Exhibitions
Events
On display
Poetry is Alive and Well
Performance
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
FREE
In recognition of World Poetry Day, come along and hear well-known poets Fiona Farrell, Bernadette Hall, Ben Brown and Jeffrey Paparoa Holman read from their work.
'Poetry reaffirms our common humanity by revealing to us that individuals, everywhere in the world, share the same questions and feelings.' UNESCO
Related reading: Performance, reading, Poetry, Summer of Art
Commentary
Above Ground
I go into the Gallery. Haven’t been there in a while. Building closed. It was open to begin with. Civil Defence HQ in the weeks following the shock that laid the city low and who knew glass could be so strong, so resilient? Then the Gallery closed. It was cordoned off, behind wire netting. Something was going on in there. Someone said something had cracked in the basement. Someone said they needed to insert a layer of bouncy forgiving rubber beneath glass and concrete, ready for any future slapdown.
Notes
Art Makes Me... A Winner!
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Article
Recommended Reading
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Collection
Ralph Hotere Dawn/Water Poem
For the exhibition Untitled #1050 (25 November 2017 – 14 October 2018) this work was displayed with the following label:
“There are very few things I can say about my work, that are better than saying nothing.”
—Ralph Hotere, undated
