IMAGINE THE LAND EKARASA DOBLANOVIC IN ASSOCIATION WITH AGE CONCERN AND

Over 100 participants made pitch clay bowls which form a carpet of collective imagination you see today.

Imagine the Land is a celebration of local Ekarasa Doblanovic materials, creativity and inter-generational is an Italian/Croatian- sharing, building a connection to place and born, fostering ongoing creative relationships. artist. She received It puts locally-sourced clay and clay a Master of Fine pigments into the hands of the Blockhouse Arts (Honours) in Bay and Lynfield communities, students Visual Arts from University of and older people, inviting them to craft Technology in 2014. Her creative practice bowls together and imagine futures of encompasses painting and installation creativity, care and respect. with solo shows and many similar Imagine the Land collaborative and participatory Students from Lynfield College and projects across New Zealand and residents from Donovan Village Australia. She is an active ambassador participated in a series of interactive for Michelangelo Pisteletto’s Third workshops where they crafted hundreds Paradise Project. Her work investigates of clay bowls. Students generated the collaborative and participatory where a collective poem reflecting on the notions of space, ecology, impermanence encounter, facilitated by poet Gus and human interactions are explored to Simonovic. Raymond Sagapolutele create empathic dialogue amongst people, (photography) and Lynfield College art and nature. student Harry Ashley (video) documented the process and captured shared moments. Imagine the Land photographic exhibition Public workshops took place at Lynfield on tour to Libraries College, Blockhouse Bay Bowls and Blockhouse Bay Library. Blockhouse Bay Library, 13–27 March Library, 27 March–10 April Avondale Library, 10-24 April Mt Roskill Library, 24 April–8 May

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Donovan Village artists Jaeda Ibnul Photography Auckland Arts Festival Andrea Coster James Alaelua-Waterhouse Raymond Sagapolutele Wh¯anui project team David Deans Joshua Foley Ekarasa Doblanovic Noma Sio-Faiumu Elke Kurschus Krystene Chambers Harry Ashley Amo Ieriko Frances Coster Kyus Rodger Angela Green Jin Hui Dong Lepa Finau Film Luci Menzes Lily Chen Harry Ashley Xue Jun Xue Marc Atherstone Maria Mounga Lynfield College artists Matt Holden THANK YOU Abigail Otess Luani Melanie Weaver Ahmed Abusalah Nivi Sharma The residents of Padmini Raj and the Aimee Le Noel Odin Rodgers Donovan Village Auckland Libraries Ali Akbar Sultani Paige Vaipa Amber Collins Bronwen Wilson, Cath Knell Gonca Simonovic Paris Foskin and Lynfield College Amelia Fetuani Paris Gooding Sums Selvarajan and Amelia Hudson Phoebe Barrett Maureen Craven, Kevin The Oryza Foundation for Ayrton Lord Rachel Barrowman Lamb, Vani Bury and Age Asian Performing Arts Callum Tasker Reihana Reihana Concern Auckland Simon Barker at Damon Wunnenberg Reuben Taylor Barrie Smith and Lotech Media Dan Dalhousie Riva Navue-Fletcher Blockhouse Bay Bowls Danny Vo Sapphire McKay Dom Povey Sarah Chester Elena Smith Shivani Kumar Faye Hine Shontel Brennan Gabrielle Iakopo Simran Patel Giordi Gambassi Vianna-Lloyd Vavetuki Jack Kearns Vinny Pandah

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