Hā: Exhibition Opening and Artist Talk

Hā brings together ceramic works by Audrey Goggin and cyanotype prints by Anouska Wallis-Lewis. Both artists allow natural elements and their materials to determine organic forms, initiating conversations between the works and the environment they find themselves in. In Te Reo Māori, the word 'hā' can be translated into English as 'breath', but it also holds meanings of 'life force' and 'vitality,' along with links to a Te Ao Māori story of creation in which Tāne sculpts the first woman out of uku (clay) and breathes life into her. Goggin and Wallis-Lewis work with the life present within their materials, giving them space to breathe in order to explore interconnections in te taiao (the natural world).

Artist Talk at 6:30pm