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!
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.
Spoilt Creatures is the debut novel by British author Amy Twigg. Set in 2008, it follows the story of Iris, a newly single woman who joins a women’s commune after she meets the beguiling Hazel, intrigued by the possibility of a world away from men.
Author of The Mercies, Karen Millwood Hargrave, called it ‘a simmering debut, heady with the possibilities of language and the righteousness of female rage’.
Beth spoke to Amy about Spoilt Creatures and its themes. You can pick up a copy at Time Out Bookstore or another independent bookstore near you.
Currently showing at Melanie Roger Gallery are the works of Matt Ellwood, James R Ford, and Cameron James McLaren.
In this exhibition, the artists, each presenting new and stylistically diverse work, explore the act itself of making.
In his Fourth Estate series, Cameron James McLaren explores the role of media and photography, directly sourcing documentary photography from newspapers.
Sofia caught up with Cameron about his work in the show and his practice.
Jenny Rockwell has represented Aotearoa at international poetry slams and gained a sizable following on social media for her poetry readings.
Her debut collection, Vultures, is a coming-of-age story told in a Southern Gothic mode following her personal journey from growing up in the church to embracing queer joy and defiant love.
Sofia spoke to Jenny about Vultures and her practice.
Beth had a kōrero with author Amy Twigg about her debut novel, Spoilt Creatures.
Sofia spoke to poet Jenny Rockwell about her new collection, Vultures.
She also had a kōrero with artist Cameron James McLaren about his work in an exhibition currently showing at Melanie Roger Gallery with Matt Ellwood and James Ford.
And for Stage Direction this week, Sofia speaks to producer Charlie Underhill about Te Ao Hou, a new show by Massive Theatre Company at Te Pou theatre.
Blue Field is a new project by Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist Gavin Hipkins showing at Michael Lett Gallery.
It exhibits hundreds of unique cyanotype prints in a large-scale gridded installation, a process which was invented in the 1840s to reproduce technical drawings and scientific tables.
Blue Field exhibits a continuation of exploring photographic techniques used in previous exhibitions of Hipkins’ including The Field, which was first exhibited in 1995 at the artist-run gallery Teststrip on Karangahape Road, and more recent works at Hamish McKay Gallery in Pōneke late last year.
Sofia spoke to Gavin about the show, using cyanotype photography, and his practice.
Aotearoa is the seabird capital of the world, home to about 90 species of the world’s seabirds. Sentinel is an exhibition that combines science, photography, interactive video, sculpture and sound to invite you into the world of seabirds.
Sentinel serves as an urgent call to action to protect seabirds and their environment from the threat of habitat loss and predators.
Beth spoke with seabird scientist and conservation photographer Edin Whitehead about Sentinel and the threat towards seabirds. You can catch Sentinel at the Edmiston Gallery, Maritime Museum until October 27th, free with museum entry.
Beth had a kōrero with seabird scientist Edin Whitehead about Sentinel, an exhibition that invites you into the world of seabirds.
Sofia had a kōrero with artist Gavin Hipkins about his exhibition, Blue Field, currently on at Michael Lett.
And for Stage Direction this week, Johanna Cosgrove speaks to producer and comedian Rebecca Mary Gwendolon about Haha/Hehe, a first-of-its-kind Pride comedy show with an all non-binary cast.
For Stage Direction this week, Johanna Cosgrove speaks to producer and comedian Rebecca Mary Gwendolon about Haha/Hehe, a first-of-its-kind Pride comedy show with an all non-binary cast.
Featuring a diverse ensemble cast of comedians spanning traditional stand-up, alt-comedy, music and drag, Haha/Hehe is about celebrating International Non-Binary People's day, showcasing both the diversity of queer people and the diversity of comedy.
The show is one night only tomorrow on Saturday, the 13th of July, 7:30pm to 9:00pm at the Factory Theatre. You can get tickets from iticket.co.nz
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