Various Artists with Sofia & Beth

Hamish Carter is an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. His work is guided by a decolonising framework, a methodology around reciprocal exchange with local ecosystems, and theories on walking as performative action. Having recently completed a Masters in Visual Arts at AUT in 2022, culminating in the exhibition Walking-Witness, Treaded-Trace, Hamish has developed a mobile artmaking practice using graphite frottage (rubbings), paper, ink, wood, and charcoal to work collaboratively and on-foot with more-than-human occupiers of urban ecosystems in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. 

To Breathe, To Sit, To Listen, To Talk is his new show at Window Gallery which opened on Wednesday. It explores the possibility of a relational artmaking practice engaging in more-than-human dialogue with trees and other living entities in nearby Albert Park. This dialogue is proposed as an urban place-making strategy in collaboration with the park’s long-term occupants, to tell a place-specific story of its complex history. 

Frances talked with Hamish on Various Artists to hear about his work and process. 

This week, Frances chatted to artist and Māori fibre weaver Shona Tawhiao, who has created new semi-abstract sculptural forms based on seedpods, a powerful metaphor for renewal of life forces. 

Pākākano celebrates the traditional skills of raranga while proposing a new and important way at looking at weaving as its own standalone entity, challenging, exciting and inspiring. It's on at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery 03 June - 03 September 2023. 

On the show this week:

Frances speaks to Shona Tawhiao who has a new show opening at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery  and to Mags Delaney-Moffatt from Pumphouse Theatre about their Creative Talks evenings

Liam chats to Thomas Barrer from Õtautahi’s Fnife Games about their queer indie game 'Small Town Emo'. 

And of course, your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week. Get amongst it! 

Liam had a chat with poets Divya Kumar & Hebe Kearney about their Winter Mini Poetry Fest, a series of poetry events taking place across different libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau throughout June.