Welcome to Festival Zone for early May about the 2015 Auckland Festival of Photography programme. This month we congratulate Anne Noble, ONZM as the recipient of the 31st Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Award in Japan.
© Anne Noble Ruby's Room #18, 1999-2004
Auckland Festival of Photography 2015 full programme is now available online and printed copies are now at venues, libraries and community spaces in your Auckland area.
Anne Noble - No Vertical Song
© Anne Noble - Dead Bee portrait No8
One of New Zealand’s most respected photographers, Anne Noble has won the Overseas Photographer Award in the 31st Higashikawa Awards.
Anne Noble is Professor of Fine Arts (Photography) at Massey University Wellington, and was awarded an Arts Foundation Laureate award in 2009 and a Senior Fulbright Scholarship last year.
The Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Award recognises photographic achievement, with Anne Noble chosen after jury member Aki Kusumoto conducted research in Auckland and Wellington considering the work of 13 New Zealand important photographers nominated by the Auckland Festival of Photography.
Anne Noble was chosen by an overwhelming majority of the jury members for her well known, vivid and compelling images, including work on the theme of Antarctica, a series of photographs of her daughter’s mouth, and other work dealing with contemporary issues including sexuality, representation and our relationship with nature.
The importance of our relationship to the natural world is evident in Anne Noble’s forthcoming exhibition, No Vertical Song (Two Rooms Gallery, 29 May – 4 July), one of the highlights in this year’s 2015 Auckland Festival of Photography (28 May – 20 June). No Vertical Song features Noble’s “the dead bee portraits” series, images taken using a scanning electron microscope, with the photographs installed as if in an imaginary museum of the bee in a time when the insect no longer exists.
Auckland Festival of Photography is a partner Festival with Higashikawa in the Asia Pacific Photoforum.
Lithuanian Photography at Northart
Lithuanian photography features next month at Northart, three artists work feature "Old Drivers" by Donatas Stankevicius, Travel 'AIR' by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas and "Crossings" by Edis Jurcys. Thanks to Northart for their support of this international work at the Festival and to the Lithuanian Society for hosting Mindaugas and Donatas during their visit to the Festival later this month.
The show is presented by Kaunas Photo Festival in Lithuania and they have created a video presentation about coming "down under", watch this on Vimeo in anticipation of the opening on Sunday 31st May at 4pm at Northart.
© "Old Drivers" by Donatas Stankevicius
Come along to the Talking Culture Symposium on 30th May at Auckland Art Gallery to hear Mindaugas speak about photobooks in Lithuania and get your work seen and critiqued by him at the Portfolio Reviews on over our opening weekend, Queens Birthday holiday Monday 1st June. Bookings recommended. Free. Sessions are 20 minutes one on one. More details here and how to go in the draw to win a prize - HP is proud to be offering the chance to win a HP DreamColor HP Z24s 24-Inch 4K IPS Display, with stunning image accuracy and unbelievable image quality this prize will be an essential ad to any photographers toolkit. (Everyone who has their portfolio reviewed on 1 June and 13 June at Northart will be entered into the draw). Book now!
Talking Culture events and Portfolio Reviews are sponsored by
Early openers - May
Joyce Campbell at Uxbridge, Howick. Opens 15 May.
Sacred Surburbia at Nathan Homestead, Manurewa. Opens 16 May.
And over on the North Shore at Ravenhill Cafe is Kelly Lynch's Intimate. Opens 20 May.
Full calendar of exhibitions and events on our website.
Programme changes & updates
As with all public programmes things change. Here are the updates on symposium, talks and screenings:
Auckland Art Gallery - Delighted to announce Becky Nunes, Head of Photography, at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design will be our MC at our Talking Culture Symposium "Photobook Stories" on May 30th. Starting at 11am with key presentations by Anita Totha 1115am, Dr Doug Spowart 1215pm, and 145pm is Mindaugas Kavaliauskas plus the work of Kenji Oyama, short visual artfilm on Japanese photobooks as art objects will screen during the days event followed by our panel discussion, at 3pm, on the full Momento Pro panel is Libby Jeffrey, Momento Pro plus:
- Anita Totha of Remote Photobooks + Tangent Collective
- Mindaugus Kavaliauskas of Kaunas Photo Festival
- Haruhiko Sameshima of Rim Books
- Doug Spowart of the Australian Library of Art
Free, seats on first come, first seated basis, and whilst at the AAG over Queens Birthday weekend, see two exhibitions, one by Laurence Aberhart ANZAC and the new epic work by Lisa Reihana.
Mikolaj Nowacki - Odra series
Angkor Photo Festival Slideshows - Silo 6 - 3.45pm Mon 1 June: TALK - Mikolaj Nowacki discusses his project Odra where he explores the river area of his youth and his work with local barge operators that capture traditional life in Poland in a contemporary photographic setting. Silo 6, Wynyard Quarter. Bring warm coats and scarves, limited heating and seating.