Mata Aho at 23rd Biennale of Sydney, rīvus, 2022. Photo: Document Photography.

Writing

On Wet Ontologies, Fluid Hierarchies and Hope-Soaked Propositions at the 23rd Biennale of Sydney

By Emma O'Neill

26.08.2022

This year’s Biennale of Sydney, titled rīvus, included the work of Aotearoa-based artists Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi and Mata Aho Collective. Emma O’Neill, a writer working on Gadigal Land, responds to the exhibition and some of the work presented by the 89 participants invited to interact with different forms and bodies of water.

Natasha Wright in the studio. Image courtesy of .M Contemporary

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Natasha Wright, Because the Night

09 August —
23 August 2022

.M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia

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Fiona Connor, Behind the door

13 August —
01 October 2022

Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia

Mata Aho Collective, He Toka Tū Moana: She’s a Rock, 2022. Courtesy the artists.

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Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi and Mata Aho Collective at the 23rd Biennale of Sydney

12 March —
13 June 2022

Sydney, Australia

Writing

“Don’t Learn Anything More!”

By Connie Brown

26.10.2021

Writer Connie Brown pays a visit to Virginia Leonard’s studio, encountering the artist’s “fugly” ceramics and talking with her about recent and upcoming international exhibitions, her process into ceramic-making and the resistance her work offers to traditional notions of wellness, pain and the body.

Writing

The Near Side

By Jon Bywater

13.05.2020

The 22nd Biennale of Sydney opened on 14 March 2020 and unfortunately had to close its doors only nine days later due to Covid-19. Prior to its closing, writer Jon Bywater managed to visit NIRIN, looking in particular at participating artists from Aotearoa including Emily Karaka, Elisapeta Heta & John Miller, Lisa Reihana, Kulimoe’anga ‘Stone’ Maka, and FAFSWAG.