Opening at Enjoy: Mickey Smith 'Harboured'

Harboured opens at Enjoy, Thursday February 5, 5:30pm

Harboured
Mickey Smith
5 – 28 February, 2015
Opening 5.30pm, 5 February

Harboured is a real time exchange between the Port of Duluth and the Port of Auckland – respectively the artist’s hometown and the city in which the artist is establishing a new life. A personal narrative interweaves with issues of contemporary immigration – finding comfort in familiarity, navigating vast physical and emotional distances, integrating into a new society.

For the artist (the daughter of a merchant marine), visual and emotional connections to New Zealand have been made through the shipping industry, a constant and beloved presence in her childhood. In Harbouredphotographs, presented as large-scale textiles, come together with live video feed to negotiate these distances between father and daughter, Duluth and Auckland.

Our 2015 Summer Residency is in full swing
Between Wind and Water
Ema Tavola (curator), Tanu Gago, Leilani Kake, Luisa Tora
We have two events remaining in our public programme, and if you haven't seen the show yet make sure you pop in before it closes onSaturday, January 31.

Artist Talk: Tanu Gago
Thursday 22 January, 5.30pm
Exhibiting artist, Tanu Gago discuss the themes and inspiration for his new exploratory video work, The Sound of the Ocean.
BWAW Futures Forum
Saturday 24 January, 2pm
What does an ideal future look like for Pacific people in Aotearoa and Oceania? A series of quick-fire utopian dream talks from diverse Pacific perspectives, including Dr Teresia Teaiwa, Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann, Faith Wilson and more!

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