Akepiro Studios opens the door to 15 artists’ work spaces, where visitors are invited to view the painting, drawing and small sculpture practices and talk directly with the artists.
Red Leap Theatre presents a roving puppet performance that lights up the night sky, designed to bring a moment of surprise to everyday life.
An entertaining night of readings and talks from Kirsten McKenzie and Andrene Low, inspired by antique shops and the 1970s.
ANTARCTICA: while you were sleeping sees visual artist Joseph Michael collaborate with composer Rhian Sheehan to create a cinematic spectacle like no other – a one-to-one scale of an Antarctic iceberg. For three nights, the Auckland War Memorial Museum becomes the canvas for the projection of the majestic iceberg, celebrating the pristine scenery of the awe-inspiring ice continent.
Auckland Museum has collaborated with a master ice carver to draw your attention to climate change. Come on down to White Night's Festival Garden to see the ice sculpture before it melts away for good. This event celebrates ANTARCTICA: while you were sleeping, an awe-inspiring installation by artist Joseph Michael of an Antarctic iceberg projected onto the iconic walls of the Museum, 24-26 March during Auckland Arts Festival.
Works by Ray Wilkinson, Karena de Pont, Maggie McGregor, Mere Clifford, Michael Blewden, Jane Tan, Pat Henley, Barbara Chapple, Carol Ferguson, Jemma Ennis, Suzanne Laidlaw, Robyn Gavaghan and Eleanor Bones.
Assembly is a White Night celebration like never before. Bringing together collections, treasures, beats, words and craft, this is a gathering of all things creative in celebration of Vanished Delft: Handmade Material Culture at The Pah Homestead. Throughout the evening visitors are invited to BRING | MAKE | TAKE as part of our collaborative artwork project and make connections with other local White Night venues.
An exciting, illuminated tour of the Bradley Lane outdoor murals by leading NZ artists, with live entertainment that will surprise you. Don’t forget to bring a torch.
With a rich history of over more than two thousand years, Chinese calligraphy is a significant part of the traditional Chinese culture. Come and enjoy this charming genre of art!
CMTS Children's Choir sing, move, entertain and weave stories with song. Be wowed by some of the Hairspray Jr cast sing about one girl's dream to dance and change the world.
Watch as Circus In A Flash move, roll and spin glowing hula hoops around and over themselves in a colourful roving performance.
ColourChina uses traditional and contemporary dances to tell stories inspired by female warriors, plum blossom flowers, and the traditional Chinese Cheongsam dress.
Meet Tiffany Singh and join in the conversation. You will be welcome to contribute to the exhibition by sharing your story and making a golden boat.
A community art installation. Begun by pupils of Room 3 Colwill School Massey, the public are encouraged to paint and sgraffito a CD incorporating their own cultural patterns.
Since 1997 Touch Compass has been New Zealand’s only professional inclusive dance company, challenging perceptions about what dance is and who can do it. Undertide is an exquisite, mesmerising feast where subtle movements guide the dancers from within: It is the experience of living in a body and raises questions around the body’s vitality and how we experience life from the inside out. Undertide is a live performance piece that incorporates film.
Head out on a free sailing on the Waitemata Harbour at sunset on the Maritime Museum’s heritage vessel, Ted Ashby.
A collaboration featuring whimsical sculptures and baskets by Waiheke artist Veronika Evans-Gander, co-founder of Passage Rock Wines. Paired with tasting of Passage Rock Wines and Church Bay Road honey in a harvest theme environment created by Scarecrow.
Wherever you are in the world you always have ties to HOME. A welcoming mat cascading down the stairway explores ideas of cultural proximity and identity.
Felix is going to create a few illustrations which connect New Zealand with China.
For young ones and the young at heart - make your face come alive for the night with a stunning piece of art painted by Imaginaire Facepainting. Whether you want to be a beautiful fairy, a crazy critter or a scary something... they can create a face or check design to stir your imagination!
Te Tuhi presents In Transit (Arrival), a large-scale sculpture by artist Yona Lee that explores the structure and pulse of civilisation. This vast entangled structure, which visitors can walk through, is made of stainless steel tube commonly used as barriers and handrails in train stations and airports around the world. Interwoven throughout the structure is a miscellany of everyday objects ranging from coat hangers to bus handles, from street signs to umbrellas. Through this elaborate construction, Lee provides an intriguing framework to consider the objects that surround us, the infrastructures that mobilise, and the systems that control.
Dream Dialects is a solo exhibition of online, offsite and gallery-based artworks by Jem Noble. The exhibition includes a series of responses to the New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs (1977), directed by Roger Donaldson, and to the novel Smith’s Dream (1971), by C. K. Stead, on which the film is based.
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. It has a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch, and is a vital instrument in jazz music due to its unique way of playing.
John Blackburn is a painter of originality and vision and was considered one of the most radical artists living in Auckland in the 1950s. Blackburn returns to New Zealand every year to create a new series of works for exhibition.
Pigs in the Yard II is a new Te Tuhi commission by Auckland-based artist Kalisolaite 'Uhila. In this solo exhibition 'Uhila revisits an earlier series of works investigating the relationship between humans and pigs.
In this exhibition, Katrina Beekhuis draws on her continuing research into the automatic process of perception to create a new body of work specifically for Te Tuhi’s gallery space.
Celebrate White Night by enjoying street music, arts and entertainment throughout Kingsland.
Les Grooms will present a roving performance of comical, musical interactions with the public.
Light Matrix is a three story light sculpture installed at the ASB Waterfront Theatre that shines over Halsey St created by internationally renowned New York based artist Leo Villareal. Regarded as one of the most prominent light sculptors of his generation, Villareal has pioneered the use of light-emitting LEDs and computer-driven imagery to create significant light sculptures and site-specific architectural works. Light Matrix was commissioned by the Edmiston Trust and is Villareal’s first major public commission in the Pacific.
Studio 38 opens their doors with an array of activities to participate in from music to television to visual arts.
On your way to see Michael Parekowhai’s The Lighthouse, watch popular graffiti artist BERST create a new sea-themed artwork on a shipping container, live on Queens Wharf.
Paper folding activity inspired by the exhibition Lee Mingwei and His Relations: The Art of Participation.
Micromagic or close-up magic is a kind of stage magic performed in an intimate setting usually no more than ten feet from one's audience.
MIXIT is refugee, migrant and local youth coming together and creatively exploring through performance what it means to have freedom to be yourself and determine your own future.
CHALKFX artist Yolanda Bartram will create a sparkling pavement mural: "My Moon Garden's lovely blossoms twinkle softly within the presence of moonlight."
Guitar virtuoso Nigel Gavin and violin legend Richard Adams come together for an evening of artistic adventures and eclectic music they have played and sung around the world over the past years. As always the Adams / Gavin combo will dazzle you with their expertise and joy of making melodies that can twist on a note and their interpretation so unique that you will want the night to go on forever.
Nick Von K’s Spring 2016 Jewellery Collection was launched with a performance of four dancers dressed head to toe in silver suits and carrying chevron shaped lightboxes. The chevron was the major motif in his new collection Step Up To Shine seen in earrings, rings and necklaces. Keep an eye out on White Night for Nick von K's alien-like dancers with their colourful arrow-shaped lights!
Parnell, the space to be! Join in the fun by posting messages and tell everyone where's your favourite space to be in Parnell.
Get involved and learn about Masi – Fijian tapa cloth painting. Add your touch to this communal art work, meet new people and make new friends.
Come and chill in our micro pop-up park in between all the hustle and bustle. Chuck on some headphones, lay back in a beanbag on our totes realistic turf and calm your mind by listening to the quiet sounds of long ambients1: calm. sleep. by moby[http://moby.com/la1/]
Stunning images, complex narratives, a fascinating conversation: pictures of Asia by two of the great masters of documentary photography. Picturing Asia: Double Take pairs and contrasts the work of New Zealander Brian Brake (1927-1988), and American Steve McCurry (born 1950). Brake, best known for his Monsoon photo essay in Life magazine in 1961, inspired McCurry with that series, who later became famous with his own photograph of Sharbat Gula, known as Afghan Girl and published 24 years later on the cover of National Geographic. Not just pictures of Asia, these photographs are also invitations to ‘picture this’ – to find the stories within.
Standing 6.4m tall, Pou Whakamaharatanga mo Maui tikitiki a Taranga by Professor Robert Jahnke towers over the Logan Campbell Yard. Jahnke, who was commissioned by Waterfront Theatre Ltd, based the pou on the Maui tikitiki a Taranga narratives. It is made from corten steel and laminated totara. It serves as a focal point for powhiri and other ceremonial events at the theatre.
As dusk falls, enter the magical world of Power Plant – a place where time is temporarily put on hold, where gramophones spin sparkling sounds, haunting whistles rise and fall, and shimmering flowers dance to their own tune. Power Plant is a captivating nocturnal bush walk through enchanting, delicate light and sound installations created by five internationally acclaimed artists and New Zealand artist sonicsfromscratch.
Try your hand at Printmaking or Creative Writing, at one of our very special White Night workshops. All ages and abilities welcome, materials provided by Toi Ora.
Come along and have a Quick Draw Sketch Gang artist draw your portrait - live and on the spot for free!
Join in the fun and bring your instrument for a sing-a-long, jam session at the pop-up lounge with live folk music by Second Hand News.
Auckland-based Shelley Jacobson presents an iteration of her publication project Surface Expressions, in which she explores the Wairakei geothermal area in the central North Island through images and found text.
Sophie has got a few songs for you tonight. Some of them are blue, and she hopes you can listen to her story from them. But she has also got some joyful ones. Enjoy the show!
Grab a coffee or hot chocolate and get cosy on a beanbag as a rotating cast of Auckland actors each lead story time at Q with a full reading of *Roald Dahl*'s *THE WITCHES*. Readers will include actors *Alison Quigan*, *Andrew Ford*, *Bryony Skillington* and more.
Jonathan Grant Gallery presents its annual Summer Exhibition. The exhibition features work by prominent New Zealand, Australian & British artists including; Ray Ching, Paul Hanrahan, Ken Kendall, Ken Knight, Douglas MacDiarmid, Piera McArthur, Peter McIntyre, Ann Robinson & Grahame Sydney.
Being easy to learn, Zhaobao Tai Chi routines can be practiced by anyone regardless of age or level of ability, and can be practiced at home or at work.
Join Head Curator, International Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales and the co-curator of the exhibition The Body Laid Bare on a tour that will focus on some of his favourite works that feature in the show.
When darkness falls see Te Oro become the site for a projection by Tom Bogdanowicz that references local graffiti artists both past and present.
Wellbeing through creativity is the inspiration for the Toi Ora Artists’ Collective exhibition, bringing together painting, moving image, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media.
Drawing inspiration from the work of Bill Hammond, The Gentlemen-Calling Birds are darkly beautiful strangers in a familiar landscape. An original performance activation by The Human Agency.
A dynamic installation by three artists involved in eco-activism celebrates our native birdlife through contemporary visual art and sound. Halo refers to the halo effect of restored habitats and sanctuaries throughout New Zealand.
Explore the journeys made by migrants and process of resettling to Aotearoa in a compelling exhibition created by social practice artist, Tiffany Singh.
Everything is not as it seems at The Last Supper. Interactions and decisions we all make impact upon the environment around us. Join the artist in the dinner table conversation.
Experience The Lighthouse by Michael Parekowhai. The artwork’s exterior is in the form of a 1:1 scale 1950s home and the interior features an installation of light. The public can explore the work by looking in windows, doors and climbing the staircase.
Find White Night harmony as The Souls take you on an a cappella trip through space and time with Parnell-inspired pop-up performance.
The Projection Room displays The Victoria Theatre's collection of film inspired artwork, featuring original pencil drawings by Joshua Westley and a large canvas of 1920's movie star Mary Pickford by street artist Sparrow Phillips.
The Wonderful World of Cardboard HOME is an illuminated cardboard installation created with the help of school children who explore the idea of what makes a house a home. The children are invited to attend the installation on White Night and tell the stories of their cardboard home.
Students of Unitec’s Bachelor of Creative Enterprise present artworks and moving images inspired by the fragile and unique qualities of Karangahape Road.
Vanished Delft is an exhibition of contemporary objectmaking in rooms once home to one of New Zealand’s most extravagant collections of furniture and fittings.
Artworks by prominent New Zealand visual artists, on loan from the Wallace Arts Trust.
Vospertron will present a futuristic roving performance wearing specialised electro-luminescent costumes.
An exhibition of photographs taken by children that creatively reveal aspects of their lives and what is important to them, displayed outdoors in the Festival Garden.
An exhibition of photographs taken by children that creatively reveal aspects of their lives and what is important to them.
A selection of photographs from the artists leading Whānui: EYE SPY, an exhibition of photos taken by children from across Auckland that creatively reveal what is important to them.
An amazing large scale korowai is woven with 7,500 symbols of houses – the number of houses currently under development in Glen Innes.
Prayas Theatre Company and friends bring to life a night carnival of simmering tales, live music, interactive performances and Holi activities.
White Face Crew bring a roving performance on bikes with physical theatre, clowning, play and a smidge of mischief.
*Roving performance from K Road to Festival Garden (Aotea Square) via Q Theatre, approximate time at the following venues:*
White Night / White Works is a painting, photography, printmaking, ceramics and object art by invited artists.
Showcasing four of New Zealand’s most innovative abstract artists who have each created a piece entitled White Night. Featuring Rae West, Anne Dillon, Catherine Silberschmidt and Heather Wilson.
Encounter a magical mix of live performance, music, interactive experiences and visual art throughout the evening at Q.
See Silo Park come alive with outdoor exhibition Photo Laundry, workshops and a variety of music performances on White Night. Accompanied by The Exquisite Wound and The Halo Project exhibitions and the Silo Park Markets, bar and street food.
Xiwen Yang will share her experience of how to be a writer from writing what you know and the secrets of bringing your personal experience into your writing.
YOYO is known as the world’s second largest ancient toy. After years of continuous innovation and development, it has become a hand skills movement.
Watch out for the Zebra Crossing the road! The White Wall are a living, breathing art installation. Catch them improvising with the pedestrian crossings on Parnell Road.
Children's author Zee and book illustrator Jane combine to colour the corner with imaginative art for children. Watch Zee create a giant mandala, along with story, colouring in and face painting with Fairy Jane.
