HANDSHAKE 5: IN SITE – exhibition at TE URU, Auckland by admin | Nov 26, 2019 | Exhibition, Handshake5, News HANDSHAKE 5: IN SITE For the Auckland edition of the fifth HANDSHAKE series, HANDSHAKE 5: in site brings together ten jewellers from across Aotearoa for an exhibition that explores the potential of jewellery in large-scale spaces. While jewellers commonly dress the body as an intimate, typically small-scale process, for this exhibition the artists work with the dynamic architectural spaces of Te Uru’s purpose-built gallery as a springboard for ideas – testing the spatial qualities of jewellery; how it interacts within its own surroundings, affects our movements through a room and involves us in contemporary dialogue. After four previous iterations, HANDSHAKE 5 gathers artists from each past HANDSHAKE project for a showcase that is independent of mentors; no longer emerging, these are now established artists. With materials spanning wood, metal, found object, video projection and virtual reality, HANDSHAKE 5: in site presents the culmination of almost ten years of learning through the HANDSHAKE programme, which has provided a platform for individual growth and a broader experience of cultural and artistic exchange. HANDSHAKE 5: in site feature artists are: Vivien Atkinson, Becky Bliss, Nadene Carr, Nik Hanton, Kelly McDonald, Neke Moa, Brendon Monson, Sandra Schmid, Caroline Thomas and Sarah Walker-Holt. The HS organisers like to thank: online coach, Roseanne Bartley, studio visit coach, Sian van Dyk, technical support coach, Vernon Bowden, Te Uru curator/facilitator, James Anderton, as well as continued funding from Creative New Zealand and support from Makers 101. Image: Vivien Atkinson, Reminding Myself to Remember, 2019. Photo by Harry Culy Join us on Saturday 7 December, 3pm for HANDSHAKE 5: Artists’ Walk and Talk ahead of the official opening event from 4pm. 7 December 2019 – 16 February 2020 Read more about this exhibition See exhibition images Kelly McDonald, Room for a Wrist Sarah Walker-Holt, French Curve, and Mitre Sandra Schmid, LAND © TE URU 2019