They got the vintage incorrect, 2008 is the first vintage of Curio Pinot Noir.

The Louis Vuitton Trophy will be held in Auckland from 9 to 21 March 2010.  International yachting teams compete on Auckland's Waitemata Harbor, dueling it out in Cup yachts supplied by Team New Zealand.  For more information check out www.louisvuittontrophy.com.

Press Release from http://www.louisvuittontrophy.com/news/news.php

Part of the Auckland Festival of Sail organized by Emirates Team New Zealand, the Louis Vuitton event will overlap with the Auckland International Boat Show.

Mascalzone Latino Audi Team, the recently-annointed Italian Challenger of Record for the 34th America’s Cup, joins seven other Cup contenders in Auckland next month to race on New Zealand’s Waitemata Harbor for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland.

In France last November another Italian team, Azzurra, led by Francesco Bruni won the Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d’Azur, defeating the favorite Emirates Team New Zealand and its skipper Dean Barker 2-0.  Both teams are part of the eight-syndicate entry for Auckland.

The only syndicate from last year, other than Emirates Team New Zealand, is Great Britain’s TEAMORIGIN, skippered by four-time Olympic medalist Ben Ainslie.

Four new teams are coming, all with familiar faces and powerful credentials.  All four teams made their debuts in Nice. The French ALEPH Sailing Team is skippered by Bertrand Pacé. All4One is a combined French/German team with skipper Jochen Schümann. Artemis, from Sweden, has Paul Cayard as skipper. Russia’s Synergy Russian Sailing Team is skippered by Karol Jablonski.

The two Cup boats will dock in the heart of the Viaduct Basin on the quayside adjacent to Aucklanders’ favourite restaurants and wine bars, providing an unprecedented opportunity for spectators to view boat preparation and the departures and arrivals of the teams each day.  

Racing starts Tuesday, 9th March. Teams will take turns racing the two boats in four matches a day to complete a round robin seeding series before a ladder elimination culminating in the finals on Sunday, 21st March.

Preparations are well under way to host the top tier professional sailors.

Publication: The Press - Christchurch
Date: 27 January 2010
Article: Wine Reviews
Wine Writer: Chris Moore
Review:
"Despite its tender age, this lovely wine is full of personality.  It does what classic sauvignon blanc does best - slightly acidic and bursting with apricot, passionfruit and gooseberry flavours.  There's a weight and complexity underpinning all these delights which stamps this as an outstanding wine."

This Friday Gus Fisher Gallery in association with the 2008 Curio Collection of wines will open a new exhibition, Art That Moves the work of LEN LYE, which is accompanied by an exciting programme of events. 

Make sure you visit the Gus Fisher Gallery 75 Shortland Street from Saturday 28th of November onwards to view the Art That Moves exhibition the work of LEN LYE.

Public Events

Saturday 28 November

1pm Christchurch sculptor, Evan Webb, Director of the Len Lye Foundation, has a unique knowledge of Lye’s sculptures. He has been largely responsible for maintaining them for many years. He has also been responsible for the reconstruction of works that were realised after Lye's death and ensuring they are true to the artist’s vision. Evan will (literally) provide an inside view of what makes Lye's work tick.

2pm Tyler Cann, Len Lye Curator, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, introduces Len Lye and leads a tour of the exhibition ‘Art that Moves’. Tyler was co-curator of the recent large and very successful Lye exhibition in Melbourne.

Saturday 5 December, 1pm

Roger Horrocks, curator of 'Art that Moves' and author of the just-published book of the same name, will discuss the main theme of the exhibition and why he feels that Lye made a unique contribution to art through his theory and practice of movement. Horrocks also wrote the best-selling 2001 Len Lye biography and worked as Lye's assistant in the last year of the artist's life.

Thursday 10 December, 6.30pm

An evening screening of Len Lye’s films not included in the exhibition, thanks to the New Zealand Film Archive. It is an opportunity to see a number of his films in their original celluloid form, including several titles less-well-known or recently re-discovered.

Saturday 12 December, 1pm

Film-maker Shirley Horrocks will introduce a screening of 'Flip and Two Twisters,' her 1995 documentary about Len Lye and the making of his sculptures in New Zealand since his death. This documentary, which includes footage of the artist, has been screened by film festivals and art museums around the world.

Saturday 19 December, 1pm

Len Lye and the Kinetic Monument: Kate Linzey frames Len Lye’s proposals for large scale ‘tangible motion sculpture’ in the context of the debate on ‘new monumentality’ in 20^th century architecture. Now based at WELTEC in Wellington, Linzey completed a Masters of Architecture from The University of Auckland in 2002.

Saturday 9 January, 1pm

A Composerly View of Len: Dr Eve de Castro-Robinson, School of Music, discusses and presents excerpts from her musical works inspired by the life and work of Len Lye, including ‘Len Dances’ for orchestra, and ‘Len Songs’ for mezzo and ensemble.

Saturday 16 January, 1pm

In response to Len Lye’s interest in the poetry of his time, Unitec lecturer and film-maker Miriam Harris considers some innovative artists in the field of moving images today whose work has similarly been informed by the structural qualities of poetry.

Saturday 23 January, 1pm

A talk on Len Lye by Professor Wystan Curnow, one of New Zealand’s leading curators and art critics. Curnow was co-editor of the recent book Len Lye, and co-editor of Figures of Motion (a 1984 collection of Lye’s writings). He knew Lye and has been involved with his work for over 30 years.   

Saturday 30 January, 1pm

Like Len Lye, digital artist Gregory Bennett is interested in bodily kinesthetics and patterns of movement, often influenced by music and sound. Bennett, who will discuss the theories of sound and motion in own his work, completed a MFA at Elam in 2004 and is now a senior lecturer at AUT.

EXHIBITION

Art that Moves: The Work of Len Lye

Curated by Roger Horrocks - 27 November 2009 - 6 February 2010

Len Lye (1901-1980) is one of the most original artists to have emerged from New Zealand. He developed his own theories about an ‘art of movement’ as a new approach to art. He became known around the world for his animation films, pioneering the method of ‘direct film’ (bypassing the camera by painting, scratching and stencilling images directly onto celluloid). Later he became a pioneer of kinetic or motorised sculpture. His work has an energy and freshness that gives it broad appeal.

‘Art that Moves’, the present exhibition of Lye’s films and sculptures, is the first at a public gallery in Auckland since 1980. It explores Lye’s intense engagement with what he called the ‘magical mystery’ of motion. In addition to films and kinetic sculptures, there are paintings and photograms to represent other areas of his work and to illustrate the implied movement in his static images. Among the five kinetic sculptures in the show, there are two that have not previously been seen in Auckland. The exhibition is linked with the publication of two new books: Art that Moves: The Work of Len Lye by Roger Horrocks (AUP), and Body English: Texts and Doodles by Len Lye (Holloway Press).

Thanks to The University of Auckland’s Business School, Mechanical Engineering, Film, Television and Media Studies, the Len Lye Foundation and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, NZ Film Archive, Point of View Productions, Curio Wines and Aalto Colour. 

All exhibitions and public programmes are free and take place at the Gus Fisher Gallery unless otherwise noted.

The Gallery will close for Xmas on December 23 and reopens on January 5.

THE GUS FISHER GALLERY                     GALLERY HOURS

The Kenneth Myers Centre                       Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm

74 Shortland St                                      Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Auckland, New Zealand                            Closed Public Holidays

Telephone: 3737 599 ext 86646

www.gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz

Publication: Otago Daily Times
Date: 18 November 2009
Article: Young pinot noirs
Wine Writer: Charmian Smith
Review:
"An attractive, lush wine with soft, overly ripe, sweet fruit, oozing cherries, strawberries and boysenberries, supported by darker tones of toasty oak, and finishing with a firm, spicy grip".