Nicholas speaks to Zoë Colling, one of the curators of That’s so last century, a new exhibition at the Auckland City library that explores New Zealand fashion from the 1950s-1990s.
Beth speaks to world-renowned illustrator and author of children’s books and the political cartoonist for the Observer, Chris Riddell, about his new volume of poems, I Can’t Remember What We Talked About.
To end the show, Nicholas speaks to Louise Menzies an artist featured in Eight thousand layers of moments, an exhibition hosted at Gus Fisher Gallery.
That’s so last century: What we wore 1950s – 1990s is an exhibition that explores New Zealand’s fashion history.
The exhibition contains photographs, magazines, LPs, trade catalogues, manuscripts, clothing patterns, and books held in Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections that give insight to our fashion habits from the middle to the end of the 20th century.
Nicholas spoke to one of the exhibition's curators, Zoë Colling, about the curation process.
Luck is an intangible and ever-elusive aspect of the human experience.
The concept of luck has many names across the globe, spanning cultures and continents.
A new exhibition at Gus Fisher gallery brings together a group of artists from around the world to explore differing perspectives and culture positioning regarding luck.
The pieces touch on how aspects of chance, unpredictability, agency and control can play out in artistic production.
Nicholas spoke to contributing artist Louise Menzies about her approach to the concept of luck, as well as her experience as a part of the exhibition.
Chris Riddell is a world-renowned illustrator and author of children’s books and the political cartoonist for the Observernewspaper. He has collaborated with artists and writers such as Neil Gaiman, Phoebe Bridgers and Frances Hardinge. In 2018 he travelled to Aotearoa to speak at the Auckland Writers Festival. Most recently, Chris has releasedI Can’t Remember What We Talked About, a slim volume of 24 poems.
Beth and Chris chat about the creative process of art-making and poetry writing, love of nature, designing pop-up books for the backdrop of Phoebe Bridgers’ tour and magical pear tree staffs. Chris reads some poems and they also speak about what it’s like being a political cartoonist in the current political climate.
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