Final Days Of Restless In Auckland

Final Days Of Restless In Auckland

MIC Toi Rerehiko announces the final days of the highly successful exhibition RESTLESS - which opened the all new city gallery at level 1, 321 K’Rd on March 9. Curated by revered NZ artist Lisa Reihana, RESTLESS has attracted the attention of a large Auckland audience eager to experience the outstanding work of five leading Maori and Pacific Island artists and to view the new home of the seminal arts organization founded in 1993, recently renamed MIC Toi Rerehiko.

As this inaugural 6 week exhibition of striking video installations draws to an end, MIC Toi Rerehiko urges audiences who have not experienced RESTLESS to check out this collection of political, gritty and visually arresting works from artists Brett Graham, John Miller, Lonnie Hutchison, Parekohai Whakamoe and Junior Ikitule; before the exhibition closes on Saturday April 21.

Commemorating a new era in the fourteen year history of MIC Toi Rerehiko, RESTLESS is the first in a full year’s programme of exceptional exhibitions, events and collaborations which showcase international and New Zealand artists working across contemporary film, video, digital media, installation, music and live performance genres.

Opening on May 4 are two exhibitions which will again stimulate, challenge and inspire audiences. Gallery One features the work of one of Australia's foremost visual artists -
r e a, whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Her exhibition gins_leap / dubb_speak is a four-screen, nine cycle interactive digital video and sound installation in which the audience activates the work as they move through the installation.

Also opening on May 4, in Gallery 2 is Uncle Tasman: The Trembling Current that Scars the Earth showcasing the work of award winning NZ artist Natalie Robertson. This striking exhibition is a is a three-screen installation that unfolds a vivid tale of environmental destruction that according to Greenpeace, led to Kawerau becoming New Zealand’s most toxic waste dump. Born at the foot of Putauaki Maunga (mountain) and raised in Kawerau, Bay of Plenty, Natalie Robertson has exhibited extensively throughout Australasia and the Pacific and teaches

In addition to the gallery programme MIC Toi Rerehiko continues to nurture its established stable of popular events that include Homegrown (NZ short films premiered at the New Zealand Film Festival since 1995), Shortfuse (regular screenings of NZ short films since 1996), Interdigitate (screen and live performance event held annually and Pollywood (programme of Maori and Pacific Island short films toured annually since 2002).

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