Te Tuhi in association with Te Wai Ngutu Kākā presents a special book exchange, coinciding with the opening event for Shubigi Rao’s exhibition, Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book, at Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery.
We will have 10 copies of Shubigi Rao's book, Pulp III: An Intimate Inventory of the Banished Book, to give away to the first 10 guests who bring a book to donate to the Samoa House Library.
Originally presented at the 2022 Venice Biennale, copies of the book are arranged in the exhibition in a way that speaks of the monumentality of the book as a container of knowledge and progenitor of change. The book is offered as a complementary artwork, a form of sharing and generosity that is integral to Rao's method.
The event is open to everyone. Coffee and pastries will be provided.
Read more about the exhibition:
→ Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book
In addition to the book exchange and opening event on Saturday 20 April, Te Tuhi in association with Te Wai Ngutu Kākā Gallery, Auckland Writers Festival and SATELLITES are also hosting several other events with Shubigi Rao in May, alongside the Aotearoa presentation of Pulp III: A Short Biography of the Banished Book:
→ Auckland Writers Festival Talk - Pulp Friction: The Rise of Book Bans, a panel discussion.
Sunday 19 May 2024, 11.30am - 12.30pm
Hunua Room, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 1010
Programmed as part of the Auckland Writers Festival 2024, Shubigi Rao will be joining a panel discussion covering the topic of the global rise of book bans. Participants in the discussion include authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Lauren Groff, and journalist, Adam Dudding.
For more information about the Auckland Writers Festival panel discussion with Shubigi Rao, click here.
→ Additional Events
Additional events with Shubigi Rao will be taking place while she is in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in May, organised in partnership with SATELLITES, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based arts organisation connecting the past, present and future of Aotearoa Asian art.