Colour Me Fiji // Ema Tavola

Ema Tavola // Artist + Curator

Aaradhna // Crying like a wolf

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Cee just lead me to Aaradhna’s YouTube channel

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10/11/2009 at 10:53 am

Dawson Road Mural Project

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This amazing mural was painted this past weekend by three artists and 11 volunteers in Dawson Park in Otara.

A pretty outstanding interpretation of the design developed by Nicole Lim for Fresh Gallery Otara, in response to this video made by Janet Lilo:

From projecting the outline on Friday night…

Day 1 // Beginnings…

Plus 11 awesome volunteers

Day 2 // Team MJ working hard out

Screening the video at Tupu Youth Library


Important acknowledgements to the participants of the video interviews.

And those who designed and painted the mural.

When I remembered to take a group photo, we only had 3 volunteers left… ooops… my bad :o

Click for full photographic documentation of the project

Click for the Dawson Road Mural Project blog

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09/11/2009 at 1:51 am

No Sense Making Cents // Siliga David Setoga

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Siliga David Setoga’s highly anticipated first solo exhibition, No Sense Making Cents opened last week at Fresh Gallery Otara! For a full works list, click here.

A Distant Memory (2009) // vinyl, concrete rubble // variable dimensions // NFS

This new body of lightboxes was made specifically for No Sense Making Cents (NZD900); five sold at the Opening.


For the duration of No Sense Making Cents, Fresh Gallery Otara is selling PopoHardwear T-shirts exclusively (NZD30)

The limited edition catalogue  features an essay by Samoan academic and film maker, Dionne Fonoti

No Sense Making Cents runs until Saturday 21 November.
Artist Talk: 12pm, Saturday 14 November
Fresh Gallery Otara

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02/11/2009 at 8:47 pm

Bag Lady (2009)

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01/11/2009 at 1:50 am

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Hot Buys // Otara Town Centre

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Tino Rangatiratanga flag mink blanket // $45 // King Kong


Tsunami Samoa lavalava // $30 // Old Aunty Ella’s

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01/11/2009 at 1:15 am

Nesian Tattoo // Mangere

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I’m starting to see Joe Brown’s strong tattoo aesthetic a lot these days. On Saturday I saw an amazing calf tattoo at the Otara market and in discussion with someone at Fresh Gallery Otara later on, I was shown Joe’s website and the calf I had seen was in his gallery!

His space, Nesian Tattoo, is at 3/203 Kirkbride Road, Mangere
Open Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday 10am – 2pm

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26/10/2009 at 8:48 pm

Avondale

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26/10/2009 at 8:23 am

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EMA TAVOLA // SOLO

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EMA TAVOLA // SOLO

ONE NIGHT ONLY // RECENT WORKS

DECEMBER 2009

The Salon, Level 1, St Kevin’s Arcade, Karangahape Road, Auckland City

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23/10/2009 at 11:07 pm

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Loss, Love & The Sea // TONIGHT!

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A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep. – Salman Rushdie

TONIGHT!

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22/10/2009 at 4:26 am

AKL >> DUN >> AKL

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Being away always makes me appreciate south auckland

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22/10/2009 at 2:52 am