Dialogues in Video Art showing at George Fraser gallery, is an exhibition that brings together video works from the Chartwell collection, one of Aotearoa's most significant collections of contemporary art, along with video works from current students and recent graduates of Elam School of Fine Arts.
Curated by visiting scholar US art historian and curator Alex Bacon, alongside assistant curator and current Elam student Audrey Goggin. Coming together to showcase the works of Elam students, and alumni along with the rich collection of moving image works from the Chartwell collection. A Collection that spans nearly 20 years of work from established Aotearoa and Australian artists.
Dialogues in Video Art brings these works together in space to create this really beautiful, interconnected conversation between works. Speaking to themes of embodiment, duration and the natural world. Continuing this generative circulation of video art, and the dialogues that surround them.
Maya caught up with assistant curator Audrey Goggin about the show.
Last week, the government released the new curriculum subjects for students in years 11-13. New subjects such as politics, civics, philosophy, music technology, and media, journalism, and communications were included, but art history as a standalone subject has been quietly dropped – now to be incorporated into design, painting, photography and creative arts subjects.
The move has been widely criticised by art historians, academics, and past students, calling the decision both ‘devastating’ and ‘unsurprising’.
Sof spoke to the President of the New Zealand Art History Teachers Association, Dr Barbara Ormond, about the decision and the potential impact it will have on teaching the subject, both at the secondary and tertiary levels.
Razzle Dazzle is a new exhibition showing a suite of previously unexhibited works from 2005-2006 by Martin Thompson, opening tonight at Charles Ninow Gallery.
Martin Thompson (1956-2021) was a self-taught artist from the Wellington Region who became renowned for his abstract drawings.
Although embodying these digital, post-internet, and almost early video game-like qualities, Thompson’s work was shaped and directed by fractals, which showed how simple mathematical rules can generate the complex structures we see in nature.
The works in Razzle Dazzle show Thompson extending and upscaling his drawings beyond A3 and A4 graph paper, using a decidedly anti-digital approach with a Xerox machine, inviting an inspection of the works’ delicate complexities.
Sof had a kōrero with Gallery Director and Curator Charles Ninow about Martin Thompson, his life, and practice.
Pōneke post-punkers Half/Angel came into the bFM studio to play 15-minutes of loud, raw but honest music before the Doubleslack!! Newzician Magazine fundraiser at Double Whammy with Oscar Dowling, Awning, VMorg Ltd and The Slack Agency. Whakarongo mei nei to hear their latest E.P release - Boat Ramp + Jitterbug.
Rāmere drive featured Pōneke 4-piece post-punk outfit Half/Angel playing for Friday live, playing their newest E.P - Boat Ramp + Jitterbug, and witty banter from today's drive host - Oto.
He Rāmere! Kei te māuiui Milly, nō reira it's just Rosetta in the studio. I tēnei ata, mā runga 95bFM Breakfast: Travelling Tunes me Kirsten Zemke, he whakataukī o te rā me Te Amorangi Rikirangi Thomas, Viewmaster me Litia, rātou ko From The Crate me Cam! Whakarongo mai nei!
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