This event marks the opening of the new exhibition I Carry Your Love on My Back by Melanie Tangaere Baldin (Ngāti Porou) and Bui Duy Thanh Mai (Vietnam).
I Carry Your Love on My Back is a mihi to Melanie and Mai’s families and the work that goes into keeping each other well. The exhibition considers the ways that bodies are marked and transformed by care; tangible expressions of the complex love that circulates within families.
This informal, talk-based event will open with the serving of brewed remedies, followed a conversation between visiting artists Mai, Melanie and curator Jordan Davey-Emms (Pākehā), focusing on the artworks and the challenges and joys of presenting work about family. This will be a relaxed discussion, with opportunities for attendees (and the artists’ family members in attendance) to contribute their own perspectives. The event will end with shared food at the gallery.
Perhaps you have a memory of receiving care from a relative in some way, or a food/sensation/visual cue for home?
Please consider bringing something with you to contribute to the event. Here are some suggestions:
→ It could be a story. Perhaps you have a memory of receiving care from a relative in some way, a food/sensation/visual cue you associate with home, a moment of connection with a distant relative, etc…
→ It could be food or non-alcoholic beverage to add to the table.
Doors open/remedies served from 10am; talk begins at 10.15am.
Satellites are kindly supporting this event. Please RSVP using their online portal here.
→ For more information about the artists and the exhibition, click here.