Chris has lived most of his life in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. At the moment he also spends a lot of time in Matsuyama, Japan where he is doing a programme of artistic research at the Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation, Ehime University as an associate professor attached to the Japanese Government’s weather control project, Moonshot Goal 8.
Chris explores environments for creative activity, resident-led modification of the lived environment, and alternative education(s). He runs public projects which experiment with public/private space, Making Friends, trust and hope, and making-do with resources at hand.
He made the Distributed Resource Centre (below) which was 11 projects over five years in and around the Mairangi Bay Arts Centre (book designed by Xin Cheng).
You can email him at: chrisberthelsen@gmail.com
Residency Scrapbook
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Distributed Resource Centre (DRC) Publication
A document of an ever-growing resource centre of freely available resources for art and pleasure (commercial and household waste, fruit/vegetables and other food, skills, time, places/infrastructure) The photos in this document came out of a series of projects at and around Mairangi Arts Centre (MAC) between 2015-2020 [Supported, in part, by Creative Communities Scheme and…