by Rachael Chapman | Mar 23, 2025 | Handshake8, Rachel Chapman, Sample
It’s so nice to have this blog space to expand on the creative thoughts around this project. So often we are limited to a certain word-count for artist statements. For the record, that’s not a complaint – concise statements have their place, but I think 2...
by Grace Yu Piper | Nov 13, 2024 | Grace Yu Piper, Handshake8
When I began my handshake journey I was a stone carver. I love the materiality of stone and its connection to the natural world. I gravitate towards reductive ways of working and enjoy the meditative process of carving. I’ve always been a forager and I love rock...
by Denise Callan | Nov 7, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
Sincerely Yours is the last in a what has become a three part series. It began with an exploration of identity and our human need for belonging, through my initial work titled Dear Public. Last year, as my work developed for our first handshake show, I realised what I...
by Tui Diprose | Nov 7, 2024 | Handshake8, Tūī Diprose
To heal; heal the waters. https://handshakeproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/20241030_163822.mp4 My work through HANDSHAKE8 explores themes of talisman, place, land, healing of matrilineal lines by connecting to matriarchal power, embodiment,...
by Denise Callan | Nov 7, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
Last year, Dear Maker contained a sealed confessional box called “Communion”. This piece facilitated a way for the audience to exercise the acknowledgement, expression and release of shame though written confessions. This year began with the burning of this...
by Nellie Peoples | Nov 6, 2024 | Handshake8, Nellie Peoples
This my artwork created for the final Handshake 8 exhibition ‘Materlise’, present by the Handshake Project at the Artshouse Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau. The exhibition runs from 8 November 2024 – 16 February 2025. The piece is...
by Denise Callan | Nov 5, 2024 | Denise Callan, Handshake8
“Every act of creation begins with an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso This years work has begun with the destruction of confessions gathered throughout our last exhibition. The burning of these within their sealed confessional has left me with a new...
by Lisa van Hulst | Nov 5, 2024 | Handshake8, Lisa van Hulst
I feel incredibly fortunate to have had Manon van Kouswijk as my mentor over the past year. What stands out most about Manon’s approach is her quiet sense of humour—subtle and layered, it gradually reveals itself, inviting a deeper appreciation of her work. I often...
by Fiona Frew | Nov 3, 2024 | Fiona Few, Handshake8
Everyday, I walk my dog. Everyday, our walks are by our local water ways (the Kakanui beach and the Kakanui River). Nearly everyday, I wonder why there are so many things to be found that don’t necessarily belong there. So, everyday, I walk and I wonder about...
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,...
