Almost three years on from his arts residency in Varanasi, India, Eliot Collins looks back on the three months he spent living in the city on the banks of the Ganges.
Arts/News
IN TOUCH – the faces of Petaling Jaya
NZ artist Paul Timings collaborated with Malaysian artist Lee Ren Xin to create a series of images portraying Xin's neighbourhood in Malaysia for the Foundation's IN TOUCH arts commissions.
Arts/News
IN TOUCH - Kapowai Taiao
We chatted with director of contemporary dance/film production company Daniel Belton about his video/dance work Kapowai Taiao, which he produced as one of the Foundation's IN TOUCH arts commissions.
Research/News
K-Pop a gateway to Korean culture for Pacific youth
Leadership Network member Fine Koloamatangi looks at the growth of K-Pop among Pacific youth and speculates on what might be behind the genre's appeal.
Arts/News
Unified Moon at Kang Nam Station
We chat with artist Sam Thomas about his exhibition Unified Moon, which is currently on at Kang Nam Station Korean restaurant on Queen Street.
Arts/News
Cloud Pink wows the Hutt
We talk to Expressions Whirinaki Gallery curator Leanne Wickham about an interactive art installation from South Korea that gave gallery goers the sensation of touching clouds.
Arts/News
Nelson curator finds Jewellery and more linking Taiwan and NZ
The Suter Art Gallery curator Sarah McClintock describes her trip to Taiwan to meet with contemporary jewelers with the goal of arranging an exhibition at the Nelson gallery.
Arts/News
My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak an homage to Bollywood westerns
We chat with writer and director Ahi Karunaharan about My Heart Goes Thadak Thadak and what inspired him to write the Bollywood-influenced play.
Business/News
S.Korea's film industry inspires kiwi filmmaker
Benjamin Brooking reflects on his three-week internship in Seoul learning about South Korea's burgeoning film industry.
Arts/News
Foundation arts residency
inspires Shades of Shakti
Artist Tristan Carter talks about how his 2013 Foundation arts residency in Bangalore, India, inspired his latest collaboration, Shades of Shakti, a group that fuses classical Indian music and Jazz.
Arts/News
India poetry congress a gathering of brothers and sisters for NZ poet
We talk to poet Doc Drumheller, the editor and publisher of art magazine Catalyst, about attending the 39th World Congress of Poets (WCP) in Bhubaneswar, India.
Arts/News
East Meets West in Wellington
The three women who founded Wellington’s Chinese New Year Festival reflect on how it has developed since the early days and talk about the significance of perennial festival favourite East Meet West.
