Calendar
Calendar
The HUM calendar features exhibitions & events by New Zealand arts practitioners working or living abroad.
FAFSWAG at Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
8.00PM — 10.00PM
27 September 2018
The September edition of the Prospective Cinema program explores the multi-faceted ideas and expressions of queer identity by presenting seven videos made by international artists. The event brings together artists from different regions and backgrounds, including the LGBT Pacific collective FAFSWAG from New Zealand, the Watermelon Sisters artist duo formed by Ming Wong (Singapore) and Yu Cheng-Ta (Taiwan), and American artist based in Belin Wu Tsang. Together, these works examine the complex notions of cultural, political and social movements, through a queer prism.
The September edition of the Prospective Cinema program explores the multi-faceted ideas and expressions of queer identity by presenting seven videos made by international artists. The event brings together artists from different regions and backgrounds, including the LGBT Pacific collective FAFSWAG from New Zealand, the Watermelon Sisters artist duo formed by Ming Wong (Singapore) and Yu Cheng-Ta (Taiwan), and American artist based in Belin Wu Tsang. Together, these works examine the complex notions of cultural, political and social movements, through a queer prism.
George Nuku in Design Festival D'Days
Le Festival du Design, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
02 May —
14 May 2017
In 2016, George Nuku collaborated with the Italian design company Kartell while on residency at Mudec in Milan, Italy. Using traditional Maori forms and carving techniques, Nuku transformed the furniture made of transparent plastic material, creating a process where "techniques of Maori sculpture and Italian art mingle to give birth to a new interpretation of Kartell furniture."
The Design Festival D'Days took place across different venues in Paris, including the prestigious Musée des Arts Décoratifs, within the Louvre museum complex, where several innovative design projects were showcased.
In 2016, George Nuku collaborated with the Italian design company Kartell while on residency at Mudec in Milan, Italy. Using traditional Maori forms and carving techniques, Nuku transformed the furniture made of transparent plastic material, creating a process where "techniques of Maori sculpture and Italian art mingle to give birth to a new interpretation of Kartell furniture."
The Design Festival D'Days took place across different venues in Paris, including the prestigious Musée des Arts Décoratifs, within the Louvre museum complex, where several innovative design projects were showcased.
Fiona Connor at Paris Internationale 2016
1301PE gallery at Paris Internationale, France
19 October —
23 October 2016
Fiona Connor was the singular New Zealand representation we could spot at Paris Internationale, the hip alternative and running parallel to FIAC. The work Gilded Newspaper (July 11, 2016) was exhibited by her dealer gallery 1301PE, based in her hometown of Los Angeles.
Fiona Connor was the singular New Zealand representation we could spot at Paris Internationale, the hip alternative and running parallel to FIAC. The work Gilded Newspaper (July 11, 2016) was exhibited by her dealer gallery 1301PE, based in her hometown of Los Angeles.
FIAC 2016
Grand Palais, Paris, France
18 October —
23 October 2016
FIAC is one of the world's most important contemporary art fairs. It is directed by Jennifer Flay who left New Zealand in 1980 and has worked in the French art gallery sector since. We spotted a work by Simon Denny who was represented by his hometown dealer gallery Buchholz, Berlin. We hope to see New Zealand galleries there in the future!
FIAC is one of the world's most important contemporary art fairs. It is directed by Jennifer Flay who left New Zealand in 1980 and has worked in the French art gallery sector since. We spotted a work by Simon Denny who was represented by his hometown dealer gallery Buchholz, Berlin. We hope to see New Zealand galleries there in the future!
Hannah O'Neill performs at Nuit Blanche
Ile aux cygnes, Paris, France
6.30PM — 10.00PM
01 October 2016
Ballet dancer for the prestigious Opéra de Paris, O'Neill performed in a collaborative show as part of the French capital's annual one-night festival, Nuit Blanche. The performance Pas de Choeur, brought a group of brave ballet dancers to the tip of Île aux cygnes, an island on the river Seine, for an endless circuit of choreographic interpretations with their hands and bodies.
Ballet dancer for the prestigious Opéra de Paris, O'Neill performed in a collaborative show as part of the French capital's annual one-night festival, Nuit Blanche. The performance Pas de Choeur, brought a group of brave ballet dancers to the tip of Île aux cygnes, an island on the river Seine, for an endless circuit of choreographic interpretations with their hands and bodies.
Anywhere But Here: co-curated by Vera Mey
Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris, France
14 September —
05 November 2016
The exhibition brings together artworks that seek out some circulations of objects, figures or gestures in relation to Cambodia, and more broadly within the geopolitical context of Southeast Asia. Vera Mey is a New Zealand curator currently based in London.
The exhibition brings together artworks that seek out some circulations of objects, figures or gestures in relation to Cambodia, and more broadly within the geopolitical context of Southeast Asia. Vera Mey is a New Zealand curator currently based in London.
Francis Upritchard at Art Concept
Art Concept, Paris, France
09 January —
06 February 2016
The question of identity and cultural representations is at the heart of the respective approaches of the three expatriate artists in this exhibition, including London-based Francis Upritchard. The space seems transformed into a strange ethnographic museum where small-scale models and replicas trace the evolution of different civilizations in human history. Cultures from other places and other times are summoned in this collective exhibition. By bringing their personal mythologies with them, the three artists all contribute to highlight the mechanisms of the development of our representations of otherness and foreignness.
The question of identity and cultural representations is at the heart of the respective approaches of the three expatriate artists in this exhibition, including London-based Francis Upritchard. The space seems transformed into a strange ethnographic museum where small-scale models and replicas trace the evolution of different civilizations in human history. Cultures from other places and other times are summoned in this collective exhibition. By bringing their personal mythologies with them, the three artists all contribute to highlight the mechanisms of the development of our representations of otherness and foreignness.