurch (see artist lineup and dates) and start a series of three works in Auckland. More >>

Public media project on the Business of Art

Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 4:54 pm | Letting Space

A New Zealand internet channel of videos exploring the business of the contemporary art scene is now online. Featuring more than 20 10 -minute interviews with artists, dealers, collectors, curators and others from New Zealand and Australia, Studio Channel ... More >>

Creative Ideas for Vacant Wellington Space Sought

Monday, 12 August 2013, 3:15 pm | Letting Space

Public art ideas for vacant commercial space in Wellington are being sought by this week by the agency Urban Dream Brokerage, established this year by public art programme Letting Space. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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