Resetting the Coordinates is the first anthology/reader of performance art of Aotearoa New Zealand. It invites the reader into its lively, 50-year critical survey of Aotearoa’s globally unique performance art scene.
It includes 18 chapters by researchers that explore the post-object and performance art of the late 1960s to the rich vein of Māori and Pacific performance art from the early 1990s.
It discusses the work of Jim Allen, Phil Dadson, Peter Roche and Linda Buis, performance art initiatives in post-earthquake Christchurch and queer performance art, among many other topics.
Beth caught up with Professor of Visual Art at the Auckland University of Technology, Dr Christopher Braddock, about Resetting the Coordinates.
Sofia had a kōrero with Shane Cotton (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine and Te Uri Taniwha) about New Painting, a new exhibition at Gow Langsford Onehunga.
Beth caught up with Professor of Visual Art at the Auckland University of Technology, Dr Christopher Braddock, about Resetting the Coordinates, the first anthology/reader of performance art of Aotearoa New Zealand.
For Stage Direction, Alice Canton joins us in-studio to chat to Moss Paterson about Tempo Dance Festival, on at Q Theatre until the 20th October.
For Stage Direction this week, Alice Canton speaks to Moss Patterson about Tempo Dance Festival on at Q Theatre until the 20th October. More information here!
New Painting is a new exhibition at Gow Langsford Onehunga by Shane Cotton (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Hine and Te Uri Taniwha) opening tomorrow.
Cotton is an internationally renowned artist whose career has spanned over three decades. His practice is underpinned by recurrent questioning of his own bicultural identity, and our collective cultural identity in Aotearoa.
In these new works, Cotton explores the collision of Indigenous and European time systems, placing ancestral figures in surreal, cosmic landscapes, exploring hybridities, transformation, and the nature of history.
Accompanying the exhibition is an essay by writer Anthony Byrt, Super Radiance, which explores this new body of work further. You can read Byrt’s essay here.
I had a kōrero with Shane about the exhibition and the ideas behind these works.
Prodigy - Breathe
Geneva AM (NZ) - T(M)2 (Te Reo version)
Joy Division - Exercise One
Pavement - Conduit For Sale
The Nomad (NZ) ft Michele Ducray - Momentum
Black Uhuru - Boof n’ Baff n’ Biff (Thievery Corporation remix)
Salmonella Dub (NZ) - Push On Thru (Adrian Sherwood remix)
Buzzcocks - Promises
Plasmata - Tattoo Vampire (Blue Oyster Cult cover)
Icehouse/Flowers - We Can Get Together
Stereolab - French Disko
Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - A Daisy Chain For Satan
Tali (NZ) - Lyric On My Lip (Ed Rush & Optical remix)
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
Gang Of Four - I Found That Essence Rare
African Headcharge - Heading To Glory
Volcano Suns - White Elephant
Sivle Talk (NZ) - Bottom Feeder
Techniques In Dub - Stalag
Husker Du - One Step At A Time
Husker Du - Pink Turns To Blue
Schkeuditzer Kreuz (NZ/OZ) - Ratchet
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street
Rebel Truce (NZ) - The Man Inside
Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade
Featuring an interview with RNZŌ about Laneway 2025 and Exploding Rainbow Orchestra, Friday Live with Ocean Beach thanks to McLeod's Brewery and NZ On Air Music, and Nick talks to Greta O'Leary about her gig with Fables on Sunday + an acoustic performance! Thanks to The Beer Spot!
Playlist
AJA Ft. MĀ - Quiet Storm
Ice - Ozan Koukle
RNZŌ - Stick up
Ezra Collective, M.anifest, and Moonchild Sanelly - Streets is Calling
Lo Borges - Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser
Juno Is - Another Deal
Mokotron - WAEREA
We Will Ride Fast - Born In The Heart Of The Universe
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