Tiffany Singh will be working on her Fringe Project, The way of Alaya at Artstation, Tuesday March 1st, 11-3pm.
Go and help Tiffany make ‘thought flags’ which are being installed in Myers Park.
NGÂ HAU E WHÂ – THE FOUR WINDS
FRESH Gallery Otara, OPENING: 6pm, Thursday 3 March
EXHIBITION DATES: 4 March – 16 April 2011
* This exhibition contains nudity. Children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Entry to the exhibition is at the discretion of gallery staff.
PUBLIC PROGRAMME EVENTS:
Artist Talk // Fresh Gallery Otara: 6pm, Saturday 12 March
Auckland Arts Festival WHITE NIGHT // Fresh Gallery Otara: 6pm – Midnight, Saturday 12 March
In Conversation – The Taboo Body // Leilani Kake, Luisa Lefao-Setoga, Ema Tavola in conversation with Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai // Pacific Crystal Palace Spiegeltent – Festival Garden, Aotea Square, Central Auckland: 12.30 – 1.30pm, Monday 14 March
Panel Discussion: Body, Community, Future // Fresh Gallery Otara: 12-2pm, Saturday 19 March
About the exhibition:
Manukau-based Leilani Kake is recognised for an evocative performance-based practice that references ritual and tradition, family and relationships. Ngâ Hau E Whâ – The Four Winds is a new, powerful and poetic video installation from this talented artist, curated by Ema Tavola for Fresh Gallery Otara. Presenting four women emerging from water, the videos confront the cultural taboo of nudity and the issues, politics and histories relating to perceptions of the body for Mâori and Pacific women.
Ngâ Hau E Whâ – The Four Winds’ debut in Otara is significant; Fresh Gallery Otara’s links to its local community are its foundation, providing art experiences deeply informed by that specific socio-political landscape. Disproportionate statistics of preventable cancers in Mâori and Pacific communities inspired Kake to create a work to engage this community in intercultural and intergenerational discourse around perceptions of the body, health and wellbeing. The work also exposes the inextricable links between Polynesian femininity and power, control and religion, sexuality and privacy.
For more information, please contact Nicole Lim on 09 271 6019 / Nicole.Lim@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
PACIFIC HEADS Fatu Feu’u
March 4 – April 10 | Opens Thursday March 3rd, 6pm
One of New Zealand’s foremost Pacific artists, Fatu Feu’u presents a series of paintings and drawings inspired by the Easter Island head sculptures.
“I told these young people that my perception of their generation is that they binge drink, are impatient and want everything NOW. They are unable to make a lasting commitment, are generally lazy and wouldn’t know what a hard days work was if it kicked them in the backside. Then I told them to prove me wrong.” Black Grace Artistic Director – Neil Ieremia
The result is the latest work created by Neil Ieremia and performed by UrbanYOUTHMovement called Who Are You? From nearly every walk of life, from all over Auckland, young dancers between the ages of 16 – 21 are led through a demanding and often life changing creative process to voice their concerns, face their fears and express their hopes for their generation.
“UrbanYOUTHMovement … engaging and entertaining, but potentially transformative and ultimately uplifting.” Theatreview, 2009
2 – 5 March, 2011 Telephone bookings and enquiries: (09) 308 2383
Running time: 1 hour, no interval
Pacific stories are central to this work, and it’s been really exciting to see the respect that the writer Lennie James has for the stories that the company of actors have gifted for this new play. Lennie spent a month in Auckland with the cast, exploring the idea of family, and what the definition of family was for each of our company. All of the stories in the play are based on the cast’s real experiences.
