North & South – June 2019

16 | NORTH & SOUTH| JUNE 2019

FOUR CORNERS / EVENTS edited by Joanna Wane

AUCKLAND

FESTIVALOF

PHOTOGRAPHY

31 May-16June

Theartofphotography
takesoverAuckland’s
galleries,projectspaces
andpublicplaceswith
diverseworkfromboth
emergingandestablished
artists,includingthelatest
projectbyvisualartist
RebeccaSwan. Filmed
in theRedwoodforests
ofCaliforniaandtheNew
Zealandbush,it explores
therelationshipbetween
alllifein thefaceofclimate
change.ThepopularNikon
AucklandPhotoDayalso
returns,wherethepublic
is encouragedtosubmit
animagethatreflects
theirideaofAuckland,
withphotosdisplayed
24/7 in a public arena.

POP-UP GLOBE

Forthefirsttime,thePop-UpGlobehitstheroad,popping

upatsevencentresaroundthecountry:Dunedin,Nelson,

Christchurch,Wellington,Napier,HamiltonandNewPlymouth

(25June-8September).Fansofthebardcanchoosecomedy

(MeasureforMeasure) ortragedy(Hamlet), performedbya

castoflocalandinternationalactors.Alsotouringis Auckland

ArtsFestivalhitCellfish, a prisonplaythatfocuseson a woman

teaching Shakespeare to inmates (6-29 June).

DOUBLETROUBLE

CityGallery,until 14 July

Twointernationalartists, SemiconductorandEva

Rothschild, maketheirNewZealanddebutsidebyside.

Semiconductor’scentralvideoinstallation,“Earthworks”,uses

datafromvolcanoes,glaciersandearthquakes,includingthe

2016 Kaikōuraquake,tocreatea workthatreimaginesourworld

throughthelensofscientifictechnology.EvaRothschild:Kosmos

subvertsmodern-sculpturetraditionbyusingeclecticformsand

novelmaterials;expecttheunexpected.Thismonth,thecapital

alsohoststheWellingtonJazzFestival, withheadliners

Herbie Hancock, Ghost-Note, Alicia Olatuja and more (5-9 June).

AUCKLAND

NELSON / BLENHEIM

NATIONWIDE

WELLINGTON

Semiconductor’s “Earthworks”

Below:Hamlet at the Pop-Up Globe.

IRISHMUSIC

FESTIVAL

31 May-3June

TheCeolAneas

IrishMusic

Festiva lshowcases

acclaimedmusicians

fromaroundthe

world,withplenty

ofeventswherethe

wholefamilycan

joinin,includingfree

singingsessionsand

a traditionalCeili

Dance.A showcase

concerton2 June

featuresa line-up

ofinternational

guestsplayingsuch

instrumentsasthe

fiddle,banjoand

concertina.Over

in Blenheim,the

MarlboroughCivic

Orchestraperforms

musicfromThe

GreatestShowman

for Carnival– A

FamilyOrchestra

Festiva latASB

TheatreMarlborough

(22June),along

withclassics

fromSchubert,

Mendelssohnand

Kodi Rasmussen.

Below:“PlatformHeels,
FortLane”byMurray
Cammick,whoseshow
QueensStreetisatBlack
Asteriskgalleryaspart
oftheAucklandFestival
of Photography.