23 October – 21 December/22 January – 10
February 2013
The Consumers of the Future
The
Consumers of the Future is a commissioned project by
White Fungus for Adam Art Gallery, accompanying the exhibitions We Will Work
With You! Wellington Media Collective 1978-1998 and Martha Rosler, The Bowery in
Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems.
The Consumers of the Future explores publicity as a condition and a material. Taking a critical look at the Wellington City Council’s “Creative Capital” branding strategy, the project includes a series of three posters, remixing Wellington City Council publicity materials together with a quote by the current New Zealand Prime Minister, and former Merrill Lynch currency trader, John Key. Speaking to the the television show Campbell Live in 2007, Key said, “Our children are important... They’re the Consumers of the Future.” The project also involves a new publication which will be available for free at the gallery. Copies can be purchased here. Read White Fungus' artist statement here. |
Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Consumers of the Future
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