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PAGE 8 Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 1 2<strong>01</strong>8<br />
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PICTURESQUE:<br />
Akaroa is<br />
becoming<br />
increasingly<br />
popular with<br />
cruise ships. <br />
Akaroa rates highly<br />
with cruise ship visitors<br />
PICTURESQUE Akaroa<br />
has been named among<br />
New Zealand and<br />
Australia’s top-three cruise<br />
destinations in the annual<br />
TripAdvisor Cruise Critic<br />
Cruisers’ Choice Awards.<br />
It sees Akaroa voted<br />
ahead of all other New<br />
Zealand cruise destinations<br />
for the 2<strong>01</strong>7-2<strong>01</strong>8 season,<br />
taking out third place<br />
in the passenger reviewrating<br />
based awards.<br />
“This award shows that<br />
visitors are clearly enjoying<br />
the wonderfully warm<br />
Akaroa visitor experience<br />
and that’s a big credit to<br />
the Akaroa community,”<br />
said ChristchurchNZ destination<br />
manager Caroline<br />
Blanchfield.<br />
“Akaroa has stepped up<br />
to take on the lion’s share<br />
of Christchurch and Canterbury’s<br />
cruise destination<br />
since the Christchurch<br />
earthquakes, which has<br />
been great for the village,<br />
in spite of the added strain<br />
on the infrastructure<br />
there,” she said.<br />
Akaroa, Tauranga<br />
and Wellington were<br />
named in the top-five of<br />
the Top Rated Australia<br />
and New Zealand Cruise<br />
Destinations category,<br />
with Sydney taking first<br />
place.<br />
Ms Blanchfield said the<br />
impact of cruise ships<br />
visiting Canterbury ports<br />
had positive benefits for the<br />
regional economy.<br />
“Close to 50 per cent of<br />
cruise passengers return<br />
to a cruise destination<br />
they enjoyed for a longer<br />
holiday,” she said.<br />
New Zealand Cruise<br />
Association chief executive<br />
Kevin O’Sullivan said the<br />
award affirmed the value of<br />
cruise tourism to New<br />
Zealand.<br />
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The backstory of<br />
T he A natomy of M elancholy • P art i: I dentity<br />
by<br />
Simon van der Sluijs<br />
*Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.<br />
**Identity: the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.<br />
I have always been fascinated by trying to visualise human nature, who are we, what<br />
drives us, what moves us, and my personal experiences were more than enough to<br />
explore. A trilogy to allow myself to create a deeper narrative to be more universal<br />
and existential rather than being just about me. I chose ‘The Anatomy of Melancholy’<br />
because I feel that it best represents my work and the person I am. Part 1 is about<br />
identity because to me it is the source of melancholy and so that is where the trilogy<br />
needs to start. It shows drawings, paintings and small objects.<br />
Generally the work on show deals with the desire to belong, to be allowed to be, through<br />
confirmation of our fellow beings, and of getting damaged in the process.<br />
There are two separate sections within the exhibition: ‘Little Sorrows’ and ‘Intimacies’<br />
Little Sorrows<br />
Our pets contribute to our identity. Inevitably having a pet also means that the day will<br />
come we have to farewell it ‘Little Sorrows’ is what can happen when we can’t let go<br />
and try to either recreate the friend we were so fond of or make an effort in taxidermy<br />
to preserve through small paintings of mice, hamsters and goldfish and faux taxidermy<br />
objects, mainly in ‘museum boxes’ and under bell jars.<br />
Intimacies (Explicit content)<br />
Sexual identity is the way we think of ourselves in relationship to whom we are<br />
romantically or sexually attracted to. Growing up in a Catholic environment sexuality was<br />
definitely not a topic of discussion or acknowledged as an important part of being. This is<br />
the reason I have made these paintings so small, they fit in a locket and can therefore be<br />
‘locked away’ only to be enjoyed in a private atmosphere.<br />
Part 1 Identity <strong>August</strong> 2<strong>01</strong>8, Part 2 Dissectum April 2<strong>01</strong>9 and Part 3 Lost and Found<br />
November 2<strong>01</strong>9. All shown at Little River Gallery.<br />
T h e AnAT o m y o f melAnch o l y<br />
P A rT i: idenTiT y<br />
Drawings | Paintings | Small Objects<br />
by<br />
Simon van der Sluijs<br />
4 – 29 AUGUST 2<strong>01</strong>8<br />
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