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Back at Fresh Gallery Otara

26 June 2013

After a visit to New Plymouth with the lovely folks from Govett-Brewster I am super happy to back in South Auckland. This week I am doing a series of public programs in Otara as part of my project Tropical Thunder for the 5th Auckland Triennial. If you’re in Auckland come along!
6pm, Thursday 27 June
Kava Session with The Roots Creative
Blurb: The Roots Creative discusses and demonstrates a Kava session with Keg de Souza.
Location: Fresh Gallery Otara, 5/46 Fairmall, Otara Town Centre, Auckland.
Cost: FREE
A bit about how The Roots Creative started:
Martin Leung-Wai and Waikare Komene were given the opportunity to run an architecture event in South Auckland for the Pacific Arts Summit. They knew this was an opportunity to give back to the community with their skills and passion for indigenous design and sustainability.
They initiated the event: The Roots South Pacific Architecture. This is how The Roots began, with 8000 plastic bottles given to 36 high school students to design and build sculptures at the Otara Town Centre in South Auckland. The aim was to inspire the next generation through creativity, sustainability and leadership.
Today, The Roots is now a collective of creative industries in art, architecture, design, landscape architecture, performing arts and many more.
1 – 2pm, Friday 28 June
Artist talk: Keg de Souza
Blurb: Artist Keg de Souza discusses her artwork at Fresh Gallery Otara, presented as part of the 5th Auckland Triennial.
Location: Z142, Faculty of Creative Arts – Manukau Institute of Technology
              50 Lovegrove Crescent, Otara
Cost: FREE
Nb: this is also part of the Grounded festival at MIT – Faculty of Creative arts which runs from 27th,28th to the 29th.
10 – 12pm, Saturday 29 June
Food Mapping workshop
Blurb:  Participants will work together with Keg to create a large scale food map of the local area to explore the thinking behind her work Tropical Thunder and produce a local knowledge food map together.
Location: Fresh Gallery Otara
              5/46 Fairmall, Otara Town Centre
Cost: FREE