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Love; Mum w/ Sela Faletolu-Fasi: 28th March, 2025

Love; Mum w/ Sela Faletolu-Fasi: 28th March, 2025 Love; Mum w/ Sela Faletolu-Fasi: 28th March, 2025, 13.42 MB
Fri 28 Mar 2025

Sela Faletolu-Fasi joined Sofia in the studio to chat about Love; Mumon now at Basement Theatre until 29th March. 

Star Gazers w/ Duncan Sarkies: 28th March, 2025

Star Gazers w/ Duncan Sarkies: 28th March, 2025 Star Gazers w/ Duncan Sarkies: 28th March, 2025, 18.69 MB
Fri 28 Mar 2025

Star Gazers is a new book by award-winning writer Duncan Sarkies, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press in February. It’s a book about political unrest, with alpacas at its heart.

Beth caught up with Duncan about Star Gazers, writing about alpacas, the political state of the world and berserk male syndrome.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 28th March, 2025

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 28th March, 2025 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 28th March, 2025, 110.19 MB
Fri 28 Mar 2025

On Various Artists i tēnei rā...

Beth had a kōrero with curator James Gatt about Photosynthesisers: Women and the Lens, a new exhibition showing at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in Titirangi.

Sofia had a kōrero with co-director of the Chartwell Collection, Sue Gardiner, and Chartwell Anniversary Project Manager, Megan Shaw, about 50 years of the Chartwell Project, and the accompanying anniversary publication: Being, Seeing, Making, Thinking

Beth had a kōrero with author Duncan Sarkies about his new book Star Gazers, out now via Te Herenga Waka University Press.

And for Stage Direction this week, Sela Faletolu-Fasi joined Sofia in the studio to speak about Love; Mum - currently on at Basement Theatre. 

Whakarongo mai!

Photosynthesisers w/ James Gatt: 28th March, 2025

Photosynthesisers w/ James Gatt: 28th March, 2025 Photosynthesisers w/ James Gatt: 28th March, 2025, 18.77 MB
Fri 28 Mar 2025

Photosynthesisers: Women and lens is an exhibition currently showing at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, curated by James Gatt.

The exhibition features photographs and videos by 41 women artists and collectives from Aotearoa and Australia, including fa`afafine, queer, and trans women, and those with ancestral ties to Aboriginal, Māori and diasporic communities.

Produced between the 1960s and 2024 by four generations of artists, exhibited works collectively offer cross-cultural and intergenerational perspectives on the social, political and cultural conditions that informed, prompted or necessitated their capture.

Beth caught up with James about Photosynthesisers.

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 21st March, 2025

Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 21st March, 2025 Various Artists w/ Beth and Sofia: 21st March, 2025, 109.53 MB
Fri 21 Mar 2025

Today on Various Artists!

Sofia had a kōrero with author and biographer Mark Forman about Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist, available now at independent bookstores near you.

Beth had a kōrero with activist and Indigenous food sovereignty leader Jessica Hutchings about Pātaka Kai: Kai Sovereignty, a new book out now via Massey University Press.

Sofia also spoke with host Graeme Douglas about The Good Oil - a podcast dedicated to long form conversations with Aotearoa painters about their lives and practices.

And for Stage Direction this week, playwright and performer John Davies joined us in-studio to speak about Te Tupua: The Goblin, showing tonight at Te Pou Theatre.

Te Tupua - The Goblin w/ John Davies: 21st March, 2025

Te Tupua - The Goblin w/ John Davies: 21st March, 2025 Te Tupua - The Goblin w/ John Davies: 21st March, 2025, 22.48 MB
Fri 21 Mar 2025

John Davies joined Sofia and Beth in studio to chat about Te Tupua - The Goblin, a solo play written and performed by Davies himself. Tickets for tonight's show at Te Pou Theatre here

Tony Fomison: Life of an Artist w/ author Mark Forman: 21st March, 2025

Tony Fomison: Life of an Artist w/ author Mark Forman: 21st March, 2025 Tony Fomison: Life of an Artist w/ author Mark Forman: 21st March, 2025, 17.48 MB
Fri 21 Mar 2025

In a career spanning three decades, Tony Fomison was a notable New Zealand painter, whose works were often dark, and who shed light on the human condition and reimagined life in Aotearoa.

Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist is a new biography written by Mark Forman, published by Auckland University Press. In this biography - the first full one of its kind to be published - Forman draws on archival material and interviews with over 150 people, including Fomison’s family and close friends, leading contemporary artists, political activists, and art professionals. However, notably, due to the varying recollections of those who knew the artist, Forman had to leave reproductions of Fomison's unique paintings out of the book. 

Sofia spoke to Forman about what made him embark on this research, Fomison himself, and navigating representation of him. 

Pātaka Kai w/ Jessica Hutchings: 21st March, 2025

Pātaka Kai w/ Jessica Hutchings: 21st March, 2025 Pātaka Kai w/ Jessica Hutchings: 21st March, 2025, 14.07 MB
Fri 21 Mar 2025

Pātaka Kai: Kai Sovereignty is a collaborative book published by Massey University Press.

Written by ‘Hua Parakore farmers, activists, Indigenous researchers and Indigenous food sovereignty leaders Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith, Pātaka Kai encourages a return to Indigenous values and practices to achieve kai sovereignty and wellbeing for Mother Earth and her people’.

The book calls attention to the need for Indigenous perspectives and practices that offer pathways to ecological, cultural and socio-economic sustainability in the face of a biodiversity crisis, and teaches of a greater connection to food in our everyday lives.

Beth had a kōrero with Jessica Hutchings about Pātaka Kai: Kai Sovereignty.

The Good Oil w/ Graeme Douglas: 21st March, 2025

The Good Oil w/ Graeme Douglas: 21st March, 2025 The Good Oil w/ Graeme Douglas: 21st March, 2025, 13.59 MB
Fri 21 Mar 2025

The Good Oil is an arts podcast dedicated to long form conversations with Aotearoa painters about their lives and practices.

Hosted by Graeme Douglas, the podcast has thus far interviewed the likes of most recently Darryn George, as well as other senior established artists such as Dame Robin White and Dick Frizzell, but also younger, more emerging artists such as Claudia Kogachi and Hannah Ireland.

With Season Three now launched, Sofia spoke with Graeme about what motivated him to start the podcast, his own relationship to art, and his process.

over under fed w/ Amy Marguerite: 14th March, 2025

over under fed w/ Amy Marguerite: 14th March, 2025 over under fed w/ Amy Marguerite: 14th March, 2025, 8.68 MB
Fri 14 Mar 2025

over under fed is the debut poetry collection by Amy Marguerite, out now via Auckland University Press.

In over under fed, Amy explores the peculiar loveliness and specific loneliness of the human condition. She writes from experiences with anorexia nervosa, limerence and a particularly tumultuous situationship. Her poems are confessional and seek to reconcile chaos and recovery.

Amy completed Te Kohinga Auaha, a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters in Pōneke Wellington in 2022.

Beth caught up with Amy about over under fed and her creative process, and she performed a poem.