What happens when you take footage of a performance or an event and start to edit it?

Translation is a traitor and your friend was a two-day intensive workshop held by contemporary British artist Tom Dale.

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”.

Artist in residence Soraya Rhofir farewells Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington with a guided walking tour of mystery artworks on Chaffers Street and Cable Street.

Rough Rough, an exhibition of new works by Soraya Rhofir.

Rhofir borrows from Aotearoa/New Zealand’s everyday culture to produce work that she describes as “…an ensemble, a palette constructed as a collage, each piece opens to a dimension of ‘rough’: its vulnerability, its flexibility, its lightness…the pieces are nomadic, openings to another event, a horizon made of fabric, foam and wire”.

Three ordinary guys are thrust into the world of a B-grade 60’s space flick. Trapped in a low-budget universe, they soon discover latex monsters and evil space villains are the least of their problems. Somehow, they have to fight their way home, before they get lost in space…forever.

Soraya Rhofir celebrated Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Cult B-films with fortnightly film screenings in May and June 2017, at the Te Whare Hēra Gallery, Prow end of Clyde Quay Wharf, Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington Harbour.

Death Warmed Up (1984), directed by David Blyth, is another in the series of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s films selected by artist Soraya Rhofir to show in her fortnightly Cult B-film screenings, during her 2017 residency, at the Te Whare Hēra Gallery, Prow end of Clyde Quay Wharf, Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington Harbour.

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.