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Trinity roots

January 23, 2012 by weshouldpractice

Last week, We Should Practice’s director, Louise Tu’u gave fourteen Trinity College lay preacher students and their tutor, Reverend Lynne Frith, a dramatic approach to space, ritual and liturgy.

The engagement from all involved was enthusiastic, open and critical.

Fa’afetai lava, Malo aupito, Bula vinaka and many thanks to the beautiful people: Siutaisa, Matafonua, Rupeni, Manoa, Ruta, Mele, Keith, Ieremia, Joeli, Kuli, Falanisesi, Finau, Neti, Kalolo and Reverend Lynne Frith. May your futures reveal all your potential.

Check out photos and videos from this awesome workshop here.

It’s the little things that really matter.

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We Should Practice are back!

January 10, 2012 by weshouldpractice

Our first post of 2012 is a celebration of one of our favourite projects from last year:  We Should Practice 50+.

For those of you who have joined us here for the first time, We Should Practice 50+ were a series of introductory drama classes for people aged 50 and over. They ran for over five months at the Grey Lynn Community Centre every fortnight. With an hour and a half of good-old fashioned activity, every class finished with morning tea. Each class had an open door policy to facilitate possible absences due to  illness or a clash of other commitments.

Participants reported that the classes, led by We Should Practice’s director, Louise Tu’u, gave them feelings of joy, satisfaction and renewed purpose. Louise reported back that the participants were natural performers, whose energy and commitment in each class enabled everyone to give the games and provocations a go.

On your left are Geordie, Mike and Yvonne, still flexing their muscle and bone.

This video features the awesome Lina, Paul, Kerry and Geordie at their best.

Many thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Scheme for supporting us, Anne Snedden at the Grey Lynn Community Centre and of course, the wonderful all-stars/participants:  Yvonne, Geordie, Lina, Paul, Lafi, Mike, Wayne, Vaioleti, Arthur and Kerry.

We’ll leave the last word to Wayne.

We are looking to continue and expand our programme this year. Please contact us at talofa@weshouldpractice.com for more information.

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ENTROPY with Marita Hewitt

December 18, 2011 by weshouldpractice


Yesterday afternoon, we popped into ENTROPY, Marita Hewitt’s latest exhibition. We were extremely lucky to have a personal tour with this exceptional artist whose works are in a temporary gallery above the dairy at 370 Karangahape Road.

Inspired by her trip to Detroit last year, Marita captured her images with her camera, transferring and transforming them into works of clay, charcoal, painting, as well as claiming found objects in the space. Marita’s phenomenal energy, passion and critical awareness of the former Motor Town added to what is already a high pedigree of work.

Unfortunately, this exhibition finished yesterday so please check out her blog and keep an eye out for her here.

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Keep up the awesome work people

December 15, 2011 by weshouldpractice

Over the weekend, we had amazing experiences with two shops, one in Mt Roskill and the other in Pt Chevalier.

Please give it up for Liz and Barry Wakelin at Tayles Framing Supplies and Celia Hopkins at Two Daughters.

These retailers are pleasant, knowledgable and affordable.

In addition from checking them out, please vote for them and your favourite shops by registering and telling everyone about your experience at the Localist website.

 

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Get back on track

December 7, 2011 by weshouldpractice

Last night, we attended the first dance show “The Beaten Track” of a two-night season at the Musgrove Studio. Curated by Serene Lorimer, “The Beaten Track” had a great variety of choreographers and dancers with Claire Luiten, Annabel Harrison, Katie Burton, Elise Chan, Michael Holland, Liana Yew, Georgie Goater and the curator herself.

The standout work and performance was Katie Burton, aptly titled “Katie’s Beaten Track”.

So get to the Musgrove Studio tonight. The house was pretty full last night so get your tickets in person from 10am-6pm tonight (So you can avoid the booking fee) or if you can’t make it before then, buy online here.

At $15 to $20, tickets are a steal. See you there!

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Greeeeyat hospitality and advice

November 29, 2011 by weshouldpractice

In recent weeks, we’ve been fortunate to have some great experiences with three particular shops in Grey Lynn.

Don’t worry, we’re not getting paid to promote them. We simply agree with Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“Life is short but there is always time for courtesy”.

Fa’afetai lava Cherie at Presentz , Flossie and Bryan at Grey Lynn Tyreworx and the team at Urban Jungle Cafe.

Please support these local businesses who really take the time to talk with and listen to you.

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Cannons and felt objects blazing your way

November 19, 2011 by weshouldpractice

What a wonderful way to spend an Auckland afternoon: working with seven talented individuals who participated in Part 3: artillery of the heart workshop at S/F.

Led by Louise Tu’u, Anya, Lani, Lana, Kelvin, Kerry, Xin and S/F director Layla shared their fascinating array of objects, movements and thoughts inspired by them and their writings with each other.

Thank you.

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Come join us this Saturday for Part 3: artillery of the heart workshop

November 17, 2011 by weshouldpractice

We warmly invite you to Part 3: artillery of the heart, which happens this Saturday 19th November from 2-3pm. Louise Tu’u will be running this workshop. This is the third of four parts of Range of Convergence, in collaboration with graphic designer, Kelvin Soh at the wonderful and innovative project space, S/F.

Part 3: artillery of the heart combines text and image. In the first ever workshop to be held at S/F, which is 452 Karangahape Road in Newton, artillery of the heart builds incrementally on the milestones of Range of Convergence: Part 1 – dress rehearsal. Participants are encouraged to bring their own objects and find ways to engage with them using writing, experience and replay.

If you are interested in participating please RSVP by Friday 18 November to admin@splitfountain.org

We would love to see you there so please book today! When you do, you’ll look like these people below…

Spaces are indeed limited.



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Book now for Bundle O – It’s only on for the next two weeks!

November 13, 2011 by weshouldpractice

Brent Harris partners with ST PAUL St Gallery in Oct Dec Series occurring between 19 October and 15 December. Oct Dec Series explores inviting, serializing, lapsing, voice, and gesture, with live art episodes in selected locales around Auckland; outdoor and indoor, urban and suburban, at different times of day.

We are happy to announce that Brent starts up again this week with Bundle O. Responding to the five episodes of Oct Dec Series Bundle 1 from 19 October to 5 November, and the current hiatus, Bundle O will involve:

Loosening: 6pm Thursday 17 November, Point Chevalier;  Icing: 6pm Monday 21 November, Ponsonby and Ripples: 10am Saturday 26 November, Otahuhu

To book a place for one or more of these episodes, please email Brent at octdecseries@gmail.com

You will receive a reply to inform you of the outcome of your booking request, and one further email the day before the episode informing you of its exact starting location. Keep up to date with his blogspot here.

Brent Harris’ recent projects include: Better Door than a Window, in Forever Tuesday, Film Archive Auckland 2011; Project Saturday, Alt-Mariendorf, Berlin 2011; Version 2, split/fountain, Auckland 2010; and Common Series, Blue Oyster Performance Art Series, Dunedin 2008.

Brent is one of the most intriguing and memorable live performers you’re likely to encounter so book and turn up to one, two or all of these three shows.

You won’t be disappointed.

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Our director performs this Tuesday night!

October 16, 2011 by weshouldpractice

As part of Artweek 2011 in Auckland, Louise Tu’u is performing with Kelvin Soh in “Range of Convergence” this coming Tuesday night.

With early 20th century Auckland theatre ephemera as material, Kelvin Soh and Louise Tu’u explore fiction, indexicality and dramatisation in their respective mediums of printed matter and performance.

The venue is the wonderful s/f , 452 Karangahape Road, Newton.

The exhibition continues through 26 November , starting with

Part 1 : Dress Rehearsal, Tuesday 18 October
7pm

It’s forecast to rain so bring an umbrella and a sense of humour.

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