by Simon Swale | Feb 8, 2023 | Handshake7, Simon Swale
After many false starts, explorations. experimentations and near breakdowns… we got there. It was another wild ride on the runaway bus that is the Handshake Project, and this one- Handshake7, was almost the one that broke the camels back. Overlapping with the tail end...
by Simon Swale | Jul 4, 2022 | Handshake7, Simon Swale
Well we’re underway again with some more Handshake masterclass magic!. Estela Saez had us leaping into the dark and if not exactly leading us blindly into the night, then certainly coaxing us into new and (for meat least) quite unknown territory. Just as you’d expect...
by Simon Swale | Jun 1, 2022 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
at Whirinaki Whare Taonga, 21 May – 27 June 2022 The second and penultimate exhibition of new work by members of Handshake_6, GLIMMER offers a sample of our current work as we build towards our final exhibition at Northart in Auckland later in the year. ...
by Simon Swale | Sep 13, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Recent workshops with Estella have been challenging , but opened up so many new avenues for work and thinking; being asked to create moving image is new (to us all i think!) but the opportunity to develop refinements and multiple iterations resulted in surprising...
by Simon Swale | Jun 13, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SIMON_Video-3_WATER.mp4 Thanks to Estela Saez for pushing us into some new and unexpected...
by Simon Swale | Apr 9, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Do you ever walk across this Earth, hearing the sound of your steps upon the ground, and wonder- am I really here? Do you sometimes hold your hand up to your face and ask- is this really me?
by Simon Swale | Mar 24, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
CHAINreaction has been a really nice chance to focus on connections, community and solidarity, and to applaud the legacy of the Handshake project and all Peter and Hilda have given over the last ten years- I am so disappointed not to be there to share in the...
by Simon Swale | Jan 19, 2021 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Summer 2021. Time to RESET. But also for some reflection… Hard to believe it is a year since we all first met together for the Handshake introductions and masterclass with Iris and Renee in Auckland. It seems both like yesterday, and a lifetime ago… It was so great to...
by Simon Swale | Aug 20, 2020 | Handshake6, Sample, Simon Swale
Much of my MFA work focussed on considering and exploring notions of space and place. Of finding ways to articulate spaces of the everyday that operate as thresholds and/or places of transition; where land meets water, such as ports, as well as other points of...
by Simon Swale | Jul 24, 2020 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
It seems to be the nature of contemporary life that history erupts upon the surface of our lives in ever more frequent waves. There seems a volatility in the fabric of society that has created tension and unease. The papered over cracks of history are being torn apart...
by Simon Swale | Apr 17, 2020 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
LOCKDOWN… What a difference a few weeks make. This is a crazy time…. Just struggling to get any perspective on life at the moment. At least we have art I suppose…. My MFA exhibition was meant to open, basically the day we went into lock down. It is still there in the...
by Simon Swale | Mar 1, 2020 | Handshake6, Simon Swale
Contact! First- you need to coordinate times. Luckily Dunedin and Berlin are exactly 12 hours apart so there was no miscommunication or awkward absences for our first Skype. This was my first fear- bungling the meeting time due to getting the time difference wrong…...
