from making-do(ing);
= Xin Cheng, Chris Berthelsen and companions.
with support from Artspace
“
Having a conversation with the junk of a City of Riches feels surprisingly cosy.
And inspires intense concentration.
With a makeshift trolley of tools and resources in tow, Xin Cheng, Chris Berthelsen and companions become hypnotized by the fine-grain of Auckland’s native wetlands, urban industrial zones and sub/urban deathtraps. Over a series of walks they begin to work out how to come to terms with the Super City in a pragmatic, generative, and non-goal-oriented manner.
”
making do might concern: circumstances and eddies, niches and leftovers, material intrigue, spontaneous constructions and rearrangements, sustenance and pleasures of the senses.
at least.
> Walk 1 in Mairangi Bay (April 3) index HERE
> Walk 2 in Avondale (April 9) index HERE
> Walk 3 in Orakei (April 15) index HERE
> Walk 4 in Onehunga (April 21) HERE
> Drawings HERE
> Field Recordings HERE
> Notes on Public Workshop at Artspace, May 9 - HERE
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