Colour Me Fiji // Ema Tavola http://colourmefiji.com Ema Tavola // Artist + Curator Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:53:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/eb125165d39de3cf0d4b2ee643eaa421?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Colour Me Fiji // Ema Tavola http://colourmefiji.com Aaradhna // Crying like a wolf http://colourmefiji.com/2009/11/10/aaradhna-crying-like-a-wolf/ http://colourmefiji.com/2009/11/10/aaradhna-crying-like-a-wolf/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:53:01 +0000 Colour Me Fiji http://colourmefiji.com/?p=708 ]]>

Cee just lead me to Aaradhna’s YouTube channel

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


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

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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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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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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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Being away always makes me appreciate south auckland

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