12:43 Chris Charteris - Tungaru: The Kiribati Project
Sculptor Chris Charteris grew up believing he was Māori and
was astonished to discover he was actually of Kiribati descent. His new work,
Te Ma, with artist Jeff Smith, is a nearly eight metre long shell sculpture and
forms the centrepiece of Tungaru: the Kiribati Project, a collaboration between
the Mangere Art Centre and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Te Ma celebrates
the connections Chris found with Kiribati when he travelled there two years ago.
12.52 From chocolatier to documentary maker
The extraordinary journey of Jo Coffey, producer of the film
Aunty and the Star People about writer and benefactor Jean Watson.
1:10 At The Movies with Simon Morris
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Once and The French Minister.
1:34 Ryan Bellinger: Trust Exercise #1
It’s fewer than 5km from Lopdell House Gallery’s temporary
site in New Lynn to their usual home in Titirangi, West Auckland. But that’s
only if you’re going by the most direct route. Artist Ryan Bellinger, son of
former New Zealand marathon champ Paul Bellinger, will run between the two next
month to celebrate the reopening of the redeveloped gallery. He told Justin
Gregory he doesn’t know the way and the route, the distance, and the duration
will be controlled by curator Kenny Willis.
1:47 Cleaning up at The Carwash
Heading up to The Carwash Gallery and Studio in Auckland’s
Upper Queen Street, there is no signage on the building apart from a little
sticker on a glass door which reads Method and Manners Art Studio. The space is
completely transformed – walls have been torn down; it's been painted and
generally given a bit of a makeover since rebranding from the former Method and
Manners studio. Thefocus is on exhibitions where both the residents of the
studio and outside artists can pitch and then exhibit their work, and as for
the name? The building itself was once the office to a carwash.
2:04 The Laugh Track
Playwright Greg Cooper, author of the follow-up to Sensitive
New Age Guy, the Middle-Aged Man in Lycra.
2:26 Auckland Theatre Company: The Good Soul of Szechuan
After being box office poison for quite a while, playwright
Bertolt Brecht is making a comeback. Companies in Britain and the States have
begun tentatively programming the Marxist master again and now the Auckland
Theatre Company is too. Their production of The Good Soul of Szechuan opens
soon. Justin Gregory asked director Colin McColl and lead Robyn Malcolm why
anyone would want to watch Brecht in a post-GFC world.
2:39 Novelist Tina Shaw – The Children’s Pond
Novelist Tina Shaw has turned to small town New Zealand for
her latest novel. Called The Children’s Pond it’s a murder mystery set mostly
in Turangi but also very much in the river that defines it. The central
character, Jessica, has moved down from Auckland to be near her son while he
serves his sentence at Rangipo Prison. But Jessica finds her past problems have
followed her.
2:52 Guerilla Instigator, Zoe Crook – Bouncy Castle Artist
Residency
Fancy spending five days in a bouncy castle? Christchurch
artist Zoe Crook is looking for fellow creatives to join her in a week long
romp in an unsteady – and inflatable – environment. Part artist residency, part
discussion group, part just plain fun, the project is an extension of Zoe’s
work as a self-described “guerrilla instigator”.
3:04 The Drama Hour
One Fine Day by Robin McFarland
Part Five of Encore – The Story of New Zealand Theatre by
Lynn Freeman
Part Five of An Extraordinary Rendition by Steve Danby
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