Fiona Jack: Living Halls

Fiona Jacks

ISBN 10: 0986462810 / ISBN 13: 9780986462818

Published by Clouds, 2012

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Living Halls represents the findings of an ambitious research project undertaken by Fiona Jack based in the study and cataloguing of New Zealand war memorial halls. Following the Second World War, government funds were made available for communities to plan and apply for support for memorial halls. Hundreds of these buildings, in what became a vernacular tradition, now form a chain of public space the length of the country. Jack has compiled a list of all extant halls and is working with people living in proximity to the halls to provide paintings of them. She is also making paintings herself based on the original applications made by communities now kept in the National Archives. Living Halls will feature writing by architectural historian Bill McKay, fiction by Los Angeles writer Janet Sarbanes and writing by Jack herself. Jack has been artist-in-residence at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery during the 2009-2010 summer, and the gallery will co-publish the book with Clouds. The publication has received major funding from the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts Research Fund. Seller Inventory # 8023793

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fiona Jack: Living Halls

Publisher: Clouds

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Hardback

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

In a project that embraces hundreds of communities in her native New Zealand, Fiona Jack has researched and documented the existence of memorial halls, public spaces built to honor fallen soldiers after the Second World War and the communities that still use them. Auckland based Jack, who holds an MFA from CalArts, examines how New Zealanders embraced the idea of constructing utilitarian, living memorials that could be used for purposes ranging from voting to dancing instead of the more traditional monuments favored after the First World War. This important exhibition catalog presents Jack s ongoing collaborative collection, which includes paintings, photographs, audio recordings, databases and construction drawings. Also includes texts by architectural historian Bill McKay and fiction by Los Angeles writer Janet Sarbanes.