We chat to poet Doc Drumheller about his IN TOUCH Arts Commission work in which fellow poets and dignitaries in New Zealand and Asia read poems from his 2018 collection of poems Drinking with Li Bai.
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IN TOUCH: Walking away
In this article we talk to the creators of IN TOUCH Arts Commission Walking Away and discuss why the tango is so popular among Asian communities in New Zealand and around the world.
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IN TOUCH - Tashi Dolma
We chat to artist Tiffany Singh about her work Tashi Dolma, a short video that captures the essence of her arts practice. Tashi Dolma is one of the Foundation's 2022 IN TOUCH Arts Commissions.
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IN TOUCH - A Bite That Takes Me Home
Yixuan Zhu's IN TOUCH Arts Commission work A Taste That Takes Me Home is a playful exploration of the role food plays in Chinese culture.
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IN TOUCH - In / You
We talk to Paul Mathews about his IN TOUCH dance In / You, which he performs with his wife, Mayu Tanigaito, and is filmed beneath the pohutukawa tree under which they were married in 2017.
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IN TOUCH - Being, Becoming
We chat to artist Xi Li about her IN TOUCH Arts Commission work Being, Becoming - an organic and synthetic digital sculpture reflecting on identity through a mythical narrative framework.
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IN TOUCH Arts Commission: Yoru no Torii
Allan Xia's motion comic Yoru no Torri recounts his visit to Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine, Kyoto, where a chance encounter with an old man revealed to him another side of the sacred site.
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IN TOUCH - 20...20 VISION
Experience Shane Carter and Arnont Nongyao's "abrasive and confronting" audio-visual work 20...20 VISION. 20...20 VISION is an IN TOUCH Arts Commission.
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IN TOUCH - Nothing Is
We chat with choreographer Lucy Marinkovich about her IN TOUCH arts commission dance work Nothing Is.
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IN TOUCH: Rasa - Three Minutes in India
Musician Tristan Carter and visual artist Kelly Spencer's IN TOUCH arts commission work, Rasa, takes the audience on a surreal audio/visual stroll through the sounds and sites of an Indian city.
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IN TOUCH: Three Dots
Set on 9 August 2020 in Auckland, Singapore and Davao in the Philippines, Three Dots touches down into the lives of three women as they go about their day, each impacted in their own way by Covid-19.
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IN TOUCH - Half-Life
Fiona Amundsen and Hiroshi Nakatsuji's work Half-Life explores the impact of the dropping of nuclear bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
