Cat Fooks is a Tāmaki based, material led painter who immerses herself within the world of her studio. In which Cat no longer views it as just a physical space but rather its own dimension built up of paint and clutter that is crucial to the making of the works. 

Her current exhibition Didymus Mountain presents a series of vibrant and playful paintings. Little worlds of abstract colour and texture that seem to rebel against the typical convention of the frame. Engulfing the frame itself in a multitude of rich layers of paint, rejecting this ‘framing’ and instead bringing it into the world of the painting itself. Eliminating this space between the painting and the space of the world.

Maya had a chat with Cat about her overall practice and the show.

Today on Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke is talking to Milly and Rosetta about songs with spoken word intros!

Song selections:

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (1980)

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around (2002)

The Tossers - Drinking In The Day (2005)

This week on Various Artists <3

Maya had a kōrero with Cat Fooks about her current show at Anna Miles Gallery, Didymus Mountain.

Sofia had a kōrero with Kairauhī Curator of Artspace Aotearoa, Robbie Handcock, about their latest group exhibition, The tongue to them, bringing together the works of Darcell Apelu, Martha Atienza, Heidi Brickell, Buck Nin, and Yee I-Lann.

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Ngāmotu (New Plymouth) based vocalist and producer Frau Knotz has a brand new EP out today, Digital Plastic Surgery - an exciting mesh of club-friendly synths and alternative electronica. Rosetta catches up with Frau Knotz to chat about the release. Whakarongo mai nei!

The tongue to them is the latest exhibition at Artspace Aotearoa, bringing together the works of Darcell Apelu, Martha Atienza, Heidi Brickell, Buck Nin, and Yee I-Lann.

Together, the artists contemplate collectivity and language as tools for resistance through their respective visual mediums and languages from across Aotearoa, Malaysia and the Philippines they bring into Artspace Aotearoa’s space. 

Sofia had a kōrero with Kairauhī Curator of Artspace Aotearoa, Robbie Handcock, about the exhibition, and the ideas that bind these artists and their practices together.

Milly and Jesse chat about IVY's new track 'Loon'. A tale of coming-of-age in Dunedin, with some fantastic instumentals and vocals - it's worth a listen. 

Check out IVY here!

Natural Ange comes up to the studio to give you tips on how to boost your mood during these winter days! Plus so much more...