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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Artists inhale Mayurbhanj
Artist Lipika Sen describes her residency in Mayurbhanj, India, where she and her co-artist Prabhjyot Majithia stayed in a palace with an erstwhile royal family and silently roaring tigers.
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New Zealand’s cultural role in the Asia Pacific region
Simon Draper's speech, at the Asia-Pacific Connection Session, the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres.
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Artist delves into Cambodia's book piracy industry
Moving-image artist Sonya Lacey travelled to Cambodia late last year to shoot her film 'How to get from One to Two' , which looks at the country's thriving book piracy industry. She undertook the proj
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Artist learns from marigolds and masters in Odisha
Artist Quishile Charan describes learning traditional dying techniques from master textile makers in the North Indian state of Odisha. Quishile's research will contribute towards her practice that foc
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Artist dances Elliptical Fiction on Taipei residency
Dancer and choreographer Zahra Killeen-Chance recently spent three months on an Asia New Zealand Foundation residency at Taipei Artist Village where she collaborated with local artists and developed h
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Artist molds memories in clay on Tokyo residency
New Zealand Artist Richard Maloy recently returned from a two-month Foundation residency at the prestigious Youkobo Artspace in Tokyo. In this interview he describes his time at Youkobo and the work h
