Exhibitions

Reflective Realities

Reflective Realities Jude Broughan / Soapbox Justine Walker / do undo redo October 9 – November 11, 2024Opening Reception: Thursday, October 9, 2024, 4 –

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Growing

May 31 – June 18, 2024Season II International Residency ExhibitionCurated by NARS Curatorial Fellow shuang caiOpening Reception & Open Studios: Friday, May 31, 6-9pmNARS Main

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Satisfaction Frustration

What motivates us is the fight between being satisfied and frustrated. This might explain why we get out of bed or why we stay there for days on end.
Now more than ever motivations are considered sinister, and action without motivation, unviable. Satisfaction Frustration reasons with how we behave in the crossfire between too much and not enough.

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Spinning in my mother's garden

Spinning in My Mother’s Garden

Is female subjectivity possible within a patriarchal system? The following discussion investigates feminist thought though equality, difference and androgyny, mapping the achievements, setbacks, advantages and disadvantages of each through the theories of Luce Irigaray, Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva and others.

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where our bodes hit the world

where our bodies hit the world

‘where our bodies hit the world’ is an attempt to conform to a standard and being found lacking. A performance evolved to control our bodies which only undermine the regulation. Resulting in performative photographic and video work around trauma, rage and resilience.

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do you love me? install

do you love me?

New Zealand based artist Justine Walker uses repetition, performance and lived experience to research longing, loss, acceptance and family. Her latest video work ‘do you love me?’ is a longing for acceptance. A woman plays into the miscommunication of love by sending semaphore signals in mirror image. The red & yellow Oscar flags, used to signal at sea, increase the distance as she repeatedly asks passers-by, ‘do you love me?’, not knowing if the question is noticed, heard or understood.

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M/other

M/other

11 artists from around the country have been brought together to critically discuss an inclusive interpretation of motherhood, mothering and maternal roles. Expressed through moving image, photography, sculpture and installation; the artists share both a radical vulnerability and empowered strength.

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CURRNTS:ABORTION

CURRENTS:ABORTION

In this turbulent moment in history, abortion remains a signifier of people’s ownership over their bodies, being as urgent a subject as any of the issues that now consume us.

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Role. Play

Role. Play

All in different stages of their careers, Lynn, Walker and Sklenars’ individual practices deal with contemporary trajectories relevant to the female experience. Collectively, they speak to a wider social conscience, responsibility, and identity within New Zealand society.

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