The Medium is the Message

Television Now and Then 1 AUGUST – 17 OCTOBER

Artists: Nam June Paik (KOREA / USA) Carolee Schneemann (USA) Kevin Atherton (UK) George Barber (GUYANA / UK) John Smith (UK) Jesse McLean (USA) Robyn Walton & Peter Cleveland (AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND) Janet Lilo (NGĀPUHI, SAMOA, NIUE / AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND) Joe Sheehan GUS FISHER (AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND) GALLERY Claudia Kogachi (JAPAN / AOTEAROA NEW FREE ENTRY ZEALAND) Yvonne Todd (AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND) TUE – FRI: 10am – 5pm Edith Amituanai SAT: 10am – 4pm (AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND)

Gordon H. Brown The Kenneth Myers Centre (AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND) 74 Shortland St Also featuring new work in Central 1010 The Booth by Daphne Zheng. New Zealand Including material kindly donated from TVNZ Digital T: +64 9 923 6646 Production Library, Ngā E: gusfishergallery Taonga Sound & Vision TVNZ @auckland.ac.nz Collection, The ’s Cultural gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz Collections and Video Data Bank. @gusfishergallery This exhibition is kindly sponsored by Nam June Paik Film Screening Artweek with Tobias Auckland Late Berger Night: Daphne Zheng artist SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 12:00 PM ONWARDS activation

Join us as we explore the The Absolute TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER pioneering world of Nam State of It; 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM June Paik, dubbed the “father of video art”, in Journalism The Medium is the Message a one-off film screening To day i n will stay open late this and special interview with Aotearoa Tuesday as artist Daphne Tobias Berger, Head of Arts Zheng activates a television at Tai Kwun and former THURSDAY 27 AUGUST camera used by 1 News Chief Curator at the Nam 6:00 PM to play with the way we June Paik Centre. consume television. BOOKINGS REQUIRED See our website for details

Join comedian Tim Batt as he interrogates a panel of distinguished journalists on the state of Aotearoa’s media landscape.

Free guided The Pantograph tours Punch and Book a free guided tour of the exhibition for your Mini Writing Auckland Residency with community group, family, Heritage class, or colleagues with Divyaa Kumar Festival: a member of our staff by Behind the emailing gusfishergallery@ VARIOUS DATES auckland.ac.nz. See our website for details scenes tour of TVNZ’s former home

Saturday 3 October 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Discover the site of the first ever television broadcast in Aotearoa in this public guided tour of the history of Gus Fisher Gallery’s heritage building, as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival.