SCANZ 2009: Raranga tangata
The Weaving Together of People

Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) is the interCreate Research Centre's major project, a two week residency for artists, producers, writers, theorists and curators will be held in New Plymouth New Zealand from January 26th to February 8th 2009. Project partners are the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Puke Ariki integrated library and museum.

Raranga tangata refers to the weaving together of people, a phrase used to describe the internet and adopted by Sally Jane Norman and Sylvia Nagl in their work. The aim for SCANZ 2009 is to weave an enduring fabric of people and technology, located in this place: Taranaki, Aotearoa New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.

Residency
January 26th–February 8th

Symposium
February 7th–8th

Tending Networks: The 5th Aotearoa Digital Arts Symposium will address new developments, connections, and opportunities in digital, new media and electronic art practice in New Zealand and internationally.

The symposium will feature presentations by major international artists Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries of Korea, and Adam Hyde, a New Zealander based in Amsterdam. A wide range of artists and researchers from Christchurch and around New Zealand will present current projects, and panel discussions will focus on the creation of new work, including the role of community networks, the value of collaboration, and the challenges posed by exhibiting digital art.

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Robin Fox performed live @ Artspace in Auckland on 18/02/2006.

this is a recording in three parts of his performance

http://www.aliak.com/node/2227 has some other documentation of the night

http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz

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mhfs, Sean Kerr, Robin Fox performed live @ Artspace in Auckland on 18/02/2006.

this is a slideshow video of some photos taken on the night

http://www.aliak.com/node/2227 has some other documentation of the night

http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/

music in the video is "Reel Life" by Cinematic Orchestra

Radio One is a radio station based in Dunedi, New Zealand which broadcasts on 91 FM.

"Radio One 91fm is your radio station, home of the intrepid audiophile. We take you to the school and bank your cheque with all the freshest music, the latest news, and the skinny on the places to be."

Groove Guide is a free mini-mag / street press in New Zealand.

Published by Real Groovy Promotions
PO Box 91285
Auckland

Listing enquiries :
Gemma Dickinson
info@grooveguide.co.nz

Editor / Designer :

originally posted on Stealth board - New Zealand thread @ http://www.stealthmag.com/board/viewthread.php?tid=3418

ok, these links aren't all strictly hip hop, but some of the galleries do show some graf, and if you're visiting NZ/Auckland, it's worth checking them out.

in the galleries, there's usually an "Artwalk K Road" brochure created by the K Road Business Association - this is where all these links & descriptions come from. (typos & errors below are mine)

K Road = Karangahape Road, I'll use the abbreviation to save more typos

Real Groovy - records, cds, dvds, books, magazines. heaps of magazines

Psytrance in NZ

Contribute

Biggie's community includes Acts, Producers, Publishers, Promoters and Venues from all over the country that keep Biggie up-to-date with the latest information so that tens of thousands of members can be informed about the latest events and news pertinent to them.

UpStage is a New Zealand site for online performances and storytelling. The next walk-through will be on Wednesday 2 February 2005.

Developing and promoting arts for all New Zealanders

NKII is working towards (in conjunction with the HB Cultural Trust, Napier and Hastings City Councils), the development of a Kahungunu Arts and Cultural Centre with archival and contemporary development for the protection and safe keeping of taonga. visit http://www.kahungunu.iwi.nz for details

Maori Trust Board concerned with the Te Arawa Lakes

New Zealand tribal heritage site

Ngai Tahu are the Maori people of the southern islands of New Zealand, Te Waipounamu. As New Zealand's third largest tribe there are over 30,000 members scattered around its territory, the North Island and overseas.

Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu is the governing body that oversees the tribe's activities and is made up of democratically elected representatives from the 18 runanga (or tribal) councils. The tribe has three separate divisions that manage administration (Office of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu), commercial activities (Holdings Corporation) and delivery of social and cultural programmes (Development Corporation).

toi iho is a registered trade mark used to promote and sell authentic, quality Maori arts and crafts.

toi iho has also been designed to authenticate exhibitions and performances of Maori arts by Maori artists.

The creation of the mark was facilitated by Te Waka Toi, the Maori arts board of Creative New Zealand, in consultation with Maori artists.

The trademark was designed and created by Maori artists.

Maori Arts.com website show case Maori Arts and artists through out Aotearoa New Zealand with a free web listing and information service.

Maori-arts.com aims to market and promote the Maori art community of New Zealand to the world web with an easy to use friendly web interface.

Tuhono will be a service that helps to link Maori adults to the iwi and Maori organisations to which they are entitled to affiliate and register. Once the connection is made and accepted by the iwi and Maori organisations, Tuhono will continue to provide up to date contact information to the iwi and Maori organisations to each affiliate. The entire process will only start and continue if Tuhono receives formal consent from the iwi member. Consent to participate in this process has been sought from each of the 353,818 Maori on the Maori and General electoral rolls.

Kia ora, welcome to Te Kete Ipurangi

The Adam Art Gallery - leading critical debate in visual art. The gallery offers a broad programme of exhibitions and events that foster the understanding and practice of national and international visual art and culture. Exhibitions present and critically interpret a range of disciplines, including the visual arts, craft, architecture, design and music and involve areas beyond the humanities.

ARTSPACE's mission is to challenge, inspire and educate the makers and readers of contemporary culture by producing, exhibiting and communicating contemporary art from a point of view unhindered by the expectation of success or fear of failure.

The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a museum that fosters the development and interpretation of contemporary art.

The Window project aims to create a situation where artists, writers, academics, engineers

Screen & Media studies at University of Waikato, New Zealand research interests include: New Zealand in the global media economy, media education and media democracy, media and religion, digital gaming, and audience studies, including the investigation of the international reception of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.