AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies AAANZ Conference, Auckland, 3-6 December, 2019 Owen G. Glenn Building, The University of Auckland 12 Grafton Road, Auckland 1010 & Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae, Unitec Institute of Technology 139 Carrington Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025 & Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki Corner Kitchener and Wellesley Streets, Auckland 1010 Full Programme of Abstracts and Biographies The AAANZ Conference 2019 is supported by the Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae, and the School of Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology, Waipapa Marae, Elam School of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland, ST PAUL St Gallery and the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at Auckland University of Technology, Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the Chartwell Trust. The University of Auckland is proud to acknowledge Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as mana whenua and the special relationship they have with the University of Auckland City Campus. Mana whenua refers to the iwi and hapū who have traditional authority over land. We respect the tikanga (customs) of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as mana whenua and recognise their kaitiakitanga (stewardship) role over the land the City Campus is located on. 1 AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies NAU MAI HAERE MAI! Welcome to AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies in Tāmaki Makaurau! The theme for this year’s conference had as its starting point a critique of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s Tuia Encounters 250th commemorations taking place in Aotearoa in 2019: the notion of encounter was one to conjure with. What is understood by the word encounter? Does it connote an unexpected meeting or a purposeful exchange? What is gained and what is lost? How do we understand encounter/s in 2019? For some, encounters manifest as social, cultural and global provocations, whilst for others, encounters represent the history of exchange and colonial settlement. Recent events, both locally and globally, have highlighted the urgency for wider conversations regarding encounter. For this year’s conference we wanted to encourage presentations that re-consider disciplinary boundaries to counter dominant narratives and offer decolonising strategies and alternative viewpoints within the arts and cultural sectors. In this way, encounters have the power to be transformative. The conference has four major themes: Agency Embodiment Exchange Ecologies The dynamics of Agency are contextual and are often influenced by hierarchies that determine who speaks and when, whose voices are heard, listened to and valued, and which histories are written and passed on. Embodiment explores how a diversity of cultural traditions and historical encounters are written into and onto the body. In this sense encounters are embodied with the body potentially becoming a battleground for contesting normative, gendered and colonial models of what a body is, or can be. Exchange often describes the art of giving one thing and receiving another, sometimes at the expense of balances in power, gender, and mātauranga/knowledges. Ecologies are characterised by relationships within complex networks of natural, social and cultural systems. The cultural properties of land are determined by the specifics of worldviews that produce ways of engaging with and caring for the environment. In what ways can whenua/landscape be considered as medium rather than genre, and be used as a stimulant for conversations about ecological crises? Four keynote speakers will lead discussion on these themes. We are honoured to have Distinguished Professor Bob Jahnke speak about his own history of encounters and about living as an artist in Te Ao Māori with its inherent responsibilities to whanau, hapū and iwi. From Edinburgh, Professor Jill Burke joins us to explore the implications for the appearance of the female body of being under constant surveillance and policing, addressing the theme of embodiment. New York- based Dr Maura Reilly, previously Professor of Art Theory at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University in Brisbane is known to many in our field for the game-changing book on agency which she published last year with Thames and Hudson, Curatorial Activism: Towards an Ethics of Curating. We are so grateful to these overseas speakers for putting their bodies and minds through the torment of long distance flying to join us here for these few days. Maura Reilly’s visit has been supported by the Chartwell Trust and Jill Burke’s by Faculty of Arts Research Support Funds. Unfortunately, due to recent surgery, Professor Geoffrey Batchen is unable to present the last key note, Going Postal: Photography and Exchange, and this will be read by Dr Sophia Powers who was appointed to the Marti Friedlander Lectureship in Photographic Practices and History at the University of Auckland in 2019. This conference has been organised collaboratively by the Elam School of Fine Arts, the Art History Department at the University of Auckland, St Paul Street Gallery at Auckland University of Technology, Whitecliffe College of the Arts and Unitec Institute of Technology with support from the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and the Chartwell Trust. We hope that you will enjoy the programme and your time with us in Tāmaki. AAANZ Conference Committee, Auckland 2019 Nigel Borrell, Curator, Māori Art, Auckland Art Gallery Jane Davidson-Ladd, Postgraduate Convenor, the University of Auckland Ngarino Ellis, Convenor of Art History, the University of Auckland Sarah Farrar, Head of Curatorial and Exhibitions, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tāmaki 2 AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies Charlotte Huddleston, Kaiurungi / Gallery Director and Curator, ST PAUL St Gallery, AUT University Erin Griffey, Associate Professor, Art History, the University of Auckland Gavin Hipkins, Acting Head of School and Associate Professor, Elam School of Fine Arts Jane Legget, AUT University and Chair of ICOM New Zealand Greg Minissale, Associate Professor, Art History, the University of Auckland Becky Nunes, HOD Photomedia, Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design Sophia Powers, Marti Friedlander Lecturer in Photographic Practices and History, Art History, the University of Auckland Christoph Schnoor, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology Megan Shaw, Student Representative, the University of Auckland Linda Tyler, Convenor of Museums and Cultural Heritage, the University of Auckland Caroline Vercoe, Senior Lecturer in Art History, the University of Auckland 3 AAANZ 2019 Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies THE ART ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (AAANZ) AAANZ is the peak professional body for the region’s art writers, curators, and artists. Since 1974 it has fostered the dissemination of knowledge and debate about art, curatorship, and artistic practice throughout the region. By increasing the visibility of Australasian artists, curators and writers and encouraging critical inquiry into their work, the Association plays an important role in supporting the resilience and sustainability of the local visual arts sector. The principal activities of the Association are the publication of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (ANZJA), holding an annual conference, and administering annual prizes which recognise outstanding achievement across the local and international art publishing industry. Through these activities, the Association acts as an established and highly successful advocate for the visual arts in Australia and New Zealand. 2019 AAANZ conference sessions thematic streams 1. Indigenising and decolonising 2. Exchanges 3. Methods 4. Gender 5. Embodiment and the Body 6. Ecologies 7. Politics and War 8. Museums and galleries 9. Art Education 10. Early Modern Encounters 11. Performative encounters 12. Architectural encounters Registration The registration desk is in the Owen G. Glenn Building, lower ground foyer, FOYER 260-071 (entrance via 12 Grafton Road, turn right past the mauri stone and go down the stairs). Registration is open from 12.30pm-2.30pm Tuesday 3 December, 8.15am-11am Wednesday 4 December and 8.30am-11am on Thursday 5 December and Friday 6 December. Please be aware that the period between 8–9am on Wednesday 5 December will be our busiest registration period. Please arrive early to ensure you can obtain your printed schedule and lanyard before the first keynote starts in Lecture Theatre 260-098 at 9am. Wayfinding Please consult the conference map on the conference schedule to find the key venues of the conference in Building 260, the Owen G. Glenn Building (OGGB) at the University of Auckland. For the Wednesday architecture stream taking place in Building One at Unitec on the Mount Albert Campus, catch the Outer Link bus from the bus stop opposite OGGB to travel 5 stops to Unitec, cash fare is $2.50. The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is 700 metres away, a ten-minute walk up Grafton Road, along Alfred Street and through Albert Park. St Paul Street Gallery is a 650- metre nine-minute walk away, up Grafton Road and south down Symonds Street to turn right into St Paul Street. All sessions at the University of Auckland will take place in OGGB and rooms are coded in the following way: Building number 260 – Room number 098. Please don’t hesitate to ask our volunteers for help if you get lost.