A Delicate Balance / Rongo Taketake a Tāne examines the relationship between people, landscape and the kauri forest ecology.
Inhabiting the space where concepts of art, science and cultural knowledge intersect, The Kauri Project is a curatorial endeavour which examines the relationship between people and landscape, focusing on our unique and threatened indigenous kauri forest ecology. Encompassing sound, performance, photography and sculptural installation, A Delicate Balance / Rongo Taketake a Tāne brings together artists from across the North Island to explore how we 'listen' and speak back to this environment.
Curated by Ariane Craig-Smith and Chris McBride.
Exhibiting artists: A.D. Schierning & Clinton Watkins, Ava Seymour, Ian Clothier & Andrew Hornblow, Kauri Choir / sonicsfromscratch, Will Ngakuru.
WHEN
Thursday 5 March - Sunday 19 April
GALLERY HOURS
10am to 4.30pm daily
Image: Will Ngakuru Tilt 2014, installation view detail. Courtesy Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. Photo Bryan James
Sun 22 March, 2pm, Vital Networks: What can we learn from the forest? The Kauri Project curators lead a discussion with key scientists involved with kauri research, exhibiting artists and guest speakers.