Archive for the Lovely pictures Category

Another “Pinter pause”

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on March 19, 2012 by brunswick

Sometimes there’s nothing to say, no matter how fabulous the scarf.

Never give Fitz scissors

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on March 12, 2012 by brunswick

Yes! I shall use ALL the issues!

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on March 5, 2012 by brunswick

International Arts Festival stuff

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on February 27, 2012 by brunswick

Hopefully this is still funny if you’ve never heard of Henry V. Shakespeare would’ve found it funny. He was cool like that.

Abandoned TV

Posted in Lovely pictures on February 22, 2012 by brunswick

‘Increasing incidence of serious infectious diseases and inequalities in New Zealand: a national epidemiological study’

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on February 20, 2012 by brunswick

The Lancet proves that not all publicity is good publicity.

Burmese sometimes think they’re parrots

Posted in Lovely pictures on February 19, 2012 by brunswick

They will climb right up on you, yes, they will.

Copyright? What that?

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on February 13, 2012 by brunswick

Painfully copied by hand in Photoshop.

Some facts can’t be worked into the final cartoon

Posted in Jitterati, Lovely pictures on February 6, 2012 by brunswick

Did you know that, depending on how you pay for it, the booking fee for some of the International Arts Festival shows is higher than the entire ticket cost of some of the Fringe Festival shows?

Imaginary Geographies submission

Posted in Grown-up Art, Lovely pictures, Unwarranted criticism on January 31, 2012 by brunswick

I managed to rouse myself sufficiently to send a photo to the Imaginary Geographies lightbox exhibition:

The full-sized print is three metres tall! Towards the bottom, barely visible at this size, is an extremely game Anita photographing Neil Dawson’s ‘Ferns’:

The additional submissions they’ve received and the design brief are viewable here. Looking at the other entries, I think we have just a good a chance as anyone else at getting one of the four spaces. At least we’ve read the brief and our entry is the correct proportions, not just plucked from a portfolio. What do you think, dear reader?

Like many creative fields in New Zealand (and as opposed to, say, brain surgery), if you say you’re an artist, you’re an artist. I don’t have much to do with Wellington’s fine arts scene – it’s interesting to see that while there’s a large number of very talented people out there, there’s also one or two whose close friends have apparently never had the balls to tell them that they’re utterly, utterly dreadful at art, and they should give up and do something more constructive with their evident talent for self-promotion.