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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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