Events
City Acupuncture
In this workshop with Taiwanese architect, curator and writer Ching-Yueh Roan 阮慶岳, participants are invited to share three photos from their daily routes in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Drawing on the methodology of traditional Chinese acupuncture, these photos will serve as the starting point for a discussion on how to improve the quality of the city.
City Awakening & Illegal Architecture
In this talk, Roan Ching-Yueh will share two of his curatorial projects in Taiwan that tested bottom-up design possibilities in modern Asian cities. Through these, he asks: what conventional cultural, social, moral and religious structures are we losing through the emergence of a global singular system? In which directions might a modern Taiwan city evolve, and can architects build from an angle closer to reality?
Online Artist Talk Cat Auburn and Christine Borland
We invite you to join us for an online discussion between artists Cat Auburn and Christine Borland facilitated by Sarah McClintock, as they talk about their current exhibition Approaching Home.
Approaching Home
The over-arching project Approaching Home is collaboratively produced by the artists’ relationship as female artist-friends from different generations who are connected across the world by a shared settler colonial history. The exhibition at Aratoi Art Gallery & Museum (Masterton, 10 Aug – 27 Oct 2024) and associated residency with Te Whare Hēra (Wellington), are first steps in developing enduring partnerships with individuals and communities in both Aotearoa and Scotland.
a palmful of water – Curators Tour
Join curators Belinda Whitta and Lily Dowd for a deep dive tour of each work in the exhibition. Belinda and Lily will share insight and stories about each piece, and the coming together of the collection.
a palmful of water – Artist Talk
Join artists Chloe Mason, Samson Dell, Virginia Woods-Jack, Lily Dowd and Belinda Whitta in conversation as they wander through the theme of water that is grounding this exhibition. Each artist will speak to their own photographic pieces and processes, touching on the positionality of their practice within sustainable and alternative analogue photography.
Mana Moana
Mana Moana will cast stories on the water as Taranaki Whānui mark the return of Puanga in our sky. Launching at Whairepo lagoon in Pōneke for Puanga on the 15th and running each weekend through to the Matariki celebrations finishing on the 30th of June, this is Mana Moana’s sixth year in Pōneke. Co-directors Rachael Rakena (Kāi Tahu, Ngā Puhi) and Mike Bridgman (Tonga) collaborate with tangata whenua and pasifika multimedia artists to develop moving image creative intervention on the water. The films all tell different stories from across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa and are brought to life with the mauri of the water screen they are projected on.
Artist Talk with visual artist Yasmine Attoumane
Join us for an Artist Talk by visual artist Yasmine Attoumane. With an introduction to her practice, and a reflection on her work while here in residence in Aotearoa.