Summer Residency 2008 - Go slowly (never completely still)

Laura Preston

Go slowly (never completely still)
January 15 - February 16 2008

The Summer Residency for 2008 will activate the gallery as a site for
action, pause and reflection - with a month of dance, sculpture and
research.

Laura Preston has begun her occupation of the gallery as a
workspace for research on contemporary sculptural practice. Exploring
its concerns and methods of making, Preston will focus on sculpture's
relationship to movement and connection to dance. This research will
form the basis of her later exhibition at Enjoy.

Movement

Dance groups and individual practitioners have also commenced
using Enjoy's light filled gallery space for rehearsal, performance and
the devising of new works. These classes and sessions will be open for
the public to view.

Week 1:

Claire Lissaman and Ellen Loui August practice at Enjoy Tuesday -
Friday, 10am - 6pm. Performance will take place on Saturday January 19,
11am-3pm, on the hour every hour.
The Enjoy website will feature the full schedule of events, as performances are added. Drop in to: http://www.enjoy.org.nz

Week 2:

Choreographers and dancers Juliet Shelley, Liana Yew, Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind, and Elle Loui August practice at Enjoy

Juliet Shelley - Tuesday 12-2pm, Wednesday 10am-1pm
Liana Yew - Tuesday 5-7pm, Wednesday 2.30-4.30pm, Friday 5-7pm
Elle Loui August - Thursday 12 -6pm
Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind - Friday and Saturday 1-4pm

Artist and film maker Sarah-Jane Parton uses Enjoy to devise new work Friday 10 -1pm

Week 3:

Choreographers and dancers Juliet Shelley, Liana Yew, Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind, and Elle Loui August practice at Enjoy

Juliet Shelley - Tuesday 12-2pm, Wednesday 10am-1pm
Liana Yew - Tuesday 2.30-4.30pm, Wednesday 5-7pm, Thursday 5-7pm
Elle Loui August - Thursday 12 -6pm
Virginia Kennard and Salena Govind - Friday 1-4pm

Artist and film maker Sarah-Jane Parton uses Enjoy to devise new work Friday 10 -1pm

Facing the Moment: Notes on forming fun while informing the future
Talk at Enjoy Friday 1 Feburary, 6pm
Artist and Writer, Amy Howden-Chapman will talk about Face book, the
problems facing politically engaged art and what performance art can
learn from dance.
Followed by discussion and Friday night drinks.

Sculpture
Activity and movement within the gallery will build over time,
culminating in an archive of visual material. From January 29 to mid
February Preston will be joined by Auckland-based artist Xin Cheng, who
will inhabit the gallery to make work.

A film screening and forum discussion in the final week of the
residency will provide insight into the accumulation of research and
findings.

Film screening
Thursday February 7 7pm, New Zealand Community Trust Mediatheatre
New Zealand Film Archive, 84 Taranaki Street, Wellington. Entry by koha.

Panel discussion
Saturday February 16 3pm, Enjoy Public Art Gallery

Preston is the first Enjoy Summer Resident to benefit from a new
initiative, which sees the researching resident return to Enjoy for an
exhibition later in 2008. This exhibition will also be supported by a
book published by Enjoy.

The gallery will be open from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 6pm, and late
night Thursday until 8pm. Please come by and investigate Enjoy in a
state of accumulating research and movement.
Above image: Anonymous impromptu UK dancer, from video still by Laura Preston

Enjoy facilitates contemporary art projects and is liberated from
commercial constraints to actively promote critical dialogue. Enjoy
gratefully acknowledges support from Creative New Zealand, Big Image
Print and our valuable volunteers. Thanks!