sync, line & hooker by kī anthony is a long-form essay exploring the intersection between sex work and tech culture, and our fourth Epigraph publication for 2020. This project was made possible with the support of Mātātuhi Foundation…
Asian New Zealand Art & Culture
From LIMINAL
7 drifts on the possibilities of shared spaces
XIN CHENG | Walking is slow compared to riding a bike, sitting in a car or catching the train. The slowness allows me to notice and be free to stop and see more whenever I like. While I do walk to get somewhere, I often leave extra time so it could be more of a drift: the pleasures of being lost in unexpected places…
안녕하세요, 센베노 그리고 하이! 두 번째 이야기_랜드 아트 몽골리아 360º
2018년 7월 30일 오전 10시가 막 넘어가는 시각, 버스 안에서는 파티가 시작되었다. 마치 영화 속에서 나 보았던 옛날 어른들의 관광버스 파티를 연상케 했다. 술잔이 돌아가고, 끝없는 수다가 이어지며 버스 안은 점점 흥이 나기 시작했다. 몇몇 작가들은 벌써 조금 취한듯했다. 술 파티를 시작하기엔 조금은 이른 시간이었지만, 아직은 낯선 분위기를 편하게 해주기에는 이보다 좋은 방법은 없을 것이다.…
Annyeonghaseyo, Sain Bien Uu and Hi! Part 2: Land Art Mongolia 360º
SENA PARK | In Part 2 of this series, artist Sena Park continues her residency in Khentii for Land Art Mongolia 360º…
안녕하세요, 센베노 그리고 하이! 첫 번째 이야기: 몽골을 만나다.
KOREAN VERSION | Sena Park is a Paihia-based artist, whose sculptural works explores language through material relationships. Park was selected to take part in the 5th Land Art Mongolia 360 Biennial earlier this year, where she undertook a residency to develop new work. The 2018 edition, titled WHO ARE WE NOW?, and curated by Lewis Biggs…
Annyeonghaseyo, Sain Baina Uu and Hi! Part 1: Encountering Mongolia
Sena Park is a Paihia-based artist, whose sculptural works explores language through material relationships. Park was selected to take part in the 5th Land Art Mongolia 360o Biennial earlier this year, where she undertook a residency to develop new work. The 2018 edition, titled WHO ARE WE NOW?, and curated by Lewis Biggs, asks: how…
Orangutan ++ (halloween_special)
A short story by toru…
encountering everyday resourcefulness: a drifting assemblage
XIN CHENG | It was in Peter’s kitchen that my eyes opened. A spring day in 2006, I visited Peter in the Auckland suburbs to brew a plan of making Captain Cook’s Manuka Beer (the story was that they improvised with local ingredients after surviving a long journey from England). In his rented flat, beside the cooking stove, I saw vistas of alpine prairies…
In Conversation with Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan
AISHA JOHAN | Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan are a husband-and-wife team who emigrated from the Philippines to Australia in 2006. Their artworks often address themes of displacement, change, memory and community. Together they have exhibited at a number of international exhibitions including the 50th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia…
Yukari Kaihori: The emotional landscape
NATASHA MATILA-SMITH | Yukari Kaihori is a Japanese artist based in Whanganui-a-Tara who creates paintings which examine the intersections between physical and metaphysical landscapes, often employing chance mark-making that invites rich associations between nature and the psychological. Her current exhibition at Corban Estate Art Centre runs until 27 May 2018…
In Conversation with Louie Bretaña
AMY WENG | Louie Bretaña is a graduate of Elam School of Fine Arts and the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines. His work actively challenges Euro-western colonial histories through relational practices, encouraging a respectful engagement with culture via conversation and food…
tender surrender
XIN CHENG | In Desire Armed, Landstreicher proposed desire as a creative impulse to follow one’s own inclinations, independent from the spooks of society, in relation with the specific other people around oneself. I feel, an important distinction then, is to realise the situations where I can do something…