• Announcing a new mini writing residency with Gus Fisher Gallery and The Pantograph Punch

Gus Fisher Gallery have announced a new partnership with The Pantograph Punch to offer a mini writing residency, as part of their upcoming exhibition The Medium is the Message - expressions of interest are now open.

The writing residency will take place during the exhibition The Medium is the Message at Gus Fisher Gallery from August 1 - October 17 2020. During the two-week residency, the selected writer in residence will have the freedom to engage with and respond to ideas explored in the exhibition, and the final piece of writing will be published on The Pantograph Punch. This residency gives the writer the potential to work on site at the exhibition, bringing depth to the writer's experience of the work and their response. Writers will need to be Auckland-based.

About the residency:

Gus Fisher Gallery and The Pantograph Punch are interested in working in fresh and experimental ways. The writer in residence will have full access to the exhibition’s content, with prior access to archival footage and research material gathered by the gallery team. They will be able to work in any method desired, with a remit to make an element of their research, writing or on-site activation, available for public access and engagement throughout the residency duration.

With this residency, the partners hope to appeal to writers who may want to interrogate new creative responses to current methods of broadcasting and knowledge dissemination, acknowledging the role of television in 2020 amongst a plethora of other mediums. Writers may wish to engage in real time news stories or pursue an explorative response to television’s role in New Zealand – the medium is the message.

Click here for full details. Applications close Friday 26 June.