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He aha e tangi te kainga rite? / What sounds like home?

He aha e tangi te kainga rite? / What sounds like home?

Open daily 1-6pm during Artweek Auckland, 7 – 15 October

RM, presents a response by UNIFORM
Offsite at Ellen Melville Centre 
Corner of High Street & Freyburg Place
Auckland
New Zealand

A reverberation of our home Tāmaki Makaurau. Mapping home through sound, colour and light from the underground for everyone.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Saturday 7 Oct2-4pm.

Light, Colour, Sound play workshop.
Using elements of the installation we will be leading an interactive play workshop for families and groups with children.

LATE NIGHT ART Tuesday 10 Oct6-9pm
Publication launch and live performance night
Uniform members Ducklingmonster, Tina Pihema, and CUTSS will perform a live sonic exploration of the installation. https://www.heartofthecity.co.nz/arts-and-culture/live-music/artweek/late-night-art-0

Friday Late Night 13 Oct6-8pm
Drawing on memories of Friday night “going to town” Uniform will open for an evening social session.
http://whatisuniform.tumblr.com/
Funded by Auckland Council and delivered in partnership with RM and Artweek Auckland.
http://artweekauckland.co.nz/events/central/5164320753188864

Apply now for Summer Studio 2017

RM is seeking expressions of interest for its Summer Studio 2017

‘Vacay’ in our gallery space from 9 January – 27 February while we take a break from hosting exhibitions and get ready for 2k17. Five studio spaces available.

Expressions of Interest should include images of current work, a short text about what you are hoping to achieve in the space, as well as contact details.

// Applications close 1 December 2016

Many thanks to everyone who sent through expressions of interest — we’ll be in touch very soon!

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George Watson

 IN THE ARCHIVE RM

// Closing event Saturday 17 December 2016, 5 – 9pm

During her time at RM, George will be working on writing and fine tuning a selection of texts, and will also use the residency as an opportunity to experiment with using text within performative, narrativised, scripted and filmic realms.

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Ngahuia Harrison

From Our Time Spent Underwater

// Opening Thursday 6 October, 6pm
// Friday 7 – Saturday 22 October 2016

There’s a moment in the movement where the stars just fall out from the sky. In a short moment of an arm being up and then down. In a easy movement of the leg lifting or the wing lifted. When they just fall on the floor, going to go get up river to burn in new formations.

There is A Eagle that screams into your face. It is frozen sideways. You’ve seen the memes of a eagle face-on and they look really strange. Is that a kind of metaphor for the Nation? But then the train moves and the thought stays on the platform.Read More

RM Gallery and Project Space
Hours
Thursday and Friday 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

Samoa House Lane
Auckland Central 1010

We are located in the centre of Auckland, off of Karangahape Road, on Samoa House Lane, just off of Beresford Street -- look out for the incredible fale of Samoa House and you're nearly there. We are 2 minutes walk from Artspace and Michael Lett.

The RM Archive Project

Help us identify what is in our Archive! We have digitised many slides in our archive and invite participation to identify them. Please click here to access the collection.
https://www.rm.org.nz/thearchiverm

Our Boxed Archive
Since 2009 RM has been building an archive of material related to our exhibition and event programme. An index to the collection is available here.
https://www.rm.org.nz/thearchiverm/artist-boxes-index/

Safe Space Alliance

RM is a member of Safe Space Alliance

A safe space is a space where the LGBTQI+ community can freely express themselves without fear. It is a space that does not tolerate violence, bullying, or hate speech towards the LGBTQI+ community.

A safe space does not guarantee 100% safety, rather, it’s a space that has your back if an incident (violence, bullying, or hate speech) were to occur.

Click here to find out more about Safe Space Alliance

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