Tom Dale, Terminal Blue. 2015. Commissioned by John Hansard Gallery, Southampton.

Coverage of Te Whare Hēra events

Rebecca Pilcher - The Quiet Earth at Te Whare Hēra

Artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro recently hosted a screening at the Te Whare Hēra Residency space, of New Zealand sci-fi thriller The Quiet Earth featuring Bruno Lawrence as man-alone in a deserted post-apocalyptic world (partially filmed in Hamilton). This relates to Claire and Sean’s current b...
  • 2 December 2016

Lily Hacking - Resident nomads

Artzone 67 Dec. 2016

Radio New Zealand - Dismantling and recreating ‘home’

Sydney-based artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro have a six month residency at Massey University in Wellington. Using the idea of ‘home’ as a theme; the pair use pre-existing items such as lego blocks and IKEA flatpack furniture to create thought-provoking sculptures and installations… Listen to the Radio New ...

Radio New Zealand - French artists Louise Hervé and Chloé Maillet

Kea are said to be the smartest birds in the world. The way scientists test intelligence of birds, especially kea, got visiting French artists Louise Hervé and Chloé Maillet thinking. Louise and Chloé told Lynn Freeman, they are about to show us what they have produced after talking to ...

Mark Amery - Escaping the Box

Mark Amery surveys the inventive approaches to moving image that a fresh array of artists are bringing. In 2001, when City Gallery Wellington held its first survey of contemporary New Zealand art Prospect: New Zealand Art Now (a programme that has quietly disappeared into the global haze), three of ...