The National Grid #2
December 2006
ISSN 1177-2468
Edition of 500

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Edited and designed by Jonty Valentine and Luke Wood.
Cover design and drawing of Boss Christ by Dylan Herkes.

Acknowledgements:
We are forever in debt to all of our contributors for making this issue possible. Thanks especially to Danae Mossman for last-minute editing and proofreading, and to Jenny Teng for the loan of her camera. Thanks also to Lisa McCormick.
The printing of this issue was partly supported by the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts Harkness Fund.
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#2

Venn Diagram

Joanna Anderson

Editorial (On Second Thoughts)

Louise McKenna, Gary Washington

Pat Macan

Possibles and Probables: Playing with Carlaw Park Scoreboard Signs

Jonty Valentine

The Aesthetics of Distribution: A Conversation with Bruce Russell

Luke Wood, Bruce Russell

Jose Law, Lee Roth

Pat Macan

Meetings

Pauline Ng

Pegasus Town's Model Life

Harold Grieves

The National Gothic

Kris Sowersby

Labels from the Post-Punk Periphery

Steve Kerr

Brian Gallagher

Pat Macan

Practical Materialism: Lesson Two – Thinking My Head to the Sky

Bruce Russell

Non-Rhetorical Design #2

James Maxwell