Ping

The ghost of the Wellington art space On the table will be raised again this Saturday. OK, On the table may have had only five or six exhibitions but one of them was The estate of l budd and featured a table tennis tournament with l budd prizes. In the current spirit of re-presenting important exhibitions the tournament will be restaged at Michael Lett’s new gallery in Auckland. For the record the trophy winners of the first event were overall winner Chris Bleakley and runner ups Michael Baker and Karl Fritsch.
Images: Clockwise from the left Chris, Michael and Karl with their trophies

Book it

Tomorrow evening, Wednesday 24 November, Michael Lett will be launching Video Aquarium Broadcast at On The Table.  This book looks at the recent work of Simon Denny and has been co-published by Galerie Daniel Buchholz and Michael Lett.

You are welcome to come and have a drink with Michael and check out the book that will be on sale. There will also be the opportunity to see works (including work made this year) by Simon Denny. Most of them have not been publicly displayed in Wellington before.

Where: On The Table / 6 College Street / Wellington

When: Wednesday 24 November from 6 pm

Image: Simon Denny’s installation of Deep Sea Vaudeo at Galerie Daniel Buchholz

Full credit to the tables

Winners at the Estate of l. budd Benefit Table Tennis Tournament at On The Table
Images: Clockwise from the left overall winner Chris and runners up Michael and Karl with trophies kindly sponsored and supplied by The Estate of l budd.

Q&A

Will there be trophies?

Oh yes, there will be trophies.

And could I win one and take it home to keep as my own?

We'd be surprised if you didn't

Image:  Trophy for day one of the Estate of l. budd Benefit Table Tennis Tournament

Saturday is pay day… is everybody happy?

Saturday stretching out in front of you like a desert wasteland? Bring a little light into your life and step up into OTN’s weekend cultural cavalcade Seriously it's Saturday.

10am – 2pm: Make own arrangements.

2pm: Listen to photographer Peter Peryer in conversation at the Hamish McKay Gallery.

3.30pm – 4pm: coffee and rest period. 

4pm - later: Sign up for The Estate of l. budd Benefit Table Tennis Tournament at On The Table. Trophies and OTN merchandise to be won.

On The Table (a division of Over The Net) is at 6 College Street, just down the road from L’Affare (see coffee above).

Click on image for the full glory of our designed invitations.

L budd estate in Wellington

OTT’s Winter hours (closed for the Winter) are nearly over and we are opening our Spring season with a new installation from the budd estate that will take over all our galleries.

The theme is table tennis and the opening will be on Saturday 23 October. Bats and balls will be supplied and more information will be posted here and on the OTT site later this week.

Save that day, you know you want to be there.

On the table

No opening this time but more great art in weird spaces for anyone in Wellington who likes that sort of thing. Click on image to enlarge.

Wake up call

The first exhibition at On The Table is Oubliette with Dan Arps, Campbell Patterson and Sriwhana Spong. The exhibition has been organised and curated by Michael Lett Auckland.

If you are in Wellington, there will be a chance to see the exhibition and meet the artists at the opening between 6pm and 8 pm on Thursday 19 November.

From then Oubliette will be open on Saturday and Sunday November 21-22 from 12 pm to 4 pm and for the last two days of the exhibition Saturday and Sunday November 28 and 29 from 12 pm to 4 pm at Level one, 6 College Street.

“So when things get too rough, your skin is dragging on the ground, and even down looks up, down look up, bad luck, we can show you a good time, show you a good time, and we don't charge nothin’, nothin' at all, just strut your nasty stuff, wiggle in the middle, get the town talking, by god, down with the wild gang...” – Firey lets loose in The Labyrinth

Anyone who wants to see the show at any other time should text 021 385527. And, if you are caught out with nothing to do, and want to see this post looks like on another site, go here.

Image: Campbell Paterson 59 minutes

Space cadets

On Thursday 19 November at 6PM Over The Net will open a new space to show art that doesn’t get seen very often in Wellington. Not sure how many shows there will be or how long they will run but our thinking at this stage is that shows will be open for a couple of weekends after an opening. We’ll also arrange to open up during the week if you text us. We will try to be as flexible as our lives allow.

We have set up a blog for the space called On The Table where you can read more and see what it looks like.

We’ll announce the first OTT exhibition later this week.