Short Cuts rocked the party both times, first with fellow students and PIPA tutors then at the evening show where over 60 people turned up.
Thank you to PIPA staff and to the Cert class for making an awesome show and sharing it with the world.
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Tonight, we ventured to three exhibition openings: the first at Ferari in Grey Lynn, the second at Starkwhite and the third at Artspace.
The view from the Rendells Building on Karangahape Road in 1913
‘Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1-W1569′
John Ward Knox‘s “Love Among Ruins” captivated us as an ever disappearing assemblage of portable and legible items lay in the middle of Ferari.
Botborg‘s live performance took us back to the 90s with these self-proclaimed “equal parts techno-boffins and psychic explorers”, increasing volumes and pitch with scrambling visuals sent a handful of the audience outside Starkwhite.
Leaning against a wall in Artspace’s main room, we watched the bustle of an engaged crowd, two hours after the opening. It was only when we stepped forward did we notice the subtle play of scale of Lilo‘s roof with her property’s fence and its many attempted repairs, all made up of hundreds of digitally printed 5 x 7″ prints. Another striking component is the work’s placement in the space, seeing it placed around the gallery’s main entrance.
The works on show stimulated a lot of conversation, interest and most importantly, attendance. In our journeys to, from and within the shows, we witnessed, spoke to and chatted with a wide cross-section of art peeps and their social milieux, which is exciting and what we reckon this triennale is all about: sharing the love.
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For the past few months, our director, Louise Tu’u has been busy teaching the Certificate class at the highly esteemed Pacific Institute of Performing Arts, more popularly known as P.I.P.A.
Alongside dancer and choreographer extraordinaire Cathy Livermore, Louise has been making and rehearsing a show called Short Cuts.
You are of course, warmly invited you to join us. Thanks to Sean, Letti, Oli, Paul and Lauren for all your support.
Details are all in the invite below xx
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Tonight we were moved by a wonderful new play called, “Goodbye My Feleni” by DF Mamea and produced by Hekama Creative, currently playing at the Basement Theatre.
The performances, direction, singing and most importantly, stories which inform and fold into this work, remind us of the joys, passion and sacrifices that these Pacific Islander soldiers made for their descendants now.
The season is on for two more nights at the Basement which is selling out quick.
The cast have also been invited by Auckland Museum to perform as part of the ANZAC day commemorations this Thursday afternoon at 12.15pm in the Atrium.
Goodbye My Feleni gave us plenty to think about this Anzac Day.
Let it do the same for you.
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We are keen to use our bikes more so we headed today to Tumeke Cycle Space, a non-profit, community-run, DIWO (do it with others) bicycle workshop in Auckland.
It’s a place where people can fix, build, and learn about bikes in a safe and inclusive environment.
Tumeke was very busy in the time we were there, with a wide cross-section of people, coming in to learn more about how to fix their own bikes. This philosophy is right up our alley.
We had a blast, even though our bikes took longer than expected. But now we know how to take them apart should we have a flat tire, cable tension for gears, etc.
We were lucky to have Alex, the bike whisperer, who attended to our wheels and sorted us out.
They are open every Sunday from 11am-3pm at 27 Edinburgh St in Newton. So head down Edinburgh, PIC Newton is on your left and turn right. Tumeke is just there on your left.
They always need volunteers who can help peeps with their bikes and a whole bunch of other useful stuff so head there and check them out this week!
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Yesterday, we rode our bikes and headed to ROSEBANK, curated by Marcus Williams. Involving 18 artists and their projects, ROSEBANK activated different sites on this industrial and suburban road that is Rosebank Road.
Events we highly recommend are Kerryn McMurdo’s Trauma, agency, new vision, whose exploration of three different sites on or near Rosebank Road challenged our definition of what, where and how the sacrosanct, quotidian and popular culture intersect.
Left: Jomac Place where Kerryn’s performance ended as a market garden and now, what remains.
Photos courtesy of http://timespanner.blogspot.co.nz/
We then checked out Kathy Waghorn’s The fluid city, where we listened to different perspectives and relationships to water and saw for ourselves with the guidance of an on-site microbiologist, sediment and protozoa from various Auckland water sources.
We finished our time, riding to the West End Rowing Club, who served up sumptuous slices, biscuits with tea and coffee for only $2 a pop. As we hungrily devoured our homebaked goodies, we saw the Flotilla Whau float by. So we didn’t get to every event but what we did get to, gave us a great idea as to how the rest of ROSEBANK was shaping up: fantastic.
Why do we reckon ROSEBANK is Auckland’s Documenta? Because it is a genuine engagement of Rosebank Peninsula from local artists and businesses alike, is accessible (we rode to every event and didn’t need our car), had free passenger shuttle vans and attracted curious audiences, made up of families and individuals, eager to learn more about one of Auckland’s oldest communities.
Here’s to this, becoming an annual event.
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We’ve just had a blast of a weekend, performing with the lovely Marvellous group from Auckland Theatre Company (ATC) who performed in Kathryn Burnett’s witty comedy, Bowled Over and naughtily drected by Ben Crowder.
This show was one of many treats from ATC’s collaboration with an equal in length acronymed AUT (Auckland University of Technology) in association with the Auckland Arts Festival for the AUT Dominion Road Stories.
Thank you Les, Marianne, Derrick, Rex, Vincent, Kerry, Amo, Ben, Virginia, Harry, Whetu, Renee, Courtney, Ferooz, Heather, Rosalie, Joyce, Kerr, Ora, Kevin, Patricia, Kathy, Yvette, Karen, Robin, Ellen and to Lynne Cardy who invited us to the marvellous madness.
Here’s a slice of quiet times between shows…
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