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The mahi is messy and noisy and well under way. We are so delighted to see the progress in Te Whare Hēra studio with Patrice. Super thanks to All of the friends who have helped make things available for this. It’s the first time a chainsaw is in action in the gallery!

@franceinnewzealand @massey_finearts @masseyuni @wgtncc @patricekaikilekofe by @tewharehera

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Yesterday we welcomed our artist in residence for October - Villa Antipode NOHO French Pacific Artist Patrice Kaikilekofe joins us for a month of making and connecting. Patrice comes to us from New Caledonia, but hails originally from the island of Uvea Mama’o (Wallis), in the district of Mu’a and the villages of Kolopopo and Halolo, and Futuna, in the district of Sigave and the villages of Vaisei and Fiua.

He is a multidisciplinary artist specialising in printmaking, and a self taught musician, guitarist, lead singer and composer in his band Kalaga’la (The Calling), fostering our Pacific languages, stories and cultural vibrations through sound and music. Patrice is working on a large scale carving project while he is here in Pōneke, and will be giving a public performance at the end of this residency.

Thanks to the French Embassy for supporting this residency - we are as ever so grateful for our partnership.

@franceinnewzealand @patricekaikilekofe @masseyuni @massey_finearts @toi_rauwharangi @wgtncc by @tewharehera

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We had the second of our workshops with artist in residence, Sorawit Songsataya, during the weekend.

Our participants were working with the listening devices they had worked with in the previous weekend, but they took them into the wild for Sorawit to witness and film. Thank you to Wellington for turning on the most ideal day - low glistening sunlight, a healthy breeze, and plenty of folks out and about. Each of our workshop participants spent time reflecting on the sounds made by the undulations of the land they passed the device over. As Sorawit said, listening is a fairly private activity. They were encouraged to work independently, zeroing in on their own experience and trying not to be attuned to the other sounds in the area. Thanks so much to everyone who came along, and to Sorawit who shared so generously about their practice and thoughts around sonic, cultural and geological matters.

As this residency closes, I’m reflecting on the diversity of our residents, and the many things they offer the people they engage with. Sorawit has been an absolute treasure to host, and we’re looking forward to seeing what comes of the mahi and research made in this last month.

@ss_instagrm @wgtncc @toi_rauwharangi @massey_finearts @masseyuni by @tewharehera

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Current artist in residence, Sorawit Songsataya is offering 2 consecutive workshops - this coming Saturday and the following Saturday. We have a few spaces left for eager artistic participants. If you’re keen to join, please email A.J.Bain@massey.ac.nz to register your interest.

Workshop 1: Listening device, the making, will be all about creating the listening devices, learning about geo-sonicity, polylinguistics and various overlapping acts between the senses.

Workshop 2: Listening device, the filming will involve the same participants exploring improvisation and choreographic possibilities with the listening devices, and experimenting with ways to listen with the whole body. The film made in this workshop will be exhibited at Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery in 2028.

The workshops are on Saturday 19 and 26, 2-4pm, and are limited to 12 participants. Secure your spot today. Check out our website to learn more.

@ss_instagrm @massey_finearts @masseyuni @toi_rauwharangi @adamartgallery @wgtncc by @tewharehera

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Yesterday we had a most illuminating visit with the brilliant curators from Alexander Turnbull Library. Sorawit’s research spans a plethora of subjects, and we were invited to view a diverse array of objects and documents that intersect with their interests. These items ranged from a manuscript made in the 16th Century, a miniature globe from the 18th Century that depicts the path of Cook’s first voyage and circumnavigation, to comic books of the 1970’s and avant garde graphical scores from Cilla McQueen from 2012. It was an astonishingly thoughtful presentation of connecting ideas, and we’re so thankful to Dr Michael Brown, Sam Orchard, Mark Hector and Geraldine Warren for their generosity with time and effort. Sorawit, our interns Finn and Ruby and myself (Amber-Jayne) went away with our minds full of music and stars, and a vastly better understanding of the immense treasure that is the Turnbull collection. Thank you to Michael for facilitating our visit and putting so much thought into the questions Sorawit is asking.

@ss_instagrm @wgtncc @masseyuni by @tewharehera

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Yesterday’s artist talk event at Te Papa was so interesting - Sorawit Songsataya shared openly about their processes and research, and I think for many of us, we experienced their work at an entirely new depth. The generosity of our friends at Te Papa, including wonderful Hanahiva Rose, and some excellent technicians who came to save the day during our setup, and curators and conservators who attended as well - we are so thankful for these excellent humans. Thanks to everyone who came. Special thanks to Massey School of Art Head of School Shaun Waugh, who gave our welcome and introduction.

A reminder for anyone who is interested in registering for our limited entry workshops - Saturday 19th September 2-4pm for Workshop 1 (Listening device, the making) and 26th September 2-4pm Workshop 2 (the filming) - email A.J.Bain@massey.ac.nz to secure your place. Entry is limited to 12 participants, and it is anticipated you will attend both workshops. Learn more by going to https://www.tewharehera.ac.nz/events/workshop-1-listening-device-the-making

@ss_instagrm @te_papa @massey_finearts @masseyuni @toi_rauwharangi @wgtncc @adamartgallery @shaun_waugh by @tewharehera

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A lovely little mention in @nzlistenermag for our artist resident Gabby O’Connor’s recent installation at Wellington Railway Station : reflect, return. thanks to @urbandreambrokerage and @kiwirailnz - and so great to have the support of excellent folk like @mark_amery.
We’re delighted to be visible in that excellent publication.

@studioantarctica by @tewharehera

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A reminder that tomorrow we have a special event at Te Papa Tongarewa - our current artist in residence and Walter’s Prize 2027 nominee, Sorawit Songsataya will be sharing their work - both the recent audio/visual research components, and works centred around Oamaru limestone, as well as their ongoing sculptural and filmic work, Listening device.

Please join us:
Tuesday 8th September, 4-5pm
The Reading Room, Level 4, Te Papa Tongarewa

The images above are from Fibrous Soul (installation details), 2024, Govett Brewster Art Gallery. Photographer: Cheska Brown.

@ss_instagrm @te_papa @massey_finearts @toi_rauwharangi @masseyuni @wgtncc @adamartgallery @aucklandartgallery by @tewharehera

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Artist Talk Announcement:

Listening to Land as the Body: on aurality, sonic ecology, place, and transformation

Please join Te Whare Hēra artist in residence, Sorawit Songsataya for an artist talk at Te Papa Tongarewa, in the Reading Room on Level 4, 4pm Tuesday 8th September.

Sorawit will be presenting their recent audio/visual research components, and past works centered around Ōamaru limestone––an important entity that has led the artist to investigate the acoustic and sonic realms through their artistic practice since late 2019. In addition to this, Sorawit will share their ongoing sculptural and filmic work, Listening device (2024–), a continuing series that explores and engages with modes of listening to the rhythmic contours of the land, inquiring and contemplating ways to listen with the body and to hear the inaudible through a tactile sonic experience that aims to blur the boundaries between biology, geography, and ecology.

Tuesday 8th September, 4pm
The Reading Room, Level 4, Te Papa Tongarewa
Free and open to all.

With deepest thanks to our wonderful friends and supporters at Te Papa Tongarewa, Curator Contemporary Art Hanahiva Rose, and Curator Historical New Zealand Art Rebecca Rice, and colleagues who so generously host this for us.

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Sorawit Songsataya. Image still from Listening Device, Hanoi, 2025

@ss_instagrm @te_papa @masseyuni @toi_rauwharangi @massey_finearts @wgtncc @adamartgallery @aucklandartgallery by @tewharehera

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New Te Whare Hēra artist-in-residence. Welcome to Sorawit Songsataya, Walters Prize Nominee 2027.

Te Whare Hēra are excited to announce and welcome our September artist in residence, Thai-New Zealand artist and Walters Prize nominee for 2027, Sorawit Songsataya. This residency is in collaboration with Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery.

Songsataya will be engaging with local emerging artists, curators and conservators, and presenting a public talk and a workshop. Participants in a special filming session will contribute to the generation of new works for the Walters Prize.

Working across 3D animation, moving image, sculpture, site-responsive installation, and sound to explore the complex relationship between places and experiences; the artist draws from material cultures, situated knowledge and ecological belief systems. This residency is an exciting opportunity for our creative community to learn and connect with one of our country’s most innovative contemporary artists.

Thanks to @emmanuelcunnane and @adamartgallery for partnering with us for this residency, and to @aucklandartgallery @te_papa @wgtncc @toi_rauwharangi @massey_finearts @masseyuni and the many good folk who are engaging with this residency.

Find out more about Sorawit Songsataya through the Te Whare Hēra artist residency website: https://www.tewharehera.ac.nz/artists/sorawit-songsataya

@ss_instagrm by @tewharehera

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We photobook fans are almost recovered from an epic extended weekend of talks and workshops and the incredible Photobook Fair 2026. Thanks to all of the organising committee who worked so hard to bring us all of the events, and who brought us our resident for part of August - Martha Naranjo Sandoval.

Martha is is a Brooklyn-based visual artist, photographer, publisher, and cataloger from Mexico City. Her work focuses on the family album as means of creating community around photography.
She is the founder and director of the editorial project Matarile Ediciones, which publishes work by artists who are immigrants or part of a recent diaspora.

Martha gave an epic keynote speech at the Photobook Fair, taking us through her photographic practice, and the formation and publication of Small Death - a work that collects images made by the artist over her first years living in New York after emigrating from Mexico City. Her work is extraordinary - intimate, tactile and iterative. She moves between streetscapes, nude self portraiture, found imagery, and loving pictures of her family. We discovered Martha’s process for curating the book, and learned about the significance of sequencing, and the black frames that show her transition between one place and another. If you want to purchase Small Death, you can still get it from Martha! Connect to her @martha_mydear to make arrangements!

Thanks for bringing your thoughtful and excellent mahi to our city, Martha. You and Dylan are both part of our forever family now.

@photobooknz @toi_rauwharangi @photography_massey @martha_mydear @wgtncc by @tewharehera

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In the quiet after somebody passes, there is time to reflect on their life, the impact of their presence and contribution, and the loss we continue to feel. We would like to honour and remember our Te Whare Hēra alumnus Christine Borland, who passed away on 19th July. Christine was part of a residency with her collaborator and friend Cat Auburn, between July and September 2024. Christine and Cat created an utterly beautiful and thoughtful exhibition titled Approaching Home at Aratoi Art Gallery and Museum in Masterton, curated by Sarah McClintock. In Approaching Home the artists focused on carefully chosen materials, - flax, linen, harakeke - processes and iterative works to introduce and question the concept of ‘home’ through shared colonial histories, ecological pathways and endangered making traditions. We learned so much from these artists, about the possibilities of international exchange, moving beyond conventional boundaries of institutional knowledge generation.

Christine demonstrated the power of friendship, knowledge sharing; and leveraging craft, making and autotheoretical art practices. Her commitment to the exhibition project even as she was unable to travel because of her illness, was a testament to her character. During the residency we were so blessed with the online artist talk that she and Cat gave our community.

Her death is a profound loss, but her cross-disciplinary work in art, science, medicine, archives and museums is a legacy we can continue to draw from. You can visit Christine’s work through her website, including the documented exhibition here: https://www.christineborland.com/approaching-home

Our thoughts are with her family and friends in Scotland and beyond. We add our gratitude to the chorus of voices who remember how remarkable Christine was, and look to her life’s work as an inspiration and an example.

@cmborland @cat.auburn @toi_rauwharangi @massey_finearts @wgtncc @aratoimuseum @moonpurr by @tewharehera

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