Christchurch-based award-winners Victoria Edwards and Ina Johann present their dynamic multimedia exhibition "Tormenting Luxury" tomorrow.
"These two highly experienced and educated artists have together developed a playful and highly original rapport where dress-ups and theatricality often play an important role in both video and photographic works," Ms Milne said.
"This exhibition will include surreally beautiful mural-sized photographic diptychs ...
"Each portrait is masterfully manipulated whereby much of the beauty lies in the enigma and ambiguity."
• Edwards and Johann present a series of video works and discuss their career at Dorothy Brown's Cinema at 7pm tomorrow. The gathering will then move next door to the gallery for the exhibition launch at 8pm. Bookings advised, $8.
Today
7pm: Les Richardson on keyboard and Pat Monaghan on double bass and violin perform for the Friday Jazz Club in Les Alpes. Free.
9pm: Singer and keyboardist Anna-Maree Morris and friends with guitars play originals and covers in Dux de Lux. Free.
Tomorrow
10pm: The Scheme plays funky reggae-tinged originals and covers in Dux de Lux. Free.
Sunday
2.30pm: Nella Fantasia features Kana Takahashi playing Chopin and Liszt piano solos, then Remarkable Vocals presents choral pieces by Mozart, Saint Saens and "popera" pieces, with supporting artists Ayako Cameron on oboe, Queenstown soprano Anna Humphries and Sue Patterson, vocal soloist, plus Natsuko Okazaki on violin. Proceeds go to Queenstown's Memorial Hall upgrade.
The two-hour concert with complimentary refreshments will be held in Thomas Brown's Gallery, 568 Speargrass Flat Rd. Adult tickets ($25) available from the gallery, the Lakes District Museum, Amcal Summerfield's Pharmacy, Frankton, and Unichem Wilkinsons Pharmacy, Queenstown. Gold coin for children's admission.
6pm: British extreme sports athlete, television presenter and international speaker Tim Emmett entertains the audience before they sit back for the cream of the 2012 New Zealand Mountain Film Festival. The top seven short films of the festival will be screened in the Queenstown Memorial Hall for one night only. $30 at the door, or tickets can be bought through the festival website.
Wednesday
8pm: Dunedin four-piece Blistering Tongues rocks Wanaka, with Grandad's Wedding, from Motueka Valley, in support at Opium, Wanaka. Free.
