Late Night Art on K’ Road
K’ Road’s late night art festival First Thursdays, just gets better. This time in collaboration with Auckland Zinefest, First Thursdays will host over 30 FREE events across 25 venues, including galleries, cafes and performance spaces participating across the length of the street next month on 2 August, attendees are promised a sensual extravaganza.
Taking pride of place in St Kevin’s Arcade will be the Auckland Zinefest – a market where self- published small magazines are exhibited for sale.
A few doors down the road at the Bizdojo Makerspace, a workshop covering the A-Z of zine making will be in progress.
Across the road in K’ Road’s Ironbank complex, local community group Tangleball will be demonstrating what a combination of a few old bike parts and a bit of creativity can produce at their Bike Rodeo display.
Moving eastward to the top of Queen St and the steps of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle a series of light projections onto the façade of this towering Roman-inspired building will be awing spectators.
First Thursdays handmade craft market will be firing up in their new location at Cross St Arcade (a.k.a. the walkway to the K’ Road car park at 214 K Road) while a fleet of tuk tuks will be available to ferry people between the plethora of photographic and art exhibitions being staged in the precinct’s galleries.
Watch out for pop-up fashion shows and a meandering art bike tour to boot.
For the full programme of First Thursdays – DIY Edition visit http://kroad.com/2_Events/200_EVENTS.htm
More about Auckland Zinefest:
Auckland Zine Festival Self-published magazines expressing anything from the author’s creativity to their political leanings will be available en masse at Auckland Zinefest being held in St Kevin’s Arcade next week. A non-profit community event the festival offers a zine market, zine-making workshops as well as an exhibition of Auckland City Library’s zine collection.
Underground comics, poetry journals and recycled books elaborately hand cut to produce layered art works are just some of publication styles on offer. A total of 30 stall holders will be participating on the night with DJ’s Rose Quartz providing ambient background sounds.
The festival combines with K’ Road’s late-night art event First Thursdays, providing a natural fit with it’s August theme of DIY.
To find out more about Auckland Zinefest contact:
Tessa Stubbing
Event Co-ordinator
0273628845
For further information about First Thursdays contact:
Cleo Barnett
Event Co-ordinator
021 156 1307