Turumeke Harrington: Tātou tātou, nau mai rā, Christchurch 2022
Turumeke Harrington: Tātou tātou, nau mai rā, Christchurch 2022
Turumeke Harrington: Tātou tātou, nau mai rā, Christchurch 2022
This exhibition is now closed
The gallery reimagined as an ever-changing maze. Find your own path through!
Sometimes we move because we want to, sometimes we move because we have to! Tātou tātou, nau mai rā reimagines the gallery as a fun, ever-changing maze. Form and reform your own path by opening and closing the corded stanchions to navigate your way back to the beginning. This playful, interactive sculpture by Kāi Tahu artist Turumeke Harrington invites us to think about whakapapa, connections and choices. Where/when/why/how will you move?
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Date:
17 December 2022 – 29 January 2023 -
Location:
Touring Gallery A -
Curator:
Felicity Milburn -
Exhibition number:
1135
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Welcome to the summer 2022/23 issue of Bulletin. Since our last magazine was published I’ve been enjoying the view from my office window, which takes in a new installation that fills the high void above the Gallery’s reception desk. Tīkawe is the first work the Mata Aho Collective have created with harakeke, braiding 530 metres over several months. An exceptionally beautiful addition to our foyer, it’s lovely to watch the shadows Tīkawe casts move and morph as the spring sun tracks across the sky. My thanks to the W. A. Sutton Trust for funding this new commission and addition to the Gallery’s collection.
Article
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This new piece of writing was commissioned to accompany Turumeke Harrington: Tātou tātou, nau mai rā, which is on display from 17 December 2022 until 29 January 2023.
Director's Foreword
Director's Foreword
Welcome to B.207, the autumn edition of Bulletin. Like the rest of the country, the Gallery has been operating under the Government’s Red traffic light setting since late January. It has to be said that art galleries are, in general, pretty good places in which to practice social distancing. However, while we remain open and welcoming visitors, the recent surge in the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is affecting our ability to schedule our programme. Our team are working hard to continue bringing you a range of exhibitions, events and activities, but as we are all finding throughout so many areas of our lives right now, planning (in the short, medium and even long term) remains tricky. It’s an evolving situation and, reflecting this uncertainty, I encourage you to keep an eye on our social media channels and website for updates.
Interview
Hard and Slippery – HAHAHA (Wait, is that the title?)
Kommi: This is a courteous introductory message to the two of ya’ll and regarding the collab comms between Turumeke and I, and the editing of it by Kirsty, along with additional notes/commentary as like a third voice freaky irirangi concept (but in written/electronic messaging/note adding stuff form),* all towards the art concept workings and discussions in conversations leading to the finished arts ’n’ stuff resulting in a publication of our ponderings and explorations within te ao buzzy buzzy art stuff that we gonna do. I hope my whakamārama there was nice ’n’ clear.
Tui/Turumeke this is Kirsty. Kirsty, this is Tui/Turumeke.
Turumeke: Kia ora! Great articulation Kom!
Kirsty: Wait? Have we started? Was that a test? Hahaha
Kommi: I do not know.