Calendar
Calendar
The HUM calendar features exhibitions & events by New Zealand arts practitioners working or living abroad.
Kate Newby, Gravity Model
Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
27 January —
02 March 2024
The group exhibition, Gravity Model, acts as a platform to unravel the complexities of transition, capturing the essence of change and evolution in our lives. Through the lens of each artist, movement is not just a physical consideration but a manifestation of emotional and psychological shifts. The exploration of the landscape goes beyond the mere visual representation, delving into the emotional connection between individuals and their surroundings. Feelings and memories become tangible entities, with each artwork imbued with nostalgia and experience that illustrate a story of human emotion and recollection.
Gravity Model is an opportunity to step into a world where the complexities of being human are laid bare, provoking contemplation and inviting connection through shared experiences.
The group exhibition, Gravity Model, acts as a platform to unravel the complexities of transition, capturing the essence of change and evolution in our lives. Through the lens of each artist, movement is not just a physical consideration but a manifestation of emotional and psychological shifts. The exploration of the landscape goes beyond the mere visual representation, delving into the emotional connection between individuals and their surroundings. Feelings and memories become tangible entities, with each artwork imbued with nostalgia and experience that illustrate a story of human emotion and recollection.
Gravity Model is an opportunity to step into a world where the complexities of being human are laid bare, provoking contemplation and inviting connection through shared experiences.
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada and online
17 October —
29 October 2023
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the world’s largest Indigenous festival showcasing film, video, audio, and digital and interactive media made by Indigenous creators. The festival presents compelling and distinctive works from Canada and around the globe, reflecting the diversity of Indigenous Nations and illustrating the vitality and dynamism of Indigenous arts, perspectives, and cultures in contemporary media.
This year's edition takes place 17—22 October 2023 in Toronto, and 23—29 October 2023 online. Over 70 short films are featured at imagineNATIVE this festival, including from Aotearoa: No Māori Allowed directed by Corinna Hunziker; Red, White & Brass directed by Damon Fepulea'i; The Untold Tales of Tūteremoana directed by Hiona Henare; Whirlflow directed by Kathleen Mantel; Fast Eddie directed by Keely Meechan; Brolesque directed by Libby Hakaraia; Inky Pinky Ponky directed by Ramon Te Wake and Damon Fepulea'i; He Karu He Taringa directed by Tahuaroa Ohia; Muru directed by Tearepa Kahi; He Pounamu Ko Āu directed by Tia Barrett; and Plastic – A love letter to the estranged directed by Va’a Magalogo.
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the world’s largest Indigenous festival showcasing film, video, audio, and digital and interactive media made by Indigenous creators. The festival presents compelling and distinctive works from Canada and around the globe, reflecting the diversity of Indigenous Nations and illustrating the vitality and dynamism of Indigenous arts, perspectives, and cultures in contemporary media.
This year's edition takes place 17—22 October 2023 in Toronto, and 23—29 October 2023 online. Over 70 short films are featured at imagineNATIVE this festival, including from Aotearoa: No Māori Allowed directed by Corinna Hunziker; Red, White & Brass directed by Damon Fepulea'i; The Untold Tales of Tūteremoana directed by Hiona Henare; Whirlflow directed by Kathleen Mantel; Fast Eddie directed by Keely Meechan; Brolesque directed by Libby Hakaraia; Inky Pinky Ponky directed by Ramon Te Wake and Damon Fepulea'i; He Karu He Taringa directed by Tahuaroa Ohia; Muru directed by Tearepa Kahi; He Pounamu Ko Āu directed by Tia Barrett; and Plastic – A love letter to the estranged directed by Va’a Magalogo.
FAFSWAG Arts Collective, Alteration
Trinity Square Video, Toronto, Canada
14 October —
25 November 2023
Meeting at the intersections of cultural archival practices, digital technology and queer Indigenous storytelling, Alteration presents a series of inter-textual lenses on the pluralities of Queer Indigenous Identity. This body of work redefines its own grand cultural ambitions and aspirations: to be more than just the recipients of colonial violence and historical trauma. Compiled over ten years of significant artistic output, the FAFSWAG Arts Collective presents a mixed media archival exhibition of significant works from the artists created between 2013—2023. Alteration seeks out a vision of queer Indigenous futurism that dares to be abundant and visionary.
Co-presented by the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Alteration features work by Māhia Dean, Falencie Filipo, Tanu Gago, Nahora Ioane, Tapuaki Helu, Hōhua Ropate Kurene, Moe Laga, Tim Swann, Pati Tyrell, Jaimie Waititi and Elyssia Wilson-Heti. Opening reception and perfromances by Pati Tyrell, Jaimie Waititi and Nahora Ioane are held on 14 October, 5—7pm.
Meeting at the intersections of cultural archival practices, digital technology and queer Indigenous storytelling, Alteration presents a series of inter-textual lenses on the pluralities of Queer Indigenous Identity. This body of work redefines its own grand cultural ambitions and aspirations: to be more than just the recipients of colonial violence and historical trauma. Compiled over ten years of significant artistic output, the FAFSWAG Arts Collective presents a mixed media archival exhibition of significant works from the artists created between 2013—2023. Alteration seeks out a vision of queer Indigenous futurism that dares to be abundant and visionary.
Co-presented by the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Alteration features work by Māhia Dean, Falencie Filipo, Tanu Gago, Nahora Ioane, Tapuaki Helu, Hōhua Ropate Kurene, Moe Laga, Tim Swann, Pati Tyrell, Jaimie Waititi and Elyssia Wilson-Heti. Opening reception and perfromances by Pati Tyrell, Jaimie Waititi and Nahora Ioane are held on 14 October, 5—7pm.
Hamish Bennett, Lee Tamahori, Paul Middleditch and Sonia Whiteman at Toronto International Film Festival
Scotiabank Theatre and TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada
07 September —
17 September 2023
This year's edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) features the world premiere of Lee Tamahori's action-filled historical epic The Convert. A fresh take on the British colonial experience, The Convert stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the centre of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes. It also features actress Tioreore Ngatai Melbourne (Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tūhoe). Screening dates: 08, 09, 11 and 16 September 2023.
Also premiering at this year's event is Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett's Uproar, a witty and wise story about a young student trying to find his place among New Zealand’s fight for its national identity in the ’80s. Uproar is co-written by Sonia Whiteman and stars Julian Dennison (Ngāti Hauā). Screening dates: 07, 11, 12, 15 and 17 September 2023.
This year's edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) features the world premiere of Lee Tamahori's action-filled historical epic The Convert. A fresh take on the British colonial experience, The Convert stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the centre of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes. It also features actress Tioreore Ngatai Melbourne (Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tūhoe). Screening dates: 08, 09, 11 and 16 September 2023.
Also premiering at this year's event is Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett's Uproar, a witty and wise story about a young student trying to find his place among New Zealand’s fight for its national identity in the ’80s. Uproar is co-written by Sonia Whiteman and stars Julian Dennison (Ngāti Hauā). Screening dates: 07, 11, 12, 15 and 17 September 2023.
Kate Newby, Respiration
Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
21 July —
02 September 2023
COOPER COLE presents Respiration, a group exhibition that brings together a diverse collection of paintings and sculptures from Marvin Luvualu António, Georgia Dickie, Kate Newby and Paul P. This exhibition aims to stimulate contemplation about our existence, navigating the intricate web of familiar and futuristic emotions associated with urban dystopia.
Against the backdrop of current ecological events, degrading infrastructure, and sociological strife, Respiration, serves as a poignant reflection on the human experience within our contemporary metropolises. Through the interplay of materials and form, the pairing of paintings and sculptural works in this exhibition provoke introspection and invite viewers to explore enigmatic feelings of isolation and inefficacy, as well as the fragile nature of our natural and urban surroundings.
COOPER COLE presents Respiration, a group exhibition that brings together a diverse collection of paintings and sculptures from Marvin Luvualu António, Georgia Dickie, Kate Newby and Paul P. This exhibition aims to stimulate contemplation about our existence, navigating the intricate web of familiar and futuristic emotions associated with urban dystopia.
Against the backdrop of current ecological events, degrading infrastructure, and sociological strife, Respiration, serves as a poignant reflection on the human experience within our contemporary metropolises. Through the interplay of materials and form, the pairing of paintings and sculptural works in this exhibition provoke introspection and invite viewers to explore enigmatic feelings of isolation and inefficacy, as well as the fragile nature of our natural and urban surroundings.
Kaaterina Kerekere, Kereama Taepa and Johnson Witehira at Nuit Blanche
various locations, Toronto, Canada
01 October 2022
For one night only, 150 artists animate Etobicoke, downtown Toronto, North York, for Nuit Blanche, the city’s all-night celebration of contemporary art. Led by inaugural Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam, this year’s curatorial theme, The Space Between Us, invites artists to transform the city by creatively sharing stories about their connection to place while bridging cultures and connecting with communities and the environment. Aotearoa artists Kaaterina Kerekere, Kereama Taepa and Johnson Witehira present VR works at the event.
For one night only, 150 artists animate Etobicoke, downtown Toronto, North York, for Nuit Blanche, the city’s all-night celebration of contemporary art. Led by inaugural Artistic Director Dr. Julie Nagam, this year’s curatorial theme, The Space Between Us, invites artists to transform the city by creatively sharing stories about their connection to place while bridging cultures and connecting with communities and the environment. Aotearoa artists Kaaterina Kerekere, Kereama Taepa and Johnson Witehira present VR works at the event.
Raewyn Turner and Brian Harris, Sensoria. The Art and Science of our Senses
LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland and York University, Toronto, Canada
16 September —
30 October 2022
Sensoria: The Art and Science of Our Senses is a multi-site exhibition and hybrid symposium that bridges LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) in Gdansk, Poland and Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology at York University in Toronto, Canada. Held simultaneously in both locations, the exhibition and symposium engage multi-sensory research that revitalises our sensory connections to our surroundings, through and despite technological tools, networks and latencies.
Sensoria is co-curated by distinguished curator Nina Czegledy and Sensorium director Joel Ong, with the support of assistant curators Eva Lu and Cleo Sallis-Parchet. The project explores the intersection of art, science and the senses, bringing together an international network of artists: Guy van Belle, Roberta Buiani, Lorella Di Cintio, Grace Grothaus, Kavi, Hrysovalanti Maheras, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Gayil Nalls, Michael Palumbo, Michaela Pnacekova, Raewyn Turner and Brian Harris.
Sensoria: The Art and Science of Our Senses is a multi-site exhibition and hybrid symposium that bridges LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) in Gdansk, Poland and Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology at York University in Toronto, Canada. Held simultaneously in both locations, the exhibition and symposium engage multi-sensory research that revitalises our sensory connections to our surroundings, through and despite technological tools, networks and latencies.
Sensoria is co-curated by distinguished curator Nina Czegledy and Sensorium director Joel Ong, with the support of assistant curators Eva Lu and Cleo Sallis-Parchet. The project explores the intersection of art, science and the senses, bringing together an international network of artists: Guy van Belle, Roberta Buiani, Lorella Di Cintio, Grace Grothaus, Kavi, Hrysovalanti Maheras, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Gayil Nalls, Michael Palumbo, Michaela Pnacekova, Raewyn Turner and Brian Harris.
Mata Aho Collective at the Toronto Biennial of Art
Arsenal Contemporary Art Toronto, Canada
26 March —
05 June 2022
What Water Knows, The Land Remembers draws from polyphonic histories sedimented in and around Toronto, revealing entangled narratives and ecologies across time and space. This second edition of a two-part biennial extends and deepens concepts of relationality, envisioning an expansive form of kinship—between curators, with artists and collaborators, and with the human and more-than-human. Exhibition and programming sites for the 2022 Biennial move inland from the shoreline, following the tributaries, above ground and hidden, which shape this place. Biennial sites are grouped in relation to these seen and buried waterways, and follow the trajectories of Etobicoke Creek, the Laurentian Channel, Garrison Creek, and Taddle Creek.
What Water Knows, The Land Remembers draws from polyphonic histories sedimented in and around Toronto, revealing entangled narratives and ecologies across time and space. This second edition of a two-part biennial extends and deepens concepts of relationality, envisioning an expansive form of kinship—between curators, with artists and collaborators, and with the human and more-than-human. Exhibition and programming sites for the 2022 Biennial move inland from the shoreline, following the tributaries, above ground and hidden, which shape this place. Biennial sites are grouped in relation to these seen and buried waterways, and follow the trajectories of Etobicoke Creek, the Laurentian Channel, Garrison Creek, and Taddle Creek.
Kate Newby: Nothing in my life feels big enough
Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
12 September —
19 October 2019
Cooper Cole is pleased to present Kate Newby’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.
This Is How We Do (A Never-Ending Text, For Kate’s Exhibition, Starting Today, Thursday, Added To, Maybe Tomorrow, Or More Like The Day After)
All of these lines bring softness, not lines like any others we march to, wait for, complain about:
bus lines,
border lines,
hair lines,
time lines. (...)
Cooper Cole is pleased to present Kate Newby’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.
This Is How We Do (A Never-Ending Text, For Kate’s Exhibition, Starting Today, Thursday, Added To, Maybe Tomorrow, Or More Like The Day After)
All of these lines bring softness, not lines like any others we march to, wait for, complain about:
bus lines,
border lines,
hair lines,
time lines. (...)
Kate Newby at Susan Hobbs
Susan Hobbs, Toronto, Canada
05 September —
12 October 2019
Eighty-eight years ago, Marcel Duchamp coined the term mobile for the hanging artworks of Alexander Calder. The word implied movement but was also a pun: ‘mobile’ in French means motive.
Motion & Motive commits fully to the ceiling for support. The architecture of Susan Hobbs Gallery has always called out for artworks that engage the soaring height. The mobiles in Motion and Motive compel the viewer to look up and wait for movement.
Eighty-eight years ago, Marcel Duchamp coined the term mobile for the hanging artworks of Alexander Calder. The word implied movement but was also a pun: ‘mobile’ in French means motive.
Motion & Motive commits fully to the ceiling for support. The architecture of Susan Hobbs Gallery has always called out for artworks that engage the soaring height. The mobiles in Motion and Motive compel the viewer to look up and wait for movement.