Guide To Hello Lamb

A Guide To The Do It Yourself Shelf Museum of Possibilities - This free publication is coming to your local neighbourhood; artist run space, fine arts library, cultural institution soon! Designed by Nick Spratt including a bilingual (English / Japanese) essay written by Michelle Armistead and Hello Lamb, kindly translated by Satoko Kaneko. Hello Lamb is generously sponsored by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation and NZJEP

Hello Lamb Project in Dunedin

Brydee Rood and Jaenine Parkinson at Preview Party

On January 27^th 2009 at 5.30 pm, the Hello Lamb Project opened their 2nd exchange exhibition and launched their publication (designed by Nick Spratt) at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space in Dunedin. Now complete (Feb 21^st) Hello Lamb is very pleased to announce that it was a successful showing and the catalogues (Guide To The Do It Yourself Shelf Museum of Possiblities) proved very popular, with many people impressed by the informative style and design. The four Auckland based Hello Lamb artists were present for the installation and opening, spurring much dialogue with the local public about the exchange and the artworks in the exhibition. Hello Lamb was proud to have Tokyo based artist Kakuro Sugimoto in attendance at the Blue Oyster Art Project Space. Kakuro made an installation onsite in the gallery having sourced local driftwood from a Dunedin beach. The Perspectives of Elsewhere was the first show of 2009 and also saw the welcome of Blue Oyster's new director Jaenine Parkinson.

Image highlights from the Hello Lamb exhibition at Blue Oyster Art Project Space / 2009

Brydee Rood - Hello Lamb DIY Promotional Balloon

Go For Future artists: Ichiro Endo (video) and Yoshinaga Gender (photography)

Brydee Rood - Sakura Bento

Kakuro Sugimoto - Floating Object

Ryuzo Nishida - Unlucky Cats

Hello Lamb: The Do It Yourself Shelf Musuem of Possibilites (Take 3)

Brydee Rood (Pipus Bambo Dough Doo) / Tessa Laird (Jomon Vase)

Keng-Pin Hsu

Hello Lamb - Installing

Hello Lamb - Preview Party

The exhibition was featured in the Otago Daily Times and Brydee Rood was interviewed on Radio1 - Dunedin by Gilbert May about the Hello Lamb Project on the Saturday morning art show.

Hello Lamb at rm.103 gallery Auckland NZ

Exhibition images highlights from the Hello Lamb at rm.103 gallery Auckland NZ. Hello Lamb presents The Perspectives of Elsewhere curated by Michelle Armistead

Featuring: Takashi Otaguru, Kakuro Sugimoto, Ichiro Endo, Yoshinaga Genda, Kimita Hattori, Daisuke Watanabe, Kennyuu Oku, Go Watabe, Koshi Kawachi, Ryuzo Nishida, Tessa Laird, Keng Pin Hsu and Brydee Rood

01. (Hello Lamb DIY Balloon) Brydee Rood

02. ( Carved cheezles) Koshi Kawachi

03. (DVD ) Keng Pin Hsu (Library card file) Tessa Laird

04. (Hello Lamb sushi plate collaboration) Tessa Laird & Brydee Rood

05. (Photo Sushi) Koshi Kawachi (Japanese ceramic sign) Tessa Laird

06. (Umbrella Roses) Kennyuu Oku

07. (3 Photos / Uniform Concept) Daisuke Watanabe

08. (Bonsai / toy soldiers) Ryuzo Nishida

09. (3 Photos / Jump!) Yoshinaga Genda

10. ( glowing paper cuttings) Go Watabe

11. (Driftwood with fluro buoys) Kakuro Sugimoto

12. (Chocolate and Brick) Keng Pin Hsu (Dough Bento) Brydee Rood

12. (Rain Cloud) Kimita Hattori

14. (Video still) Ichiro Endo

15. & 16. Installation View: Do It Yourself Shelf Museum Of Possibilities

17 . - 20. Exhibition opening at rm.103

21. (Hello Lamb invitation) Nick Spratt

Hello Lamb Returns From Geisai Museum 2

The Hello Lamb Project is an artist run initiative involving selected early career artists and curators to work together on a series of exchange exhibitions between New Zealand and Japan. In part 1 of the exchange the Hello Lamb artists were sponsored by NZJEP (New Zealand Japan Exchange Programme) to travel to Tokyo and exhibit at GEISAI Museum 2 (emerging art fair) on May 11 2008. Having recently returned from Tokyo, The Hello Lamb Project: Part 2 will see the opening of series of exhibitions in New Zealand presenting 'The Do It Yourself Shelf Museum Of Possibilities': Featuring the original Hello Lamb team in cohorts with newly enlisted artists from Japan selected by Michelle Armistead (Curatorial Advisor) and opening at Rm.103 Gallery in Auckland in September. A step sideways with Nick Spratt (Curatorial Advisor) may also see the development of a parallel studio based project at Rm.103 (more to come)

The Team:

Brydee Rood - Director / Artist
Ryuzo Nishida - Assistant Director / Artist
Tessa Laird - Artist
Keng Pin Hsu - Artist
Michelle Armistead - Curatorial Advisor / Writer
Nick Spratt - Curatorial Advisor / Writer

Image: Hello Lamb at GEISAI May 11 2006