Win a Double Pass to Semi Permanent 2016
The annual inspiration feeding frenzy for creatives.
Come August, masses of designers, architects, filmmakers, miscellaneous creative types and those hoping to become any of the latter (in a paid, professional sense) will be descending upon the Aotea Centre for their annual inspiration feeding frenzy, also known as Semi Permanent.
Highlights from this year's menu of speakers includes Jessica Dimmock, a director and cinematographer behind works such as Too Young to Wed, a web feature which won the World Press Photo's top prize; Gunnar Green, an artist whose work has been shown at MoMA New York, Design Museum London and Ars Electronica; culinary experience designers Bompas and Parr; Andy Stevens, the co-founder of Graphic Thought Facility; Chris Fjelddahl, an ex-wind surfing photographer, MBA graduate and partner at Eight - an award-winning brand consultancy firm; Zackary Canepari, a photojournalist whose debut feature documentary T-Rex about Olympic boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields premiered at SXSW; Cleo Wade, a poet who known for her simple, feminine and empowering verses and 25-foot love poems; and local restaurateur Mimi Gilmour, the woman behind the success of both Mexico and Burger Burger.
For those craving even more from their experience, there are a couple of side events on as well - including a poetry reading, a panel talk, a workshop on album cover artwork and film screenings of T-Rex and The Pearl. You're guaranteed to leave the symposium feeling satisfied.
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