Our Viewmaster Litia reviews Mr and Mrs Smith an American spy comedy-drama television series created by Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover, inspired by the 2005 film of the same name.
E whai ake nei, coming up on the show today, Frances' last Various Artists!
Liam chats to Damien Levi, Mary Catherine, and Tate Fountain about The Showcase, an up coming poetry event taking place as part of Auckland Pride, as well as Krishna Istha about First Trimester, also taking place as a part of Auckland Pride.
Frances speaks to AD Schierning and James Gatt, the director and curator of Te Uru Waitakere about an upcoming auction to boost their funding. She also speak with Amanda Hereaka from Creative New Zealand about our selections fo the 2024 Venice Biennale, and Ruth Buchanan, director of Artspace to hear about their 2024 theme and new show Priorities opening this evening
And, of course, we have your art guide for Tamaki Makarau this week.
Tall Dwarfs (NZ) - The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Violators - Fugitive
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl (live)
Repairs (NZ) - Map Territory
Shapeshifter ft Lady 6 (NZ) - Move With Me
Minuit (NZ) - Aotearoa (Fluid Haunts remix)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Deanna
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Dinosaur Jr - Pieces
Aphex Twin - 4
David Harrow + Little Annie - End Of Times (Misled Convoy’s Heaven On Earth remix [NZ])
Kora (NZ) - Skankenstein
Public Image Ltd - Annalisa
Arsonists - We Be About
Dead Dred - Dred Bass
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
The Jam - The Modern World
Son Salut (NZ) - Aftershock
The Clash - Bankrobber / Robber Dub
IDLES - Danny Nedelko
The Jesus Lizard - Puss
Guardian Singles (NZ) - Pit Viper
Hallelujah Picassos (NZ) - Snakeman’s Cry
At the beginning of this month La Biennale di Venezia announced the artists participating in this year’s international exhibition, Foreigners Everywhere. Significantly, a total of eight New Zealand artists have been invited to participate by curator Adriano Pedrosa. Pedrosa selected the artists during a visit to New Zealand in March 2023. Amanda Hereaka, Creative New Zealand’s Co-Manager Practice and Pathways says his time in New Zealand was invaluable for our artists. To hear more about the Biennale and the selections from New Zealand, Frances caught up with Amanda Hereaka.
This March, art lovers are invited to acquire works by a selection of prominent New Zealand Artists while supporting the continued development of art. In association with Webb’s, Te Uru’s inaugural fundraising art auction New Winds works with the support of artists and gallerists, featuring a fantastic array of works in various media by significant artists from Aotearoa. To hear about the auction and why funding is so centrally important to Te Uru’s sustainability of large international exhibitions, Frances spoke with AD Schierning and James Gatt, the director and curator of Te Uru.
Each year Artspace Aotearoa orbits one question in the company of artists and through exhibitions. In 2024 they ask “do I need territory?” As an artist-led and artist-forward organisation they are beginning the exploration of this question from the perspective of the artist, launching their annual programme with the Aotearoa premier of work by seminal German sculptor Charlotte Posenenske and leading Ngāi Tahu artist Peter Robinson. To hear about 2024 for Artspace and their new show, Frances caught up with director Ruth Buchanan.
A community report published by SPOTS, the Sex and Prevention of Transmission Study, argues that legislation preventing gay men from donating blood in Aotearoa is outdated and should change.
New Zealand law currently prevents men who have had sex with other men in the last three months from donating blood, unlike other countries such as Canada or the United Kingdom.
Producer Castor spoke to HIV Prevention researcher at the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health and one of the report’s authors, Peter Saxton, about the current legislation and what change could mean.
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