Jess plays brand new tracks from Nice Girl, Kamahumble, serpentwithfeet, Manuel Darquart and many more!
On the show, Jess chats to Hildegard, the project of Ouri and Helena Deland, about their debut self-titled album released via section1. They talk about their collaboration, finding their sound, and the inspiring Hildegard von Bingen.
For Long Player, PollyHill takes us through each track from her latest EP, 'Post Humorous'. Thanks to NZ On Air Music!
Big thanks to Flying Out for sponsoring Totally Wired. Find a great selection of old and new releases on vinyl, CDs and tapes. Order online at flyingout.co.nz or visit them in-store on Pitt Street.
~ 'Get A Star' by Undo K From Hot in response to "fuming. pissed. Seathing. Absolutely livid" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the number ending in 320)
~ 'Be Gentle With Yourself' by Haven in response to "feeling satisfied" and "Oh lol um something reassuring, comforting" and "feeling lightly sweaty after a long walk on the mahurangi peninsula taking in all the crisp nature" and "quietyly joyful" and for the Emotional Request of the week
Jess plays new tracks by Faye Webster, Jordan Rakei, Proteins of Magic, SHERELLE and many more!
For Long Player, Charlotte Forrester from Womb talks to Jess about each track from their newly released EP, 'Holding a Flame', released via Flying Nun. Thanks to NZ On Air Music!
Big cheers to Flying Out for sponsoring the show. Find the finest collection of music on vinyl, CDs, tapes at flyingout.co.nz or visit them in-store on Pitt Street!
This Tuesday afternoon Jonny and Big Hungry talk about biting off the faces of cute things, but more importantly the UFO report from Congress is discussed with Darryn Harkness. Tune in!
This week we heard from Jeremy Cosmo Potts, about his first ever solo art show, which is a sort of hilarious/slightly hideous selection paintings and drawings, full of frogs, crab claws, watering cans, sex and debauchery. Then we talked to Sarah Mohawk about her show at Window Gallery, called Electronic Super Highway. Its stems from a paper titled ‘Autonomous Vehicles Need Experimental Ethics: Are We Ready for Utilitarian Cars?’ and explores the ethics involved when a self driving car is about to hit a group of people. Finally we hear from Dan Sanders about his contribution to the show titled "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, because I don’t hate you; I love you…", which is associated with the Auckland Pride Festival.
Ayesha Green's solo show "The Spirit of the Thing Given (Māori)" is on now at RM Gallery. She also has a show at Papakura Art Gallery opening on Saturday, and work in Artspace. We had a hearty chat about the context from which her paintings and ceramics spring - a Māori history of tourism in New Zealand, the relationship between the earth and the crown, the likes of Sherpa Tenzing's role in our national consciousness.
We also recognise the significant role the Vito Acconci (January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017)
played in the world of performance and installation art, and architecture. Theo gives us a bit of a run down and we hear some clips from his work.
We speak to lawyer Graeme Edgeler about The Taxpayers' Union 'invoicing' Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei, saying she must pay back the "money she stole from taxpayers", before she can have any credibility as a Member of Parliament. They put the figure at $57,000 but Edgeler says that number doesn't add up.
The statment is referring to Turei's admission that when she was a solo mum in the early 90's she lied to WINZ about her living situation so that her benefit wouldn't get cut.
We then speak to the Executive Director of The Taxpayers Union about Edgeler’s concerns with the figures, and our own calculations which showed the figure to be much lower.
Raukura Turei, of Ngaitai ki Tāmaki and Ngā Rauru is a registered architect who has found her visual art practice a powerful tool to clearly communicate ideas without the constraints found in architecture. Turei is about to launch her first ever solo exhibition in a gallery.
Currently she has a show at Objectspace but at the beginning of next month, her own show, titled Self is her way of giving back to women around her. It offers an intimate reflection of the body, and on our embodied relationships to space and each other. The works are a cathartic meditation saturated in the female form, sitting between self expansion and self obsession.
I spoke with her for quite a long time about how she came to be an artist as well as an architect and how these works came about. If you want to hear the full interview, check out the bcasts on our website. For now, here’s a section from the interview where she tells us about the show at Objectspace, her more recent influences, and the upcoming show.