Announcement of Artists for The 2nd Auckland Triennial 2004
Media
Release October 2003
public (1) of, relating to, or concerning the people as
a whole (2) open or accessible to all
privacy (1) The condition of being private or withdrawn;
seclusion (2) the condition of being secret; secrecy
Collins Dictionary of the English Language, Collins, London and Glasgow
tumatanui (a) open, public, without disguise
Dictionary of the Māori Language, H.W. Williams M.A. Seventh
edition, 1997 GP Publications, Wellington
tumataiti (a) secret and private
Huatau Māori Language Consultants, Levin
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is pleased to announce the list of
artists for the forthcoming The 2nd Auckland Triennial, PUBLIC/PRIVATE
TUMATANUI/TUMATAITI. The curators Ngāhiraka Mason and Ewen McDonald
have selected 38 artists' projects that explore aspects of PUBLIC/PRIVATE
and encapsulate a number of powerful, poignant and disturbing ideas
succinctly. Indeed, for the audience, PUBLIC/PRIVATE will be an
evocative and stimulating encounter with a range of cross-cultural,
cross-media practices that focus on an increasingly pertinent political
issue.
Further, the projects instigate debate as a crucial part of the work
and highlight the significant role that artists can play in elucidating
contemporary social issues.
The participating artists are: Mark Adams (NZ), Laurie Anderson (USA),
Tiong Ang (The Netherlands), John Barbour (Aus), Polly Borland (Aus/UK),
Louisa Bufardeci (Aus), Mutlu Çerkez (Aus), Chris Cunningham (UK),
Margaret Dawson (NZ), et al. (NZ), Kathleen Herbert (UK), Jenny Holzer
(USA), Lonnie Hutchinson (NZ), Ilya & Emilia Kabakov (USSR/USA), Kao
Chung-Li (Taiwan), Emiko Kasahara (Japan), William Kentridge (RSA), Jakob
Kolding (Denmark), Lauren Lysaght (NZ), Andrew Mcleod (NZ), Thando Mama (RSA),
Senzeni Marasala (RSA), Teresa Margolles (Mexico), Julia Morison (NZ),
Callum Morton (Aus), Fiona Pardington (NZ), Neil Pardington (NZ), Robert
Pulie (Aus), Lisa Reihana (NZ), Catherine Rogers (Aus), Sangeeta
Sandrasegar (Aus), Lorna Simpson (USA), Sean Snyder (USA/Germany), Kathy
Temin (Aus), Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (USA), Jane & Louise Wilson (UK)
and Yuan Goang-Ming (Taiwan).
PUBLIC/PRIVATE TUMATANUI/TUMATAITI The 2nd Auckland Triennial, an
exhibition of leading and emerging contemporary New Zealand and
international artists, will be presented at the New Gallery, University of
Auckland's Gus Fisher Gallery, George Fraser Gallery, ARTSPACE and a
number of city sites from 20 March - 30 May 2004.
PUBLIC/ PRIVATE The 2nd Auckland Triennial Announcement 2004
Media Release June 2003
What purpose does privacy serve? Are there consequences of being a
privacy deviant who has a public personae distinct from a private one?
Have we become a society that is easily embarrassed by disclosures of any
nature? Do we hinder personal, social and political relationships,
communications and freedoms because we are afraid of the pain of private
and public embarrassment? Is there a moral and social norm centre on
issues of public and private privacies? Some of these questions give cause
for further enquiries as the blurring of private and public has become an
important concern.
The 2nd Auckland Triennial (20th March - 30th
May 2004) PUBLIC/ PRIVATE: TUMATANUI/ TUMATAITI will focus on the meaning
of privacy, on the self, and on individuality within a number of
contemporary socio-political contexts. The works to be included raises
pertinent questions about privacy that need to be (re)considered: some
projects are based on the loss of privacy, on actual events that have
impinged directly upon personal freedoms, other works reveal the impact of
invasive technologies (surveillance systems and biomedical procedures) on
notions of individual and social wellbeing.
Private practice/ public metaphor is one way of drawing attention to
the fact that individual voices can come to speak for others who may not
yet have found the means to describe and come to terms with a particular
circumstance or predicament. Indeed, it could be suggested that the
creative process itself is a form of 'going public', of self-exposure.
The Triennial exhibition will emphasise a cross-cultural,
transgenerational approach - the range of cross-media projects suggesting
that public and private, are oscillating terms. This is the pivot upon
which the exhibition balances: despite the many challenges confronting us
today, art making remains a vibrant and challenging alternative to the
information received via other means. The hands-on and often audacious
idiosyncratic approaches, reveals that artists are capable of
encapsulating powerful, poignant and disturbing ideas succinctly. The
intention of the exhibition is to open up debate and by including a number
of divergent voices from a range of differing social contexts, it is hoped
that certain connections between the works will resonate, thereby creating
a dynamic experiential dimension for the audience.
PUBLIC/ PRIVATE: TUMATANUI/ TUMATAITI will also locate Auckland New
Zealand as a key place to present this exhibition which will also feature
a film and video programme, a symposium and an extensive public events
calendar.
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