Cadence Chung is a poet from Pōneke. Her poetry has been featured in Aotearoa publications such as Bad Apple, Landfall, Starling and The Spinoff. Her chapbook, anomalia, was published in 2022.
Mad Diva is their latest collection of poetry, published by Otago University Press on April 8th. It is rich in imagery of divas in opera houses, art galleries, dive bars, bedrooms; in the purple light of Farmers at dusk and in Wakefield Street at midnight.
Beth had a kōrero with Cadence about Mad Diva, and how opera and poetry informed the other in her creative process
Housing intensification is a key priority for Auckland Council as Auckland's population is forecast to reach 2.3 million by 2050.
But as planning for growth continues, some Auckland residents have expressed concern about the approval of developments in areas on flood plains or particularly prone to natural disasters.
With Kāinga Ora selling homes as ‘high risk investments’ in areas which were impacted by flooding in recent years, and 15 percent of all granted consents for new builds by Auckland Council being on floodplains, I spoke to Councillor Julie Fairey about how the council is taking into account these issues for the coming years.
A very special show falling on the longest night of the year - Carlotta and Scarlett shared airwave controls moving through etheral sounds to chicago house to dance groove and back. Also in the studio we are joined by special guest - writer, creator & mythic muse Shaney Marie Enchantress. Closing the show with kōrero on her fabulous work in the feild of Dark Love and her upcoming projects.
Rosetta caught up with NYC House duo musclecars, ahead of their return to Aotearoa this month. You can catch them playing Resonate 03 alongside BBYFACEKILLA this Sunday October 26, presented by Music First and Darklight. Whakarongo mai nei!
Sof had a kōrero with Director and Curator of Contemporary Art at Gus Fisher Gallery Lisa Beauchamp about their current group exhibition, What we choose to remember.
And Maya caught up with artist Eva During about her current show on at The Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead, Under The Bridge.
Julia Holderness is a Ōtautahi-based artist, producing beautiful installations that combine an array of mediums such as mixed media fabrications, ceramics, textile, and painting. Speaking to Holdernesse's continued dialogue and exploration of modernism, specifically to alternative histories of female modernism in New Zealand.
Within her current show, The Room at Ashenby showing at Sanderson Contemporary Holderness looks to the scene of the Charleston house as a source of inspiration. Presenting a body of hand decorated ceramics, vessels and tiles, alongside selected watercolours from her studio archive. Bringing the viewer into this intimate and domestic site of memory and imagination.
Maya caught up with Julia about the show and overall practice.
Georgia Arnold is a Tāmaki-based multidisciplinary artist working intuitively across a range of mediums, including drawings, ceramics, painting, metalwork and sculpture.
In her current exhibition at Melanie Roger Gallery, Retreat, Arnold draws inspiration from her time spent house-sitting in Pukekohe, letting her semi-rural surroundings, new routines, and everyday encounters inform the direction of a new body of mixed media drawings and sand cast charms. Using her art-making as an escape from conflict and a canvas for healing, the works embrace the chaos, tension, and potential for a messy, expressive, and loud autobiography, obscuring the subjects of her introspection in the process.
Sof had a kōrero with Georgia Arnold about Retreat and her overall practice.
Maya caught up with artist Michael Proseé about his solo exhibition Scallop Immersion at Sanc Gallery which opened this week
And Sof had a kōrero with artist Brunelle Dias about her practice and work in A Moment to Hold, a group show currently on at the Arts House Trust at Pah Homestead.
This week's show featured a mix of jazz fusion, acid house, funk and more. Sam also paid tribute to legendary Stax Records guitarist Steve Cropper who passed away last week.
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