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Olfactory landscapes

A response to Osmologies by Jo Burzynska

05.09.23 | Wesley John Fourie

Still, pictures

A response to Geist by Tessa Ayling-Guhl

17.08.23 | Jess Clifford

Aerodynamicas

A kite flying event led by Milli Jannides and Nicola Farquhar

22.07.23 | Jasmine Gallagher

ALO PAOPAO! HOEA!

MOTHERLAND/HOMELAND at HOEA!

09.07.23 | Leafa Wilson

E moko, come home

by Tessa Russell

22.06. 23 | Hana Pera Aoake

The Hand of Dog

by Stuart Forsyth

05.06.23 | Louie Zalk-Neale

Communication breakdown

October 1935 by Aliyah Winter

07.05.23 | Divyaa Kumar

Entanglement

by Josh Carlier

06.04.23 | Nathan Regal

Te Mahi Peita and Kare ā-Roto

by Tini Whetū Project Space

24.03.23 | Caitlin Rose Donnelly

The Power that Flows Through Us

by Matthew Galloway

04.02.23 | Andrea Bell

Up from, beyond the.

Touching Time by Yukari Kaihori

30.12.22 | J. A. Kennedy

Hair/Here

Misaeng by Min-Young Her

09.12.22 | Vanessa Crofskey

June editorial

On ellipses and returning

25.11.22 | Orissa Keane

Flotsam

Exhibition by Gareth Brighton

14.10.22 | Linda Dimitrievski

Sing Alongs Volume 1

Exhibition by Sam Clague

23.09.22 | Max Fleury

Papatūnga

Reflecting on the curatorial approach of James Tapsell-Kururangi

19.08.22 | Misong Kim

Heartbeat

Songs of Rupture by David Green

25.07.2022 | Iona Winter

bold blue, red hill

Exhibition by Caitlin Clarke

05.07.2022 | Simon Palenski

needs

Exhibition by Antje Tamae Barke

23.06.22 | Sascha Wall

Openings

Exhibition by Daniel Strang

15.06.22 | Theo Macdonald

Ko wai a Māpihi? This is not water

Exhibition by Cae Te Wheoro Heke and Nick Denton

29.05.22 | Kasi Valu

the Secret Path

Exhibition by Tini Whetū and the Platform Project

08.05.22 | Stacey Kokaua

Wild Once More

Exhibition curated by Christopher Ulutupu

12.04.22 | Robbie Handcock

Homefire

Exhibition by Sorawit Songsataya

31.03.22 | Jane Wallace

Transcripts: All

Transcripts is a series of interviews conducted by Theo Macdonald originally for 95bFM’s Artbank programme, transcribed for Vernacular.

The Faux Canon

A Retrospective by Mercury Tower

03.03.22 | Charlotte Filipov

I See Mycelium / I Hear the Sound of Broken Glass

Exhibition by Georgette Brown

20.02.22 | Robyn Maree Pickens

Mana Whenua at Wormhole

Jordan Davey-Emms in conversation with Sarah Hudson and Felixe Laing

22.01.22 | Jordan Davey-Emms, Sarah Hudson, Felixe Laing

Rebirth in the chaos

TOWARDS THE SUN by Connor Fitzgerald

01.12.21 | Whiro Walker

Hate to rain on your parade

Exhibition by Hannah Ireland

15.11.21 | Theo Macdonald

With training wheels on

A facilitatorial

06.11.21 | Orissa Keane

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