Metonymy Opening

Congratulations! and the boring bits

Congratulations to all who made it in to the exhibition and for those who didn't, congratulations too for actually taking part!

Remember that as well as the exhibition, there is a separate performance event which promises to be really fun.... everyone (not just those selected for the exhibition) is invited take part! May 22nd, 8 pm at the Aotea Centre. We expect all raging performance poets, closet or not, to jump in and hopefully some of you artists will be joining us too.... not just with poetry of course! Anything goes, but please don't surprise the organisers - let us know by May 16th if you are in, and what you intend to do.

OK here are the boring technical bits - please read!!

Tomorrow, Sat May 9th is installation. If at all possible please be at the 4th Fl Aotea Centre between 10 am - 2 pm to either pick up your work or install it. If you can't make it at those times please email us so that we can install it for you. Where you have told us you need special things like plinths we will try to get those for you, but it's best to ring Hannah or Christian to check.

Sunday May 10th 3-5 pm is Preview for artists and media only. This is a good chance to come and admire your work. have a nosey at others' and generally make sure everything is in good shape for the opening.

Monday May 11th is Opening 6 pm -8 pm - please tell your friends - it'll be fun!! If at all possible please RSVP (to metonymyproject@gmail.com) so we have some idea of numbers.

Metonymy 09 - Selected works and response from Panel

OK, here it is - congratulations to everyone, not only those who made it in, but to everyone who took part and made work!

Panel for Metonymy 09

Paula Green - poet
Dylan Horrocks - visual artist
Riemke Ensing – poet – unfortunately due to family reasons Riemke was not able to attend.
Philip Patston – poet and performer
Peter Gilderdale - graphic designer, calligrapher and head of Graphic Design department AUT

The Panel were asked to evaluate work based on its collaborative nature; quality and innovation. They commented on the overall high quality of the work and were impressed at the depth of ideas. Selection was based not only on the above guidelines but whether the work showed real integration of writing with visual art, eg not just a poem put with a picture but a creation of an entirely new piece of work which fused the two.

Comments about Metonymy from two of the Panel:
“The most successful collaborations demonstrate the electric, surprising and sometimes challenging possibilities when artists and writers come together, as this exhibition demonstrates. Perhaps there needs to be a new term to acknowledge works that are neither simply artwork or prose or poetry but something glorious and fertile that emerges from the movement between.” - Paula Green

“Metonymy takes the idea of collaboration and runs with it. It puts people from different parts of the art spectrum together and lets the creative sparks fly. Writers, artists and designers don’t give away their strengths in the process of collaboration. Instead the process at its best takes them all into areas that they would not inhabit on their own.” - Peter Gilderdale

The works selected for Metonymy 09 exhibition are (in no particular order):

Martin Loire – Mindy Catt Emotional Support
Francesco Szekely – Kristina Heep A Glance Captures More Than a Glimpse
Vashti Tymkin – Erin Gaffney This Frame Stretched
Anna Kaye Forsyth – Lara Thomas Transience
Murray Lee – Lisa Dragecivich It’s Just a Freakin’ Glass of Milk
Ya-Wen Ho – Anya Zvezdina Luggage
Shane Hollands – Lynette Nelson Home
Miriam Barr – Heidi Bricknell Exchange
Jai MacDonald – Mia Ou Untitled
Christian Jensen – Gillian Deery Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Body
Renee Liang – Meng Koach Making Time
Callum Stembridge – Joanna Chow Canned Art
David Grierson – Lauren May Nomad
Desiree Gezentzvey – Neil Buddle Lingua Franca/Penned In
Daniel Larsen – Ronald Andreassend Untitled
Jason Morales – Amber Wilson Snap Crackle and Pop
Raewyn Alexander – Rebekah Robinson Stranger?
Genevieve Maclean - Anita Glucina {Untitled}
Craig Foltz - Meghan Paggabao Future Perfect

Judges for metonymy 09

Judge for Metonymy 09

Paula Green - Poet
Dylan Horrocks - visual artist
Riemke Ensing - poet
Philip Patston - poet and performer
Peter Gilderdale - Graphic designer, Calligrapher and head of Graphic Design department AUT

THe Metonymy Auction

check out the link or go Here to see what will be on the auction. We will be updating this contantly as we get more contributions to the auction.

METONYMY AUCTION

Metonymy creative partners

If your name is not on this list, or if your name is on this list but you have not received an email notifying you of your partner's contact details, please check your junk mail... if it isn't there email us!
We bent our own rules this year to allow three pairs of expats to join from overseas....people who are overseas are paired with other overseas people. For everyone else, we really encourage face to face collaboration where possible.

Martin Loire – Mindy Catt
Kat Phyn – Boe Busch
Sophie Keyse – Daniel Trotter
Francesco Szekely – Kristina Heep
Vashti Tymkin – Erin Gaffney
Anna Kaye Forsyth – Lara Thomas
Roxanne De Bruger – Storm
Ben Anderson – Selina Woulfe
Andrew Pasley – Charlene Shroj
Richard Taylor – Tessa Stubbing
Jane Griffin – Fiona Holding
Murray Lee – Lisa Dragecivich
Ya-Wen Ho – Anya Zvezdina
Shane Hollands – Lynette Nelson
Miriam Barr – Heidi Bricknell
Jai MacDonald – Mia Ou
Christian Jensen – Gillian Deery
Renee Liang – Meng Koach
Bryony Jagger – Hannah May De Cuba
Callum Stembridge – Joanna Chow
David Grierson – Lauren May
Desiree Gezentzvey – Neil Buddle
Ed Mecija – Regan Vause
Lee Wallace – EDMO
Makyla Curtis – Darcy Gladwin
Gus Simonovic – Andreea Christache
Siobhan Harvey – Karena Way
Misa Tupou – Alex Flannery
Daniel Larsen – Ronald Andreassend
Jason Morales – Amber Wilson
Raewyn Alexander – Rebekah Robinson
Genevieve Maclean - Anita Glucina
Graig Foltz - Meghan Paggabao