ARTSPACE – The Dream

[1:54 mins]    Alfred Memelink is a Wellington based water-colour painter. In 2012 he bought a pair of building on the Petone foreshore with the view creating a long standing dream of opening a gallery. After failing an earthquake inspection the two buildings were torn down and a single new building built in their place, which I filmed with the view of using it in a documentary about Alfred, which was never completed. The grand opening of the gallery was officiated by the then mayor of Petone and took place in January of 2014.  Late in 2024 Alfred came back to me to ask if I could create a couple of short video from the footage to celebrate the 10 year anniversary.

This is the first of three.