Fresh Gallery Otara is proud to present…
AVANOA O TAMA
A solo exhibition by Tanu Gago

OPENING: 6-8pm, Thursday 1 March
EXHIBITION DATES: 2-31 March
PUBLIC PROGRAMME:
Tanu Gago in conversation with Richard Orjis, 12-1pm, Saturday 17 March

Please note that the public programme event will start promptly at 12pm, please allow time for parking in consideration of the Otara Market congestion

All works are for sale
For Fresh Gallery Otara enquiries, please contact Nicole Lim on 09 271 6019 / Nicole.Lim@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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Thursday 1 March – from 7pm
Curated by David Sun
Free

As part of First Thursdays, Artspace is pleased to host Tautai’s Offstage 4 on March 1st. Now in its fourth year, this roving event offers performance and moving image-based artists the opportunity to showcase new and experimental work.

Artists include – Louisa Afoa, Marlaina Key, Jeremy Leatinu’u, Janet Lilo, Mau Muaiava, Ahilapalapa Rands, Melanie Rands, Siliga Setoga, Nastashia Simeona-Apelu, Talalelei Sua’ilua, Linda T, Angela Tiatia, We Should Practice,  Leafa Wilson and Vaimaila Urale

Moving images are given a maximum of five minutes and performance limited to ten minutes, offering the audience a quick-fire taste of multiple projects and works.  Previous years have included performance pieces, poetry, song and video works shown by artists based in New Zealand, the Pacific and beyond.
 
Arrive curious, become engrossed, and walk out feeling energised. Offstage is going to be off the wall.

Film still from Laundromat, 2009 (4.25 min)
A collaboration between D.A.N.C.E. art club and Ahilapalapa Rands. Offstage2, 2010

Providence | Friday 24 – Saturday 25 February | 7.45pm

Providence by Louise Tu’u returns for two nights only on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th February, as part of the New Performance Festival, being held at the Aotea Centre, The Edge in Auckland.  Artists from Canada, Germany and Australia as well as local folk will be simultaneously performing and exciting audiences and themselves about what performance can become.

Quietly deafening, raw and ambiguous with multiple characters deftly played by two actors on a minimal set. The structure of the performance emulates the dysfunction of the characters’ lives, all the while playfully undermining traditional script-writing conventions. This is not just the recreation of stories, Providence is an investigation of the states of homelessness.
 
Louise Tu’u’s skillfully crafted script throws away narrative and concentrates on the nonsensical, self-righteous prejudices that people have of the homeless. Spanning nearly three years, Tu’u went undercover, speaking with the homeless, having meals at drop-in centres and spending time in a shelter in central Auckland to get a sense of what it is to be without a home.
 
This Auckland indie favourite was hailed as one of the top theatre pieces of the year by New Zealand Herald when premiered in 2010.

“Best of 2010… Providence masterfully led its audience into “experiencing a replica aspect of homelessness.” NZ Herald

 For more information see We Should Practice

First session | Saturday 18th February 2012

Pacific Fringe returns this February, with two weeks of dynamic Pacific performance, visual and contemporary art.  On show is a full menu of tantalising Pacific fare, including Lima Dance Productions, South Auckland Poets Collective, Kila Kokonut Krew and Indigenous Theatre Group.

Dates: 22 February – 3 March 2012
Tickets: from $5
Phone 09 262 5789 or email mangereartscentre@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz 

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22 – 25 February 2012 | Mangere Arts Centre – Nga Tohu o Uenuku

Lima Dance Productions return to Pacific Fringe, with Mixed Nuts II – Underworld.  A delectable assortment of tasty Pacific morsels featuring beautiful male harmonies, hip-hop, music, dance, puppetry, human performances and more.  Click here for ticket information. 

The Pacific Studies Program in the College of Asia and the Pacific and the Pasifika Australia outreach program are launching an exciting new initiative in 2012.   They are inviting performing and visual artists (including film-makers) of Pacific or South Sea Islander ancestry to submit applications for a 4 week residency at the Australian National University.

Applicants should provide a full cv, contact details of three referees, and a two page proposal outlining their arts project and the resources they would need to pursue it.  Applicants should also address how they might engage ANU scholars, undergraduate students, school students in the Australian Capital Territory and its region, local communities, and institutions such as the National Gallery of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Film and Sound Archive.

Successful applicants will be supported with an honorarium, accommodation costs and travel expenses. The timing of visits will be worked out by mutual agreement but they seek to make an inaugural appointment early in 2012.  Applications close February 24, 2012 and should be submitted electronically to nicholas.mortimer@anu.edu.au. Further details available from Dr Katerina Teaiwa: katerina.teaiwa@anu.edu.au, T: +61 26125 0857

Illustrated by the 2011 Tautai Artist in Residence - Selwyn Palmer-Teho.  Signed copies of Kekero and Kwadu are available from the Tautai office for $30.  Please get in contact to request a copy or for futher information contact tautai@tautai.org | 09 376 1665.

*The Kekero is the red, yellow and blue parrot that is found in the provinces of Maliata Guadalcanal and some parts of Western Province.  The Kwadu is a black bird with red eyes that is found in most parts of the Solomon Islands.