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“A Book from a Friend I Don’t Speak to Anymore”
We talk to Isabella Dampney on the occasion of her recent presentation A Child of Divorce at ST PAUL St Gallery as part of the Master of Visual Arts Graduating Exhibition.
Meet Ming Ranginui
Ming Ranginui is an artist whose recent practice explores fantasy and illusions in our turbulent times, creating satin sculptures manifest in “impractical but impactful ways.” Here, we chat to Ming about the works in her current exhibition Late to the Ball at Season Aotearoa.
Meet Iann An
Iann An is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau whose practice explores the vulnerability and frailty of being human. Her works subvert the idea of a polished, flawless body, seeking to dismantle socially constructed notions of being 'healthy', 'able' or 'perfect'.
Spin Cycle
Megan Dunn interviews Olivia Erlanger on Pergusa (Gris) (2022), included in The Mermaid Chronicles at Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi.
Meet Denise Porter-Howland
On 12 August, Denise Porter-Howland’s pop-up, Born Slippy, opens at Artspace Aotearoa, featuring hand-crafted ceramics that reflect her affinity with shoes. We chat to the multi-disciplinary artist, with an intro by Tyson Campbell.
In Conversation with Sione Faletau
Gus Fisher Gallery Director Lisa Beauchamp speaks to Sione Faletau about audio waves, the practice of performance, and looking toward the concept of vā as a way to encapsulate or engulf space. Produced in partnership with Gus Fisher Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Turning a page, starting a chapter, through 9 July 2022.
Casting shadows in space
Hannah Crichton speaks to Polly Gilroy about her recent exhibition, Traces.
Rumpus (Room)
Hannah Mahon speaks to Kirsty Lillico about her recent installation with Yu Mei.
“One strand of flax is easy to break, but many strands together will stand strong.”
Robbie Handcock speaks to Wai Ching Chan and Tessa Ma’auga about their current collaborative exhibition Kāpuia ngā aho 單絲不綫 at The Physics Room, Christchurch.
Max Speed
Max Fleury and Sabina Rizos-Shaw discuss fantasy painting and visual enjoyment in the context of Fleury’s exhibition Max Speed.
Nick Mullaly’s desirous paintings
Nick Mullaly talks to writer (and boyfriend) Sholto Buck about playing the ingenue, '70s porn and romantic desire. Featuring cameos by Mariah Carey, Edvard Munch and Roland Barthes.
Meet August Ward
Parisa chats to August Ward about her recent exhibition at Lover — and the sensational, muted remains of femme consumerist culture.
A new kind of alphabet
Longtime collaborators Michelle Williams Gamaker and Krishna Istha in conversation.
The Moon was Talking
Emil Scheffmann speaks to Edith Amituanai from his own experience as a school teacher, in a conversation that explores the role of artists in education.
Connor Fitzgerald and Fred Small in reflection
The two artists discuss their collaboration on Towards the Sun, first exhibited at play_station and currently on view at Artspace Aotearoa.
promising.space
On interactive digital spaces, astro bodies, and making art within the periphery of HTML. A conversation between curator Bonnie Lee and Susu on the occasion of Susu’s Window Online exhibition.
An interview with Angela Singer
A conversation in two parts, over two exhibitions: Mythily Meher talks to artist and animal rights advocate Angela Singer.
“Repositioning pleasure as a value,” in conversation with Samuel Te Kani
Please, Call Me Jesus is a collection of short erotic fiction by Samuel Te Kani. Here, curator Daniel John Corbett Sanders speaks to Te Kani about this new book.
Milli Jannides, on Far Flung at Coastal Signs
Far Flung is painter Milli Jannides’ most recent exhibition and her first presentation at Coastal Signs. Here, Emil Scheffmann speaks to Jannides about her practice and a journey that has led to these paintings.
Aroha Gossage’s matrilineal landscapes
Emil Scheffmann speaks to Aroha Gossage’s gallerists Grace Alty and Libby Storey at ARTIS about Gossage’s latest series of atmospheric paintings that look toward her home environment of Pakiri.