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Join Sofia and Maya for kōrero with artists and creative types from the wide art world of Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond!

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Printopia Festival w/ Ina Arraoui: April 28th, 2023

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Fri 28 Apr 2023

 Taking place this coming weekend at Corbans Estate Art Centre out in Henderson will be the second annual Printopia Festival. 

This is a three-day celebration of printmaking, containing a print fair market, exhibitions, and workshops so you can get some hands-on experience with printmaking of various styles, connect with your community and have a great time. 

Liam had a chat with Ina Arraoui, the organiser behind Printopia, about the festival and what’s to expect.

Horizons, an Asian migrant's story w/ Diana Hu: April 28, 2023

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Fri 28 Apr 2023

A couple of months ago a group of Asian New Zealand street dancers banded together to create a moving image dance cover to "The Wandering Songstress (天涯歌女)." This project was called Horizons, as it explores how Asian New Zealanders got to where they are today as someone before them followed their dreams and pursued a certain ‘horizon’ of a distant land. Horizons explores Asian migrant themes in Aotearoa NZ and looks at personal journeys through the expression of street dance, visual imagery and music whilst acknowledging and remembering those who came before the. Joe spoke to Diana Hu, part of Street Talk and the Horizons project, about this piece and ties in with exploring one's identity.

Various Artists: April 21, 2023

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Fri 21 Apr 2023

In the big wide art world this week:

Frances talks with artist Chevron Hasset about Far, Far Away, his show opening this evening at Artspace Aotearoa. Guest producer Sam talks to Christian Dimick about his upcoming show, Spilling Heavy Water opening at Kaukau Gallery in Wellington on Saturday. Frances talks to the retired director of Objectspace, Philip Clarke about the life of Nanette Cameron, a pivotal figure in New Zealand Interior Design design who has passed away at 95 years old. To finish the show we have your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week!

Far Far Away w/ Chevron Hassett: Friday 21 April

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Fri 21 Apr 2023

Over the past few years artist Chevron Hasset has become well known as a photographer. But this Friday Artspace is opening his show Far Far Away which explores his interests in sculpture and installation. Hassett is exhibiting a new sculptural work that continues his exploration of urban indigeneity, led by the spirit whanaungatanga. Autobiographical in nature, Chevron’s work embeds community, whanau and whakapapa as essential to the artist and the artwork. Chevron was born in Lower Hutt but has recently moved to Tāmaki. On VA this week, Frances talked to Hassett about the show. 

Spilling Heavy Water w/ Christian Dimick: April 21, 2023

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Fri 21 Apr 2023

Christian Dimick is an interdisciplinary artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington. You’ll know him from his various music projects such as Yukon Era, Avant Glass, Recitals and most recently – Awning. But you may also recognise his paintings. Christian has been painting full-time for the last four months from his Wellington studio, which has culminated in a body of work named ‘Spilling Heavy Water’.

 

On VA this week, Sam spoke to Christian about his new show at Kaukau Gallery in Wellington.

 

Remembering Nanette Cameron w/ Philip Clarke: April 21, 2023

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Fri 21 Apr 2023

This week the arts community has been remembering Nanette Cameron, who passed away aged 95. She's been dubbed "Aotearoa’s preeminent interior designer" by arts organisation Objectspace, "instrumental in the flourishing of interior design practice in Tāmaki Makaurau and nationally." Her passing has been met with tributes, gratitude and aroha for a woman who is described by those who met her as formidable, a sweetheart and everything in between. To hear more about her life Frances caught up with retired director of Objectspace, Philip Clarke, who was director of Objectspace when they staged the major exhibition and published the publication Nanette Cameron: Interior Design Legend in 2013.

Various Artists: April 14, 2023

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Fri 14 Apr 2023

Liam and Frances are away this week, so host of The Thrift Store, Joe Wickins, and host of the Tuesday Wire Milly Smyth take the reigns this Rāmere!

This week Frances has a chat with Dick Frizzell about his book ‘The Sun Is a Star’ at WOMAD 2023, Milly speaks to Dani Donald from the West Coast Art Gallery about a special gallery located in Piha, and Joe looks into Creative NZ’s increasing support for festivals and arts grants. 

All this plus your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week!

Whakarongo mai nei!

Dick Frizzell I/V: April 14, 2023

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Fri 14 Apr 2023

Frances chats with Dick Frizzell at WOMAD 2023 about his book 'The Sun is a Star', blending art and science, as well as much more!

Various Artists with Frances & Liam: March 31st, 2023

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Fri 31 Mar 2023

A  few longer chats for todays Various Artists—E Whai Ake Nei:

Frances has a talk with architects Nicholas and Gary of Stevens Lawson about their recent New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal award. 

Liam had a kōrero with Black Salt Games, an Õtautahi based game development studio about the release of their debut supernatural fishing RPG, DREDGE. 

And we have your Tāmaki arts guide for the thirty first of march till the seventh of April. 

We also have tunes from School Fair, Aldous Harding, Broken Social Scene, and Ween (yes, it was Ocean Man. It fits the eldritch fishing horror vibe.)

DREDGE I/V w/ Black Salt Games: March 31, 2023

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Fri 31 Mar 2023

 Black Salt Games, an indie game development studio based in Õtautahi has just released DREDGE, an action-adventure fishing RPG with a cosmic horror atmosphere underneath the ocean surface. 

You’ll be able to explore remote parts of the ocean, trade fish for gold, and try not to be killed by terrifying cyclops fish lurking under the waters. 

If you’re a fan of fishing mini games in typical role playing games, or you just like a good spooky atmosphere, this game is definitely for you. It’s both beautiful and terrifying, incredibly well written, and all around a great time. 

Liam had a chat with some of the team behind Dredge about the development of the game, the horror of the ocean, and more.