Sam Mahon and Jane Zusters two of the Artists for save our water artists are in the Artists as Activists show at the Academy of Fine Arts showing in Wellington till September 12. Sam Mahon has made a sculpture of Environment Minister Nick Smith’s head from cow dung and filled with the skelet[...]
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August 5th, 2010 - 9:21 pm § in Uncategorized
Join the Water Walk
Artists for save our water will be supporting this coming event so if you are an artist and you would like to be involved in some way get in touch. email/ info@artistsforsaveourwater.co.nz Water Walk Waimakariri Wai/Water Walk – From the Alps to the Ocean Sunday 19 to Sunday 26 September 2010 Our[...]
July 27th, 2010 - 5:49 pm § in Uncategorized
artists as political activists
Jane Zusters one of the of Artists for save our water will be showing her art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington as part of the Artists as Political Activists 21st August till 12th September [...]
July 1st, 2010 - 7:41 pm § in Uncategorized
pooh cake for NZ PM John Key
The police would not allow demonstors to present John Key with a cake in the shape of a cow pooh at the occasion of Nicky Wagner celebrating the opening of her new office. The guest of (dis)honour was the PM John Key and the protesters who included the young man who jumped on [...][...]
May 1st, 2010 - 7:48 pm § in Uncategorized
artists support our water our vote
SHOW SOLIDARITY AND JOIN THE RATES PROTEST It was like being back in the 70’s as hundreds of Christchurch citizens, enraged at loosing their vote, heckled those arriving at a National Party function on the last day in office of the sacked Environment Canterbury representatives. The police were ou[...]
April 7th, 2010 - 11:40 am § in Uncategorized
the water politics behind our watershow
RE OUR SHOW AT THE CHAMBER GALLERY RANGIORA Government torpedoes own flagship water reform group Five leading environmental and outdoor recreation groups said today that the Government legislation on water conservation orders passed yesterday under urgency has sent a torpedo into the Government-b[...]
March 17th, 2010 - 7:36 pm § in Uncategorized
Hurunui River Journey 24 to 28 march 2010
Ki Uta Ki Tai (from the mountains to the sea) 1 February 2010 “We will be boating the Hurunui from Loch Katrine and Lake Sumner, spending two nights camping on the way out to the sea. We wish to explore the river as a whole. Having visited the source and the main divide to gather water, five or [[...]
January 5th, 2010 - 3:40 pm § in Uncategorized
Jamie Hanton reviews He awa reo – rivertalk
He awa reo – River Talk – Artists for Save our Water At CoCA 25th November – 12th December 2009 Reviewed by Jamie Hanton Looking out Ramonda Te Maiharoa’s digital doors to the Waimakariri River and seeing the spectre of dairy farming beside the untouched scene undoubtedly prompts th[...]
December 16th, 2009 - 9:30 pm § in Uncategorized
in their own words… by Daniel Colins
from the blog//sciblogs.co.nz/crikey-creek I’ve had an affinity with art since before I can remember. I went through a Seurat phase in primary school. Chalked up an asphalt car park with Picasso’s Guernica. And explained numerical modelling for my PhD defense with Colin McCahon. Art and scie[...]
December 14th, 2009 - 2:08 pm § in Uncategorized
water show review by Daniel Collins
Canterbury’s water management needs a serious overhaul, according to artists and activists who gathered for an art exhibition at Christchurch’s COCA on Saturday. The exhibition featured works by 12 artists brought together by local artists Sally Hope and Jane Zusters for the second annual Artist[...]
November 17th, 2009 - 8:20 pm § in Uncategorized
irrigators are sucking our rivers dry
Irrigators are sucking our rivers dry: update to He awa reo/ rivertalk opening 24 November On October 30, 2009 Environment Canterbury gave Central Plains Water, a private company, consent to take water from the Waimakariri and Rakaia rivers for irrigation on the Central Canterbury Plains. Waianiwa[...]
November 12th, 2009 - 11:33 am § in Uncategorized
he awa reo/rivertalk opens 24 nov
he awa reo/ river talk artists for save our water Tuesday 24th November 2009 Saturday 12th December 2009 art celebrating our rivers Opening 5.30 Tuesday November 24th, 2009 This is the second artists for save our water project comprising Mark Adams, Nigel Brown, Linda James, Sally Hope, Sam Mahon, A[...]
November 4th, 2009 - 8:32 pm § in Uncategorized
win a jet boat ride
Media release – November 5, 2009 Last chance for thousands of Canterbury school children to win art competition Entries close on Saturday for thousands of Canterbury school children in an art competition designed to highlight concerns over the future of the region’s rivers. The Canterbury Childr[...]
October 8th, 2009 - 11:51 pm § in Uncategorized
artistsforsaveourwater
We believe that Water is a public good that like the air belongs to all of us. Our Concerns We note with alarm the global trend towards the commercialisation and privatisation of water that is demonstrated in such applications as the CPW scheme. We are concerned at the comodification of water that i[...]