Station 1: Jesus shares the last supper
Matthew 26: 17-25
“The disciples followed Jesus’ instructions to the letter, and prepared the Passover meal.”
Audio:
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TITLE: Exodus
ARTIST: Stations Collective
MATERIALS: Audio, moving image, glad bags, phials, bread, juice, Egyptian gods, signage
REFLECTIVE: Sometimes God plans are done in a hurry. No time for talk, walking or balking. The angel of death moves fast. God is not hanging around this time. Egypt is for leaving behind.
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TITLE: The Common Thread
ARTIST: Jackie Francis
MATERIALS: Cotton string, red thread, glue, small glass.
DIMENSIONS: Sculptural droplets – 350 x 250 mm
REFLECTIVE: The Common Thread – is both part of this stations materials and the message of Stations – God desires a relationship with us and he went to extraordinary lengths to make it possible.
April 7th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
NigelfromNZ [This was first posted on the SmileCity.Co.NZ/Community/Forum website -- ForumPost.aspx?topicid=179773]
6/04/2009 10:04:22 AM I live in Upper Hutt and I went to Auckland on Friday for a friend’s wedding on Saturday. On Sunday I dropped in to see friends in Hamilton who said they were busy in the evening with Stations Of the Cross. It was the first night of a week of performances. So I went along to see what they’re doing.
Clapping (cl) Wow! I don’t think we’ve had this scale of ‘Art Installation’ in Wellington.
It’s at Hamilton Gardens (not Garden Place), spread over quite a big area. You don’t ’sit down and watch’, you walk around, as if exploring an art gallery.Walking (w) Moonlight provided an ‘atmospheric’ background, torches are lent to visitors and candlelight and spotlights (and video monitors and data projectors) also provide illumination.
For five bucks admission I got a catalogue that explained the big idea, and fifteen scenes within it, and at the end there is a complimentary coffee or chocolate. (I’m glad I was wearing a warm jacket.)
If I had an MP3 player I could have downloaded an audio guide from http://www.stations.org.nz. Even without that technological support, I was impressed by the scenes that had been prepared for observation/inspection/participation.
Rolls eyes (r) I think that anyone who has some background knowledge of the final days of Jesus’s life on Earth would be able to enjoy it as an artistic experience, and people who don’t have much background can still appreciate the quality and scale of the exhibition. As well as graphic art, there are some people (including my friends) wandering around delivering poetry recitals. There are things to see, feel, hear, smell, touch — it’s a multi-sensory experience!
Thumbs up (tu) The exhibition is open from 8 to 10pm (or later) each evening this week, until Saturday 11th.
Cancellation text line: 8244 soxweather – calls cost 20c.