Bottled (S)Words

Word Collective 20 bottles have swallowed the (s)words of 20 wordsmiths. Each vintage is unique. But only one has a Golden Ticket in its belly. Are you the lucky Mystery Prize winner? Look for the orange label on the green bottle: the ultimate Fringe 08 souvenir.

Fringe Artist Reviews

  • Typical ...11.02.08

    Posted by: BND

    That is so typical of H to find the first one ...she can sniff out a "Bottled (S)Word from 10 paces ...good luck to her

  • The Green Language : The Emerald Tablet21.02.08

    Posted by: SOLAR

    'The Emerald Tablet' was bottled and set adrift. Like the tablets of Lamech all of knowledge was placed in the 'Wild Field of Thought' (a pure greenness). Knowledge is attained by first being green (or by admitting you are 'not-knowing' and becoming 'unknowledgable').

    "The Emerald Tablet, also known as Smaragdine Table, Tabula Smaragdina, or The Secret of Hermes, is an ancient text purporting to reveal the secret of the primordial substance [being]."

    One translation from 'Aurelium Occultae Philosophorum' by Georgio Beato reads:

    1) This is true and remote from all cover of falsehood.
    2) Whatever is below is similar to that which is above. Through this the marvels of the work of one thing are procured and perfected.
    3) Also, as all things are made from one, by the consideration of one, so all things were made from this one, by conjunction.
    4) The father of it is the sun, the mother the moon.
    5) The wind bore it in the womb. Its nurse is the earth, the mother of all perfection.
    6) Its power is perfected.
    7) If it is turned into earth,
    7) Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle and thin from the crude and coarse, prudently, with modesty and wisdom.
    8) This ascends from the earth into the sky and again descends from the sky to the earth, and receives the power and efficacy of things above and of things below.
    9) By this means you will acquire the glory of the whole world, and so you will drive away all shadows and blindness.
    10) For this by its fortitude snatches the palm from all other fortitude and power. For it is able to penetrate and subdue everything subtle and everything crude and hard.
    11) By this means the world was founded
    12) And hence the marvelous cojunctions of it and admirable effects, since this is the way by which these marvels may be brought about.
    13) And because of this they have called me Hermes Tristmegistus since I have the three parts of the wisdom and Philosophy of the whole universe.
    14) My speech is finished which I have spoken concerning the solar work.

    See: http://solarts.deviantart.com

  • Observed at The Kettle of Allen and Max24.02.08

    Posted by: tom

    The beautiful and charming owner of Goblin Cafe Allana was seen gleefully clutching Bottle 11/20 after the performance of The Kettle of Allen and Max at the Adelaide in Newtown this past saturday.
    While not containing the coveted golden ticket the pencil sketchs of a dreamy dreamer by Robyn E Kenealy were treasure enough

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  • (the final) Bottled (s)Word # 18: M Vintage report12.03.08 10:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "I've been away a couple of weeks. I asked O here in south to drop it off at a Fringe venue the wendsday before last so hopefully someone's enjoyed and kept their very own piece of me"
     
    The mystery continues... 

  • Bottle #6: Dave Mike Vintage left at Fringe Awards04.03.08 20:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    The final Bottled (s)Word of the 20 was left outside the Paramount in the rain after our (s)wordsmith enjoyed the atmosphere and tipples of the Fringe Awards.
    This bottle was converted into a musical instrument: plug it in to a guitar amp or stereo and shake it REAL LOUD 

  • Rubbernecking04.03.08 13:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    An aquaintance ('P') just told me that last week she observed a woman putting a bottle in a tree on Kent Terrace. Thinking it was a Bottled (s)Word, P waited until the coast was clear and excitedly went to retrieve said bottle. Alas, the tree was empty. Disappointed, P surmised that the woman had probably been recovering a hidden stash of plonk.

  • Prize winner announced!02.03.08 18:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

     As the bottle containing the Golden Ticket was turfed in the trash, 7 names of known Bottled (s)Words finders were put in a bag: Helen from Happy; H; Cambell Walker; Eryn; Katie; Allana; technician at Happy
    The Unknown Rockstar drew out 1 winner...
    Photograph of the lucky Charlie attached... 
     

  • Mystery Prize revealed02.03.08 17:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

     
    Photograph number guide:

    1. 'The Executive Magic Collection' magic kit - Marvin Berglas 
    2. Poetry - Dra McKay
    3. 'Lady Chatterly' 1/40 - Lex Benson-Cooper
    4. 'Who were you? What have you become?' poster courtesy of The Virago Libation Front and Dr Quaffer 2005
    5. 'Fetish' poster - Anton L'Etranger 2005
    6. 'Important Notice (Telebotomy)' poster - Toony Woo-Woo 2001
    7. Now Romantic Manifesto 2000
    8. 'Recombinant DNA' print - Curtis Nixon 2005
    9. Postmoderncore stickers
    10.  'Jam on Cuba' photograph - Curtis Nixon 2007
    11. 'Credit' photograph - Ruby Nekk 2005
    12. dadashopping stickers
    13. 'Roddy's Film Companion presents Europe! Europe!' comic - Robyn E Kenealy 2007
    14. 'Black Victoria' poetry - C.W. Ireson 2007
    15. 'Valley Micropress. Volume 10 Issue 8' poetry - various including Mike Webber 2007
    16. 'Free Speech for Sale' cd - Snuggles live in concert 2002
    17. 'Stories and Songs' cd - Dick Whyte and his Golden Guitar 2007
    18. 'Live at the Photospace' cd - Robyn E Kenealy, the Unknown Rockstar, Craig Irie 2004
    19. 'Disco Fever: The Beat, People, Places, Styles, DeeJays, Groups, & The Latest Disco Steps! Complete with Drawings and Diagrams' - Kitty Hanson 1978
    20. 'Totemism' - Claude Levi-Strauss 1962
    21. 'Newtown Spoken Word: Summer 06' cd - various artists, Word Collective Records 2006
    22. 'Salad Bones' cd - various artists, Word Collective Records 2004
    23. 'Kamer Coffeeshop' mini matches
    24. 'The Trash Heap Has Spoken' mini cd - The Doll, DollyDollar Recordings 2007
    25. 'Light. Calls. Review.' poetry - Cameron Hockley 2007
    26. 'Bip Bip: Issue 7" comic - GCR 2005
    27. 'Your Weight in Gold' poetry - Annabel Henderson Morrell 2007
    28. 'Fortune telling: how to reveal character and influence fate' - Peter Brent 1974
    29. 'Sponge Bob finger puppets' hand knitted - courtest of the Newtown Fair 02.03.2008
    30. 'Wine bottle cork' - courtesty of DAF106 company-car glovebox 2008

  • (s)Word # 8: Don Smith Vintage dropped today02.03.08 12:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "dropped bottle Sun 2 Mar 8am Civic Square" 

  • Bottle #10: Dra McKay Vintage dropped at Philistines02.03.08 12:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "Dra Vintage dropped Sheba's video release party at Happy tonight.
    Bar staff tell of 4th sword to land at Happy
    Collected unseen by me
     x"
     

  • Bottle#15: Craig ireson Vintage "she went for the booze, she got the (s)word"01.03.08 13:03

    Posted by: Dr Shopper


    I left my bottle in a picnic hamper onstage at Newtown
    Spoken Word Summer 08 (not a Fringe festival event, more like a fringe of the
    Fringe). it was placed alongside a bottle of red wine, poetry books and a bunch
    of bright red apples.

    Each reader was asked to take an apple after their tale, a tempting treat for
    each obdurate adam and eve~but none took the paradisical bait-

    One lucky punter with a sharp tongue and sharper eye was asked back to read her
    last words for the night, and declining an apple she went for the booze.

    Sadly for her the vintage had no rough rouge but rogue words instead were
    encapsulated in the green caspule- an Ireson Vintage

    Eryn, recently of Tauranga, is now the pruod owner and (hopefully) a little
    less hungover fopr the choice.

    How do you like them apples?

    Contents:
    2 CW Ireson Original Poems
    1 William
    S. Burroughs Cut Up poem - The Last Words of Hassan I Sabbah
    1 instruction sheet for cutting up the above to make new poem/s
    100000000000 grains of black sand from Mokau, Taranaki

    You sell the ground from unborn feet for ever!


    --
    Craig
    Word Collective
     

  • Bottle Containing Golden Ticket Thrown out!!!!29.02.08 18:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    News Flash!!!!! 
    Just received the news that the 2 bottles left at Newtown Community & Cultural Centre at Circus shows were thrown in the trash by a technicion.
    Bottles 1 & 17 consigned to the oblivion of Happy Valley landfill, the Golden Ticket with them!
    The back up plan will be a lucky draw of the known bottle Finders, (so far): H; Campbell Walker; Happy Barmaid; Fringe technical crew member at Happy;  and Goblin Cafe Allana.
     Any other Finders email me to go in the draw...

     

  • Bottle#13: c)))))))))) Vintage dropped 10 days ago29.02.08 12:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "My bottle was placed a while ago? must have been at least ten days ago, or maybe last week, anyway I was wandering past the container in civic square and slipped it next to the door."
     
    Contents: a pre-paid envelope to write name & adress on the back in order to receive a zine published by Idiomatic Productions 2008 and created by c))))))))))

  • Bottle # 2: Annabel Henderson-Morrell29.02.08 11:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "My vintage was dropped at Te Whaea last night - midst the hip hop beatz at the opening night of Legacy Dance Crew's The Chronicles... Their season is sold out (amazing show, good for them!!) so chances are it will be sniffed out before long!"
     
    Contents: 1 new poem 

  • Bottle #16: Markus MacIntyre Vintage discarded at Familiar Strangers28.02.08 19:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "Have dropped my bottle. Better than losing me rag. Paramount Theatre at beginning of street talk mobile play."
    Inside: various poems including 1 on the back of a receipt 

  • Bottle #19: Mr Gravedigger Vintage dropped last week in mysterious circumstances28.02.08 13:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "I gave my bottle to my flatmates to drop at some show they had won tickets to last week. I don't know what show it was and made a point not to ask - just to add one more layer of distance. So, its out there somewhere... "

  • Bottled (s)Word # 20: Dr Quaffer Vintage dropped at Happy28.02.08 11:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    The Bottled (s)Word was left at the Fanotron event last night. However between the dim lighting and the audiences fascination with the whirring spinning and droning, nobody observed the bottle during the show.

    The bottle was then taken through to Happy prior to the Zarathustra Said show. The bottle was left on the bar and promptly taken by a member of the Fringe technical crew, who expressed his enthusiasm at getting one of the bottles, and was even more excited to see the contents of the bottle.

    Bottle contents: two short stories extracted from LA Prince's novel in progress, "Ronny", and no golden ticket. 

  • Bottle #4 purloined27.02.08 14:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    I have been informed that "a City Arts Member snaffled it for the next generation"
    10 down, 10 to go... and only 6 days left 

  • Bottled (s)Word #4: The Doll Vintage, abandoned at Fringe HQ27.02.08 13:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    At 12.15pm today, The Doll's bottle was left at Fringe HQ, Civic square. It is now 1.15 - is it still there? Or could you get it just in the nick of time...
    Note: The Bottled (s)Word is the same number as The Doll's age - our youngest artist at 4 

  • Who is the lucky winner?26.02.08 16:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    Word Collective would love to hear from the Golden Ticket winner and any lucky Bottled (s)Word finder.
    Share your stories with us and the rest of the Fringe 08 audience by posting on the Fringe Artist Review page.
    Thanks to: BND for the observation on the luck of 'H'; Solar for a detailed explanation of Dick Whyte's 'The Emerald Tablet' art found in Bottle #3 and tom for his description of the finding of Bottle #11.
    Bring on the gossip, the tall tales, & the inflated mythmaking! 

  • Bottle containing Golden Ticket dropped!26.02.08 16:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper


    "Dropped my bottle at the Newtown Hall after a show by the womens circus.It seemed kind of fitting, it being a show about recycling. Some lucky punter is now a Willionaire."
    message sent by the artist, who doesn't know who got the bottle, which contained a photocopy of a photograph entitled 'Refuse' or that 'some lucky punter' also has the Golden Ticket!
    (the bottle also contained a stamped & adressed envelope to write name & adress on the back, and then lay in wait for the Mystery Prize to be delivered...) 
    Stay tuned for more news of the contents... 
     

  • Bottled (s)Word #7: Thomas La Hood Vintage26.02.08 15:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "Bottle No:7  Vintage: Thomas LaHood

    Status: Vanished into the ether on Saturday night sometime during a performance of 'The Ghosts' Soiree' at The Mighty Mighty.  Perhaps some spectral fingers spirited it away?  Anyone know who picked it up?

    Contents: One New Age Poem, One De-Contextualised Interview, One Happy Accident, One Early Attempt, One Electric Stream Of Consciousness.  No Golden Ticket?  Better luck next time..."

  • Bottle # 11: Robyn E Kenealy Vintage26.02.08 15:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "Oops! Sorry! Forgot to mention - dropped mine in the ladies bathroom of The Adelaide during the closing night performance of 'The Kettle of Allen and Max.' That was Sat 23rd." 
    See also: Artist Review

    Observed at The Kettle of Allen and Max24.02.08
    Posted by: tom
     

  • Bottle #1 Mike 'Tights' Webber Vintage25.02.08 21:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "hollo doc, dropt mine at newt.comm.ctr. sunday last b4 4pm at circus, checkif still there??? was in hall by doorway between office and loo, mike tights."
    inside bottle was 3 poems and a photograph of a country shack. Some gold glitter, but no ticket...
    Better keep hunting... 

  • Vintage #14 snapped up25.02.08 15:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    "On a hot summer night ciara marei stealthily took her bottle
    to happy to see doetoevsky's trip
    She enjoyed the show
    The bottle didn't!
    She placed her bottled sword on the bar and warned the barmade that it
    was an installation up for grabs as part of sword collective
    And the barmade said oh can I open it then put it back coz I've heard of
    it?
    ciara marei said "no,
    But you can have it"
    So helen mcvey (related to mike mcvey from gizzy) is the proud owner of
    bottle number 14
    No mystery prize
    Contents a rant called sky rat
    No rhymin couplets
    No similies

    x

  • #12: Silver Pen vintage24.02.08 17:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    Message received from the Silver Pen:
    "I released my bottled s-word at the 'Reptiles 'R' US xhibion .
    It was cool cause I took my bottle out with me for release without knowing
    exactly where I was going to do it.


    Then I got to Thistle Hall and heard how there had been a flood the
    previous nite cause some fool turned on the fire hose in the upstairs room,
    which flooded down into the hall.


    I thought my bottle was in the right place, apres le deluge!" 
    (Alas, no Golden Ticket... inside a photograph of the Queen Vic statue on Kent&Cambridge Terrace and a Waitangi Day Poem. Also some sea-shaped glass) 

  • (S)word swiped ! at street art opening !20.02.08 11:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    (s)Word was discovered on the wine table "...what we walk by"
    Photography by Dra McKay, opening night celebration @ DAF106 Gallery
    Vintage : Dick Whyte
    Lucky Collector: Aro Valley film-maker Campbell Walker
    Contents: a striking piece of monochrome art ripped out of Dick's sketch book.

  • Rumour Mongering18.02.08 18:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    Allegedly, a Bottled (s)Word is skulking amongst the shelves of a local book store... it's all hearsay of course. Still...

  • Bottled (s)Word #9 Found08.02.08 11:02

    Posted by: Dr Shopper

    Bottle #9 was found by "H" an attendee at the W.ART exhibition opening @ DAF106 gallery, 106 Aro Street.
    Bottled (s)Words #9 was a 'Robbie' vintage concocted by DAF106 gallery co-owner Francis Barlow. It contained poetry by west coast poet Robbie Barrow (seen recently in a whitebait fever on TV1's Gravy art show).
    The bottle was cunningly placed on the table with nibbles and wine bottles and went unnoticed for quite a while until "H" sniffed it out.

    It did not contain the elusive & much coveted Golden Ticket...

February

12:00am

  • 8 F
  • 9 S
  • 10 S
  • 11 M
  • 12 T
  • 13 W
  • 14 T
  • 15 F
  • 16 S
  • 17 S
  • 18 M
  • 19 T
  • 20 W
  • 21 T
  • 22 F
  • 23 S
  • 24 S
  • 25 M
  • 26 T
  • 27 W
March

12:00am

  • 1 S
  • 2 S
Venue
Various random Fringe show locations, Welllington
Info
Anytime between Friday February 8 / March 2, with one very likely at the opening event...
Possibly more than once at a time...
Tickets
FREE