Tanu Gago
Tatsumi Orimoto
Ayala Gazit
29 May – 17 June
29 May – 17 June
Was It A Dream 29 May – 17 June
The Auckland Festival of Photography 2014 features the fourth Annual Commission, this
the urban social issues related to the modern re-
Auckland-based photographer is commissioned to create a new body of work for exhibition during the Festival. The commission provides an opportunity to support and promote an Auckland photographer as well as create a cultural and artistic asset for present and future Auckland audiences to enjoy. This year’s commissioned artist is Tanu Gago. Tanu Gago’s holds a Bachelors degree in Performing and Screen Arts and his practice as a photographer, heavily informed by traditional
and space and what these elements may look like and potentially mean to NZ and the rest of the world. Other shortlisted artists this year were Qiane Matata-Sipu and Raymond Sagapolutele.
collaborative aspects to design and articulate his own visual vocabulary. The result is a marriage of narrative structure and commercial aesthetics, delivered within a conceptual framework that looks at his own world and the people that inhabit it. As an Image-maker, Tanu engages directly with
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Art-Mama + Son
“Art is not only white space gallery, it is also public places, railways stations and restaurants. It is a very important thing”. So says Japanese performance artist and photographer Tatsumi Orimoto who, in caring for his elderly dependent mother with Alzheimer’s, has made this daily routine a whimsical art experience gradually forgets, Orimoto has remembered her steadfast support for his art from an early age, despite the sometimes cruel discouragement of his father, and includes her in his performances as collaborator and muse. Orimoto has made his caregiver’s life with Mama a playful, creative, sometimes macabre and disturbing experience and his performances make visible not only his boundless love for her but also that which is usually hidden from view. Auckland Festival of Photography presents a series of posters and performance video by artist Tatsumi Orimoto. 1 - Beethoven-Mama: Japan (DVD, 16 minutes) 2 - Mozart-Mama. Dinner: Performance 2013, Kawasaki City. ley Changing Diapers: Performance 2013, KaSome content may offend. — Silo 6, Wynyard Qtr — — — photographyfestival.org.nz
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Portrait of the Unknown
Memory
Peter and William by Tanu Gago
Annual Commission by Sacred Hill
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At age 12, Ayala Gazit learned she had an oldmeet him would end in tragedy as ultimately he committed suicide. Eventually Ayala did travel to Australia to connect with her brother’s family and his enduring memory, “following the traces and echoes of one’s existence after his passing”. Through family snapshots, letters and quotes from conversations interspersed with her own dreamlike images evoking isolation, fragmentation and loss, Ayala Gazit creates a portrait of the memory of the brother she never met. Born in Israel, at 18 years old, Gazit was drafted into the Israeli Army, where she served for two years as a military photographer in a in 2005, to complete a BFA in photography at The School of Visual Arts. Gazit graduated with dent chosen for the Tierney Fellowship. Thanks to the Fellowship's support Gazit managed to begin the project she has been wishing to embark on for over a decade - Was it A Dream. The exhibition was presented at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale in 2013. — Silo 6, Wynyard Qtr — — — ayalagazit.com
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