Pioneer City promo flyer (2011)
“Seize the chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity”
Pioneer City is Your Kind of Space: an innovative, fully self-sufficient arcology on Mars represented by the Colonial Real Estate agency. An ongoing project exploring the potential future colonisation and subsequent marketing of the planet Mars.
Destination Pioneer City (2012)
A video made in collaboration with film-maker Simon Ward and commissioned by CoLab (AUT University), Destination Pioneer City introduces future settlers to some of the features Pioneer City has to offer.
The first version (linked above) was targeted at mid-flight passengers and screened on all international Air New Zealand flights in early 2013 as part of their in-flight entertainment programme [duration 06:22].
View a teaser-length version of the video here [duration 00:49]
Produced with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa and CoLab, AUT University.
Pioneer-City.com Website (2011-)
The Pioneer City website (launched 8 June 2011) showcases some of the features of Pioneer City. Potential future residents are also able to put forward their Expressions of Interest on the website. Visit it here: http://Pioneer-City.com
Pioneer City Showroom – Wellington (2011)
From 18 June – 10 July 2011 Wellington, New Zealand hosted the inaugural Pioneer City real estate showroom at Ground Floor/Soho Apartments , 80 Taranaki St.
The space was open to the public from 10am-2pm on weekends, or by appointment with Helen McCarroll, Pioneer City Sales Representative for New Zealand (played by actress Heather O’Carroll). See further documentation here.
Hello from Helen
NZ’s Pioneer City Sales Representative Helen McCarroll is friendly, reliable and honest. Read her weekly e-newsletter, distributed during the course of the Letting Space project.
- 07/09/2011 – Pioneer City Newsletter: Issue 3
- 07/01/2011 – Pioneer City Newsletter: Issue 2
- 06/24/2011 – Pioneer City Showroom Now Open
Commissioned by Letting Space with funding from Creative New Zealand, Wellington City Council, and the Emerging Artists Trust. See the Letting Space project page for full credits.
Pioneer City Ghuznee St Billboard (2011)
A billboard promoting Pioneer City was on display as the Ghuznee St Art Billboard at 56 Ghuznee St, Wellington from 28 March – 19 July 2011.
Commissioned and sponsored by Bartley + Company Art and funded by the Wellington City Council Creative Communities Scheme.
A Word From Our Sponsor (2011)
Vinyl wall labels, shown in Placemakers, The Engine Room gallery, Massey University School of Fine Arts, Wellington, 17 March – 9 April 2011.
Colonial Real Estate: presenting the new territories (2010)
Limited edition digital print insert and website for Hue & Cry Journal Issue 4, in collaboration with Raewyn Martyn.
Texts
At the end of the day, Richard Meros responds to Pioneer-City.com
Published online, Letting Space, November 2011
Media
Air NZ’s new sleep-inducing video art | Idealog | Published on December 11, 2012
Pioneer City| The Listener| By Rebecca Lancashire | Published on June 20, 2011 | Issue 3711
Prime real estate? Look to the sky | The Dominion Post: Your Weekend magazine | By Diana Dekker | Published on June 20, 2011
Pioneer City (interview: mp3) | Radio NZ National: The Arts on Sunday | By Lynn Freeman | Aired on June 12, 2011 | Also available in Ogg Vorbis format
Location, location, location | The Wellingtonian | By Robert Johnson | Published May 19, 2011
A second public art billboard project | Connecting With Art (Blog) | By Alison Bartley | Published March 28, 2011