THE BEST OF

Art in the Dark goes out and about in Auckland to light up selected White Night venues from dusk till midnight with creative projects from New Zealand’s most innovative light artists. See the works at:• Auckland Art Gallery: Goff (Paul Van’t Hof) Got Milk• Voyager NZ Maritime Museum: Hannah Jensen & Devon Headland Something Fishy• Auckland Museum: Tiffany Singh Gently Through the Veil I Heard Your Call• Mangere Arts Centre: Halo• Silo Park: Alex Bartleet Object Cave• Central City Library/AUT University: Marcel Allen and Renee Warner Plant the Seed• Parnell: Jon Baxter and Kathryn Taylor An Interactive Earth, Catherine Downs and

Melanie Kassian Interrupted, Interrupt Collective & Kim Newall Light Gate

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WHAT'S ON

VOYAGER NZ MARITIME MUSEUM maritimemuseum.co.nz 09 373 0800 9am to 11pm

Snapshots at Voyager ‘I Spy with my camera’s eye’ Bring your camera and explore our glow-in-the-dark, underwater wonderland. Drop-in family activities from 4.30pm

Maritime Crew sings glorious sea shanties of old. 6.30pm to 8pm

Glow-in-the-Dark storytelling. 7.30pm to 8pm

Landmarks Connect Us landscape photography discussion with Mark Adams. 8pm to 9pm

SS Puke Steamings, 15-min trip $2 adult/$1 child. 4pm to 7pm

Auckland Harbour Landmarks sailing on Ted Ashby with fish / chips. $24 adult/$14 child incl dinner. Bookings essential. 5pm to 6pm

‘On-water’ photography workshop Will Calver. $45/. Bookings essential. 6.30pm to 8pm

All sailings dependent on weather. Please ring Voyager for up-to-date information

The Best of Art in the Dark Hannah Jensen & Devon Headland Something Fishy

AUCKLAND MUSEUM, AUCKLAND DOMAIN aucklandmuseum.com 09 309 0443 6pm to midnight

Explore the darkened galleries of the Museum and step outside to see our beautiful neo-classical building and features of the Domain lit in spectacular colours. Join in with family hands-on activities, or take a tour.

Basil the Dinosaur Family Tours Basil the Dinosaur has been at Auckland Museum for over seven years now and he invites you to take a tour to discover his favourite weird and wonderful objects. 6.30pm, 7.30pm, 8.30pm – 40 min tours

Insider Tours with Siren Deluxe 7pm, 8pm, 9pm – 40 min tours

Children’s craft and hands-on activities from 6pm – 9pm

The Best of Art in the Dark Tiffany Singh Gently Through the Veil I Heard Your Call

1 2 AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TAMAKI aucklandartgallery.com 09 307 7700 10am to midnight

Family Drop In Create art together inspired by the Gallery’s collection. Stay as long as you like. 6pm to 8pmCreative Learning Centre Explore how works of art come into being – how artists observe and explain the world that we know and imagine. 6pm to 10pmStandOUT from Inside Out Dance Co, a vivacious, high-energy work, uniquely blending contemporary dance and pop culture. 15 min performances. 6.30pm & 7.30pmNZ Trio perform the highly original composition by David Downes – Kingdom – an animated film with live music and black humour that explores the strange rituals and hidden fantasies of a family meal. 8pm & 9pm PG – Some fantasy scenes may upset young children - parental guidance advised.

Richard Adams & Nigel Gavin (members of Nairobi Trio) play jazz violin and guitar. 9.30pm to 10.30pm

Ambient music from Jeffree Clarkson 10.30pm to 11.30pm

The Best of Art in the Dark Goff (Paul Van’t Hof) Got Milk

3 4 CENTRAL CITY LIBRARY TAMAKI PATAKA KORERO aucklandlibraries.govt.nz 09 377 0209 6pm to midnight

White Night Shine a Light Storytime at the Central City Library. Activities for the whole family, suitable for babies and toddlers Wear a light, bring a light or just come along and join us for fun with lights and storytelling at the Library, including Silhouette Storytimes, Torchlight Theatre, Treasure Trail and Face Painting. 6pm to 9pm

Elam @ the Central City Library: THAT’S FUNNY. Four years of art school hasn’t prepared me for this… Anti-loitering tactics, a minigolf course, live sound acts and digital haikus overrun the Library. For one night only the work of Elam School of Fine Arts students and graduates is on show at the Library. The works respond to the context of the Library and the format of White Night as a public event.

TADPOLE @ the Library Live and pre-recorded sound works will be performed across the Library, with special guests. 8pm to midnight

The Best of Art in the Dark Marcel Allen and Renee Warner Plant the Seed (co-presented with AUT University)

5 FESTIVAL GARDEN, AOTEA SQUAREaaf.co.nz 09 309 0101 6pm to midnight

Keep an eye out for Festival acts in the Square from 6pm!

Fly Me Up To where You Are Tiffany Singh installation. 24/7

When the Gods Come Down to Earth Srinivas Krishna installation. 6pm to midnight at intervals. Also showing at Mangere Arts Centre (see listing below)

Poi Spectacular Stellar kapa haka groups from Te Waka Huia, Auckland Girls Grammar, Te Kura Mãori o Nga Tapuwae, Te Whare Wananga o Aotearoa, Selwyn College, Rosehill College and others join forces in a hauntingly lit mass poi performance. Choreographed and directed by Kura Te Ua. 10.30pm

Parlour Complaints Choir sings complaints garnered from and sung by members of the public on any topic in random pop-up performances across Auckland and on the White Night free buses. 6pm to midnight across Auckland. 11.45pm in Aotea Square.

WHITE NIGHT CENTRAL

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6 ANNA MILES GALLERY annamilesgallery.com 377 4788. Room of Wonder A sumptuous nocturnal display of jewels by Octavia Cook, with new photographs by Solomon Mortimer.

7 ANTOINETTE GODKIN GALLERY antoinettegodkin.co.nz 309 0310. Lamp Black Madder Rose Works by Marie Le Lievre. Le Lievre’s application of paint is rich, dense, nuanced, and as technically considered as it appears the product of chance. Her inspiration runs the gamut from New York School Abstract Expressionism to Paris School Tachisme. Her relentless energy and obsessive attention to detail is central to the arresting works she creates. 6pm to midnight

8 AUCKLAND COUNCIL Bledisloe Walkway Light Boxes (walkway between Aotea Square and Wellesley Street) Fallen by John Pusateri. Photographed against lush black, luminous invertebrates re-enact their final descent into ensnarement as they hover above jewel-like object fragments found near their capture sites. 24/7

9 DIGITAL ART LIVE http://dal.colab.org.nz/exhibitions 307 5446. Level 3, Aotea Centre. Be a part of an art work: Corps Complices by French dance artist Catherine Langlade explores a graphic environment that fosters an influential relationship with the spectators, making them move and thereby explore notions of “corporality”. 6pm to midnight

10 FHE GALLERIES fhegalleries.com 302 4108. Cherished Memory in the Main Gallery: group show of gallery artists, including Susanne Kerr, Marti Friedlander and Gary McMillan. In FHE Project: Casey Moore: Anostostomatidae …and friends.

11 FINGERS CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY fingers.co.nz 373 3974. Summer Exhibition A special summer showing of selected works from our 50 contributing jewellers from New Zealand and beyond. 6pm to 10pm

12 GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY Lorne St gowlangsfordgallery.com 303 4290. Alex Monteith - Temporary Mechanisms A dynamic exhibition featuring the sensational video work 2.5 Kilometre Mono Action for a Mirage and Toyota Hilux in the gallery space. The Hilux acts as social mobile art platform which other artists have been invited to participate/collaborate in. 4pm to midnight

13 GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY Kitchener St gowlangsfordgallery.com 303 9395. Tony Fomison A Portrait This exhibition of photographs by Shirley

Grace and paintings, prints and ceramics by Tony Fomison offers a unique insight into one of this country’s most recognised post-war painters. 4pm to midnight

14 GUS FISHER GALLERY gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz 923 6646.

More than we know: exhibition and performance. An exhibition by Kalisolaite ’Uhila and Jeremy Leatinu’u showcasing the energy and diversity of contemporary Pacific performance. Pukepuke ‘o Tonga tells a story of traditional village life through the historic Otuhaka, Faha’iula and Me’etupaki dance forms. Preserved for centuries in a single Tongan village. One performance only! Choreographed by 2012 Pacific Dance Artist in Residence Sesilia Pusiaki Tatuila, 7.30pm. 6pm to midnight

15 KURA GALLERY kuragallery.co.nz 302 1151. Maori Princess Noble Warrior A jewellery exhibition featuring works by Annabelle Buick, Stacey Noel, Toi Te Rangiuaia, David Hakaraia, Keri-Mei Zagrobelna. 6pm to midnight

16 PAPAKURA ART GALLERY IN THE CBD aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. View a documentary of the creation of a public mural by Papakura’s local students, as filmed by Painting for the People’s Amiria Puia-Taylor through a collaboration with Papakura Art Gallery and Safer Papakura. 8pm to midnight

17A SILO PARK silopark.co.nz 336 8820. A night of film, markets, food, music and dance, including:

1000 Lovers, an extraordinary site-responsive mobile performance tracing a

broken pathway from the sea to the city, by MAP [Brown/Hannah/Scoones] with the support of Arts Alive. Walk the haunted, restless landscape of the Waterfront with mythical-real men and women and their sounds, stories and dances. Mp3 player hirage $15, or use your own and download the soundscore free from https://soundcloud.com/1000_lovers. Two performances, starting at the Gantry, Silo Park, finishing at Te Wero Island: 6.30-7.15pm and 8-8.45pm.

Virtuosi the Sue Healey documentary revealing intimate and astounding portraits of 8 expat New Zealand dance artists, living from New York to Berlin, Brisbane to Brussels. Music/score by ex-pat New Zealander Mike Nock. Screening from 9pm.

Don’t hold your breath, a selection of beautiful, fascinating, and meditative video art from 10 Australasian artists: Andrew de Freitas, Steve Carr, Daniel von Sturmer, Anastasia Klose, Jill Kennedy, Karin Hofko, Rebecca Ann Hobbs, Phil Dadson, Rachael Rakena and Denise Batchelor.

The Best of ART IN THE DARK Alex Bartleet Object Cave

More to be announced. See silopark.co.nz for details. 17B QUEENS WHARF queens-wharf.co.nz 336 8820. Conversations in Mind A multidimensional exhibition exploring the senses and

inviting thoughtful contemplation of the nature of mind. Featuring installation art, photography, moving image, painting and murals by established and emerging New Zealand artists. Take the opportunity to engage through workshops and performances. The Blackbird Ensemble performs at the water’s edge a tantalizing taste of music by living composers and songwriters, on the theme of the sea. 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm. Weather permitting. 6pm to midnight

18 ST PAUL ST GALLERY stpaulst.aut.ac.nz 921 9999 x8313. ST PAUL St presents a Cosplay Party with prizes for best costumes. Prizes announced 8.30pm.

Ngã Pakiwaituhi, curated by Dylan Horrocks, is a diverse selection of work by some of the most powerful voices in contemporary New Zealand comic art.

Comics, Manga & Co. The New Culture of German Comics, a travelling exhibition by the Goethe Institut, introduces the work of 13 German comic artists spanning two generations – post-reunification avant-garde artists and young up-and-comers. 6pm to 10pm

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19 ARTSTATION aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/artstation 376 3221. Fly Me Up To Where You Are: Te Waharoa Robert George and Tiffany Singh with Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton. A gateway to understanding the process and beauty of Tiffany Singh’s major project for the Auckland Arts Festival. Artist/filmmaker Rob George shows through film and photography the importance of the work behind the scenes. Screenprint a flag to add to the exhibition with Robert George, Tiffany Singh and Leanne Joy Lupelele Clayton, 6pm to 8pm. 6pm to midnight

20 BLACK ASTERISK blackasterisk.co.nz 378 1020. We Must Inhabit This Place by acclaimed New Zealand painter Tony Lane. Co-curated and in association with the Mark Hutchins Gallery of Wellington. 6pm to 10pm

21 CHAN ANDREASSEND chanandreassend.co.nz 360 1909. Intimate encounters Be enchanted by sparkling sculptures, dance with viruses and enjoy intimate conversation surrounded by expansive paintings. Five Auckland artists invite you to their sleepless night: Ronald Andreassand, Karen Chan, Isla Osborne, Kathy Ready and Anita Glucina. 6pm to midnight

22 MASTERWORKS GALLERY masterworksgallery.com 378 1256. Finger knitting in contemporary jewellery Auckland Jeweller Sinead Jury invites you to come and learn the creative potential of finger knitting amongst an installation of her practice. Two sessions – 6pm-8.30pm, 9pm-11pm. Registration encouraged: exhibitions@masterworksgallery.com. 6pm to 11pm

23 OBJECTSPACE objectspace.org.nz 376 6216. Texturally rich and profoundly

beautiful, Islanders surveys the work of New Zealand sculptor Jo Torr, who explores cultural exchange through the lens of costume and textile history. 6pm to midnight

24 TEXAN ART SCHOOLS texanartschools.co.nz 376 6064. Irresistible. Inspired by the hiss and glow of the camping lantern and the gentle ping of moths, this work is a collaboration of found and collected, wired and stitched. Artists Su McPherson and Justine Hawksworth explore the nature of instinct and the irresistible draw of light. 6pm to midnight

25 THE COLOUR OF OUR COMMUNITY Paint a Picture of your Pooch. Join the kids and big kids of Ponsonby and Grey Lynn in adding the finishing touches to this 420 metre-long mural around Ponsonby’s Vinegar Lane development, the largest mural in the South Pacific. 6pm to 8pm

26 WHITESPACE whitespace.co.nz 361 6331. Anatoth by Michael Shepherd. Shepherd’s meticulously painted works explore and depict New Zealand’s history, an interest motivated in him by the experiences of various family members in the World Wars. 6pm to 9pm

27 CROSS STREET ARCADE http://rosebankartwalk.wordpress.com/ A continuous projection of the documentary Rosebank Rd: Science, horses and cabbages by The Everyday Collective. From 7pm

28 OZLYN ozlyn.com 373 2096. Standing, Walking, Driving, Sitting, Lying. Group show featuring: Andrew Beck, Clinton Richards, Laura Robertson, Scott Satherly, Hanna Tai, Jake Walker. “Our time has produced a need for contrast. This has been achieved not only in the external appearance of plastic expressions of colour and matter, but also, and chiefly, in the tempo of life and in the techniques related to the daily, mechanical functions of life.” - Theo van Doesburg. 6pm till midnight

29 THE NEW ZEALAND FILM ARCHIVE filmarchive.org.nz 379 0688. A freshly selected survey of playful and compelling contemporary video art is rear-projected into the window of the NZ Film Archive Library, viewable from the street. 6pm to 6am

30 STARKWHITE starkwhite.co.nz 307 0703. Rules of Nature by Jin Jiangbo, one of China’s foremost contemporary media artists. A mesmerising interactive installation blending imagery and sounds from traditional Chinese artforms with new-media technology. 6pm to midnight

NEW VENUE! OREXART www.orexart.co.nz 379 0588 15 Putiki Street, Arch Hill. ReGenerate. New Site. New Artists. New work. After 22 years in Auckland’s central business district, OREXART directors Jennifer Buckley and Rex Armstrong decided it was time for a change. Their spacious new Arch Hill premises is located amidst other galleries in what is rapidly becoming the new Auckland art precinct. The first show, ReGenerate, includes a mix of established and new gallery artists, Richard McWhannell, Peter James Smith, Evan Woodruffe and newcomers Dianne Scott and Natalie Guy, and opens on White Night! 6pm to midnight

PARNELL

A curated programme of street-based art projects occupy Parnell as the streets and courtyards of the historic village come alive with performance, interactive projects and site-specific installations from emerging and established artists. Projects are spread along Parnell Road from Fraser Park to the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

31 PARNELL INC Be captivated by Sian Torrington’s ambitious One abandoned uncontained

movement has opened a new room in me. Created on-site over the course of several weeks and illuminated for White Night, this monumental nest-like installation inhabits and entwines one of Parnell’s historic trees.

Marvel at the living, moving, breathing art installation that is The White Wall

Kinetic Sculpture Ensemble, 7pm-9pm. Celebrate the night with Brit Bunkley’s uncanny dancehall projection,

Downbreak on 1, Upbeat on 2, 8pm-midnight. Visit site-specific projects from exciting emerging artists, including Emma

Chalmers and Ross Forbes, Daphne Simons & Mark O’Donnell. Get creative with Make Something, an interactive project which invites visitors

to sculpt their own 3D artwork, contributing to an evolving sculpture garden which expands throughout the night.

Make yourself at home as year 3 students from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design present Shelter, transforming a series of spaces into welcoming resting places for the art traveller, part childhood hut, part conversation-pit.

The Best of ART IN THE DARK Jon Baxter and Kathryn Taylor An Interactive Earth, Catherine Downs and Melanie Kassian Interrupted, Interrupt Collective & Kim Newall Light Gate.

32 ARTIS GALLERY artisgallery.co.nz 303 1090. Mervyn Williams As much the magician as the abstruse abstractionist. While some abstract paintings seem aloof, impervious to anything beyond the realm of ‘pure’ aesthetic experience, Williams’ paintings are full of pleasure and surprise. 6pm to midnight

33 BATH STREET GALLERY bathstreetgallery.com 377 5171. The Garden Beneath the Street Lights by electronic art collective Liu Dao (island6) reaches out from the urban maze of Shanghai to reconnect with the living earth. Blending technicolour LEDs, video, photography and sculpture, island6 fashions a world impelled by technology, but inspired by life. Artists Thomas Charveriat and Serena Yeung Sin Ching will screen a short video outlining the collectives’s work process, followed by a Q&A. 8.00pm. 6pm to midnight

34 JONATHAN GRANT GALLERY artis.jgg.co.nz 308 9125. Piera McArthur Exhibiting in Paris, New York and Moscow, Piera McArthur has established herself as a serious New Zealand painter. Her work is known for its use of color and its optimistic energy. 6pm to midnight

35 PARNELL GALLERY parnellgallery.co.nz 377 3133. Join gallery artist Shane Hansen for an interactive insight into screenprinting. An opportunity to observe and partake in this printmaking technique, 6.30pm to 7.30pm, 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Matt Payne ‘New Works’ New Zealand’s much-loved coast, sand dunes and serene seas are viewed from accomplished photorealist painter Payne’s unique perspective. Payne creates a great sense of depth that invites the viewer into the paintings and offers up a sense of tranquility and nostalgia. 5.30pm to midnight

36 PEARCE GALLERY whitecliffe.ac.nz/showcase/pearcegallery 309 5970. re:New.all. To begin again, return, replace, recondition, renovate, extend and give new energy to. Renewal is a generating force. Six recent Whitecliffe MFA Graduates reunite to examine the space of ‘one year on’ in their practices: Lisa Chandler, Catherine Davis-Colley, Melissa Dines, Chris Kane, Tracy Porteous, Aurelia Zatta. 6pm to midnight

37 PIERRE PEETERS GALLERY ppg.net.nz 377 4832. New works by Mark Cross New Zealand-born, Niue-based artist Mark Cross is one of the South Pacific’s leading contemporary realist painters. His intrinsically Pacific works impart a social message that speaks of mankind’s delinquent abuse of his home the Earth. 6pm to midnight

38 SANDERSON CONTEMPORARY ART sanderson.co.nz 374 4476. Ara. Simon Kaan’s mythological sites of land, sea and sky operate as muted

ruminations of the artist’s Ngai Tahu and Chinese genealogy, indicating notions of place, belonging and responsibility.

There’s no way over, only through Working in drawing, sculpture and installation, Sian Torrington investigates the creative process and explores the nature of lived experience through a female body. This exhibition supports Torrington’s street-based installation in Parnell (see above). Artist talk 6pm. 6pm to midnight

39 WARWICK HENDERSON GALLERY warwickhenderson.co.nz 309 7513. It is Not Black and White A group show of diverse artworks - abstract, expressionist,

representational, sculptural, conceptual, minimalist. “But is it art?” is a much coined phrase. Is all art legitimate, or does it have to be in a dealer gallery or auction house to gain credibility or traction in the art place? Come and share your opinion. 6pm to midnight

REMUERA

Remuera delights on White Night with outdoor installations throughout the village. See remuera.org.nz for location details and further announcements.

Freaks Kristin Perrett recreates Victorian freak show posters as embroidered art. Before science offered explanation of their condition, 19th Century freaks were seen by most as mysterious, supernatural even. Kristin’s work focuses on the sensational and the melodramatic, appealing to our enduring fascination with the unusual. 6.00pm to midnight

The Talisman Series Mia Straka extends her work in contemporary jewellery, from small-scale wearable works to larger works that expand the scale to alter the object’s relationship to the body, playing with space and material.

Neighbourhood Enuake Sirikige responds to the urban surroundings. Using aerosol with mixed media and urban archaeology, he inspires thought and dialogue and brings street art culture alive.

40 REMUERA GALLERY remuera-gallery.co.nz 524 7403. The nerve centre of the Remuera precinct’s White Night installations. 6pm to midnight

41 REMUERA LIBRARY. Garden Internationally recognised sculptor Jeff Thomson’s iconic narrative of New Zealand identity shaped by life, art and the environment. This screenprinted and corrugated iron garden and bouquet of cutouts recalls native flora forms. Meet the artist and engage with the 2D and 3D layers of the 8m x 2m work. Make corrugated iron with the artist under the moonlight. 6pm to midnight

Artful Intelligence K-Force presents the art and science of robots. Kristin School’s top Robotics students take on local rising stars in an interactive and high-stakes battle. Preparation for the World Championships begins! 6pm to 9pm

Step into Simon Oosterdijk’s world of intrigue and wonder with exquisite works exploring Science, Nature & Art using the latest 3D digital modelling and fabrication techniques. Be inspired by the art of seeing nature through the digital world. 6pm to midnight

42 THE VILLAGE GREEN Mix, knead, sculpt, cook and garnish with dough and all sorts of colours and textures to create edible sculptures with artists and conceptual chefs at the Experimental Bakery. 7pm to 10pm

NEW VENUE! KELLANDS REAL ESTATE 279 Remuera Rd, (corner of Remuera Rd & Armadale Rd) Best in Show Our oldest event, the A&P show, and the pony-club charm of pastoral New Zealand get a nod in emerging ceramics star Corrina Hoseason’s large ceramic sculptures of animal heads, fresh from the prestigious international ceramic work centre EKWC 2012 in the Netherlands. 6pm ‘til late

NEW VENUE! BANK OF NEW ZEALAND forecourt 338 Remuera Road Go back to the simple and wholesome New Zealand of the 1950s with a film that reconnects with the nostalgic beauty of our rural landscape.

NEW VENUE! 339 REMUERA RD Resisting Africa The British drawing room and African safari collide in Victoria Bell’s animal/furniture sculpture exhibition, exploring post colonialism, cultural tourism and the ethics of animal representation. 6.00pm to midnight

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DEVONPORT A short, 15-minute ferry trip from the CBD, Devonport is Auckland’s unique urban

art village with a well-established and diverse arts scene and a rich history and heritage.

43 ART BY THE SEA artbythesea.co.nz 445 6665. Paul Hooker A senior figure in New Zealand portraiture painting, Hooker explores in this exhibition a more expressive use of colour and abstractionism to convey mood and narrative. 6pm to 10pm

44 ART OF THIS WORLD GALLERY artofthisworld.co.nz 446 0926. Join artists James Lawrence, Christine Tizard, Eliza Sagar and others in an interactive painting session to create one large collaborative work on the gallery’s wall. Your contribution can be uplifted from the gallery on Sun 24 March. 50 min sessions start at 6pm, 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. $50, all materials supplied. 6pm to 10pm

45 CORELLI’S CAFE GALLERY corelliscafe.co.nz 445 4151. Candlelight Exhibition of ceramic candle holders featuring local potters and artists. Special Candle Light dinner from 8pm. 6pm to midnight

46 THE DEPOT depotartspace.co.nz 963 2661. Conspicuous Consumption promises to make Auckland snap, crackle and pop. An exhibition focusing on food, one of our most evocative, provocative objects of attention. A degustation of artistic interpretations about the meaning of food and people’s relationship to it. Come and experience visual, musical and taste sensations. 6pm to 10pm

47 THE MUSEUM OF THE VERNACULAR depotartspace.co.nz 963 2661. Pot Luck by the Kiwi Culinary Culture Club. A visual storm exploring a

distinctive kiwi culinary culture and its evolution. Bring an item for display or a photograph that for you represents the kiwi culinary culture. 6pm to 10pm

48 FLAGSTAFF GALLERY flagstaff.co.nz 445 1142. Mark Compton’s work explores issues of misdirection through the use of humorous, thought-provoking signs. For White Night, Mark’s work engages night-time themes. 6pm to 10pm

49 PETER RAOS GLASS GALLERY peter-raos.com 445 4278. 10 years on This retrospective highlights some of the milestones of Peter’s work in the last 10 years, and presents new work. Drinks & nibbles from 6.30pm. Artist talk, 7pm. 6pm to 9pm

50 SPLASH CHILDREN’S ART GALLERY AT DEVONPORT COMMUNITY HOUSE devonportcomhouse.co.nz 445 3068. Scrumptious A family-focussed arts event. Add your comments to our Yuck and Yum Wall. Draw your favourite food on our pavement. Follow the Yummy Brick Road, add to the Food Wall Collage and enjoy music and Art of Food Demonstrations. 6pm to 10pm

51 THE VIC thevic.co.nz 446 0100. 6pm to midnight. Audition at The Vic This is your 15 seconds of fame. Sing! Shout! Dance! Act

your heart out! The Vic will record your skit on film. 7pm to 10pm. The Color Of Pomegranates film by Sergei Parajianov $12 Adults / $10 Seniors & Students / free for children 13 years and under. Grand Ole Hayride Award-winning alt-country artists Tami Neilson, Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams collaborate to turn the genre on its head. 8pm to 10pm. Disambiguation, an installation by emerging artists focussing on exploration and discovery of the theatre’s in-between spaces. Immersion by filmmaker and artist Robin Kewell. An underwater visual experience inside and out without getting wet.

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CENTRAL WEST

WESTERN SPRINGS52 TAPAC tapac.org.nz 845 0295. 6pm to midnight.

A night of dance and music for the whole family. Bring your picnic rug, cushions and don’t forget your dancing feet! From 6pm meet FAIRY CLARE and enjoy performances:

Pointy Puppies Dance 6.15pm. Richie Cesan leads hip-hop moves with live DJ Andrew Cesan. 6.30pm. Treat Station Pointy Dog dance showcase. 7pm. Circus showcase with Inflight. 7.30pm. Moana – The best works from the Pacific Dance Choreographic Lab NZ. 8pm.

Culture Clash Multidisciplinary live performance with a cast of 40+. 8.30pm. The Live Room from Sydney & Ireland. 9.30pm. Live music jam feat. Prayas Theatre Indian Band colliding with African beats.

10.30pm to midnight. Cafe/bar 5pm to midnight

GREY LYNN53 THE HOUSE OF MUKA muka.co.nz 360 4461. Sculpture by Saskia, who

considers this question: “I should be able to write about nothing if I can talk about nothing. So what does that mean? But…” 6pm to midnight

MT EDEN54 NKB GALLERY nkbgallery.co.nz 623 1464. Intersections Bringing together the

established with the emerging, the hyper-real with the abstract, a special group show featuring some of New Zealand’s greatest talents. Artists include: Freeman White, Marte Szirmay, Joy Chang, Lindsey Baker, Neal Palmer, Michael Lowe, and more. 6pm to midnight

MT ALBERT55 SNOWHITE GALLERY unitec.ac.nz/unitec/snowhite 815 4321 x7201. In

the gallery: Rosebank; artifacts of place opening. A unique project demonstrating the power of art to build and bind a community by 24 designers, artists and art collectives collaborating with the people, schools and businesses of Avondale’s Rosebank Rd.

In the foyer: a selection of outstanding work from current students and recent graduates of Unitec’s Master of Design programme. 5pm to 11pm

WHITE NIGHT SOUTH & EAST

SOUTH

MANGERE56 MANGERE ARTS CENTRE – NGÃ TOHU O UENUKU aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

262 5789. A celebration of Indian culture in all its forms from pop to traditional, including bollywood, music and dance alongside two exhibitions.

When the Gods Came Down to Earth, a stunning video work at the crossroads of ancient myth-making and modern technologies by filmmaker and artist Srinivas Krishna, drawing on his childhood stories of gods and goddesses, humans and demons, and the populist imagery known as ‘calendar art.’

The Curry Bunch, a provocatively playful exhibition from Auckland artist Bepen Bhana, whose immaculately painted portraits give the widely recognised ‘Western’ faces of The Brady Bunch an Eastern transformation. 6pm to 11pm

The Best of ART IN THE DARK Halo

HILLSBOROUGH57 THE PAH HOMESTEAD, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre

tsbbankwallaceartscentre.org.nz 639 2010. Male Nudes, an exhibition of works from the Wallace Arts Trust Collection.

Deputy Director Wallace Arts Trust Dr Oliver Stead presents an exhibition talk, 7pm-7.30pm.

Portraiture Discussion with artist Stephen Martyn Welch. Renowned local artist and star of TVNZ’s hit series The Sitting, Stephen Martyn Welch will discuss the subject of portraiture and his experiences capturing the human form on canvas. This discussion will involve a limited number of questions taken from the audience, so bring any burning questions for Marty with you, 8.30pm-9pm

Turret Tours. Tour the usually out-of-bounds Pah Homestead Turret at regular intervals between 7.30pm and 11.30pm. Limited capacity per tour. Pah Café open until 11pm. 6pm to midnight

EAST

PAKURANGA58 TE TUHI CENTRE FOR THE ARTS tetuhi.org.nz 577 0138.

Destroyed Word, by internationally renowned Spanish artist Santiago Sierra. Te Tuhi was one of 10 commissioning partners around the world that contributed to Destroyed Word by erecting a giant 3m-high letter and filming its destruction. United as a multichannel video installation, the letters spell a word referencing the demise of the global economy. Special performance by The Echo Oh’s, plus Tectonic Industries presents “yeah yeah whatever”, in which a couple alternate singing epic love ballads while the other remains completely unmoved. From 8pm.4pm to 11pm.

HOWICK59 UXBRIDGE uxbridge.org.nz 535 6467. Estuary

Artworks exhibition 6pm to 9pm. Sculpture Expo 6pm to midnight. Make something special in the Pottery Studio 6pm to 10pm. Children’s Story Time

6pm to 7pm. Compose a Haiku in the Writers’ Lounge 6pm to 10pm. Wearable White contest 8pm to 9pm. ‘Busk ‘til Dusk” 6pm to 8pm. Night Photography Walkabout Workshop, $20 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Special screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, $8. 10pm to 11.45pm.

6pm to midnight, incl The Uxbridge Café and licensed bar.