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Playlist
Big Thief - Incomprehensible
LT - Darien Gap
SALON MUSIC - nagisa nite
Alex G - June Guitar
O & THE MO - Make Way For The Sun
Fazerdaze - Motorway
Saint Etienne, Pete Wiggs - Alone Together - Hove Lawns Sunset Mix
Smerz - Roll the dice
ESG - Dance
School Fair - vexed
Happyness - Naked Patients
Salt Water Criminals - Staring at the Outstretched Hand
Tūī Diprose is a queer Interdisciplinary Artist and body worker of holistic healing. In a coming together of knowledge they engage within an artistic practice that centers in jewelry, installation and writing through an exploration of themes of Place, environmentalism, and decolonization.
Diprose’s current exhibition Rituals, at RM weaves together an array of artistic techniques and materials; Silver, sapphire, bone, harakeke, and clay gather within the show to create a symphony of material dialogue.
The works within the show are created within a space of ritual, between a bridging of the physical and metaphysical words, with the spirit world alive. The rituals of diproses creative practice translates to a show that welcomes audiences into a space of ritual, as well as a welcoming into the act of ritual itself.
Maya had a chat with Tūī about the show.
She started off by asking Tui to speak to their overall practice, their use of mediums, as well as their key themes.
Alag is artist Tarika Sabherwal’s first solo exhibition at Season Aoteaora.
The title itself has a double meaning, by which it can be read as either alāg, as in the Hindi word for separate, apart, parted, or different; or a lag, as in a lag in communication or a glitch in some sort of system.
The images are drawn from Hindi iconography, continuing a theme in Sabherwal’s practice of exploring and reimagining well-known motifs, as seen in paintings of horses and felines, for example.
The works show a continuation of a side of Sabherwal’s practice which uses an airbrush tool to paint onto raw canvas, creating a dyed effect and bold contrast.
Sofia had a kōrero with Tarika about her practice and Alag.
Concrete is Ruth Cleland’s second solo exhibition of new and previously unexhibited works, currently on at Sumer Gallery.
Cleland is known for her photorealistic depictions of everyday subjects and scenes, with this exhibition exploring concrete flooring in locations and sites she regularly encounters. The works are more than representations of concrete, but a collection representative of equanimity, eliciting a state of quietude within the viewer.
This body of work shows a subtle but significant development in Cleland’s practice, whereby more emphasis has been placed on the interrelationship between her gridded paintings and photorealistic concrete floor depictions, and how they respond to one another. As in previous works, this exhibition continues Cleland’s ‘sustained inquiry into image and grid—of subject, time, and value—as she traverses the hyperreal and abstract.’
Sofia had a kōrero with Ruth about Concrete, as well as her practice and process more generally.
Unerased: Made in Palestine is an exhibition by Pōneke-based artist Emily Hartley-Skudder, illustrator, maker, and activist Pinky Fang, and multi-disciplinary artist Nathan Taare, opening tonight at 250 Ponsonby Road.
The exhibition began with Pinky’s mother discovering a collection of imported vintage cosmetics at an estate sale in the Hawkes Bay, of which a variety of beauty products - deodorant, hair oil, baby powder, toothpaste, and more - were labelled ‘Made in Palestine’. Notably, the products are all from pre-1948, and a number of the brands are most likely European Zionist manufacturers who had immigrated to Palestine before rebranding their labelling to “Made in Israel” in 1948.
All proceeds from the exhibition go towards Convoys of Good for families in Gaza.
Sofia had a kōrero with Emily Hartley-Skudder about the making of Unerased: Made in Palestine and the exhibition’s kaupapa.
In light of recent tensions between Israel and Iran, as well as the involvement of global superpower the United States, academics have raised concerns about nuclear proliferation and its consequences in the Middle East as well as on a global stage.
As the need for nuclear deterrence is critical, the latest exchange of attacks between involved parties risks escalating conflict in the region and presents an urgent challenge for diplomatic relationships to diffuse the situation.
Producer Sara spoke to University of Auckland International and Political Relations doctoral student Tom Wilkinson about this topic, including the risk of nuclear proliferation in the region.
She began by asking him to explain the recent events between Israel and Iran in the broader context of global militarisation and history of nuclear armament.
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