TBI Q&A: Michael Faulkner from D-Fuse
This month, designers, architects, filmmakers and creatives are bringing their vision of our shared urban future to Auckland. Part of Creative Cities - a cultural and artistic project promoting…
World-class Maori musicians unite for one spectacular show
PAO PAO PAO, on 2 November at Wellingto
ATC and NZ Post launch nationwide search for new talent
The largest open call theatre audition ever held in NZ goes live on October 15. It's when Auckland Theatre Company and New Zealand Post offer emerging young actors the chance to train and perform…
On Reflection: Vivian Lynn and Bronwynne Cornish
By Mark Amery Courtesy of The Dominion Post 9/10/07 I've always had a problem with talk of art holding up a mirror to the world. Art may reflect, but good art tends to challenge us to reconsider…
Waikato River provides source of inspiration for photographer
For both Maori and Pakeha, the Waikato is a source of spiritual and material needs. I Go Down to the River to Pray - on at Wanganui's McNamara Gallery during November - is a photographic exploration…
Wrinkles and All: paintings on corrugated iron and canvas
Corrugated iron ,or as some call it, 'wrinkly tin', has been a part of New Zealand's landscape for over 150 years. Inevitably it became a useful medium for New Zealand artists - with corrugated…
New book explores history of Auckland's Mercury Theatre
Wit, Eloquence and Commerce is a comprehensive history of the Mercury Theatre; a book for those interested in New Zealand's theatre history, and for those who remember the Mercury and value the…
NZ documentary wins key international festival
How to Save the World, a New Zealand-produced documentary, has won the Best Nonbroadcast Film top prize at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in the United States. The event is the largest…
Award-winning filmmaker's debut feature in production
Apron Strings, the feature film debut from award-winning director Sima Urale (O'Tamaiti, Still Life), is set for production this month. Urale's latest short film Coffee & Allah premiered recently at…
In the forums this week
There's been bloodletting at Ilam in Network Space this week, but it's been a little more sedate in Marketplace, where there's studio space available in Auckland, a job for a cartoonist and someone…
The MsBehaviour Files: Indie music
I bought my first MP3 player in 2000, which I gleefully filled with tracks from Napster. I listened to bands that I hadn't heard in years, and found even more that were fresh to my ears. If only the…
Expand your horizons at Creative Commons seminar
Keen to know more about the Creative Commons approach to copyright licensing? Then head along to Expanding Copyright Horizons, the Creative Commons Seminar on 27 October. If you're in the…