Art and Revolution Symposium and Exhibition Dunedin School of Art

Art and La Revolución Mexicana (1910-1920) The development of Mexican art and culture from the beginning of the last century was intertwined with the violent struggle of the Mexican Revolution ending the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, that lasted from 1884 until 1911. Francisco Madero was elected President in 1911. In 1913 he was assassinated /overthrown by Victoriano Huerta who became president from 1913 until 1914. Venustiano Carranza took power in 1915 and in 1917 the Mexican Constitution was created (the country’s ruling document to this day). This was the first such document in the world to set out social rights, serving as a model for the Russian Constitution of 1918 and the Weimar Constitution of 1919. A new vision for art and culture was born, away from the European trends and fads that had been prevalent since the Spanish Conquest. This renaissance arose out of the interaction between art and politics. Publications like La Vanguardia (1915), with the painter Doctor Atl as director together with illustrators such as José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros informed with humor and satire about the events of the time: caricature became the tool to inform the illiterate population. An Exhibition was part of the Symposium and I collaborate with 6 prints of my collection

Hamilton Human Rights Film Festival

Co-curate (with John Mandelberg) and design poster and programme for the first Human Rights Film Festival in Hamilto

Kana Vinaka Contemporary Island Cuisine

A product of generations of Pacific heritage and travel, Colin’s destiny has been fashioned by the unique blending of cultures in Hawaii, a passion for the food, produce and flavours of the Pacific, and island hospitality. Recipes, techniques, knowledge and experiences about local produce, how it can be used in unique and tasty contemporary ways, utilising and producing culturally-based dishes for locals and visitors to enjoy

Conversations Between Theremin and Soprano

Design Booklet, DVD covers and DVD image for John Mandelberg and David Sidwell project. (Film and Music Composition

Art and la revolución Mexicana

The development of Mexican art and culture from the beginning of the last century was intertwined with the violent struggle of the Mexican Revolution ending the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, that lasted from 1884 until 1911. Francisco Madero was elected President in 1911. In 1913 he was assassinated /overthrown by Victoriano Huerta who became president from 1913 until 1914. Venustiano Carranza took power in 1915 and in 1917 the Mexican Constitution was created (the country’s ruling document to this day). This was the first such document in the world to set out social rights, serving as a model for the Russian Constitution of 1918 and the Weimar Constitution of 1919. A new vision for art and culture was born, away from the European trends and fads that had been prevalent since the Spanish Conquest. This renaissance arose out of the interaction between art and politics

Sustain/Create

Sustain/Create 2012 explores the notion that urban development has resulted in a loss of connection with the larger and more complex ecology that exists outside of a city and asks what is the role of ecology in a future urban context? Three specialists in design and sustainability will speak on how we might create and nurture the relationships to ecology within urban development. This will be followed with conversation. Michael Trudgeon is the deputy director of the Victorian Eco Innovation Lab, Melbourne (http://www.ecoinnovationlab.com) which seeks to identify and promote emerging technical, social and organisational innovations that could form part of future sustainable systems. He is also the Design Director and a co-founder of Crowd Productions, founded in 1983 as a trans-disciplinary design practice. Colin Meurk works for Landcare Research, a government research institute specialising in sustainable use of terrestrial resources. He works in biogeography, ecological restoration and design, landscape dynamics, urban ecology and conservation biology, with a specialist area of terrestrial ecology and botany. Based in Christchurch he has a strong interest in its redevelopment. Xavier Meade has worked as a designer, architect, photographer and graphic designer in New Zealand, London, Spain and Mexico (his homeland). He teaches EcoDesign and EcoAchitecture at Wintech. You can read his design manifesto at http://www.xaviermeade.net/sustainable-design-manifesto/ Sustain/Create co-presented by Product Design, School of Art + Design, AUT University as part of their research into sustainable design practise and St Paul St Gallery as part of its current project Assembl

Kiwi and Cuban Ecological Images / Imágenes Ambientales Kiwi y Cubanas

The intent of this international poster project revolves around global concerns. The urgent need to protect our environment, as a way to preserve the human species, is fundamental to the way we educate and engage present and future generations. Visual Communication Design students of the Instituto Superior de Diseño in Havana, Cuba and students of the Bachelor of Mediarts of the Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton, and contexts, but they have in common the sensitivity to care for the environment and the certainity that something can be done to contribute to eco-educational awareness. It is for this reason that students and tutors from both institutes have joined communication space for academic and cultural exchange on this topic. This project was made possible within existing courses in the two institutions; where students environs, researched the issues and conceptualised and developed the poster designs. The outcome of this experience is the joint exhibition of twenty posters that will be part of the Forma 2015 VIII Congreso Internacional de Diseño “Diseño con Sentido” in Havana (16-18 June 2015) and at Wintec in Hamilton

Research Forum Presentation

share experiences with fellow researchers about the Impact 8 Scotland Print Festival Conference and exhibitions, including visits to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and several museums and galleries in Bilbao, Madrid and New York

International Festival del cartel de la Habana 4x3 Poster Project

4×3 is an exhibition, a memory-bank, and a game. Conceived and organised by Xavier Meade and John Mandelberg, this project draws on the personal archives of four artist/designers who have been active in creating and collecting politically inspired posters during the past four decades: Chris McBride (Auckland), John Mandelberg (Hamilton), John Phillips (London) and Xavier Meade (Raglan). Our personal archives became both the subject, and content, of the game and the exhibition