turbulence: 3rd Auckland Triennial - Events

Talks and events

To receive notification of events for turbulence please email events@aucklandtriennial.com

MARCH

FRIDAY 9 MARCH

11.30am - 3pm
Eve Armstrong - Trading Table
Visitors are invited to participate in Eve Armstrong's Trading Table. Set up in the streets of Auckland, the artist encourages you to 'trade' an object, or service for something on the table.
Freyberg Place, off High Street

1pm
ARTIST'S TALK
Lynette Wallworth
Lynette Wallworth discusses her installation work Evolution of Fearlessness in turbulence and gives a brief overview of her practice that spans video, installation, photography and short film.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main Gallery - auditorium
Free

3pm
IN CONVERSATION
Shane Cotton and Victoria Lynn
New Zealand artist Shane Cotton (Nga Puhi) discusses his work with Victoria Lynn, Melbourne based international curator and guest curator for turbulence: the 3rd Auckland Triennial 2007.
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW gallery
Exhibition entry charge

3pm
ARTISTS TALK
Isaac Julien
ST PAUL ST

6pm
Symposium
Keynote address
Gerardo Mosquera - "Walking with the Devil: Notes on Art, Culture and Internationalisation"
Gerardo Mosquera, Cuban writer and co-curator of the 2006 Liverpool Biennial, addresses some of the themes of turbulence.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery - Grey Gallery
$10 adult, $8 concessions, Pre-bookings are essential and seating limited. Credit card bookings can be made on (09) 3074540, or in person at the Gallery Shop, or by email to gallery@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz

7.30pm
OPENING NIGHT
Opening at St Paul St Gallery: Isaac Julien, Julie Rrap, The Long March with Kah Bee Chow and Daniel Malone
ST PAUL ST

SATURDAY 10 MARCH

11am
IN CONVERSATION
Isaac Julien & Nikos Papastergiadis
London based artist Isaac Julien discusses his practice and triennial installations True North and Paradise Lost with Nikos Papastergiadis, Associate Professor and Reader in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.
AUT lecture theatre WE230
Free

11.30am
FILM SCREENING
Muxima by Alfredo Jaar and Border by Laura Waddington screened as a double feature.
Academy Cinemas

1pm - 3.30pm
Symposium
Auckland Art Gallery - Main Gallery - auditorium
Free

1pm
FILM SCREENING
Soundtrack to War by George Gittoes.
Academy Cinemas

4-6pm
OPENING NIGHT - ARTSPACE
Sriwhana Spong, Alexandros Georgiou, Long March Project with Kah Bee Chow and Daniel Malone. Artists will be attending. Speeches at 4.30pm.
ARTSPACE

6pm
PERFORMANCE
The Atlas Group/Walid Raad - The Loudest Muttering Is Over: Documents from The Atlas Group Archive
Attempting to research and document the history of contemporary Lebanon the performances of The Atlas Group are populated by imaginary figures, archival documents, video projections and memories of the turmoil of Lebanon.
Design Theatre. Conference Centre, The University of Auckland, 22 Symonds St
Free - Bookings essential, ph 3074540

SUNDAY 11 MARCH

11am
IN CONVERSATION
r e a and Rhana Devenport
Australian artist r e a (of the Gamilaraay and Wailwan People of Coonabarabran, New South Wales) discusses her work with Rhana Devenport, Director, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main Gallery - auditorium
Free

Midday
FILM SCREENING
Soundtrack to War by George Gittoes.
Academy Cinemas

1pm - 3.30pm
Symposium
Auckland Art Gallery - Main Gallery - auditorium
Free

1.45pm
FILM SCREENING
From the Other Side by Chantal Akerman.
Academy Cinemas

MONDAY 12 MARCH

11am
ARTIST'S TALK - Fiona Hall
Fiona Hall is a celebrated Australian artist whose work has long been concerned with global environmental conditions, economic botany, and the histories and futures associated with ecology and commerce. She will give an illustrated talk on her practice and discuss her work When my boat comes in that is part of the exhibition.
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW Gallery
Free

12.30pm
IN CONVERSATION
Victoria Lynn, Carlos Capelán, John Pule, Gabríela Fridriksdóttir, artists from Mirror Worlds
This diverse panel of New Zealand and international visual artists discuss the political or cultural influences that inform their work. Speakers include Victoria Lynn, Australian based guest curator of turbulence: the 3rd Auckland Triennial with triennial artists Carlos Capelán (Uruguay/Sweden) and John Pule (Niue/New Zealand) as well as AK07 exhibition artists Gabríela Fridriksdóttir (Iceland), whose work features in Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? and international artists from the exhibition Mirror Worlds.
The Famous Spiegeltent - Red Square at Britomart
Free

2pm
ARTIST'S TALK
Carlos Garaicoa
Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa comments on society through architecture working with photography, architectural models, installation and printmaking. His new work takes the imagery from bank notes from around the world: creating a model of the global 'market' place.
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW Gallery
Free

3pm
CURATOR'S INISIGHT
Victoria Lynn
Melbourne based international curator and guest curator for turbulence: the 3rd Auckland Triennial, Victoria Lynn gives an introduction to and overview of the themes and artists she has selected for the exhibition.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main Gallery - auditorium
Free

5.30pm
IN CONVERSATION
Victoria Lynn with Julian Hooper, Areta Wilkinson, Long March Project, and Dr Erika Wolf
Curator Victoria Lynn in conversation with Triennial artists and Dr Erika Wolf, Art History, University of Otago.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 1

7pm
PERFORMANCE
The Atlas Group/Walid Raad
Attempting to research and document the history of contemporary Lebanon the performances of The Atlas Group are populated by imaginary figures, archival documents, video projections and memories of the turmoil of Lebanon.
Design Theatre. Conference Centre, The University of Auckland, 22 Symonds St
Free - Bookings essential, ph 3074540

Wednesday 14 March

12 noon
Rory Sweetman on Willie Doherty
Rory Sweetman, Lecturer, Irish History, University of Otago will place Willie Doherty’s work in historical context to the political, religious and social conflict in Northern Ireland.
Auckland Art Gallery - New gallery - exhibition entry charge/Main gallery auditorium - free

Thursday 15 March

12 noon
Laura Jocic on Sergey Tychina & Vyacheslav Akhunov
Assistant Curator, Australian Fashion and Textiles, National Gallery of Victoria Laura Jocic presents an illustrated talk on the cultural context for the two works by Uzbekistan artists Sergey Tychina and Vyacheslav Akhunov. The locations for the works are the fabled Silk Road cities of Bukhara and Samarkand, now in the Republic of Uzbekistan. Laura, who regularly leads cultural tours to Uzbekistan, will look at the history and the architecture of the region and how this informs the interpretation of the works and discuss her meeting with Sergey last year in Tashkent.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery auditorium - free

FRIDAY 16 MARCH

11.30am - 3pm
Eve Armstrong - Trading Table
Visitors are invited to participate in Eve Armstrong's Trading Table. Set up in the streets of Auckland, the artist encourages you to 'trade' an object, or service for something on the table.
Outside the Bank of New Zealand building (just up from 115 Queen Street)

SATURDAY 17 MARCH

10am-6pm
The Art Link
be transported to fourteen of Auckland’s art galleries, THE ARTLINK will run on a continuous loop from 10-6pm allowing visitors to determine there own schedule and select events and exhibitions of specific interest, including venues for turbulence: 3rd Auckland Triennial. Buses depart from platform D6 at Britomart Centre, QEII Square, at 10am and travel on a continuous loop until 6pm. For more information click here
$2 charge to be paid on the bus

11am
Dr Leonhard Emmerling
Dr Leonhard Emmerling, Director of ST PAUL ST, gives a talk on Isaac Julien's video installation True North.
ST PAUL ST

1pm
Long March Project, Kah Bee Chow and Daniel Malone
The Short March / Hikoi Rangitahi
The No Chinatown campaign mobilises with a walking art exhibition from the proposed site for the Rugby World Cup stadium to Bastion Point / Savage Memorial.
All welcome

1pm
READING
Tze Ming Mok, Alison Wong, Lynda Chanwai Earle
Writer Tze Ming Mok, poet and novelist Alison Wong, and writer and actor Lynda Chanwai Earle each read from their work in response to turbulence.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 1

SUNDAY 18 MARCH
1pm
Ahmed Zaoui and Deborah Manning
Political refugee Ahmed Zaoui and his lawyer Deborah Manning discuss the issues of displacement - one of the themes of the turbulence: the 3rd Auckland Triennial.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main Gallery - auditorium/exhibition spaces

MONDAY 19 MARCH

5.30PM
IN RESPONSE
Adam Hyde and Andrew Clifford
Media artist Adam Hyde, recently returned from a radio-focussed residency in Antarctica, and Andrew Clifford, curatorial assistant at The University of Auckland's Centre of New Zealand Art Research and Discovery, respond to Long March Project's use of radio.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 1

TUESDAY 20 MARCH

5.30pm - 7.30pm
Albert Refiti, Lemi Ponifasio, Jim Vivieaere.
Foreign Assemblages / Turbulent Responses
Albert Refiti, Head of Spatial Design, School of Art and Design, AUT chairs a panel discussion that responds to Issac Julien's triennial installations True North and Paradise Lost and how the issues raised in these works run parallel to the identity politics of Aotearoa New Zealand. The panel includes choreographer Lemi Ponifasio, curator, artist and writer Jim Vivieaere and American based opera.
Venue AUT university Lecture theatre WE320 - free

SATURDAY 24 MARCH

1pm
IN CONVERSATION
Areta Wilkinson and Dr Deidre Brown
Artist Areta Wilkinson discusses her work with Deidre Brown, Senior Lecturer, Architecture and Planning, Auckland University
Gus Fisher Gallery - foyer

3pm
IN RESPONSE
Russell Ferguson
Russell Ferguson is a respected curator, writer and lecturer and newly appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Art, UCLA. Previously Chief Curator and Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the UCLA Hammer Museum, Ferguson continues to develop new projects for the museum as an Adjunct Curator. He gives his response to turbulence.
ARTSPACE
Free

SUNDAY 25 MARCH

3pm
ARTIST'S TALK - John Pule
Auckland based artist and poet John Pule is perhaps best known for his use of the aesthetics of Hiapo (Niuean tapa cloth) in his paintings. Land and identity are key concepts in Pule's work. He fuses reference from the traditional art and history of his birth country with his personal experiences as a Niuean living in New Zealand. John discusses his most recent work produced specifically for the exhibition.
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW Gallery
Exhibition entry charge

SATURDAY 31 MARCH

1pm
IN CONVERSATION
Areta Wilkinson and Hanna Scott
Artist Areta Wilkinson discusses her work with writer, curator Hanna Scott.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - foyer
Free

3pm
ARTIST'S TALK
Sriwhana Spong
Artist Sriwhana Spong discusses her work. 7 Days, specifically commissioned for turbulence.
ARTSPACE

APRIL

SUNDAY 1 APRIL

3pm
Ron Brownson
Abdul, Akhunov and Tichina - contemporary artists from Central Asia
Senior Curator, Auckland Art Gallery, Ron Brownson has maintained a longterm interest in, and study of, Central Asian art. Join Ron in the exhibition as he discusses the work of Vyacheslav Akhunov with Sergey Tichina, from Uzbekistan and Lida Abdul from Afghanistan; contrasting the inseparability of cultural and spiritual aspirations.
Auckland Art Gallery - NEW gallery – exhibition entry charge

SUNDAY 8 APRIL

1pm
Long March Project, Kah Bee Chow and Daniel Malone
The Short March / Hikoi Rangitahi
Judging event for the No Chinatown architecture competition and announcement of the winner. Judges include Graham Burgess, Burgess & Treep Architects, Natasha Conland, Curator, Contemporary Art, Auckland Art Gallery, and Albert Refiti, Head of Department, Spatial Design, School of Art & Design, AUT.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 1

3pm
IN CONVERSATION
Jim Vivieaere & Ruth De Souza - Invasion or invigoration?
How does the recent wave of migration, unseen on this scale in New Zealand before, impact on our lives? Who are the acceptable migrants? What are the responsibilities of migrants to their new country? How do we share the same space but different cultures and values? Jim Vivieaere and Ruth De Souza tackle these difficult questions from an artist’s and a social scientist’s perspective.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery auditorium - free

FRIDAY 13 APRIL

SATURDAY 14 APRIL

1pm
IN CONTEXT
Richard Moyle, Head of Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland discusses aspects of Tongan music.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 2

1pm
Long March Project
Judging event for the No Chinatown architecture competition and announcement of the winner. Judges include Graham Burgess, Burgess & Treep Architects, Natasha Conland, Curator, Contemporary Art, Auckland Art Gallery, and Albert Refiti, Head of Department, Spatial Design, School of Art & Design, AUT.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 1

FRIDAY 20 APRIL

11.30am - 3pm
Eve Armstrong - Trading Table
Visitors are invited to participate in Eve Armstrong's Trading Table. Set up in the streets of Auckland, the artist encourages you to 'trade' an object, or service for something on the table.
Westfield Downtown

SATURDAY 21 APRIL
1pm
IN CONVERSATION
Julian Hooper and Caroline Vercoe
Artist Julian Hooper discusses his work with Caroline Vercoe, Lecturer, Art History, University of Auckland.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 2

SUNDAY 22 APRIL

3pm
IN CONTEXT
Jon Bywater – Art and politics
In art as in life, being political can be impolite and impolitic. Political art is often accused of failing to be art at all. Writer and University of Auckland lecturer Jon Bywater offers a fresh introduction to perennial problems, discussing contemporary art works as a way into the big questions about art and politics and when and how they mix.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery auditorium - free

SATURDAY 28 APRIL

1pm
IN CONVERSATION
Kah Bee Chow, Daniel Malone and Alistair Kwun
Artists Kah Bee Chow and Daniel Malone discuss their work with cross-cultural communicator Alistair Kwun.
The Gus Fisher Gallery - Gallery 1

SUNDAY 29 APRIL

1pm
TURBULENCE
Natasha Conland - Phil Collins
Curator, Contemporary Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Natasha Conland discusses the video installation they shoot horses by British artist Phil Collins, that features in the 3rd Auckland Triennial
Auckland Art Gallery - New gallery – exhibition entry charge

May

SUNDAY 6 MAY

3pm
IN CONTEXT
Dr Kathryn Lehmann - From Che to Chavez: Turbulent times in movements for social justice
Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Dr Kathryn Lehmann, University of Auckland, gives an historical background of 20th century movements for social justice in Latin America and the turbulent times that result.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery auditorium - free

WEDNESDAY 9 MAY

12 noon
IN RESPONSE
Natalie Robertson and Alex Monteith - r e a and Willie Doherty
Artist, lecturer Natalie Robertson discusses the work of Australian artist r e a and artist-filmmaker Alex Montheith discusses the work of Irish artist, Willie Doherty.
Auckland Art Gallery - New gallery – exhibition entry charge

SUNDAY 13 MAY
3pm
IN CONTEXT
Dr Walescka Pino-Ojeda – Latin America in the post-authoritarian era
In those Latin American societies working to overcome the violence of the past, the real challenge lies in how turbulent memories can serve to structure an imagined future. In this talk Dr Waleska Pino-Ojeda, Coordinator of Latin American Studies, University of Auckland aims to locate the current political circumstances of Latin America in the framework of broader collective memory processes, primarily to single out its particularities, but also to present its shared features with other societies.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery auditorium - free

SUNDAY 27 MAY

1pm
ARTIST’S TALK
Eve Armstrong
Auckland based artist Eve Armstrong gives an illustrated overview of her art practice that involves the use of found materials and structures and discusses her project work Trading Table that features as part of turbulence.
Auckland Art Gallery - Main gallery auditorium - free