Kete Aronui:
Read, Watch, Make
WELCOME TO GUS FISHER GALLERY’S DIGITAL LIBRARY, KETE ARONUI, WHERE YOU CAN READ ESSAYS ABOUT OUR EXHIBITIONS, WATCH VIDEOS AND BE INSPIRED WITH ACTIVITIES.
Essay
A traceable past
Manon Revuelta
Essay
Have it all
Jo Bragg
Reading list
having it all, all, all
Find a list of recommended readings to learn more about the exhibiting artists and their influences.
Essay
I am free because of an open plan kitchen
Shannon Te Ao
Short story
A frog is a frog is a frog
Gabi Lardies
Essay
CONTINGERE
Samuel Te Kani
In conversation
Layers of representation
Greg Minissale, Shannon Novak, Steve Lovett and Lisa Beauchamp in conversation on Derek Jarman.
Zine
A Blind Kind of Violence
Gus Fisher Gallery and bad apple present the newly commissioned zine-style publication, A Blind Kind of Violence.
Created in response to the life and work of Derek Jarman, this publication features writing from four emerging and established queer arts practitioners based in Tāmaki Makaurau. With essays from Sam Te Kani and Micheal McCabe, and poetry from Ruby Macomber and Hannah Patterson, A Blind Kind of Violence filters Jarman’s artistic practices through the lens of contemporary, queer Aotearoa.
This publication’s creation was facilitated by bad apple editor Damien Levi with cover art and design by Brandon Lin.
Zine
Queer knitting
Kat Aucamp
Poem
Fire Island
Sholto Buck
Poem
Swan
Sholto Buck
Reading list
Derek Jarman:
Delphinium Days
Find a list of recommended readings to learn more about Derek Jarman’s life, legacy, art practice, and Queer activism.
Essay
I’m feeling lucky
Andrea Bell
Activity
Drop by tivaivai
Use these instructions to create your own vibrant Tivaivai inspired fabric patch!
Reading list
Outcast: Jasmine Togo-Brisby and John Vea
Find a list of recommended readings to learn more about the artists, influences on their practices and Pacific self-determination.
Essay
Outcast
Ioana Gordon-Smith
Dance
Witch water whelm
A bespoke contemporary ballet performance inspired by witchcraft. Choreographed by Lesley Bandy. Photography by Ian Powell.
Talk
Amy Whitehead on the history of witchcraft
On Saturday 19 August 2023, we hosted Dr Amy Whitehead, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Massey University for a fascinating talk on the history of witchcraft. Discussing everything from the European witch craze to explorations of matakite and more, you can read the full transcript of her lecture here.
Essay
Musing on Matakite
Delilah Te Aōrere Pārore-Southon
Reading list
She could lie on her back and sink
Find a list of recommended readings to learn more about the artists, witchcraft and texts that informed the exhibition.
Watch
Recording: Hormone-Extraction Action with Mary Maggic
On 27 April 2023, artist and researcher Mary Maggic presented an evening of “fuzzy biological sabotage” via Zoom webinar as part of our exhibition The sentiment of flowers. In this recording of the workshop, hear from Mary about their practice of bio-hacking (a do-it-yourself biology) alongside short screenings and a live demonstration of their Estrofem Lab workshop hormone-extraction action.
Activity
BUILD A FLOWER WALL
Inspired by our exhibition The Sentiment of Flowers, we’ve transformed our corridor into a paper garden of visitors’ flower creations. We invite you to create your own flower wall at home using the instructions below.
Essay
TO RENDER LIFE DELIGHTFUL
Simon Gennard
Activity
Storytelling through Sāmoan art
A youth workshop series with Jasmine Tuiā based on the exhibition Creation Stories.
Activity
Storytelling through Sāmoan dance
A youth workshop series with Teuila Hughes based on the exhibition Creation Stories.
Essay
Videograms of a Revolution
Volker Pantenburg
In conversation
Creation Stories
Simon Denny and Karamia Müller
Essay
Turning a page, starting a chapter
Olive Wilson
Listen
In conversation with Emily Parr
Essay
I multiply each day
Dilohana Lekamge
Activity
Introduction to ceramic sculpture
Becky Richards
Zine
COOKED: culinary adventures
2020–2021
Shania Pablo, Chani Balmer, Reah Somerville and Anneka Scholtz
Essay
From our Beautiful Square
Huni Mancini
Activity
Family activity: fun from home
Activity
Make your own zine
Essay
LOVE AND ROBOTS THROUGH A SCANNER DARKLY
Samuel Te Kani
Essay
Happiness in the Age of Personalised Corporations, Smart Tech, and Digital Media
Alena Kavka
Essay
The People’s Communications Commission Report on Racist Broadcasting
Divyaa Kumar
Dissertation
The Subversive Potential
Tara Parsons
Essay
To queer or not to queer
Samuel Te Kani
Essay
Becoming Chinese
Vanessa Mei Crofskey
Essay
The gulf of language
Ardit Hoxha
Essay
A response to Language Gulf in The Shouting Valley
Talei Si’ilata
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