Comments on: Round up of NZ Arts and Culture for 2007 http://www.nzlive.com/blog/2008/01/09/round-up-of-nz-arts-and-culture-for-2007/ Discussion about NZ Culture online Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Anna Lee http://www.nzlive.com/blog/2008/01/09/round-up-of-nz-arts-and-culture-for-2007/#comment-984 Anna Lee Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:55:00 +0000 http://www.nzlive.com/blog/2008/01/09/round-up-of-nz-arts-and-culture-for-2007/#comment-984 2007 - highlight for me was watching Joel Gethin Lewis, tech-genius interaction designer, struggling with the washing machine controls in his hotel room during Semi-Permanent. The cunning tricks of fans eager to get close to Philip Treacy, milliner/artist extraordinaire, were also entertaining ; ) British Council was involved in arts/creative industries projects with local partners: Re-Imagining the City, When Philip Met Isabella, Auckland Writers & Readers Festival, Digital Broadcasting Conference, Semi-Permanent and the Design Ambassadors series. In the field of climate security we brought Ed Gillespie over for some Spring Thinking, and sent representatives to the Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum. Emerging talent went to the UK for Linking Minds, Chevening and Scotland Scholarships and the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year. Whew... and plenty more to come in 2008 as we increase our regional work creating networks of opportunity connecting East Asia-Pacific and the UK. 2007 - highlight for me was watching Joel Gethin Lewis, tech-genius interaction designer, struggling with the washing machine controls in his hotel room during Semi-Permanent. The cunning tricks of fans eager to get close to Philip Treacy, milliner/artist extraordinaire, were also entertaining ; )

British Council was involved in arts/creative industries projects with local partners: Re-Imagining the City, When Philip Met Isabella, Auckland Writers & Readers Festival, Digital Broadcasting Conference, Semi-Permanent and the Design Ambassadors series.

In the field of climate security we brought Ed Gillespie over for some Spring Thinking, and sent representatives to the Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum. Emerging talent went to the UK for Linking Minds, Chevening and Scotland Scholarships and the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year. Whew… and plenty more to come in 2008 as we increase our regional work creating networks of opportunity connecting East Asia-Pacific and the UK.

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