The Perfectionist Trap
A reminder from those you likely admire about getting caught in the perfectionist trap.
The Perfectionist Trap
A reminder from those you likely admire about getting caught in the perfectionist trap.
Nadia Reid: A Songwriters Truth
“It’s not like I’m selling soap or something. I’m selling my whole existence and it’s a vulnerable place to be.” Nadia Reid on the blessings and the burden of being a songwriter.
Karin McCracken: Female Desire
Female sexuality and desire, a socially taboo subject, is cracked open on stage in a new work by Eleanor Bishop and Julia Croft with Karin McCracken.
Miryam Jacobi: Smashing the glass ceiling
The statistics for female directors in film and TV are extremely poor, but that's not putting off young filmmaker Miryam Jacobi as she releases her debut short film at this year's Show Me Shorts Fest
Transplanted: Refugee Portraits of New Zealand
"With privilege comes great responsibility." Tracey Barnett speaks about her drive to tell refugee stories ahead of the upcoming exhibition Transplanted: Refugee Portraits of New Zealand
“So.. what do you do for a job?”
Artists reflect on how they navigate the loaded conversation starter, “So, what do you do for a job?”
Atawhai Festival: Wellbeing in the arts
“None of us traverse through life without setbacks." We talk to Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho during the Atawhai Festival about action around suicide, mental health & wellbeing in the performing arts.
John Crawford: Action on homelessness
“I didn’t realise the tragedies of people's lives.” Photographer, John Crawford has created a striking series of photos to shine the light on homelessness in Auckland.
‘Bin That Butt’: Creativity Driving Social Change
“Conversation does the work of change. Art sparks that conversation.” The Auckland Council have instigated a creative approach to Auckland’s largest littering problem, cigarette butts.
Katie Kerr: Neither here, nor there
“There is a deep romanticism around the artist moving to the big city and ‘making it’.” Katie Kerr sheds light on migration from the perspective of the artist.
Alice Canton: Questioning Authenticity
“Going with your gut is a way of honouring your vision of the work as opposed to someone else’s vision of the work." Alice Canton with her new work OTHER [Chinese] challenges concepts of authenticity.