Dispatches from a medium ‘like, no one cares about’
As someone with a Master's degree in poetry, Hera Lindsay Bird knows about squandering your life in the pursuit of a culturally obsolete art form.
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Dispatches from a medium ‘like, no one cares about’
As someone with a Master's degree in poetry, Hera Lindsay Bird knows about squandering your life in the pursuit of a culturally obsolete art form. -
A decade of 'Zizz' at the Len Lye Centre
What was once called "an affront to the dignity and decency of ordinary farming folk” has become part of the New Plymouth way of life. -
'60 minutes of non-stop what?': Young Critics week two
The next generation of critics review dance, theatre and cabaret. -
The Walters Prize and people, people, people
A crash course in the finalists for NZ's biggest contemporary art prize, and the week's arts news. -
‘I don’t personally need any more wispy waifish characters’: Laura Vincent’s hot take on writing
The debut novelist in the running for our biggest literary prize does love writing groups, new personal mottos and Pink Floyd though. -
Choir and kapa haka: A partnership since 1996
Musical titans Dr. Karen Grylls and Te Waka Huia will perform a blend of kapa haka and choral music two nights this week. Sam Brooks talks to Grylls about bringing the two together.
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