by Fiona Frew | Oct 29, 2024 | Fiona Few, Handshake8, Sample
For me Labour Weekend, a New Zealand public holiday, has always been associated with celebrating my birthday and with miserable wet weather. But, it is an important weekend holiday that has more significance than merely time off work. Labour Day is actually a time to...
by admin | Oct 29, 2024 | Collaboration, Exhibition, Handshake8, News
MATERIALISE: HANDSHAKE 8 Pah Homestead, Auckland, Aotearoa NZ 8 November 2024 – 16 February 2025 Denise Callan, Fiona Frew, Fran Carter, Genie Lee, Grace Yu Piper, Lisa van Hulst, Louise Hill, Nellie Peoples, Rachel Chapman, Rose Pickernell, Tūī Diprose...
by Genie Lee | Oct 28, 2024 | Genie Lee
“Miss, do you have kids?” “No, you lot are enough trouble for me.” (my students giggle) When I left South Korea, one of the main reasons was: I don’t want my child to go through this. A high suicide rate, endless hours for study and work, compulsory military service,...
by Genie Lee | Oct 23, 2024 | Genie Lee, Handshake8
I called Mum in Korea to tell her I’m in trouble with a lot of deadlines, as usual. I didn’t tell her I might be homeless soon, or that I’m too broke to send her next month’s allowance, or that I’m on trial as a victim of a crime in this foreign country after 15 years...
by Lisa van Hulst | Oct 10, 2024 | Handshake8, Lisa van Hulst
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result” Unknown I felt that perhaps I had gone insane as I looked back through the piles of almost identical cyanotype prints I made in creating the work inheritance. The process was the...
by Fran Carter | Oct 2, 2024 | Fran Carter, Handshake8
Lately, I’ve found myself resonating with a line from Lou Reed’s Velvet Underground days: “Well, I’m beginning to see the light.” Though Reed’s words may have come from a different place entirely, the sense of slow-building euphoria in those lyrics feels fitting...
