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The HUM calendar features exhibitions & events by New Zealand arts practitioners working or living abroad.
Sriwhana Spong: Ida-Ida at Spike Island
Spike Island, Bristol, U.K.
06 April —
16 June 2019
Spike Island presents Sriwhana Spong’s largest exhibition to date outside of her native New Zealand. The exhibition includes a series of sculptures based on the traditional Balinese gamelan and a new film, shot in and around the artist’s ancestral home in Bali, Indonesia.
Her new film, titled The painter-tailor (2019), constructs a family portrait from 16mm film and HD video footage collected by the artist, her relatives, and the family dog. The hook to which the film repeatedly returns is an untitled painting by Spong’s grandfather, I Gusti Made Rundu (1918–1993). This painting, the intimate surroundings of the family compound, and her father’s memories weave a net in which fragments relating to the effects of colonisation, invasion, and tourism on image-making in Bali gather. Alongside the film, Spike Island presents a series of sculptures that form part of Spong’s ongoing project (initiated in 2016), an evolving personal orchestra based on the Balinese gamelan (a traditional ensemble music made up mainly of percussion instruments).
Spike Island presents Sriwhana Spong’s largest exhibition to date outside of her native New Zealand. The exhibition includes a series of sculptures based on the traditional Balinese gamelan and a new film, shot in and around the artist’s ancestral home in Bali, Indonesia.
Her new film, titled The painter-tailor (2019), constructs a family portrait from 16mm film and HD video footage collected by the artist, her relatives, and the family dog. The hook to which the film repeatedly returns is an untitled painting by Spong’s grandfather, I Gusti Made Rundu (1918–1993). This painting, the intimate surroundings of the family compound, and her father’s memories weave a net in which fragments relating to the effects of colonisation, invasion, and tourism on image-making in Bali gather. Alongside the film, Spike Island presents a series of sculptures that form part of Spong’s ongoing project (initiated in 2016), an evolving personal orchestra based on the Balinese gamelan (a traditional ensemble music made up mainly of percussion instruments).
Wara Bullôt in International Photography Exhibition 161
Various venues, U.K./Ireland
07 February —
27 October 2019
Royal Photographic Society House, Bristol, U.K. : 07.02.2019 — 24.03.2019
Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham : 30.03.2019 — 12.05.2019
Royal Albert Hall, London : 22.05.2019 — 23.06.2019
Municipal Gallery, Dublin : 05.07.2019 — 04.09.2019
HIP Festival, Hull : 04.10.2019 — 27.10.2019
Now in its 161st edition, the IPE is a celebration of photography today offering insight into current trends and subjects whilst providing a platform for the photographers of tomorrow.
Presenting 100 beautiful, striking and accomplished images by 54 contemporary photographers including New Zealand artist Wara Bullôt, the IPE 161 will tour the UK and Ireland through 2019.
The International Photography Exhibition (formerly the International Print Exhibition) is steeped in history, having been held almost every year since 1854 - the year after The Society was founded. In the early years, the exhibition included work from some of the world's most eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Edward Steichen and others.
Royal Photographic Society House, Bristol, U.K. : 07.02.2019 — 24.03.2019
Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham : 30.03.2019 — 12.05.2019
Royal Albert Hall, London : 22.05.2019 — 23.06.2019
Municipal Gallery, Dublin : 05.07.2019 — 04.09.2019
HIP Festival, Hull : 04.10.2019 — 27.10.2019
Now in its 161st edition, the IPE is a celebration of photography today offering insight into current trends and subjects whilst providing a platform for the photographers of tomorrow.
Presenting 100 beautiful, striking and accomplished images by 54 contemporary photographers including New Zealand artist Wara Bullôt, the IPE 161 will tour the UK and Ireland through 2019.
The International Photography Exhibition (formerly the International Print Exhibition) is steeped in history, having been held almost every year since 1854 - the year after The Society was founded. In the early years, the exhibition included work from some of the world's most eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Edward Steichen and others.