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!
Beth has a kōrero with poets Jamie Trower, Georgie Silk and Kathy Frantz about their poetry collections and Birdboy Press, an independent publishing company founded and run by Jamie.
Sofia has a kōrero with artist Vita Cochran about Quadraphonic Coats, a new exhibition of hers at Anna Miles Gallery.
And for Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton is in to chat with Lee Smith-Gibbons and Florence Hartigan about Larybinth - a show at Pitt Street Theatre inspired by the beloved 80s fantasy movie, Labyrinth.
Birdboy Press is an independent publisher of poetry founded and run by poet Jamie Trower. Beth caught up with Jamie, and Birdboy poets Georgie Silk and Kathy Frantz, about their poetry collections, the process of collaboration and their experiences with independent publishing.
You can pick up a copy of Georgie and Kathy’s respective new collections of poetry, Peel and Motherland, from Time Out Bookstore or an independent bookstore near you.
Kith and Kin is a new group exhibition at Season Gallery with brunelle dias, Tony Guo, Levi Kereama, Claudia Kogachi, and the esteemed Jacqueline Fahey.
Testifying to the importance of strengthening community, Kith and Kin comprises stylistically diverse figure-based paintings exploring notions of family and friendship, ancestry and diaspora, identity and belonging.
Emblems of faith, evocative interiors, fields seen from the sky, and items of food both everyday and symbolic can be seen as common elements in the works.
Sofia spoke to Season Gallery co-curator, Francis McWhannell, about Kith and Kin, starting the interview asking him about the process for selecting artists.
Presenting a new body of work, Wrinkled Speech is Layla Rudneva-Mackay’s first solo exhibition at Melanie Roger Gallery.
In exploring themes of motherhood, healing, the subconscious, and womanhood, Rudneva-Mackay, through seemingly abstract paintings, plays with figurative elements and luminescence.
Sofia spoke to Layla about the show, its themes, and her practice.
Sofia had a kōrero with Francis McWhannell about a new group show at Season Gallery, Kith and Kin.
She also spoke to artist Layla Rudneva-Mackay about her new show at Melanie Roger Gallery, Wrinkled Speech.
And she spoke to curator Benny Chan about a new group exhibition at Bergman Gallery, Belonging: Stories of Contemporary New Zealand Asian Artists.
On Stage Direction this week: Alice Canton chats with Eden Webster about the programme for Koanga Festival, an upcoming festival at Te Pou Theatre that celebrates Maori storytelling and new voices.
Beth spoke with Lindsey about hew upcoming exhibition Defining the Means and her workshop, Rip n’ Bitch, taking place at Window Gallery on July 29th. You can sign up for Rip n’ Bitch here.
Sofia spoke to Tāmaki for Palestine’s Robin Wilson-Whiting and Dayenu’s Avigail Allan about Films for Falastin and the kaupapa of the initiative.
Beth had a kōrero with Liam Gerrard about his new exhibition After the Garden, showing at Sanderson until August 4th.
Arlo Green and Dawn Cheong joined Sofia and Beth in-studio for a kōrero about Scenes from the Climate Era, a new show they’re in, showing at Q Theatre from the 2nd to the 24th August. You can get tickets from qtheatre.co.nz.
And Sofia spoke to Rupert Travis about his practice, what inspires his work, and the themes of Indiscreet Tourist, his new exhibition.
Liam Gerrard is an artist from Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. He is interested in the relationship between darkness and beauty, and often explores this in his work.
The natural world – hydrangeas and moths in particular – has long been a point of artistic interest to Liam, whose latest exhibition, After the Garden, ‘ruminates on the inexorable passing of time, on societal concepts of beauty and desire, and on the endless variety and motion of the natural world’.
Beth had a kōrero with Liam about After the Garden, which is showing at Sanderson until August 4th.
Indiscreet Tourist is an exhibition by Rupert Travis opening at Föenander gallery.
All works painted during Travis’ time spent overseas in the South of France, Indiscreet Tourist is a response to what catches our attention as we travel and observations that might go unnoticed by locals otherwise.
Through the eyes of the tourist, it explores ideas of the familiar and the unfamiliar.
Sofia spoke to Rupert about his practice, what inspires his work, and the themes of Indiscreet Tourist.
Films for Falastin is a new film series with Dayenu, New Zealand Jews Against Occupation, and Palestinian Youth Aotearoa.
This Sunday at Academy Cinemas, Films for Falastin is screening the film, Israelism.
The film follows two young American Jews, who were raised to unconditionally love Israel, witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, leaving their thoughts conflicted.
Sofia spoke to Tāmaki for Palestine’s Robin Wilson-Whiting and Dayenu’s Avigail Allan about Films for Falastin and the kaupapa of the initiative.
Florence Hartigan and Shoshana McCallum chat to Alice Canton about their shows, Me, My Mother and Suzy Cato and Merely Beloved! on at the Herald Theatre from 8-10 May.
Mayen Mehta and Ryan O'Kane from Auckland Theatre Company joined Sofia in the studio to chat about Murder on the Orient Express, on at ASB Waterfront Theatre 22 April - 10 May.
John Davies joined Sofia and Beth in studio to chat about Te Tupua - The Goblin, a solo play written and performed by Davies himself. Tickets for tonight's show at Te Pou Theatre here.
Ahi Karunaharan joined Beth and Sofia in the studio to talk about a mixtape for maladies, the final chapter of Karunaharan's trilogy. The play tells the story of 17 nostalgic pop tracks which chart the deeply moving journey of Sangeetha and her family in 1950s Sri Lanka. a mixtape for maladies is on at ASB Waterfront Theatre from the 4th March. You can get your tickets here.
Alice Canton spoke to artistic director of Auckland Arts Festival, Bernie Haldane, about the programme this year. The festival is running from 6-23 March. More info here!
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