Presented by Objectspace, The Single Object series sees Wallace Chapman, broadcaster and host of The Panel on Radio New Zealand, interview a range of guests about six objects that are important to them, providing a personal insight into how the world can be seen and understood through material culture.
We love our homes, but what do we know about their heritage? The New Zealand Home, a popular TV One series, sees architect Ken Crosson guide radio sports host Goran Paladin through whare, state housing, and sophisticated and significant homes. During this special talk, Ken and Goran will describe what they learned as they travelled through New Zealand, and draw on their knowledge of New Zealand’s housing history to provide insights into where they believe the future of residential architecture in New Zealand might lie.
Taking the format of the BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs curator and writer Susan Bright’s talk will take eight images that have influenced her thinking and approach to photography.
The online Sunday magazine e-Tangata tells Māori and Pasifika stories about people and issues of significance to all New Zealanders. The storytellers you’ll meet are Tapu Misa, Dale Husband, Moana Maniapoto, Māmari Stephens and Stacey Morrison. They’ll talk a little about e-Tangata and what they are working to achieve; and they are keen to hear what you would like to read in the future.
Join exhibition curator Natasha Conland with exhibiting artists Fiona Clark and Philip Dadson, critic Wystan Curnow and art historian Christina Barton on how the avant-garde of the 1970s fit within the mainstream of New Zealand art.
He Whakaputanga/The Declaration of Independence, signed between 1835 and 1839, was a powerful assertion of mana and rangatiratanga. It was followed in 1840 by Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 by 540 rangatira around the country. Talking with Mihingarangi Forbes, Dr Aroha Harris, Dame Claudia Orange and Morgan Godfery discuss the significance of these two New Zealand documents – and the people who signed them.
Last year while based in Athens for documenta 14, Laura Preston began a conversation with Wystan Curnow about the relationship of art and place. In Auckland, they continue this discussion by reviewing a number of recent exhibitions, both in Europe and in Aotearoa New Zealand, to consider the importance of art criticism and the issues of writing about art.
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