Crossing Currents: Aotearoa New Zealand Artists in Venice

• Sandy Adsett at the 60th Venice Biennale

  Contemporary HUM speaks with Aotearoa New Zealand artist Sandy Adsett (Ngāti Pahauwera), a pioneer in the customary artform of kōwhaiwhai and an active figure in the emergence and presentation of contemporary Māori art on the national and international scenes. In the episode, he discusses his work Waipuna (1978), featured in the 60th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, his early work as an Arts Specialist appointed by the Ministry of Education to introduce Māori art in the school curriculum, and the question of the uses and future of Māori representation at events such as the Biennale.Visit Contemporary HUM for an edited transcript of this episode published with images from Venice: https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/crossing-currents-episode-8/This series is produced with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, with editing and mixing by Hamish Petersen. Cultural advisory is provided by Matariki Williams, graphic design by Emma Kaniuk, and music by João Veríssimo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Robert Jahnke in Personal Structures

  Robert Jahnke (Ngāi Taharora, Te Whānau a Iritekura, Te Whānau a Rakairo o Ngāti Porou) speaks to Contemporary HUM about his work Te Wepu MMXXIII, which is featured in the 7th edition of Personal Structures in Venice. Jahnke discusses the source of the symbols featured in Te Wepu MMXXIII, which were derived from the battle flag of the 19th-century Māori prophet Te Kooti. In this layered and historically ranging conversation, Jahnke highlights a formal whakapapa (genealogy) between Te Kooti, who was not only a religious visionary but an artistic innovator in his own right, and contemporary uses of the symbols, including by the late sculptor and painter Paratene Matchitt.Visit Contemporary HUM for an edited transcript published with images from Venice: https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/crossing-currents-episode-7/This series is produced with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, with editing and mixing by Hamish Petersen. Cultural advisory is provided by Matariki Williams, graphic design by Emma Kaniuk, and music by João Veríssimo. New episodes are released on Saturdays starting 22 June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Mataaho Collective at the 60th Venice Biennale

  Contemporary HUM speaks with Mataaho Collective on the occasion of an historic edition of the Venice Biennale for Aotearoa New Zealand, where the Collective took home one of the Biennale’s top prizes, the Golden Lion, for their work Takapau. Mataaho Collective discuss the logistics of transforming Takapau for the Biennale, as well as working within a continuum of contemporary Māori art practice that also situates them alongside the intergenerational contingent of Māori artists presenting at this year’s Biennale. HUM also speaks with artist, writer and researcher Rychèl Thérin.Visit Contemporary HUM for an edited transcript of this episode, published with images from Venice: https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/crossing-currents-episode-6/This series is produced with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, with editing and mixing by Hamish Petersen. Cultural advisory is provided by Matariki Williams, graphic design by Emma Kaniuk, and music by João Veríssimo. New episodes are released on Saturdays starting 22 June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Fred Graham at the 60th Venice Biennale

  Contemporary HUM speaks to esteemed Māori sculptor Fred Graham, a pioneering figure in the history and emergence of contemporary Māori art. Reflecting on his practice of over 70 years, Graham discusses the influence of his teaching and the importance of friends and family, as well as the experience of exhibiting alongside his son, Brett Graham, in the 60th Venice Biennale.Visit Contemporary HUM for an edited transcript of this episode, published with images from Venice: https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/crossing-currents-episode-5/Contemporary HUM is a hub for Aotearoa arts abroad. We champion the international projects of New Zealand creative practitioners through publishing, events and partnerships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta in Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania

  Architect, artist and mother Elisapeta Hinemoa Heta speaks to Contemporary HUM about her presentation The Body of Wainuiātea, which is featured alongside work by Latai Taumoepeau in Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania, an exhibition curated by Taloi Havini at TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space in Venice. She discusses the influence of the Māori pūrākau (mythological tradition) of the atua (deity) Wainuiātea, the need to re-establish a sacred relationship to the ocean and the conversations that guided the creation of the work, including with Havini and Taumoepeau.Visit Contemporary HUM to read an edited transcript of this episode, published alongside images from Venice: https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/crossing-currents-episode-4/New episodes of Crossing Currents: Aotearoa New Zealand Artists in Venice are released every Saturday from 22 June 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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