On Various Artists this week: 

Frances speaks to Mark Amery and Sophie Jerram about their new book ‘Urgent Moments’ on the story of public art curations in the cultural climate of the mid 2000’s, and with New Zealand fashion designer and wool enthusiast Liz Mitchell about her upcoming exhibition ‘This Raw Material’.

Liam speaks to artist and advocate Judy Darragh about the arts in the upcoming election and to Dan Arps about about his Nirvana Park exhibition at Micheal Lett Gallery 2. 

 And—of course—to round off the show, we take you through the art guide for Tāmaki Makarau this week.

After first occupying vacant spaces in a post-stock-market-crash Auckland in the mid-1990s, public art curators ‘Letting Space’ re-emerged in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Confronted by the thin net of social welfare, the waste of the capitalist system and the climate emergency, it brokered spaces for artists to think and act radically, outside gallery walls.

A big and bright new book out of Massey University Press, ‘Urgent Moments’ chronicles these projects the artists that drove them. 

To hear about the projects, Frances caught up with editors Mark Amery and Sophie Jerram.

On Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, we explore nightcore and songs sped up for Tik Tok. Whakarongo mai nei!

Our Viewmaster Litia Tuiburelevu reviews Everything Now, a teen drama comedy streaming on Netflix. Whakarongo mai nei!

We share a chat Stella had with Jamila Woods before the release of her album Water Made Us, which is out today. Check out the video for Practice, which she released a few days ago. Whakarongo mai nei!

The Ideas, "Kiwi King Brothers" (thank you texter)  join Lucia in studio for Fancy New Band! Blues, metal, pure rock !! 

Natural Ange is in the studio to answer your questions about holistic health. Whakarongo mai nei!

Marc Daalder gives us some Political Commentary before the election this weekend, speaking to Rachel about recent polls, increasing support for minor parties, discourse around a potential hung parliament and debates as of late. Lucinda Bennett talks about kai for election night on Breakfast Food. Demarnia Lloyd from Cloudboy chats about the Down at the End of the Garden 20th anniversary tour. Jim beams in Live From A Slide on Greening Out to tell us about growing gorgeous gardens when working with limited space. Natural Ange is in the studio to answer your questions about holistic health. We recap your Top 10. Whakarongo mai nei!

Lucinda Bennett talks about kai for election night on Breakfast Food. Whakarongo mai nei!