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Various Artists with Sofia & Beth

Join Sofia Roger Williams and Beth Torrance-Hetherington for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton: 15th November, 2024

Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton: 15th November, 2024 Stage Direction w/ Alice Canton: 15th November, 2024, 11.49 MB
Fri 15 Nov 2024

Alice Canton joins Beth in-studio to kōrero with Kura Forrester and Brynley Stent about Camping, a play created and performed by Chris Parker and Tom Sainsbury with Forrester and Stent.

Think The Rocky Horror Picture Show meets French and Saunders in this risqué romp through a sea of sexual tension, tantrums, and tomfoolery. 

Camping is showing at Q Theatre from 14th November – 7th December. Tickets from Q Theatre’s website.

The Disasters of War w/ Michael Shepherd: 15th November, 2024

The Disasters of War w/ Michael Shepherd: 15th November, 2024 The Disasters of War w/ Michael Shepherd: 15th November, 2024, 13.87 MB
Fri 15 Nov 2024

Renowned Aotearoa artist Michael Shepherd’s latest series, The Disasters of War, is currently being exhibited at Two Rooms Gallery.

Two Rooms explains that ‘these latest works show the silent reality faced by New Zealand’s threatened flora. Many endangered species, like Olearia adenocarpa, Carmichaelia muritai, Myosotis brevis and Poa spania endure in small, often highly modified fragments that sit firmly outside the public view (and imagination)’. 

The artistic ethos of Romantic painter Goya is a constant throughout The Disasters of War. Each of Shepherd’s works are framed by black and feature the words, ‘Deaf like Goya’.

Beth spoke with Shepherd about the exhibition, which opened today at Two Rooms Gallery.

Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai w/ Raukura Turei: 8th November, 2024

Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai w/ Raukura Turei: 8th November, 2024 Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai w/ Raukura Turei: 8th November, 2024, 17.09 MB
Fri 8 Nov 2024

Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai is an exhibition by Raukura Turei (Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Taranaki Iwi, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki) currently on at Season Gallery. 

Using materials such as aumoana (blue clay), onepū (black iron sand) and kerewhenua (yellow ochre) harvested from sites to which Turei is tied by whakapapa and whānau history, the works in the show explore and embody connections to atua and tūpuna. 

Sofia had a kōrero with Raukura about her practice, the materials she sources, the connection her works have to her whakapapa, and the exhibition at Season Gallery.

Auckland Theatre Company's 2025 Season w/ Jonathan Bielski: 8th November, 2024

Auckland Theatre Company's 2025 Season w/ Jonathan Bielski: 8th November, 2024 Auckland Theatre Company's 2025 Season w/ Jonathan Bielski: 8th November, 2024, 24.91 MB
Fri 8 Nov 2024

For Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton joined Sofia in studio to chat with Jonathan Bielski about Auckland Theatre Company’s 2025 season. 

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 8th November, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 8th November, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 8th November, 2024, 105.83 MB
Fri 8 Nov 2024

Sofia had a kōrero with Raukura Turei about Takoto ai te marino: Te hokinga mai, an exhibition of hers currently on at Season Gallery. 

For Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton joined Sofia in studio to chat with Jonathan Bielski about Auckland Theatre Company’s 2025 season. 

And, as always, a PACKED arts guide for your week! x

Permissions w/ Artspace Aotearoa Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator, Robbie Handcock: 1st November, 2024

Permissions w/ Artspace Aotearoa Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator, Robbie Handcock: 1st November, 2024 Permissions w/ Artspace Aotearoa Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator, Robbie Handcock: 1st November, 2024, 31.53 MB
Fri 1 Nov 2024

Permissions is Artspace Aotearoa’s annual exhibition which commissions three early career emerging artists living in Tāmaki Makaurau, this year showing the works of Yana Dombrowsky-M'Baye, Dayle Palfreyman, and August Ward. 

Sofia had a kōrero with Artspace Aotearoa Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator, Robbie Handcock, about the exhibition and the artists’ practices.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 1st November, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 1st November, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 1st November, 2024, 107.87 MB
Fri 1 Nov 2024

This week on Various Artists...

Sofia had a kōrero with Robbie Handcock about Permissions, a group exhibition with Yana Dombrowsky-M'Baye, Dayle Palfreyman, and August Ward, currently on at Artspace Aotearoa.

Beth had a kōrero with renowned abstract painter Gretchen Albrecht about Liquid States, a show exhibiting works from the seventies and eighties, showing at Te Uru Gallery.

For Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton joined Joel in the studio to chat with Johanna Cosgrove and Brynley Stent about their shows at Basement Theatre, Hi Delusion and Soft Carnage.

And, as always, we've got your artsy adventures of the week sorted with your weekly Arts Guide!

Ngā mihi nui to the lovely Joel for holding down the fort this week x

'Hi Delusion' and 'Soft Carnage' w/ Johanna Cosgrove and Brynley Stent: 1st November, 2024

'Hi Delusion' and 'Soft Carnage' w/ Johanna Cosgrove and Brynley Stent: 1st November, 2024 'Hi Delusion' and 'Soft Carnage' w/ Johanna Cosgrove and Brynley Stent: 1st November, 2024, 22.62 MB
Fri 1 Nov 2024

For Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton joins Joel in studio to speak to Johanna Cosgrove and Brynley Stent about 'Hi Delusion' and 'Soft Carnage', both on at Basement Theatre tonight and tomorrow night. You can get tickets to Johanna's show here, and tickets to Brynley's here!

Liquid States w/ Gretchen Albrecht: 1st November, 2024

Liquid States w/ Gretchen Albrecht: 1st November, 2024 Liquid States w/ Gretchen Albrecht: 1st November, 2024, 17.14 MB
Fri 1 Nov 2024

Gretchen Albrecht is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s preeminent painters. Over the course of her seven-decade career she has continued to paint, focusing on the intersection of colour, movement and form.

Liquid States is a survey exhibition curated by James Gatt that examines works produced by Albrecht in the 1970s and ’80s. The exhibition is showing at Te Uru Gallery from November 3rd, and also marks Te Uru’s ten year anniversary.

Beth spoke to Gretchen about her work and connection to Titirangi in the 1970s.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 25th October, 2024

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 25th October, 2024 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 25th October, 2024, 136.65 MB
Fri 25 Oct 2024

Today on Various Artists!

Pl.at.fo.rm._ for Palestine is an online raffle fundraiser with local artists, designers, jewellers and tattoo artists in Tāmaki Makaurau, taking place on Saturday 26th October. Sofia chatted with he organisers of the initiative, Ningyi, Yuyi, and Sophia about the kaupapa.

Beth caught up with Deborah Coddington and editor Jemma Moreira about Bold Types, their new book cataloguing the indie bookstores of Aotearoa New Zealand. 

And for Stage Direction, Beth and Sofia had a kōrero with Katie Burson and Georgie Llewellyn about How To Art, a show that blends physical theatre and clowning to challenge the conventional notions of creativity and value in the art world.

Showing at Basement Theatre Studio from November 12-16th, tickets from basementtheatre.co.nz.

And, as always, your weekly Arts Guide detailing all the cool happenings around Tāmaki Makaurau.