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Touring Poetry w/ Isla Huia: 27 October, 2023

 Touring Poetry w/ Isla Huia: 27 October, 2023 Touring Poetry w/ Isla Huia: 27 October, 2023, 10.38 MB
Fri 27 Oct 2023

Poets Isla Huia, Liam Jacobsen, and Dominic Hoey will be going on a tour across the motu throughout late november and early December. 

The trio will be heading to The Wine Cellar here in Tāmaki Makaurau on the eighth of december, as well as Golden Bay, Ōtepoti, Ōtautahi, and Te Whanganui-a-tara

This comes off of the back of each poet releasing their own poetry books throughout this year.
Liam had a chat to Isla about the tour, and how it came to fruition. 

 

National Theatre for Children Closure w/ Tim Bray: October 27, 2023

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Fri 27 Oct 2023

In recent arts news, the National Theatre for Children is closing after a glorious 25 years of enthralling tamariki and ākonga around Aotearoa. The work of the theatre has brought many children their first encounter with the magic of live  performance. Those that made the decision say they celebrate its legacy of supporting the creation and delivery of high-quality live theatre designed for children. However, the programme has been heavily subsidised for many years to make theatre accessible, and this model is no longer sustainable in the post-pandemic environment. To hear about the closure and what it may mean for tamariki and theatre, Frances spoke with Tim Bray, Artistic Director of Tim Bray Theatre Company and Trustee of Performing Arts and Young People Aotearoa.

Rehab w/ Johnson Manukau: October 27, 2023

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Fri 27 Oct 2023

Rehab is a show coming to Basement Theatre in early November. Based on lived experience, this unscripted dark dramedy explores early recovery for an eclectic mix of addicts and alcoholics within a residential rehab. To hear about the show, Frances caught up with one of its cast members, Johnson Manukau. 

 

Various Artists w/ Frances & Liam: October 20, 2023

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Fri 20 Oct 2023

E whai ake nei, on the show today:

Frances spoke to Gregory O’Brien about his new book ‘Flight Path’ celebrating the life and legacy of Aotearoa artist Don Binney.

She also spoke with Andrea Hotere about her first novel ‘The Vanishing Point’ about a mysterious painting, the secrets it keeps, and the two women it connects across centuries.

Liam speaks to Lance Fepuleai, AKA Lucky Lance, about the FETU Creative Talks boosted campaign.

They also chatted to John Pule about Momheaga, his piece included in the Always Song In The Water Exhibition at the MZ Maritime Museum.

FETU Creative Talks w/ Lance Fepuleai: October 20, 2023

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Fri 20 Oct 2023

A boosted campaign has recently been launched for FETU Creative Talks. 

The talks aim to provide a variety of workshops and creative talks for Māori and Pasifika rangatahi, working with a variety of artists and creatives from around Aotearoa.

The programme is the first of many from Launchpad, a creative organisation aiming to create a community of rangatahi artmakers across the motu. 

Liam had a chat with Lance Fepuleai, AKA Lucky Lance, about the talks and the campaign to fund them.

 

Momheaga w/ John Pule: October 20, 2023

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Fri 20 Oct 2023

A few weeks back we had a kōrero with the good people at the NZ maritime museum about the Always Song In The Water Exhibition. 

Today, we’ll be having a chat with one of the artists who contributed to the exhibition, John Pule, a niue based artist who has provided the Momoheaga piece. 

We had a chat about where it came from, what inspired it, and more.

 

Don Binney: Flight Path w/ Gregory O'Brien: October 20, 2023

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Fri 20 Oct 2023

Don Binney: Flight Path is a richly illustrated account of the life and work of one of New Zealand’s most iconic artists.

Painter, printmaker, teacher, writer and ornithologist, Don Binney was a mercurial presence on the New Zealand cultural scene from the time of his rise to fame in the early 1960s. His unmistakable, stylised depictions of birds have come to define an era in the development of the nation’s art. 

Drawing extensively on Binney’s letters, journals and other writings, award-winning author and curator Gregory O’Brien takes us into the world of this gifted but paradoxical artist. Richly illustrated with Binney’s paintings, drawings and prints – alongside photographs and documentary materials – this is the first full-length monograph on one of New Zealand’s most important twentieth-century artists.

To hear about the book, Frances caught up with Greg for Various Artists this week. 

 

The Vanishing Point w/ Andrea Hotere: October 20, 2023

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Fri 20 Oct 2023

Andrea Hotere, daughter of renowned Aotearoa artist Ralph Hotere and acclaimed poet Cilla McQueen has released her first novel, The Vanishing Point. The book is a fast-paced contemporary historical novel set in the 1600s and 1990s that twists and turns to a banger of an ending. Andrea says she wants the book to encourage the reader’s sense of curiosity about art in a way that is fun and accessible, to show the benefit of challenging received wisdom from the establishment sometimes, and listening to the artist, first and foremost.

To hear more about the novel Frances caught up with Andrea for Various Artists this week.

Urgent Moments w/ Mark Amery & Sophie Jerram: October 13, 2023

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Fri 13 Oct 2023

After first occupying vacant spaces in a post-stock-market-crash Auckland in the mid-1990s, public art curators ‘Letting Space’ re-emerged in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Confronted by the thin net of social welfare, the waste of the capitalist system and the climate emergency, it brokered spaces for artists to think and act radically, outside gallery walls.

A big and bright new book out of Massey University Press, ‘Urgent Moments’ chronicles these projects the artists that drove them. 

To hear about the projects, Frances caught up with editors Mark Amery and Sophie Jerram.

 

This Raw Material w/ Liz Mitchell: October 13, 2023

This Raw Material w/ Liz Mitchell: October 13, 2023 This Raw Material w/ Liz Mitchell: October 13, 2023 , 10.7 MB
Fri 13 Oct 2023

Later in the month, Homestead Galleries is presenting This Raw Material, an exhibition featuring contemporary wool craft and bespoke creations by Liz Mitchell (MNZM). 

Liz Mitchell holds a prominent position in Aotearoa New Zealand's fashion industry. With her specialisation in bespoke tailoring, she has devoted nearly three decades to harnessing the inherent beauty, adaptability, and enduring qualities of wool. Her unwavering dedication has established wool as the cornerstone of her design philosophy.

Spanning all three rooms of Homestead Galleries, the exhibition encourages visitors to embrace strong wool in Aotearoa as an integral part of their daily lives, fostering a more conscious and sustainable lifestyle.

To hear about the exhibition, Frances caught up with Liz for Various Artists.