As we tentatively move back toward one another and return our shared spaces, we are happy to announce our first Gallery Programme project:
TAU
(to find grounding)
by Auckland artist Te Ara Minhinnick
Kia ora tatōu katoa! As we come out of noho tāpui/lockdown and enter back into spaces outside of our immediate bubbles, questions have come to mind surrounding the methods of re-integration. Taking a direct response from our current circumstances here in Aotearoa, this project is underpinned by three questions: How might we act in place now? Inter-act with place now and then with each other?
These questions are explored through the framework of mātauranga māori, specifically from the standpoint of a Ngāti Te Ata wahine. Firstly, by giving acknowledgement to the whenua, the land, the ‘place’ laying under the Audio Foundation space where this show will be held. Secondly, for all proceedings within this space to be guided by the māramataka, the māori lunar calendar, in preparation towards Matariki, the Māori new year occurring this month (June).
This body of work titled TAU, will consist of a series of wānanga: a place of sitting together to find methods of engaging with and through each other again. All wānanga will be facilitated by Te Ara and shared over home cooked kai, food.
– Te Ara Minhinnick
Please contact Te Ara Minhinnick via email to register your interest for Wānanga nights – teara.mnhnnck@gmail.com
Info:
Whakatau / opening of space
Thursday 18 June, 5.30pm
Moon phase: (ORONGONUI)
Wānanga TUA TAHI | 1
Saturday 20 June, 5.30pm
Moon phase: (MUTUWHENUA)
Kaupapa:
The first wānanga will include a session of kōrero about the surrounding area. These kōrero and stories will guide the collective writing and composition of a waiata to be recorded later in the project.
Wānanga TUA RUA | 2
Monday 22 June, 5.30pm
Moon phase: (WHIRO / TIREA)
Kaupapa:
Tonight, we will be learning how to make fry bread together! Afterwards we can sit and share in kōrero sided with our frybread. Kai including boil up soup, sweeties will be provided as tautau – toppings. If you wish to, feel free to bring your own toppings along: jam, syrup, cream, cheese?
All ingredients and equipment will be provided, just bring your sanitised hands!
Wānanga TUA TORU | 3
Wednesday 24 June, 5.30pm
Moon phase: (OUENUKU)
Kaupapa:
Kono making, basket weaving! Tonight, while sitting together and sharing spaces our kaiako – teachers will guide us through the protocols of harvesting harakeke and the processes of making our own kono – basket.
Closing event
Friday 26 June, 5.30pm
Te Ara Minhinnick is currently studying a Master of Fine Arts at Whitecliffe College.
She is located in Waiuku, Aotearoa, where her Iwi of Ngati Te Ata resides. Drawing inspiration for her art making from her Ipukarea, her ancestral homeland and waterways within Waiuku. Te Ara embodies this through the mediums of wānanga, moving image, sound, and installation that is often site specific. Her work is guided with Matauranga Maori protocols. By doing so, Te Ara attempts to retrace, remember and then share “Hā”, the breath of fresh life, back into spaces once silenced.
Open: Thursday 18 – Friday 26 June
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12.00pm – 4.00pm (by appointment)
Closing event: Friday 26 June, 5.00pm (by appointment & with refreshments from Liberty Breweries)