Robbie Handcock, courtesy of Artspace Aotearoa
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Exhibition Details
artspace-aotearoa.nzWhat shapes emerging practice?
At Artspace Aotearoa, the annual New Commissions exhibition is our approach to fostering explorative, sustainable, and resourced support for emerging practices. In this Deep dive lecture, Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator Robbie Handcock will discuss broader ways emerging practice is shaped in Aotearoa. Robbie will look at calls-for-proposals as a data set, and present initial findings into trends and how these relate to a broader art ecosystem.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A.
Booking is encouraged but not essential. RSVP Here
WHAT TO EXPECT
This event is free.
This event will be held in the Kit, located on the lower ground floor of Artspace Aotearoa, entrance is via 8 East St.
This location is accessible with assistance.
This event will be seated and microphones will be used.
Light refreshments will be provided.
BIOGRAPHY
Robbie Handcock is an artist and curator who grew up in small towns in Australia, Philippines and Aotearoa and is currently Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator at Artspace Aotearoa. As an artist, Robbie works across painting and printmaking, and as a curator has made exhibitions for artist-run spaces and public galleries. Robbie was a facilitator with play_station in Te Whanganui-a-Tara from 2019-2020 and curated the exhibition The Inner of Islands at Te Tuhi in 2021.
What shapes emerging practice?
At Artspace Aotearoa, the annual New Commissions exhibition is our approach to fostering explorative, sustainable, and resourced support for emerging practices. In this Deep dive lecture, Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator Robbie Handcock will discuss broader ways emerging practice is shaped in Aotearoa. Robbie will look at calls-for-proposals as a data set, and present initial findings into trends and how these relate to a broader art ecosystem.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A.
Booking is encouraged but not essential. RSVP Here
WHAT TO EXPECT
This event is free.
This event will be held in the Kit, located on the lower ground floor of Artspace Aotearoa, entrance is via 8 East St.
This location is accessible with assistance.
This event will be seated and microphones will be used.
Light refreshments will be provided.
BIOGRAPHY
Robbie Handcock is an artist and curator who grew up in small towns in Australia, Philippines and Aotearoa and is currently Kaiāwhina Whakaaturanga Assistant Curator at Artspace Aotearoa. As an artist, Robbie works across painting and printmaking, and as a curator has made exhibitions for artist-run spaces and public galleries. Robbie was a facilitator with play_station in Te Whanganui-a-Tara from 2019-2020 and curated the exhibition The Inner of Islands at Te Tuhi in 2021.
