A presentation of recent work by AUT Communication Design students that will make you re-examine the influence that packaging and marketing has on our selection of products.
Join FAFSWAG for a vogue ball to celebrate the launch of their ground breaking interactive documentary which explores the lives of five members of the Pasifika Vogue Community.
Join Dr Misha Kavka, Associate Dean, Media and Communication, University of Auckland, for a revealing look at the images that art and the media confront, seduce, manipulate and titillate us with.
Join Dr Gavin Ellis, media commentator and lecturer in media and communications, as he compares the works of Callot and Della Bella with modern examples of a word that first appeared in 1622 – propaganda.
Bling Bling Toi Marama by Ākau celebrates the rising of Puanga and Matariki – marking the Māori New Year with a community light festival running over four nights on the main street of Kaikohe.
Celebrating its 30th season in 2017, the New Zealand String Quartet has established an international reputation for its insightful interpretations, compelling communication, and dynamic performing style. Join us for an informal encounter with the quartet who will be playing movements from string quartets by Mendelssohn and Bartok, while you enjoy the art.
Join Dr Peter Gilderdale, Acting HOD of Communication Design at AUT, for an illustrated overview of 19th century illustration, with a particular focus on the contextual, conceptual and craft-related issues that shaped illustration’s complicated relationship with art.
Join Assistant Curator Emma Jameson for a tour of her new exhibition An Overture to the Text which provides an in-depth investigation into a series of illustrations, analysing their visual features and what these communicate.
Inspired by the exhibition Enchanted World: Hokusai, Hiroshige and Art of Edo Japan, we will be exploring the contemporary fantasy world of cosplay and anime.
On the occasion of Artspace’s current exhibition Potentially Yours, The Coming Community, exhibiting artist Martine Syms will present her performative lecture, Misdirected Kiss.
Follow in the footsteps of Danish designers, and create a contemporary wooden coat hook at community workshop The Warren. Before you step behind the workbench, Assistant Curator, Emma Jameson will give an introduction on Scandinavian design vernacular, and furniture designer Nathan Goldsworthy will show us around his studio
Hear visiting artists Maria Nepomuceno (Brazil) and Bernardo Oyarzún (Chile) discuss their work featured in Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America.
Pop, skip and jump to your heart’s content with AKL Skipping Club and their 9-metre ropes, or if you’ve got really fancy feet there’s double dutch. Sweet sounds, strangers you just haven’t met yet … who knew exercise could be so much fun!
Independent designer Tana Mitchell chairs a panel discussion with invited guests to discuss their responses to the work of Gordon Walters on New Zealand graphic design.
A film based on the unpublished play El Plebiscito written by Antonio Skármeta portrays the historical moment when advertising tactics came to be widely used in political campaigns.
We Speak as One features speakers who will explore culture, religion and disability to gain a broader understanding of how events can be created to be more accessible and inclusive throughout Aotearoa.
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