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Tēnā koe,
Ko Māia-te-oho Holman-Wharehoka tōku ingoa, he uri ahau nō Te Ātiawa, Taranaki, me Te Arawa hoki.
Part of my mahi is working for Love Rimurimu, a giant kelp restoration project looking to restore the kelp forest within Te Whanganui a Tara. Within this project, I lead a piece of research that looks at how natural fibres traditionally used by my tūpuna such as harakeke, muka, pīngao, etc. can be used in the restoration of our kelp forests.
I have been documenting different processes along the way including with microscopic photographs of spores attached to my muka and pīngao ropes, as well as underwater photographs of the kelplings thriving on muka rope in Worser Bay after planting out in 2024.
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It Doesn’t Seem of the Body at All is an aspiration of all things of the bodies. Body of earth, body of work, body of water. Writing with the body, sounding with the body, sighting with the body.
A multidisciplinary exhibition/installation comprising photographs, video, live performance, sound, and public participation.
ARTISTS
Jazmine Rose Phillips is a performance artist, sound designer, and musician. They seek to embrace the grit and beauty of the human experience. Their creations use pleasure, pain, sound, spoken word, film, ritual, and the body to evoke and embody transparency and healing, often motivated by the destruction we all take part in as humans. Jazmine performs under the moniker Jazmine Mary. They won the best independent Debut Award for their album in 2022 and have toured their music internationally. They have performed in galleries across Aotearoa as well as India, Australia, China, France, and Thailand.
Antonia Barnett McIntosh is a composer-performer, sound artist, editor, and curator. She has collaborated extensively with musicians, theatre and filmmakers, dancers, visual artists, and poets. Antonia’s works gently tap at the borders of speech and music, performance and rehearsal, composition and writing, juxtaposing the formalities of presentation and the aesthetics of failure. Antonia’s music has been performed in Europe, the UK, Scandinavia, the US, Australia, and Aotearoa.
EVENTS
Opening with performances - 6pm, Wednesday 6 August
Closing with readings - 4pm, Saturday 9 August
An exhibition of pastel paintings and photography reflecting ordinary people's lives in China up to 40 years ago.
China Stands on Their Shoulders is an homage to the ordinary people of China, especially rural people. It is created from images from photographs I took while living in China, especially the Northwest regions, up to 40 years ago. It shows daily life and gives an insight to what life was like for much of China's population that time.
I hope this exhibition is a starting point for intergenerational conversations or at least a nostalgic trip for some. It shows us the fundamentals of daily life are the same the world over regardless of time passing.
CONTACT
Instagram: @k.langart
Facebook: K.Lang Art
Image:
Karen Lang, Woman is half the sky, pastel, 500x700mm
An exhibition of visual art using a wide variety of genre/media presented as a Museum with gift store. A didactic celebration of environment focussed in kaitiakitanga o te taiao. Artworks and pseudo-artifacts curated to entertain and reinforce values of humankind's interconnectedness and place within environment. Sculpture, painting, cabinetry, embroidery, masks, installation, costume combine to form a museum-like space that can educate alongside a gift shop of handmade clothing, skincare, tote bags, aprons... We are here, it's a surprise, let's uplift, be grateful and celebrate each other.
EVENTS
Artist talk each day at 1pm
Thursday 21 August, 5:30pm
Pizza Event
CONTACT
Website: www.jamesharcourt.co.nz
Email: ijamesharcourt@yahoo.com