Cora Allan Wickliffe talks to Heidi and Prairie about how she came to curate the stunning first show at Tautai's new space, as well as sharing what was behind her gesture of blacking out an intricate hiapo work that took her the entirety of lockdown to curate, in front of all the guests at the opening, including our prime minister. Next Jasmine Tuia and Ashleigh Taupaki put out the invitation to their new intitiative 'Cross Crits', an Indigenous and POC lead series of get togethers to have your work critiqued starting in a couple of weeks time. And finally Rebecca Steedman tells us about balancing improvisation and precision in her Rm exhibition 'The Weight of Things'.
Hariet and Yolanda from Na Noise popped in to chat about their new 7" which is out today, and pressed by the folks at Holiday Records. They are also playing a spaced-out seated show tomorrow at Whammy and they have a brand new video made by Chabs and Milky- it's all happening!
Yery and Carl from Imugi 이무기 chat to Jess about tracks from their sophomore EP, 'Dragonfruit'. They talk about guided meditations, annoying exes, collaborating with Church & AP and being broke.
Tracklist: Portals
y u always acting like a fool? (Feat. Church & AP)
Reflections
Greensmoke
Somebody Else
This week we talk to Amal Samaha about the response to the Mercy Pictures exhibition People of Colour. Samaha recently wrote an article about the same subject for the Spinoff and calls for artists move on from sheer provocation and start saying something worthwhile. We also speak with artist Tanya Edwards, who is on the line from Tonga. We hear a bit about what she has been up to since the borders shut, amd the show "Koloa: Fafine, ‘Aati, Mo e Tekinolosia / Women, Art, and Technology" which opened at Artspace yesterday.
I tēnei ata Leon Wadham and Brynley Stent popped in for a kōrero about Basement Theatre's legendary Christmas show which opens this week. Le Basement XXXmas Cabaret is set to be a sultry/festive/musical good time featuring plenty of Auckland's funniest comedians, and some celebrity appearances to boot. Whakarongo mai nei to hear more!
I tēnei ata Nigel Borell (Pirirākau, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Whakatōhe), Curator of Māori Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, popped in for a kōrero about the new exhibition Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art, which opens at the gallery this weekend. It will be the largest exhibition the gallery has ever hosted, and will survey contemporary Māori art dating from 1950 until today. Whakarongo mai nei to hear more!
Today Alice is joined in studio by one of the theatre world's finest, Jacob Rajan, to talk about Indian Ink Theatre Company's dazzling new show, Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream. Opening in Tāmaki Makaurau tomorrow night after a sold out season in Pōneke, it's definitely not one you want to miss. Whakarongo mai nei to hear all about it.
Tāmaki Makaurau rapper, PollyHill, takes us through each track from her latest EP, 'Post Humorous'. She talks to Jess about the story behind the EP title and candidly discusses about being more open and vulnerable with the songs.
Azure is a deejay, producer and promoter from Ōtautahi. We last hosted him on the radio in 2016, alongside his 2XM co-conspirator Ben Murray. Since then, 2XM has released works for SlothBoogie, Café del Mar, Dansu Discs, Bolting Bits, Of Leisure, and Eton Messy, while Azure has put out solo work for B2BO: Been To Berlin Once. Alongside his nighttime exploits, Azure has also set up Feeling Blue Studios, a space for burgeoning electronic artists in Christchurch. He shells out an hour of breakbeat inflected greatness to open the show.
In the second half, FP DJ Simon eats some chocolate and explores the grubbier edges of his record collection.
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