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!
Stand Up Stand Out is an annual competition that nurtures and showcases music and dance talent from secondary schools across Auckland. The winners were announced last weekend at a sold-out Auckland Town Hall, showcasing 26 diverse acts across five categories: dance, solo instrumental, group vocal, solo vocal and bands. To hear about the competition, its unique beginnings and what it means for Rangatahi, Frances caught up with Gene Rivers, Auckland Council Arts and Culture Programmer.
The Kit is a brand new subscription-based resource facility located on the basement level of Artspace Aotearoa in the former sorting room of the Tāmaki Makaurau central post office. Like the sorting room, The Kit seeks to sift and connect, making sure skills, support, and cohort are enabled post-art school, or as practitioners seek to deepen their professional capabilities. To hear about the initiative and its Open Day on Saturday Frances caught up with Artspace Aotearoa's Sally McMath.
Tonight at Silent Studios down in Onehunga, Elemental Journey is on to combine a performance art/light show/club night until the early hours of the morning.
The show is a collaboration between Dylan C and Dani VR, forming the new Aurora Collective to put on similar, multi-faceted events like this in the future.
Liam had a chat with Dylan C to learn more about what’s happening.
Frances speaks to Professor Alex Sims of the University of Auckland about the future of the Arts in the face of rapidly advancing AI technologies, and with Peaceworker Laurie Ross about the Nuclear Free NZ Peacemaker Exhibition in Titirangi as part of Auckland Heritage Festival.
Liam speaks to Dylan C from Aurora Collective about Elemental Journey, a performance art/light show/ dance night happening at Silent Studios tonight, as well as Naomi Azouley about Where Are You From? at Studio One Toi Tū.
And, to round off the show, we will take you through the art guide for Tāmaki Makarau this week.
If you were living in New Zealand in the 80s and you’re old enough to remember when milk was delivered in glass bottles, you’ll probably recall waking up to the news that the anti-nuclear Greenpeace vessel the Rainbow Warrior had been bombed in July of 1985. As the truth came to light that French Secret Service agents were responsible, it was a moment that solidified our stance as an anti-nuclear country. Of course, Liam and Frances weren’t alive when milk was delivered in glass bottles, but The Auckland Heritage Festival is making sure that our history stays alive today. The theme of this year’s Festival, which runs from 23 September - 8 October, is Peace, Love and Protest. It’s an opportunity to learn about and remember the important issues that have caused many Aucklanders to take a stand. To hear about one exhibition telling the story of our anti-nuclear past, Frances caught up with Peaceworker Laurie Ross.
The Action Education Inter-High School poetry competition 'Word: The Front Line' will be on tomorrow at Aotea Centre.
This will showcase the culmination of mahi from 48 high schools across Tāmaki Makaurau, and showcase the incredible talent of the students involved.
I had a chat to Action Education organiser Ramon, and AGGS student Koko about the competition and poetry respectively. We’ll also have a piece from Koko, that you may or may not hear tomorrow night.
With the 2023 general election on the horizon, Ōtautahi illustrator and designer Maya Templer has put together a set of Magic the Gathering-esque trading cards comparing and contrasting the candidates.
The game has 45 cards of MP’s running in the upcoming election, alongside policy cards and a few tributes to Aotearoa’s political history.
The game can indeed be played like a classic trading card game, but is still meant to be informational in an effort to help upcoming voters learn more about who they’ll be electing.
Liam had a chat with Maya about the card game, and how it came together.
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