A Geekosystem
A Geekosystem is a project by Julian Priest, David Merritt, and Adam Hyde. We have all been and are sometimes artists working with communities, technology, and anything else we find interesting.
Slow Flow - Te Ia Kōrero
Overview
Slowflow is a trip down the Whanganui River, Aotearoa/New Zealand first run between Feb 10th and Feb 16th 2009.
See the Slowflow 2010 pages for this years trip here.
Slowflow invites artists, technologists and environmentalists on a 6 day journey down the Whanganui River by double hulled 22 person waka haurua (canoe) and bicycle, creating a setting for a flow of conversations - Te Ia Kōrero.
B.Y.O
B.Y.O was the opening night of The Green Bench. This invitation was sent out and Green Bench curated the pieces that people brought along, throughout the Whanganui Open Studio week.
Invitation
Please 'bring your own' to The Green Bench 5.30 til 8.00 pm
28th March 2008, 62 Guyton Street, WhanganuiPaperwork
PAPERWORK is a collaborative exhibition by Sophie Klerk and Katherine Claypole. PAPERWORK evolved from weekly studio sessions held by the two artists over the last few months involving discussion of ideas and experimentation with different processes and media. The work shown is a meeting point, a contexture, a merger of both artists' individual styles that have now become interwoven.
Energy Hike
Opening 5.30 Friday 20th February 2009
Energy Hike is a series of photographs and ruminations on the relationship between energy and environment inspired by the industrial ecologies of energy rich South Alberta.
Slow Flow - Te Ia Kōrero - 2010
Overview
Slowflow 2010 was a trip down the Whanganui River, Aotearoa/New Zealand between Jan 21st and Jan 31st 2010. Slowflow will be run again in 2011 dates to be announced soon.
Slowflow invited artists, technologists, writers and environmentalists on a 10 day journey down the Whanganui River by double hulled 22 person waka haurua (canoe) and bicycle, creating a setting for a flow of conversations - Te Ia Kōrero.
The Slow Flow Show
Works from the 2009 "Slow Flow - Te Ia Korero" residency on the Whanganui river.
Andy Slater (uk), Angus Leech (ca), Brit Bunkley (nz), Dhyana Beaumont (nz), Julian Priest (nz), Nigel Brooke (nz), Sonja Van Kerkhoff (nl), Stella Brenan (nz), Sue James (nz), Tom Ang (uk), Hannah Rainforth (nz)
Showing 31st Jan - 28th Feb 2010
Toothbrushes Of Perception
What do the earliest perceiving organisms and simple robots have in common?
Talk and Workshop at The Green Bench
14th December 2009 5.30 - 9.00 pm
Waka.Wireless
Introduction
The Green Bench took part in the electrosmog festival of sustaianable immobility. http://electrosmogfestival.net
The electrosmog festival is an international media arts festival where all the participants stay in their home town.
As part of the deep local session we set out onto the Whanganui river to present to the conference - 10am - 12pm in Europe/10pm-12am in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
