Monday, December 12, 2011

Auckland, and The Outlook For Someday Sustainability Film Challenge

Earlier this year, Loulou and I threw together a short film on thrift shopping for the Outlook For Someday. From a pool of over 150 entries, we were one of the 20 winning films, and enjoyed a weekend in Auckland to go to the awards ceremony.

I'm stoked with winning one of the film awards not only because I believe in what we produced and the ideas we communicated, but also because I know I'm rather hilariously seen as an artsy-fartsy greeny. This achievement acts to show both myself and others that I can successfully act on my beliefs and abilities, and I'm willing to put the effort in to do so.

Watch and vote for our film for Audience Favorite here


In other news- our weekend away got me thinking about just how awesome Auckland is, and it's incredibly likely I will live there for a bit. During the weekend of the award ceremony, and when we went back a few days later, I enjoyed just absorbing it's multi-cultural nature and visiting the myriad of art galleries, cafes, and tasteful shops. The new play-park sorta area at the end of the viaduct was a particular highlight... what could be a cooler night out than watching the New Zealand film Love Story projected onto a large old oil cylinder?
The new Auckland Public Art Gallery is amazing too, as is Pah Homestead, and they gave me back my faith in New Zealand after losing it all in our national election.

xxx

OUSA Art Week Zine

So just found out that the 2011 Art Week Zine which I edited can now be downloaded from the OUSA website

Have a flick through - I reckon we produced quite a nice publication!