This week's
stories
Music...sound...noise... They all intersect in a new
festival of experimental performances, live electronic music,
audio-visual works and sound installations. Aotearoa Audio Arts is being
hosted by Victoria University of Wellington's New Zealand School of Music
and it's bringing over some international leaders in the field of sonic
art. One is Canadian Nicolas Bernier, an award winning audiovisual artist
who invents new kinetic instruments that he plays using computers rather
than by hand. Lynn Freeman spoke to him and to another guest speaker, Mo
Zareei who lectures in Sonic Arts & Engineering at Victoria : The
Aotearoa Audio Arts Festival in Wellington starts on Thursday.
Sep 23, 2018 02:46
pm
 
An Australian advocate for improving children's literacy
and champion of indigenous literature is heading to New Zealand to talk
to our writers about these and other issues at the 2018 National Writers
Forum. Dr Anita Heiss is one of Australia's best-known authors of
indigenous literature. She's an author, poet, satirist and social
commentator. She's actively getting books to Aboriginal and Torres
Islander children living in outlying and disadvantaged areas, but she
tells Lynn Freeman that so much more needs to be done to improve some
pretty appalling illiteracy rates. The NZSA National Writers Forum starts
on Friday at the University of Auckland
Sep 23, 2018 02:35
pm
World of Wearable Art is 30 this year - three decades of
putting on stage thousands of jaw-dropping, labour-intensive and madly
creative garments. 4,878 of them to be exact. What started as a small
local then national competition now sees international competitors often
taking home the top prizes. In 2011 Mary Wing To from London had studied
fashion design and was an apprentice harness maker when she took out the
Supreme WOW Award Winner with her leather horse-head garment. Lynn
Freeman asked Mary what she's looking for as a judge this year - and how
long it took to craft her winning garment: The 2018 World of Wearable Art
Awards Show starts this Thursday at Wellington's TSB Arena.
Sep 23, 2018 02:25
pm
An unexpected silver lining from global uncertainty is
emerging for traditional arts and crafts as people seek comfort in
nostalgia. That's the view of expat Curator Vera Mey, who gives the
example of renewed interest in the dying art of silk weaving in Cambodia.
After working in Singapore for several years on contemporary art
projects, Vera is currently in London working on a PhD at the School of
Oriental and African studies. She's just been back home to speak at the
Asian Aotearoa Arts Hui that's wrapping up today. Vera tells Lynn Freeman
she's most often asked about New Zealand's past artistic connection to
South East Asia.
Sep 23, 2018 01:48
pm
One posed nude with her guitar, a second is running with a
tokotoko, while another sits surrounded by owls. West Auckland artist
Penny Howard has captured women who inspire her on canvas for a solo show
she calls Mana Muse. Singer-songwriter and TV show host Anika Moa, New
Zealand poet laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh, writer and artist Sia Figiel
and politician Marama Davidson are the four muses in the exhibition. Lynn
Freeman spoke to Penny and Selina - first asking Penny how she selected
her four muses: Mana Muse opens at Auckland's Whitespace gallery next
Sunday
Sep 23, 2018 01:32
pm
A Maori filmmaker and actor has written a play he hopes
will give hope to young people who're struggling with mental health
issues. Isaac Te Reina is about to premiere All Good as part of the 4th
ATAWHAI festival. "Atawhai" means to show kindness, and that's
the festival's aim, using storytelling to reach people and help them talk
about difficult issues and experiences. This year, Isaac has won a
Creative New Zealand award for Best Emerging Artist, and his past film projects
include Tamanui, which encouraged Maori to reconnect to traditional
tikanga practices. Lynn Freeman talked to him about All good, which
premieres on Tuesday at Auckland's Basement Theatre before heading to
Bats in Wellington. And If you are seeking help with issues you are
facing, 0800 543 354 is the number for Lifeline.
Sep 23, 2018 12:46
pm
Last week we looked at the TV3 initiative to get new,
exciting, scripted New Zealand comedy on our screens. The Comedy Pilot
Week was essentially "New Zealand's Got Sitcom Talent" - five
first episodes of five new shows, and the audience picks the one or ones
they like. TV3's rivals TVNZ are doing something similar at the moment -
in fact it's their second year of a project called "New Blood".
The big difference between these five new titles and the Comedy Pilot
Week are - first - they're not necessarily comedies, and - second - they're
not aimed for prime-time television. These are web-series - based on the
idea that audiences are increasingly going on-line for their content.
Simon Morris asked TVNZ's Director of Content, Cate Slater why she seems
to be heading away from traditional "linear" television.
Sep 23, 2018 12:31
pm
Rose Kirkup describes her new play Unflattering Smock as a
love-letter to underappreciated New Zealand caregivers. Rose worked in
rest homes for eight years and her characters are based on women she
worked with and experiences they shared: Unflattering Smock is set in the
fictional Sunnyvale Resthome and Hospital where women from different
backgrounds care for patients and for each other. And it's about to have
its first public reading ahead of a full production, as part of New
Zealand Theatre Month. Lynn Freeman talks to Rose and to one of her cast,
another former caregiver, Moana Ete, about the play. The reading of
Unflattering Smock is on Friday at Wellington's Hannah Playhouse then
heads to Upper Hutt Primary School on Saturday .
Sep 23, 2018 12:16
pm
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