Today on your bFM Breakfast: Are Mike's curly locks real? Pennie reckons The Perm is making a comeback; Jenna is back with the comedic memoir, Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood; and don't stress, Natural Ange is here. What a Monday morning it was!
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.
We talk to potter Laurie Steer about his tounge-in-cheek ceramic election coverage and his mentor Barry Brickell. And then to the two artists behind the new Shell Gallery - Joe Dowling and Ken Griffen. We talk abouit Joe's photography practice, and his current show.
Tom catches up with the artists Jennifer Gillam and Eugene Hanson, and they talk about their reserch into the Te Ana Ru at Whatipu. There used to be a kauri dance floor in there, at the turn of the century. They have been digging, both metaphorically and sort of physically, to find out more. Their show opens at Te Uru on Saturday. We also talked to Ngahiraka Mason, on the landline from MIQ! She is back in Aotearoa to curate Te Tuhi's newest show, "A Very Different World". We talk about what Covid means for curating and working together with one another. Also in the show, Tom whips out the hot glue gun and tries some Vanetines day crafting.
We catch up with Kim Boyd frow the Estuary Art Centre - they have a new exhibition of treasures called "NINGYŌ: Art and Beauty of Japanese dolls", and we find out what the show entails.
Do not adjust your ears, it’s the 95bFM Top Ten with Annabel and Callum. A jam packed, rare unplugged performance, despite having nothing prepared. On the show; we recapped last weeks top 10; we reviewed a couple tracks from the score for Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 crime romance Out Of Sight; and fielded some extremely cryptic text messages from someone named “EMOS”... all while counting down the biggest songs in the nation. Turn it up!
Jade digs into their roots and plays some indie Vietnamese tunes, while listeners recommend their favorite non English songs! Feat. a rad Fancy New Band w/ LB, bring us some authentic Pasifika R&B vibes
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