by Jennifer Laracy | Jan 27, 2019 | Handshake4, Jennifer Laracy
Te Ao Huri Huri was a dynamic and unusually lively show considering it was held in a Crypt which is still the final resting place to 557 people. Although there were parts of the crypt that were extremely eerie After some ceremony and blessings and time spent together...
by Sandra Schmid | Jan 23, 2019 | Handshake4, Sandra Schmid
‘Caught in the Web’ 2018 Evaluation – my personal HS4 program experience and outcome The definition of ‘evaluation’ according to the Online Dictionary: the making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment. This leads...
by Vivien Atkinson | Jan 22, 2019 | Handshake4, Vivien Atkinson
Blog 27, January 20th, 2019 This iteration of the HandShake project has finished and it time to think back over the past two years and what my involvement has meant. Personally the project has stimulated an added impetus to make, a renewed energy and long hours...
by Vivien Atkinson | Jan 21, 2019 | Handshake4, Vivien Atkinson
Blog 26 August 4th 2018 When did “home” become embedded in human consciousness? Is our sense of home instinctive? Are we denning animals or nest builders, or are we, at root, nomadic? For much of the earliest history of our species, home may have been nothing more...
by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna | Jan 19, 2019 | Handshake4, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
After busy weeks of online skype meetings with the team, chatting with my mentor, balancing my art practice with my home life work commitments I am finally in Auckland and getting ready for what is going to be our final public Handshake4 exhibition. I am fulled with...
by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna | Jan 19, 2019 | Handshake4, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
Reflecting on my experimenting, research and artistic practice for our Polarities exhibition I think that my artist statement best sums up some of the thoughts that are emerging and reasons to why I have chosen to undertake exploring this body of work with Kaka...
by Keri-Mei Zagrobelna | Jan 17, 2019 | Handshake4, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna
I am Naked in front of a room full of strangers left alone @ night the Ruru comforts me whispering old laments from my ancestors Through the pained glass I seeing RISING… Hine Pae Kura She Spreads and Spits Sweet dew drops across the thighs and breast of...
by Kim Whalen | Jan 14, 2019 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
special thank you to Misma Anaru on 35mm film wearing three of my neck pieces created during Handhskake4. Kim Whalen. Wha neck-piece, harakeke and proteaceae, 2018. Kim Whalen. Kaimohu neck-piece, harakeke and proteaceae, 2018. Kim Whalen. Takahurihuri...
by Kim Whalen | Jan 13, 2019 | Handshake4, Kim Whalen
Reflecting upon the last two years, and the Handshake4 project. An invaluable unforgettable experience. Going into this I really had no idea what I was getting into except that it was a huge full-time commitment on my end. And boy was it just that. Would I recommend...
