The Department of Conservation and Creative New Zealandlaunched the
Wild Creations Artists in Residence programme in 2002-07.
The programme provides New Zealand artists with an outstanding opportunity to experience the people, stories and challenges associated with our country’s unique natural and historic heritage.
Louise Potiki BryantLouise Potiki Bryant, a choreographer and video artist based in Piha and of Ngai Tahu descent, will spend six weeks at Mt Cook / Aoraki.
She plans to develop a work integrating dance, video and sculpture which will go on to be performed live as a solo dance work.
She would also like to produce a short dance film from footage shot of this work as it is performed at Aoraki.
Naomi LambInspired by the Nikau coast and the Heaphy track after first walking it in 2000, Christchurch based new media artist Naomi Lamb will head for Karamea in April with the intention of capturing the essence of the spectacular landscapes and coastal bush in the region and exploring the unique cultural heritage of travel by foot for taonga, food, exploration, trade, settlement and now leisure. She will extend her skills in video to create a immersive sensory video installation.
Alison IsadoraAudio artist and composer Alison Isadora, formerly of Wellington but now based in the Netherlands, intends to spend time in Bannockburn, Central Otago collecting sound material to produce a collection of songs. She will also collect images of the river and create an interactive performance piece or installation.
Zoe Roland
Zoe Roland's
Christchurch film-maker Zoe Roland's residency commenced in June 2003. Zoe stayed at Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf to record a video about the island’s flora and fauna. She is an experimental documentary film-maker and her work deals with themes of memory, preservation, storytelling and experiences of the New Zealand landscape.
For further information or interviews with the artists, please contact:Cushla Managh
Senior Media Officer
Department of Conservation
Tel: 04-471-3117 or 0274-846-810
Iona McNaughton
Writer, Communications and Advocacy
Creative New Zealand
Tel: 04-498 0715