The art of the acrobat
The Dunedin Arts Festival launched its programme this week, featuring international guests for the first time since Covid-19 hit. Rebecca Fox talks to one of them - Australian circus performer Malia Walsh.
Arts
Art seen: 4 August
Art seen: 4 August
By James Dignan
Arts Festival promises variety
Arts Festival promises variety
David Bowie’s anthems accompanied on stage by high-flying acrobats will have you singing along between gasps. It's just one of many shows to enjoy at the ODT Dunedin Arts Festival from October 12-24.
Peaceful chaos
Peaceful chaos
Misery was a soldier that marched down her forehead, past her temples, past the nape of her neck and down a dark path that led into the abyss that was her scar-littered back.
Question of balance
Question of balance
Waitaki Girls’ High School year 13 pupil Arrow Koehler’s painting focuses on the feeling of alienation.
Urban forest
Urban forest
I find myself standing within the depths of a bustling metropolis in place of what was nothing more than an open wasteland.
Drawn to Dunedin
Drawn to Dunedin
Settling in to her new job as head of Dunedin’s Hocken Collections, Catherine Hammond is also discovering Dunedin.
Art seen: 28 July
Art seen: 28 July
By Robyn Maree Pickens
Whale welder gives ships’ steel new life
Whale welder gives ships’ steel new life
Forget whale riding - Lawrie Forbes is far more interested in whale welding.
Art seen: 21 July
Art seen: 21 July
By James Dignan
Drawn to success
Drawn to success
Three very different Otago artists have been selected as finalists in New Zealand’s top drawing prize.
‘Dinner’s nearly ready’: a ceasefire
‘Dinner’s nearly ready’: a ceasefire
BY HANA ALAGBARYYear 13 Bayfield High SchoolThe TV plays a cartoon, set to an unnecessarily loud volume.
Flame weeps waxen sorrow
Flame weeps waxen sorrow
Supple, the fluid rolls in wax stalactites,
The flame exhales in sadness, dripping.
Flying on wings of creativity
Flying on wings of creativity
A digital painting by Charlotte Campbell (17) for her Bayfield High School year 13 art portfolio.
Sanctuary of words, the power of writing
Sanctuary of words, the power of writing
I have lived in this home for many years.
Quilt used to highlight gender inequality
Quilt used to highlight gender inequality
A project stitched together to highlight gender inequality and discrimination has stimulated interest in the subject, Dunedin artist Arati Kushwaha says.
Using clipped language
Using clipped language
Auckland artist Deborah Rundle uses text to investigate ways in which power plays out in the social and political domain in her work on show at two Dunedin art galleries this month, finds Rebecca Fox.
Art seen: 14 July
Art seen: 14 July
By Laura Elliott
Painting with light at Midwinter Carnival
Painting with light at Midwinter Carnival
A blank canvas is an open invitation to any artist, but few are as big and as blank as the one Sam Caldwell will be filling this weekend.