HIS GRENADES ARE OF THE WRONG SYSTEM
PORTAL GALLERY
WELLINGTON- Aotearoa/N.Z
9-15 December, 2008
Exhibitors -
Callum Strong - Cam O'Connell - Charles Blakiston - Chris McGuinness - Mark Alsweiler - Mark Henley - Shannon Reed
An unusual title translated as 'No excuses, especially of the pathetic kind'. His grenades are of wrong system was an improvised line from the 1969 Russian auter film White Sun of the Desert.
No excuses, a one month deadline to instigate the RFF found gallery philosophy. Capitilizing on the economic recession, a former European car showroom adjacent to the National Gallery of New Zealand, Te Papa, was transformed into a pristine exhibition space.
The RFF dossier of alternative methods of 'farming' were made manifest by re-cycling, re-working, and re-configuration of found objects and old technology. This subliminal unification of the diverse works translated to a new vision of light and sound that injected a sense of mystery and playfulness into the everyday world.
A performance by Surveillance Station and their handcrafted electronic sound devices brought the exhibition to a close.
Photo documentation: Aaron Burgess
