Chloé Quenum has a particular interest in transmission media, such as textiles. To her, the textile is a living object and a testimony of cultural overlays and invasions, political and economic ambitions. “For example dye and tools can relate to the exchange of graphic systems and techniques caused by the displacement of civilizations.”

In this artist lecture Volatile Structures, Dale discusses key works and the way in which he deals with different forms of representation. The intertwining of the personal and the political, the shifting dynamics within this and the way in which art conveys a very specific form of knowledge are just some of the areas covered.

In her work Yuka Oyama explores the relationships people have with objects; for example, how jewellery often provides an intimate link between a human, a physical body, and experiences. Oyama’s sculptural imaginings have been described as “full of strangely mechanical inter-human relations and futuristic human-object rituals”.

In this City Gallery Wellington event, Daniel Beban (New Zealand), Janine Eisenächer (Germany) and Soraya Rhofir (France) discuss their experiences as artists on international residency programmes. Chaired by curator Melanie Oliver in partnership with Goethe-Institut and Wellington City Council City Arts.

French artist Soraya Rhofir’s lecture presentation introduces Aotearoa/New Zealand audiences to her creative practice.

Australian artist duo Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro were artists in residence in with Te Whare Hēra from August 2016 to January 2017.

Louise Hervé is one half of the artist duo collaboration - Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet. Both artists were Te Whare Hēra's international artists in residence in 2017.

Courtney Johnston, Director of the Dowse Art Museum, chairs a panel of four local and visiting international artists who share their experiences from international artist residencies.

At this public event artist Etienne de France mixes a traditional academic lecture format with a ‘real’ panel discussion. Biologist Everett Morris joined with Etienne de France, local artists and academics to muse on the analogous relationships between water bacteria and the mechanisms of neo-liberal capitalism.

In this introductory lecture, French artist in residence Etienne de France’s introduces his creative practice and his plans for his residency in Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington.

On Friday June 26, Swiss Haitian artist Sasha Huber gave a talk at New Zealand Portrait Gallery about her contemporary portraiture practice.

In this lecture, Petri Saarikko discussed Kallio Kunsthalle, his Gallery in Helsinki, Finland. This lecture focused primarily on the Kallio Kunsthalle’s Ernst Collection which was exhibited at the Te Whare Hēra Gallery at the time of this lecture.

Huber presented her work on Swiss naturalist and proponent of scientific racism Louis Agassiz (1807-1873). Her project, Demounting Louis Agassiz, engages with geographical features which bear the Agassiz name.

Internationally-renowned Australian born, London based artist Christian Thompson (Bidjara People) (b. 1978) was the first recipient of Te Whare Hēra’s international artist-in-residence programme. Te Whare Hēra Wellington International Artist Residency is a joint initiative between Massey University’s Whiti o Rehua School of Art and Wellington City Council.