Chrissie Butler

Chrissie is smailing a gentle smile of calm and curiosity at life.

Chrissie Butler is a musician, performer and zine maker based in Aotearoa New Zealand. For the last 20+ years she has been the bass playing, shouty half of the math, punk duo mr sterile Assembly and records, performs solo, collaborates and makes comics under the moniker of DSLB. Chrissie has toured extensively in Australia, Europe and SouthEast Asia with Sterile, her previous band Ditzy Squall, and as an improviser. She runs skirted Records with partner Kieran Monaghan. From 2002 Chrissie was a regular member of the theatre group Roadworks, the little sister of Red Mole and plays gamelan with Mekar Bhuana Aotearoa.

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Pass-on-ings - DSLB

A 4-part composition by DSLB, Chrissie Butler’s solo project.

"Pass-on-ings is an echo of the last weeks, days, and hours shared with mum."

two hands are held. The hand underneath is that of the daughter and composer Chrissie. The hand on top is that of her dying mother. the hands are grasped in love. There is a crumpled sheet that the hand are on, it seems the mother is in bed.

Three images superimposed together. On the left, Phil Dadson appears, performing with one of his own invented instruments. In the middle, the stained glass work from Futuna Chapel of Jim Allen, Phil Dadson's teacher, appears. On the right, Jim Allen appears performing a performance art piece of his.

Rāhoroi - (Sat) 11th Nov 2023, 2-3:30pm

OFFSITE: Phil Dadson - a tribute to Jim Allen at Futuna Chapel

Snails Attacks! - Night 2

a pen and ink drawing of a giant snail being attacked and tied down by angry townsfolk.

Stephen Bain & Gabriel White + DSLB

a person in a papier mache mask is leaning against a wall. They are covered in scrunched up piles of paper and they are taping themselves with brown packing tape

Ghost Bells, Nathan Thompson, DSLB

Farewell Spit & DSLB

The Sound of Seeing Live! - Jamie Berry, Chrissie Butler, Simon Cuming, Thomas Carroll

a black and white film still of a person in a tie.