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Various Artists with Sofia & Maya

Join Sofia and Maya for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!

Day One Hāpai te Haeata w/ Execute Director Chris Widdup: 30th August, 2024

Day One Hāpai te Haeata w/ Execute Director Chris Widdup: 30th August, 2024 Day One Hāpai te Haeata w/ Execute Director Chris Widdup: 30th August, 2024, 33.27 MB
Fri 30 Aug 2024

Day One Hāpai te Haeata is a film project which provides rangatahi with the tools, guidance and opportunities to share stories on screen.

In providing a range of initiatives to help young filmmakers learn, make, and connect with other storytellers to take their first steps into the film industry, Day One is passionate about uplifting and amplifying youth voices. 

Next week Day One has a screening at the Hollywood Avondale for Day One Shorts - a screening of 8 funded short films made by young emerging filmmakers that explore cultural, social, and political issues. 

Sofia spoke with Executive Director Chris Widdup about Day One and the short film screening next week. 

She started their kōrero asking Chris what the kaupapa of Day One Hāpai te Haeata is.

Various Artists w/ Beth & Sofia: 30th August, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth & Sofia: 30th August, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth & Sofia: 30th August, 2024, 107.59 MB
Fri 30 Aug 2024

TGIF! 

Sofia had a kōrero with the executive producer of Day One Hāpai te Haeata, Chris Widdup, about Day One Shorts - a screening of 8 funded short films made by young emerging filmmakers that explore cultural, social, and political issues at the Hollywood Avondale on Tuesday. 

Beth had a kōrero with artist Sandra Bushby about an exhibition currently on at Sumer Gallery, Pouring Light. 

And for Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton is in to chat with Georgia-May Ross from Auckland Fringe Festival about the programme this year. 

And to finish the show we have your weekly arts guide! 

Milkstars: Sound Constellations w/ James Gatt: August 23rd, 2024

Milkstars: Sound Constellations w/ James Gatt: August 23rd, 2024 Milkstars: Sound Constellations w/ James Gatt: August 23rd, 2024, 21.21 MB
Fri 23 Aug 2024

Milkstars: Sound Constellations is an exhibition currently on at Te Uru Gallery. It ‘draws on sound-oriented works in the Chartwell Collection to map relationships between artists across time and space.’ The exhibition also marks the 50th anniversary of the Chartwell Collection.

Beth spoke with curator at Te Uru Gallery, James Gatt, about Milkstars and the process of curation.

Kodachroma w/ Katherine Claypole: August 23rd, 2024

Kodachroma w/ Katherine Claypole: August 23rd, 2024 Kodachroma w/ Katherine Claypole: August 23rd, 2024, 21.21 MB
Fri 23 Aug 2024

Kodachroma is an exhibition by Whanganui-based artist Katherine Claypole. It weaves colour and handstitching to create a flash of vividness in the midst of winter. The title is a play on Kodachrome, a reference to Katherine’s interest in this medium and the aesthetic of the ’70s.

Katherine advises the viewer to move around the work and experience it from different angles to enjoy its full optical potential.

Beth spoke to Katherine about Kodachroma and her artmaking processes.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 23rd August, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 23rd August, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 23rd August, 2024, 109.92 MB
Fri 23 Aug 2024

Lots going on in the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau this week!

Sofia had a kōrero with curator Natasha Conland about the Walters Prize candidates and exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery.  

Beth spoke with Whanganui-based artist Katherine Claypole about her exhibition Kodachroma, currently on at Suite Gallery.

Sofia also spoke to artist Shannon Te Ao about an exhibition of his at Coastal Signs, Te pōtiki o te ao. 

And Beth had a kōrero with curator James Gatt about Milkstars: Sound Constellations, an exhibition currently on at Te Uru Gallery.

For Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton is in to chat with Keagan Carr Fransch about ANTi, a show about a family forced to meet at the intersection of queer love, religious expectations, tragic heroines and Black womanhood at Basement Theatre from the 27th to the 31st of August. 

And to round off the show, as always, we have your weekly Arts Guide!

Te pōtiki o te ao w/ artist Shannon Te Ao: 23rd August, 2024

Te pōtiki o te ao w/ artist Shannon Te Ao: 23rd August, 2024 Te pōtiki o te ao w/ artist Shannon Te Ao: 23rd August, 2024, 22.1 MB
Fri 23 Aug 2024

Te pōtiki o te ao is an exhibition by Shannon Te Ao (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Wairangi, Ngāti Te Rangi-ita, Te Pāpaka-a-Maui) on at Coastal Signs. 

Sofia spoke to Shannon about the exhibition and his practice, as well as a work of his to be presented at the 15th Gwangju Biennale Pavilion later this year. 

The Walters Prize and discussing 2024 candidates w/ Senior Curator at Auckland Art Gallery Natasha Conland: 23rd August, 2024

The Walters Prize and discussing 2024 candidates w/ Senior Curator at Auckland Art Gallery Natasha Conland: 23rd August, 2024 The Walters Prize and discussing 2024 candidates w/ Senior Curator at Auckland Art Gallery Natasha Conland: 23rd August, 2024, 29.32 MB
Fri 23 Aug 2024

A selection of works by the four artists nominated for Aotearoa's most prestigious art prize, The Walters, is currently being exhibited at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. 

The $50,000 Walters Prize - which is now awarded every three years - is being decided this year between artists Owen Connors, Juliet Carpenter, Brett Graham and Ana Iti. 

Sofia spoke to Senior Curator of Global Contemporary Art at Auckland Art Gallery, Natasha Conland, about the prize and the candidates this year. 

The winner will be announced in late September, so stay tuned for more coverage from us then! You can see the works of the finalists yourself at Auckland Art Gallery on until the 20th of October. 

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: August 16th, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: August 16, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: August 16, 2024, 141.31 MB
Fri 16 Aug 2024

Beth caught up with Pōneke-based writer Flora Feltham about her new book Bad Archive and her processes as a creative non-fiction writer.

Sofia spoke to Julia Waite about the Modern Women: Flight of Time, her curation process, and how the exhibition uncovers themes of women’s artistic practices in the 20th century.

Sofia spoke to Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan about This is the house that jack built, Artspace Aotearoa’s yearly group exhibition. She also caught up with one of the artists in the show, Ashleigh Taupaki, about the themes of the show and Taupaki’s work.

Sofia and Beth spoke with Acacia O’Connor about Asra, a documentary theatre piece as part of Auckland Fringe festival about experiences of Palestinian prisoners, and the importance of culture as practices of resistance and liberation.

And, to round off the show, we have your Arts Guide!

This is the house that jack built w/ Artspace Aotearoa Director Ruth Buchanan and artist Ashleigh Taupaki: 16th August, 2024

This is the house that jack built w/ Artspace Aotearoa Director Ruth Buchanan and artist Ashleigh Taupaki: 16th August, 2024 This is the house that jack built w/ Artspace Aotearoa Director Ruth Buchanan and artist Ashleigh Taupaki: 16th August, 2024, 23.59 MB
Fri 16 Aug 2024

Artspace Aotearoa’s yearly group exhibition, This is the house that jack built, is currently on. 

Featuring artists Andy Butler, Kerry Deane, Sara Gómez, Ming Ranginui, Ashleigh Taupaki, and X&Y, the exhibition brings together a fifty-year arc of works from local and international artists to answer the annual question of ‘do I need territory?’. 

Through film, sculpture, and site specific drawings, the artists explore the complexity of dynamic geo-political conditions, asking the audience to confront its perceptions of value, class, labour and ownership in present day late capitalism.

Sofia spoke to Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan and one of the artists in the show, Ashleigh Taupaki, about the themes of the show and Taupaki’s work. 

Bad Archive w/ Flora Feltham: 16th August, 2024

Bad Archive w/ Flora Feltham: 16th August, 2024 Bad Archive w/ Flora Feltham: 16th August, 2024, 29.98 MB
Fri 16 Aug 2024

Flora Feltham is a writer from Pōneke Wellington. After completing her Masters in Creating Writing, she published Bad Archive, a book of essays, through Victoria University Press.

The language of Flora’s essays is expressive and provides for rich creative scope. Author Rose Lu described it as ‘idiosyncratic, warm and wry, [moving] seamlessly across time and space.’

Beth caught up with Flora about Bad Archive and her processes as a creative non-fiction writer.