Jessie Casson

I feel neglectful of this space. I have spent the last five months with my head down whilst this Champions project has brewed and grown. During this time the book has been written and published, launching at a wonderfully unique party last week at the Ponsonby Bowling Club. Two weeks ago the Exhibition ‘Champions: New Zealand Winners’ opened in Rotorua’s Museum of Art and History and will continue to tour around the country for the next two years. Today I begun work on the documentary about the subjects themselves and the trip around NZ to shoot the project, this is being funded by New Zealand on Air and will be broadcast on TV3. Tonight is the first time in a long time that I have sat and found nothing pressing to do. It is a year since the first seeds were sown and the initial ideas for the project begun to cumulate and I enjoyed stopping for a moment and looking back and thinking about how much more I know now.

It is possible to watch a short doco which accompanies the touring Exhibition.