An encounter with SCAPE 7, Christchurch's post-quake biennale

After being postponed twice following the earthquakes that hit Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, SCAPE 7 has finally opened. Despite widespread interest in the event and how curator Blair French and participating artists would respond to the post-quake setting, there has been surprisingly little coverage of SCAPE. Fortunately Melbourne's CCAS was there to cover the launch. Read more...
Image: I was using six watts when you received me, by Maddie Leach and Jem Nobles, SCAPE 7

Phil Dadson's Human Instrument Archive at SCAPE Biennale

Phil Dadson's Bodytok Quintet features in this year's SCAPE Biennale in Christchurch. Drawn from his Human Instrument Archive, and staged at ArtBox, Dadson's interactive videos of "non-verbal body music" are presented on five screens that are activated by viewers when they approach them. Read more...
Image: Phil Dadson's Bodytok at the ArtBox, SCAPE Biennale 7

A sculptural intervention based on the act of giving and the symbolism of light

Commissioned by the Christchurch City Council, Cologne-based artist Misha Kuball's Solidarity Grid is based in the act of giving and symbolism of light. Over a period of three years, beginning with the current edition of the SCAPE Biennale, a single street lamp from each of twenty-one cities around the globe is being gifted to Christchurch as a gesture of solidarity with the city during its post-earthquake recovery and rebuild process. The lamps will be installed along a section of Park Terrace, providing light for pedestrians and cyclists.
Image: Mischa Kubell's Solidarity Grid