Flying Paua Origin occupied empty shops in the Merchant Quarter Building for 6 hours on Thursday 13 August. A pop up exhibition of UV light responsive images with sound curated by psyanta and live music by Ionosphere, Origin lit up the bus station and shops for one night. Realised with support from Infratil and Purflex […]
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Sit with me, tell me something… 12 Totara Avenue, New Lynn, is an installation project aimed at providing an opportunity for local residents in the Whau are to share their lived experiences of living in a rapidly evolving urban centre. Residents are invited to sit and record their experiences or create an expression of their
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SMILE was a project developed by Sisterhood NZ in collaboration with youth in Kelston. Created for Youth Week 2015, SMILE consisted of a flash mob dance and an invitation to smile and celebrate youth as our future. The flash mob visited night markets around Auckland and even popped up in a petrol station. Alongside the
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12 Totara Avenue,New LynnThursday 25 June, 20156pm – 8pm The News(prints) is a collection of current works by members of the Aotearoa-New Zealand arm of The News Network. Established by Melbourne based artist and academic Marian Crawford, The News Network was initiated as a series of ‘Trans-Tasman research project and artist residencies’ occurring in Australia
We’re pleased to let you know that we’re going to be holding the Whau Arts Hui on Saturday 27 June. Its an opportunity for people in the community who work or live in the Whau to get together and talk about things close to our hearts. By coming together to meet and discuss our communities
Why not join us for a bit of a sing? The OutrageousWhauTunes is a pop-up community choir taking shape in the Whau area. Directed by Frances Moore, this new choir is for those of you who secretly, (or not so secretly), love a good hollah. No auditions required, the Outrageous Whau Tunes is about coming
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Christina Houghton created a sensory audio guide to accompany the annual Whau River Waka Walk organised by Ecomatters Environment Trust for the EcoWest Festival 2015. The audio guide is available for download with a map from www.ecomatters.org.nz/what-s-on/whauwakawalk/ so you can take the walk yourself.
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As part of the Chinese New Year Festival, Xin Cheng, Mongoose Chen and Chris Berthelsen presented a market stall asking festival goers to share their home remedies. They collected stories of the things people made to remedy things around their houses. The project was part of “Makeshift” a series of events during March and April
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For one day each year the Flotilla Whau activates the Whau river, bringing it back into view as a place of movement, transport history, and recreation while also highlighting its value as an ecosystem. The Flotilla Whau operates as both art work and community event. Producing a memorable image of the potential of this waterway,
