by admin | Oct 24, 2020 | Exhibition, Handshake6, News
EXHIBITION: 31 Oct – 13 Nov, 2020. Te Auaha gallery, 65 Dixon St, Wellington (opening event Fr 30 Oct, 5:30 pm) SIGNING IN reflects the participants’ work as a group since the start of their mentorship and marks the halfway point of their two-year journey. Here...
by Fran Leitch | Oct 19, 2020 | Fran Leitch, Handshake6
Tent (September 2020). Hazel twigs, drum kit, cotton, wood. What did I actually do in September work wise…I moved out of my workspace which became a building site while we renovated and restored our old windows, the dust sheets became my two boys’ den for a while (and...
by Nikki Perry | Oct 11, 2020 | Handshake6, Nikki Perry
Again I am drawing a blank about what I’ve done in the last month and a half. Life has messed with me again. Interference at its best. We have just moved back into a Level 1 Covid restriction in Auckland which means we can virtually go about our every day lives with...
by Mia Straka | Oct 5, 2020 | Handshake6, Mia Straka, Sample
Since Wednesday 17 June I have been documenting my time with daily diagrams, so far I’ve drawn nearly 16 weeks: 110 days. Instigated in response to earlier conversations with Manon about weaving work that translates specific data, my pictographs include...
by Aphra Cheesman | Oct 1, 2020 | Aphra Cheesman, Handshake6
I recently came across this book which helped to bring together some of the ideas I’ve been thinking and reading about. It’s also helped me to set some parameters on what I am making as The Everyday is very broad and I got to a point a few months ago where I felt I...