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Lesley Kaiser
Senior Lecturer in Graphics
School of Art and Design
Faculty of Design and Creative Industries
Email: lesley.kaiser@aut.ac.nz
Phone: 921 9999 ext 8796
Homepage: http://arden.aut.ac.nz/portfolio/lesley.kaiser
Website: http://www.lesleykaiser.com
QUALIFICATIONS:
BA, MA (Art and Design) First Class Honours, Dip. Tchg
Master of Arts (Art and Design) First Class Honours [Visual Art], AUT University.
BA (English and Philosophy), Victoria University of Wellington.
University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts (Design and Sculpture)
Dip. Tchg. Secondary Teachers College Auckland
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
Senior Lecturer in Art and Design at AUT University. Graphics / Postgraduate
Associate editor for The International Journal of the Book
Association of Book Crafts (NZ)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Lesley Kaiser is an artist who has exhibited in a number of sites, e.g. TV, newspapers, public screens, electronic signs, supermarket rollouts, and gallery exhibitions. Current research interests include: nature photography, animation, art in public spaces, evolutionary origins of aesthetics, sustainability, and the erotics of image.
Key words: art, design, book arts, text art in public spaces (aphorisms and maxims), the future of the book, philosophy and conceptual art, visual art, animation,
At a practical level: animation, installation and site-specific art, bookworks, new media, digital photography, ceramics, and archival printing.
(Full CV can be downloaded from http://www.lesleykaiser.com)
CURRENT RESEARCH 2011:
Lesley’s most current work is As it is Now a stop-frame animation (in collaboration with Logan Austin) for Animacall Animation Project 2011 [Group Exhibition] at The Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Greece [part of the State Museum of Contemporary Art], focusing on the promotion of new media and contemporary art techniques. Curated by Syrago Tsiara and Domna Gounari, 30 March – 5 June, 2011.
URL: http://www.cact.gr/site.php?&file=pages-view.xml&id=1126&catid=18
PUBLICATIONS:
Kaiser, L. & Barnett. J. (2009) ’A Picture/A thousand words’ in ka mate ka ora: a new zealand journal of poetry and poetics #7.
Kaiser. L. (2008) MA (Art and Design) online thesis: Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes]: An art exploration into disseminating aphorisms URL: http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/410
Kaiser, L. (2008). ‘Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes]: The Aphoristic Statement and the Future of the Book’ in The International Journal of the Book, Volume 5, Issue 2 pp.125–132. URL: http://ijb.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.27/prod.226
A finalist and a runner-up for the International Award for Excellence for papers in the International Journal of the Book. URL: http://ijb.cgpublisher.com/diary/110
Kaiser, L. & Barnett. J. (1995–2004). Pageworks in Brief. Literary magazine/journal. The Writers’ Group, Auckland. Vols1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 and 31. ISSN 117-9313.
Book publications include The Naughty Nineties: A Pop-Up Book (International bestseller, first edition 1982), and, in collaboration with John Barnett, The Penguin Book of NZ Jokes (1996) and Shark-infested Custard: A Kiwi Kids Joke Book (1997); and a number of one-off, or small edition, artists’ books, e.g. Where We Are Now (1994), Post Art (1994), The River Sticks (1994), and Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream (1993).
CONFERENCES
Screenscapes: Past, Present, Future (29 November–1 December 2007), University of Sydney, Australia. Paper title: Preserve, Renew, Invent: Maximizing Philosophy in the Age of Digital reproduction. Abstract published http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/conference/screenscapes/
B07: The Fifth International Conference on the Book, Madrid, Spain, 20–22 October 2007. Paper Title: Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes]: The Aphoristic Statement and the Future of the Book. Abstract published http://B07.cgpublisher.com/proposals/67/index_html
http://www.mic.org.nz/events/exhibitions/preserve-renew-invent-light-bytes/
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes], MIC Toi Rerehiko (Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Centre), 321 K Rd, Auckland. NZ. http://www.mic.org.nz/artists/lesley-kaiser/
This exhibition is part of an on-going local and international project that involves disseminating and archiving philosophical texts in a range of public sites and media. An artist’s website (www.lesleykaiser.com) was launched in conjunction with the exhibition, and a related paper published in the International Journal of the Book, Volume 5, Issue 2.
1999 Blind Acts of Faith, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland.
1997 Dream Dream, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland.
1995 Don't Take Know for an Answer, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland.
1994 Straight Into the Mains (In Loving Memory of Art), Auckland City Art
Gallery window.
1994 Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream, Gregory Flint Gallery.
1992 Art No Object, Gregory Flint Gallery.
1991 The point, however, is to change it, Artspace, the George Fraser Gallery, Auckland.
2003–08 Light Bytes at night: Making it New by Lesley Kaiser and Millenium Girl by Kezia Barnett [Projected animations showing in between the ads on a four-storey high projection billboard, after-dark every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2003 (works changing monthly, and again shown sporadically in 2005–08), Media1 projection wall, Freyberg Place, Auckland].
VIDEO AND ANIMATION WORK:
2010 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. (2010). As it is Now. Auckland, New Zealand: Alphabet Piano Productions.
2008 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. (2008). Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes], at MIC Toi Rerehiko (Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Centre), 321 K. Rd, Auckland.
2007 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. (2007). Increase the Peace [Russia] in OUTVIDEO 07, 4th International video-art festival on outdoor video screens. Festival places: Moscow, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaliningrad, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Riazan', Samara, Sochi, Ufa, Yekaterinburg [Russia]. Night Program August 3 and August 4. Curated by Arseny Sergeyev [Russia], Enrico Tomaselli [Italy], and Mogens Jacobsen [Denmark].
2006 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. Poetry should be made by all. Light Bytes [JAM] in Antipodes [Group exhibition]. Curated by Laurent Antonczak (NZ) & Michel Demange (France at LA VINGT-SEPT Gallery, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, 9–20 October. URL: http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/kaiser.asp
1994 Kaiser, L. & Barnett, J. (1994). In loving memory of Art, a component of installation in Art Now: The First Biennial Review of Contemporary Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
Selected artist-initiated video/animation projects
2003–8 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Barnett, K. [Animation]. (2003). Light Bytes at night: Making it New and Millenium Girl by Kezia Barnett [Projected animations showing in between the ads on a four-storey high projection billboard, after-dark every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2003 (works changing monthly, and again shown sporadically in
2005–08), Media1 projection wall, Freyberg Place, Auckland].
1993 Kaiser, L & Barnett, J. [Organised, curated, participated]. You Saw It on TV (artist animations in amoung the ads on New Zealand National TV).
1991 Kaiser, L & Barnett, J. [Organised, curated, participated]. Like They Are Now 1991 (artist animations in non-gallery sites and on commercial advertising signs).
PROFESSIONAL AND CURATORIAL (SEE ALSO RECENT CONFERENCES)
Editorial / Refereeing:Associate editor for The International Journal of the Book Volume 5, 2008
Invited book artist (presenter) for the Book Council. Public slide talk at Wellington City Art Gallery Auditorium, September, 1997.
Delegate to In Visible Languages conference in Wellington, 1997.
Invited book artist (presenter) at The History of the Book in New Zealand conference, University of Auckland, 1995.
Artists Talks at ASA 1995; Elam 1994, 1999; Unitec 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006; Lopdell House 1997; University of Auckland 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007; Massey University (Auckland) 2007.
Alphabet Piano Press. Founded in 1993 (with John Barnett)
Delegate to first National Bookworks Symposium, NZ, 1993.
Organised and curated You Saw It on TV 1993, The Paper Project 1992, Like They Are Now 1991 (Non-Gallery sites). Also had works in these artist-initiated projects. http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/kaiser.asp
Additional Links:
Artist Homepage. Lesley Kaiser URL: http://www.lesleykaiser.com
NZ Electronic Poetry Centre, University of Auckland URLs:
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/kaiser.asp
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/index.asp
NZ Art Monthly’s website has an overview of the Light Bytes 2003 project. http://www.nzartmonthly.co.nz/lightbytes_005.html
School of Art and Design
Faculty of Design and Creative Industries
Email: lesley.kaiser@aut.ac.nz
Phone: 921 9999 ext 8796
Homepage: http://arden.aut.ac.nz/portfolio/lesley.kaiser
Website: http://www.lesleykaiser.com
QUALIFICATIONS:
BA, MA (Art and Design) First Class Honours, Dip. Tchg
Master of Arts (Art and Design) First Class Honours [Visual Art], AUT University.
BA (English and Philosophy), Victoria University of Wellington.
University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts (Design and Sculpture)
Dip. Tchg. Secondary Teachers College Auckland
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS:
Senior Lecturer in Art and Design at AUT University. Graphics / Postgraduate
Associate editor for The International Journal of the Book
Association of Book Crafts (NZ)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Lesley Kaiser is an artist who has exhibited in a number of sites, e.g. TV, newspapers, public screens, electronic signs, supermarket rollouts, and gallery exhibitions. Current research interests include: nature photography, animation, art in public spaces, evolutionary origins of aesthetics, sustainability, and the erotics of image.
Key words: art, design, book arts, text art in public spaces (aphorisms and maxims), the future of the book, philosophy and conceptual art, visual art, animation,
At a practical level: animation, installation and site-specific art, bookworks, new media, digital photography, ceramics, and archival printing.
(Full CV can be downloaded from http://www.lesleykaiser.com)
CURRENT RESEARCH 2011:
Lesley’s most current work is As it is Now a stop-frame animation (in collaboration with Logan Austin) for Animacall Animation Project 2011 [Group Exhibition] at The Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Greece [part of the State Museum of Contemporary Art], focusing on the promotion of new media and contemporary art techniques. Curated by Syrago Tsiara and Domna Gounari, 30 March – 5 June, 2011.
URL: http://www.cact.gr/site.php?&file=pages-view.xml&id=1126&catid=18
PUBLICATIONS:
Kaiser, L. & Barnett. J. (2009) ’A Picture/A thousand words’ in ka mate ka ora: a new zealand journal of poetry and poetics #7.
Kaiser. L. (2008) MA (Art and Design) online thesis: Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes]: An art exploration into disseminating aphorisms URL: http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/410
Kaiser, L. (2008). ‘Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes]: The Aphoristic Statement and the Future of the Book’ in The International Journal of the Book, Volume 5, Issue 2 pp.125–132. URL: http://ijb.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.27/prod.226
A finalist and a runner-up for the International Award for Excellence for papers in the International Journal of the Book. URL: http://ijb.cgpublisher.com/diary/110
Kaiser, L. & Barnett. J. (1995–2004). Pageworks in Brief. Literary magazine/journal. The Writers’ Group, Auckland. Vols1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 and 31. ISSN 117-9313.
Book publications include The Naughty Nineties: A Pop-Up Book (International bestseller, first edition 1982), and, in collaboration with John Barnett, The Penguin Book of NZ Jokes (1996) and Shark-infested Custard: A Kiwi Kids Joke Book (1997); and a number of one-off, or small edition, artists’ books, e.g. Where We Are Now (1994), Post Art (1994), The River Sticks (1994), and Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream (1993).
CONFERENCES
Screenscapes: Past, Present, Future (29 November–1 December 2007), University of Sydney, Australia. Paper title: Preserve, Renew, Invent: Maximizing Philosophy in the Age of Digital reproduction. Abstract published http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/conference/screenscapes/
B07: The Fifth International Conference on the Book, Madrid, Spain, 20–22 October 2007. Paper Title: Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes]: The Aphoristic Statement and the Future of the Book. Abstract published http://B07.cgpublisher.com/proposals/67/index_html
http://www.mic.org.nz/events/exhibitions/preserve-renew-invent-light-bytes/
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes], MIC Toi Rerehiko (Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Centre), 321 K Rd, Auckland. NZ. http://www.mic.org.nz/artists/lesley-kaiser/
This exhibition is part of an on-going local and international project that involves disseminating and archiving philosophical texts in a range of public sites and media. An artist’s website (www.lesleykaiser.com) was launched in conjunction with the exhibition, and a related paper published in the International Journal of the Book, Volume 5, Issue 2.
1999 Blind Acts of Faith, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland.
1997 Dream Dream, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland.
1995 Don't Take Know for an Answer, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland.
1994 Straight Into the Mains (In Loving Memory of Art), Auckland City Art
Gallery window.
1994 Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream, Gregory Flint Gallery.
1992 Art No Object, Gregory Flint Gallery.
1991 The point, however, is to change it, Artspace, the George Fraser Gallery, Auckland.
2003–08 Light Bytes at night: Making it New by Lesley Kaiser and Millenium Girl by Kezia Barnett [Projected animations showing in between the ads on a four-storey high projection billboard, after-dark every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2003 (works changing monthly, and again shown sporadically in 2005–08), Media1 projection wall, Freyberg Place, Auckland].
VIDEO AND ANIMATION WORK:
2010 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. (2010). As it is Now. Auckland, New Zealand: Alphabet Piano Productions.
2008 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. (2008). Preserve, Renew, Invent [Light Bytes], at MIC Toi Rerehiko (Media and Interdisciplinary Arts Centre), 321 K. Rd, Auckland.
2007 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. (2007). Increase the Peace [Russia] in OUTVIDEO 07, 4th International video-art festival on outdoor video screens. Festival places: Moscow, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaliningrad, Perm, Rostov-on-Don, Riazan', Samara, Sochi, Ufa, Yekaterinburg [Russia]. Night Program August 3 and August 4. Curated by Arseny Sergeyev [Russia], Enrico Tomaselli [Italy], and Mogens Jacobsen [Denmark].
2006 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Austin, L. [Animation]. Poetry should be made by all. Light Bytes [JAM] in Antipodes [Group exhibition]. Curated by Laurent Antonczak (NZ) & Michel Demange (France at LA VINGT-SEPT Gallery, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, 9–20 October. URL: http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/kaiser.asp
1994 Kaiser, L. & Barnett, J. (1994). In loving memory of Art, a component of installation in Art Now: The First Biennial Review of Contemporary Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
Selected artist-initiated video/animation projects
2003–8 Kaiser, L. [Director] & Barnett, K. [Animation]. (2003). Light Bytes at night: Making it New and Millenium Girl by Kezia Barnett [Projected animations showing in between the ads on a four-storey high projection billboard, after-dark every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2003 (works changing monthly, and again shown sporadically in
2005–08), Media1 projection wall, Freyberg Place, Auckland].
1993 Kaiser, L & Barnett, J. [Organised, curated, participated]. You Saw It on TV (artist animations in amoung the ads on New Zealand National TV).
1991 Kaiser, L & Barnett, J. [Organised, curated, participated]. Like They Are Now 1991 (artist animations in non-gallery sites and on commercial advertising signs).
PROFESSIONAL AND CURATORIAL (SEE ALSO RECENT CONFERENCES)
Editorial / Refereeing:Associate editor for The International Journal of the Book Volume 5, 2008
Invited book artist (presenter) for the Book Council. Public slide talk at Wellington City Art Gallery Auditorium, September, 1997.
Delegate to In Visible Languages conference in Wellington, 1997.
Invited book artist (presenter) at The History of the Book in New Zealand conference, University of Auckland, 1995.
Artists Talks at ASA 1995; Elam 1994, 1999; Unitec 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006; Lopdell House 1997; University of Auckland 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007; Massey University (Auckland) 2007.
Alphabet Piano Press. Founded in 1993 (with John Barnett)
Delegate to first National Bookworks Symposium, NZ, 1993.
Organised and curated You Saw It on TV 1993, The Paper Project 1992, Like They Are Now 1991 (Non-Gallery sites). Also had works in these artist-initiated projects. http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/kaiser.asp
Additional Links:
Artist Homepage. Lesley Kaiser URL: http://www.lesleykaiser.com
NZ Electronic Poetry Centre, University of Auckland URLs:
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/kaiser.asp
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz
http://www.nzepc.auckland.ac.nz/digital/index.asp
NZ Art Monthly’s website has an overview of the Light Bytes 2003 project. http://www.nzartmonthly.co.nz/lightbytes_005.html
Last updated: 17 Aug 2011 10:45am