We hear from Xander Dixon, about the peaks and pits of national parks, and how he has addressed them in the 4x4 show at Artspace. We also hear from Maraea Timutimu about her new work for the Auckland Museum, as well as work with NZTA to do with new roads in Ngai te Rangi territory, Tauranga.
Ophelia King joins Heidi in the studio, discussing art-life flow and how that has fed into her recent exhibitions including the current 'Teething' at Weasel Gallery, Hamilton. Tom talks to Christoph Dahlhausen, about Westfarbe: Paint vs Colour at Two Rooms Gallery. And then Alana, Virginia and Marika from Mega Pash Action chat about presence and relationality with regards to their activations going on all week at Artspace's Queer Pavillon, taking place this week in Albert Park.
Interpreting nature's forms is the theme of the week, as Theo is joined in studio by two artists with work showing off Karangahape Road at the moment. First up is Sena Park, who has woven a web of debris and netting with her RM exhibition, Aliveness_Symbiosis_on K-rd. Later in the show Jimmy Solórzano came along to talk about Echoes of the Coromandel, a four channel installation (with guitar) at the Audio Foundation. We also heard some banging tunes, and had a brief art guide to round up the show.
I tēnei ata kei te Hōtaka Parakuihi: We roll in hot from the 2021 Taite Music Awards with an awesome package with the nominees and winners from last night; Rob Bollix chats shape-shifting, classist ants in the Mind Trench; Tim Batt gives us a rundown on the Samoan election and big ol' funds for journalism in Aotearoa in Mediabatt; and Amelia D'Screte gives us a whole damn history lesson in Word Salad while chatting about conlangs! Whakarongo mai, and a big congrats to everyone involved with the Taites!
Two heads are better than one! This week, from ten to eleven, we listened to Robin Williams & Ry Cooder's collaborative cassette Pecos Bill, a rollicking bit of Western fakelore. In the second half of the show Theo was joined by Joseph Nerney and Tom Hinton to discuss their recent exhibition Pamper Beast, as well as painting post-artschool, tattooing, and the allure of the still life.
This week Theo is joined by Teresa Peters, discussing her work ECHOES, which has won the premier award at the 2021 Portage Ceramic awards, and Chelsea Nichols and Aaron Lister, talking about their instagram-based project Curator of Screams.
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