Layne Waerea, Free Public Sauna, research image, 2022.
Image courtesy of the artist.
Exhibition
20 Aug — 7 Nov 2022
Public Relations: A performance series
Louie Zalk-Neale
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock
Louie Zalk-Neale with Rangimarie Keall, Ngā manuhiri taura (The visiting ropes), documentation of performance, Ōnukutaipari Back Beach, 27 August 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Louie Zalk-Neale with Rangimarie Keall, Ngā manuhiri taura (The visiting ropes), documentation of performance, Ōnukutaipari Back Beach, 27 August 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Louie Zalk-Neale with Rangimarie Keall, Ngā manuhiri taura (The visiting ropes), documentation of performance, Ōnukutaipari Back Beach, 27 August 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock: Free Public Sauna: Sweaty conversations in Ngāmotu - Pukekura Park [Team photo], 2022. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Hayley Bethell.
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock: Free Public Sauna: Sweaty conversations in Ngāmotu - Pukekura Park [Team photo], 2022. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Hayley Bethell.
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock: Free Public Sauna: Sweaty conversations in Ngāmotu - Pukekura Park [Team photo], 2022. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Hayley Bethell.
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock: Free Public Sauna: Sweaty conversations in Ngāmotu - Coastal Walkway, 2022. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Hayley Bethell.
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock: Free Public Sauna: Sweaty conversations in Ngāmotu - Coastal Walkway, 2022. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Hayley Bethell.
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock: Free Public Sauna: Sweaty conversations in Ngāmotu - Coastal Walkway, 2022. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Hayley Bethell.
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock, {~~~~} Further Toward, Further Toward A Deconstruction of Phallic Univocality: Deferrals, documentation of performance, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth, 19 October 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker. Courtesy of the artists.
In background: Maria Olsen, Bonestack, 1988, courtesy of the Maria Olsen estate.
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock, {~~~~} Further Toward, Further Toward A Deconstruction of Phallic Univocality: Deferrals, documentation of performance, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth, 19 October 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker. Courtesy of the artists.
In background: Rozana Lee, Waves of migration, 2020, courtesy of the artist.
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock, {~~~~} Further Toward, Further Toward A Deconstruction of Phallic Univocality: Deferrals, documentation of performance, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth, 19 October 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker. Courtesy of the artists.
In background: W.A. Sutton, Te Tihi o Kahukura and Sky VIII, X, 1976-7, courtesy of the W.A. Sutton Trust.
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock, {~~~~} Further Toward, Further Toward A Deconstruction of Phallic Univocality: Deferrals, documentation of performance, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth, 19 October 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker. Courtesy of the artists.
In background: W.A. Sutton, Te Tihi o Kahukura and Sky V, VIII, X 1976-7, courtesy of the W.A. Sutton Trust.
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock, {~~~~} Further Toward, Further Toward A Deconstruction of Phallic Univocality: Deferrals, documentation of performance, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth, 19 October 2022. Photo: Ted Whitaker. Courtesy of the artists.
Works by Louie Zalk-Neale, Public Relations: A performance series, 2022, installation view. Photo: Bryan James.
Public Relations: A performance series, 2022, installation view. Photo: Bryan James.
Chris Braddock and Layne Waerea, Free sweat cushion-bags, 2022, cotton, nylon, salt tile. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Bryan James.
Chris Braddock and Layne Waerea, Free sweat cushion-bags, 2022, cotton, nylon, salt tile. Courtesy of the artists. Photo: Bryan James.
Public Relations: A performance series, 2022, installation view. Photo: Bryan James.
Louie Zalk-Neale, Ngā Manuhiri Taura (The Visiting Ropes), 2022, tyre, ropes, stone. Installation view. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Bryan James.
Louie Zalk-Neale, Ngā Manuhiri Taura (The Visiting Ropes), 2022, tyre, ropes, stone. Installation view. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Bryan James.
Three new performance-based projects will unfold at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and in public sites around Ngāmotu between August and November 2022.
Each project interrogates how we arrive at and relate to public spaces - the park, the gallery, the archive, the beach. The sites and institutions we inhabit are made up of multiple, at times conflicting, histories, values and ways of knowing and navigating.
Deploying humour, ritual and movement, each artist in this series intervenes in everyday rhythms of life, posing alternative possibilities for being, relating, and making together - if only for a moment.
Alongside the performances, an exhibition in the gallery acts as an unfolding archive of these projects. Opening with a selection of documentation from previous performance works, drawings and preparatory studies, and objects that will be deployed during the course of the projects, the exhibition will evolve over the course of its season, as new documentation and physical traces of performative actions are presented.
Public Relations launches on Saturday 27 August with Louie Zalk-Neale’s project Ngā Manuhiri Taura (The Visiting Ropes).
Curated by Simon Gennard.
Performance Schedule:
Saturday 27 August | 2:30 pm
Louie Zalk-Neale
Saturday 10 September | 1:00 pm
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock
Saturday 17 September | 1:00 pm
Layne Waerea and Chris Braddock
Wednesday 19 October | 6:00 pm
Fayen d’Evie and Benjamin Hancock
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