MANA TAKAT?PUI: Taera T?ne

Deane Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, 29 Jan - 10 April 2011

Mana Takat?pui: Taera T?ne explores Pacific perspectives on gay culture and male sexuality in contemporary Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Takat?pui is a customary M?ori word describing a loving and intimate relationship between two people of the same sex. In recent times, the term has been adopted for gay, lesbian and transgender culture in the Pacific Taera Tane refers to male ?sexual desire' or ?style'.

Mana Takat?pui: Taera T?ne presents the voices of five artists of Samoan and M?ori descent: Fear Brampton, Tanu Gago, Richard Kereopa, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, and Hoteera Riri. � Unlocking stereotypes and exploring double standards, each artist looks at the interplay between culture and sexuality.

Artists? Talk: Mana Takat?pui
Saturday 29 January 2011, 1pm

Listen to Tanu Gao, Fear Brampton, Richard Kereopa and Hoteera Riri in conversation with Reuben Friend in the new Deane Gallery exhibition Mana Takat?pui: Taera T?ne.

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HooP 2010: Kate Walker

SQUARE2, City Gallery Wellington, 7 March - 3 April 2011

SQUARE2, at the entrance to the City Gallery Wellington, is a site dedicated to moving image artworks.

HooP 2010 is a work by video artist Kate Walker in collaboration with the Nelson LGBT community It documents an event staged by the artist where community members participated in a mass hula hooping event.

Swaying hips, circular rhythms and shuffling feet resound in the film Moments of pathos, seriousness and vulnerability are punctured by the humour of the event Both the euphoria of collective action, and more personal enjoyment, is focused on This work is about the body's physicality, communal activity, and visual spectacle.

Kate Walker's (MFA, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona) practice encompasses painting, drawing and video work, within which narrative devices are used to explore contemporary social issues Walker's work has been shown in New Zealand, the United States, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and in the Netherlands. Her work can be seen at www.katewalker.co.nz The artist has recently moved to Idaho, to take up a position at Boise State University.

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