95bFM: Artbank

In this excerpt from the 6 February 2022 Artbank, artist Tash van Schaardenburg discusses their residency with The Pyramid Club, and the resulting performance of Civil Twilight. 

In this excerpt from the 6 February 2022 Artbank, artist Nayan Patel discusses starting the new artist-run space Freedoom. 

In this excerpt from the 6 February 2022 Artbank, Owen Connors & Aliyah Winter discuss For the feral splendour, their exhibition with Laura Duffy at The Physics Room. 

A big week on Artbank! First, Theo speaks to Owen Connors and Aliyah Winter about For the feral splendour, their exhibition with Laura Duffy at The Physics Room. Next, Nayan Patel discusses opening the new artist-run space, Freedoom, and Theo reviews the film Red Rocket, in cinemas this week. Finally, Tash van Schaardenburg talks about their residency at The Pyramid Club, and the resulting performance of Civil Twilight.

In the first hour, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki curator Julia Waite discusses the catalogue for Bill Culbert: Slow Wonder. Later on, Lexi Kerr talks about starting new Dominion Road artist-run space Oddly. 

Gallerist Jonathan Gooderham spoke to Theo about Ray Ching's New Zealand Bird Paintings, a new book from Potton & Burton. Later in the program, artist Jacob Hamilton called in to discuss his works in Te Tuhi's PONO: The potential of making something that leads to nothing.

In the first half of the show, Theo speaks with Courtney Mayhew about In The Shade, a summer film festival jam-packed with fantastic films. Later on, Dr Sophie Matthiesson joins Theo to discuss the exhibition Mary Quant: Fashion Revolutionary, at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Theo plays some Bowie to commemorate the anniversary of his death, and rebroadcasts last year's interview with cartoonist and filmmaker Dash Shaw. 

A music special to round out the year, featuring plenty of zydeco, highlife, and local hits. Happy New Year!

Rachel O'Neill discusses their new poetry collection Requiem for a Fruit, available now from We Are Babies, and reads two pieces from the collection. In the second half of the broadcast, Hamish Petersen returns to Artbank to talk about Correspondence, the new publication Hamish is editing for The Physics Room.