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Waiapu Kōkō Huhua: Waiapu Of Many Mothers - Natalie Robertson

Waiapu Koko Huhua Waiapu Of Many Mothers by Natalie Robertson — Media/Digital/Film

Visual Arts

Wheelchair Access

Papakura Art Gallery

Large vertical panoramic black and white photographs of an expanse of driftwood at the Waiapu River mouth taken twenty years ago (1996) reflect upon the environmental impacts of deforestation. These are positioned ‘in conversation’ with detailed video images of the surface of the river after rain, with drifting branches passing through the current.

5.45pm - 10.30pm

Dietrich Soakai – Spoken Word Poetry

Southern Express Bus - from Papakura Art Gallery to Auckland CBD

Dietrich Soakai of South Auckland Poets Collective will entertain the crowd on board the free bus from Papakura Art Gallery to Auckland CBD. Avoid disappointment and book your free seats today.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

In My Own Time - Richard McWhannell

In My Own Time by Richard McWhannell — Visual Arts

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The Pah Homestead

In My Own Time is a ‘sampler’ retrospective that spans four decades of Richard McWhannell’s work. His work is figurative and moves between the observed and the conjured; and has been described variously as psychological, risqué, autobiographical, mournful, and playful.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Scape

The Pah Homestead

*Scape by Hoseph Michael + Michael Hodgson, Olivier Jean, Jan Baxter, Puck Murphy*

6:00 pm - 9.00 pm

Survey / fā’aliga - Angela Tiatia

Survey Faaliga by Angela Tiatia — Media/Digital/Film

Visual Arts

Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku

Angela Tiatia’s Survey / [fā’aliga] is the first solo exhibition in Māngere for this emerging video/performance artist. Currently residing in Sydney, Australia, Tiatia was born and raised in Ōtara, Auckland. This exhibition will survey her video works from 2008 to the present. Tiatia’s work discusses the impact of globalization on the Pacific as well as stereotypes of the Other and the use and misuse of femininity in mass consumer culture.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

香 HONG 港 KONG 嗓 SONG - Madeleine Slavick

HONG KONG SONG BY Madeleine Slavick — Media/Digital/Film

Visual Arts

Wheelchair Access

The Pah Homestead

Tracing nearly twenty-five years of living in Hong Kong,香 HONG 港 KONG 嗓 SONG presents the poetry, poverty, and generosity of Hong Kong, drawing attention to Madeleine Slavick’s multi-faceted practice as writer and photographer, artist and activist. The work shows the many natures of Hong Kong – the natural beauty and the pollution, the rural and the urban, insects and high-rises, grit and wealth.

6:15 pm onward

Performances at Pah Homestead

The Pah Homestead,

Performance by Magic Veil Dance/Te Huhu/Performance by Psychic Hotline

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Drawing Degustation

The Pah Homestead

Still life displays, live drawing throughout the night -

6pm - 9pm

G.G Talk That Talk

Fresh Gallery Ōtara,

A group exhibition of work by six emerging Pacific artists whose art practice spans diverse mediums turning a Pacific lens onto modern masculinity by seeking to re-interpret queer indigeneity and questioning the dominant narratives about identity.

6:00pm - 9:00pm

The Heart Derelict - Fiona Pardington

Fiona Pardington image2 — Family

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Visual Arts

Māngere Arts Centre

The spot-lit birds' nests in Fiona Pardington's photographs meditate on the survival of native and introduced species, and the mauri, or life principle, inherent in museum collections. As relics of the natural world, the nests are connected to the whenua, or land, but as metaphors the works also key into notions of survival, protection, nurturing, life, death and love.