2016, November
interview, writing, conversational
Matt Pine: Placement Projects revisited
LINE
CAN
BE
THOUGHT
OF AS A
CHAIN
OF
POINTS
JOINED
TOGETHER
An interview with senior Māori sculptor Matt Pine (Te Āti
Awa, Te Āti Hau Nui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti
Tūwharetoa) undertaken over a number of hours as the artist made the final touches to the installation of his four site-specific interventions for
the exhibition Māori minimalism and international
influence at Te Papa Tongarewa.
Download the full interview.
Off the Wall: Issue #13 – Nov 2016
Musuem of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Download the full interview.
Off the Wall: Issue #13 – Nov 2016
Musuem of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
2016, 10-12 June
public programme, workshop, conversational
Taharangi Hou | Shaping the New Horizon
A three day wānanaga that took place in Ōtepoti at Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Library. Interested parties were invited to come together under the rising of Matariki/Puaka to propose, explore, discuss and dissect key contmeporary Māori art texts in relation to emerging arts practice. What has been said? What needs to be said?
We invited anyone interested in contemporary Māori art to partcipate by either bringing along a text that is significant to them, providing a reflection, sitting in or engaging in conversation.
Facilitated by Taarati Taiaroa & Elisapeta HetaBlue Oyster Art Project Space
We invited anyone interested in contemporary Māori art to partcipate by either bringing along a text that is significant to them, providing a reflection, sitting in or engaging in conversation.
Facilitated by Taarati Taiaroa & Elisapeta HetaBlue Oyster Art Project Space
2016
public programme, curation, ephemeral, site-specific
Waiver • Flash • Deviate
Curated for the inaugral Eastern Art Express, a free bus service that transported the public from Auckland Central to exhibtions openings at Malcolm Smith Gallery and Te Tuhi.
Three emerging artists devised a set route and a series of private perfomances to tell a collective fiction aboard the inaugral Eastern Art Express. The public was invited to travel, conspire and elasticate a narrative.
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Hana Pera Aoake / Matilda Fraser / Olivia Blyth
Curated by Taarati Taiaroa & Bridget Riggir-Cuddy
Three emerging artists devised a set route and a series of private perfomances to tell a collective fiction aboard the inaugral Eastern Art Express. The public was invited to travel, conspire and elasticate a narrative.
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Hana Pera Aoake / Matilda Fraser / Olivia Blyth
Curated by Taarati Taiaroa & Bridget Riggir-Cuddy
2015 – 2014
public sculpture, social, collaboration, community, site-specific
The Park
Bees know no boundaries. Their flight path can reconnect private backyards, balconies, offices, berms, and public spaces into one collective social sculpture. The Park's growth was mapped online through a collective line-drawing. The heart of The Park was located in the centre of Auckland City, in Victoria Park, which housed 6 beehives over a hexagonal Pasture Painting. The artwork created moments of wilderness across the city and provided a form to mobilise, practice caring and a means to visialise empathy.
A collaboration: Taarati Taiaroa & Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
The Park’s concept, kaupapa and Pasture Paintings continue through For the Love of Bees: a city bee collaboration.
A collaboration: Taarati Taiaroa & Sarah Smuts-Kennedy
The Park’s concept, kaupapa and Pasture Paintings continue through For the Love of Bees: a city bee collaboration.
2015-2014
public sculpture, collaboration, community, site-specific, ephemeral
Pasture Paintings
Six geometric plantings on the periphery of The Park bees' territory that employed shape, time, orientation, planetary rhythms, and colour.
Pasture Paintings are continuing to crop up around the city thanks to the For Love of Bees who promote and utilise them as a tool for action. This sheet gives you step by step instruction to create your own Pasture Painting.
A collaboration: Taarati Taiaroa & Sarah Smuts-Kennedy The Park’s concept, kaupapa and Pasture Paintings continue through For the Love of Bees: a city bee collaboration.
Pasture Paintings are continuing to crop up around the city thanks to the For Love of Bees who promote and utilise them as a tool for action. This sheet gives you step by step instruction to create your own Pasture Painting.
A collaboration: Taarati Taiaroa & Sarah Smuts-Kennedy The Park’s concept, kaupapa and Pasture Paintings continue through For the Love of Bees: a city bee collaboration.