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Two Rooms presents a program of residencies and projects
Geometry of Hope
Auckland
Dagoberto Rodriguez
Geometria Popular
18 August - 1 September 2020
Global optimism?
Mutilated Military Music
Auckland
Susan Philipsz
War Damaged Musical Instruments (2015)
Nathan Coley
A Place beyond Belief (2012)
From instruments broken & battered
Intricately Carved Netsuke
Titirangi
Assorted Japanese artisans and artists
Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke
27 June - 2 August 2020
Diminutive pouch toggles
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Debut of New Parnell Project Space
Auckland
Shaun Thomas McGill
Durham St West [Men’s Convenience]
18 July - 30 July 2020
Downtown Cottaging Site Examined
Elephant Empathy
Auckland
Matilda Fraser
His trunk for a hand, and his foot for a scythe
8 July - 25 July 2020
Short Matilda Fraser film
Fijian Wigs and Masks
Pakuranga
(UN)Registered Savages of Aotearoa (Daren Kamali & Ole Maiava)
Mata Makawa - Mata Vou
23 May - 16 August 2020
Researching indigenous traditions
Percussive Cousins
Auckland
James Cousins
Song Chain
8 July - 1 August 2020
Descending sprayed scores
Connecting Chernobyl, Mururoa and Rainbow Warrior
Pakuranga
Raúl Ortega Ayala
The Zone
23 May - 16 August 2020
Stunning Ayala film
Paeans to Diversity
Auckland
Olivia Webb
Anthems of Belonging
7 July (noon) - 14 July (noon) 2020
Website transmission
Robinson’s Carpet of Explosive ‘Tantrums’
Auckland
Peter Robinson
Rag Trade
25 June - 4 July 2020
Smashing and ‘reaching up’ as ideational content
Enthralling Global Photography
Auckland
Over 100 contributing photographers
Civilisation Photography Now
13 June - 18 October 2020
Sprawling touring show
Truth (For Once) Rules
Auckland
Frances Stark, Shahryar Nashat, Sriwhana Spong, Martine Syms.
Honestly Speaking: The Word, the Body, and the Internet
13 June — 30 August 2020
Straight talk only please
Rudneva-Mackay’s Visages of Sliced Fruit
Auckland
Layla Rudneva-Mackay
ACC bcc Bananas
9 June - 4 July 2020
Revamped Expressionist Symbolism
Michael Morley’s ‘Hinged’ Amps
Auckland
Michael Morley
Studies for a Revolution
3 June - 4 July 2020
Evanescent watercolour mirages
Interactive Art in Aotea Square
Auckland
Shannon Novak and Jeff Nusz
I Extend My Arms
5 June - 19 June 2020
Community generated animation
Seventeen John Nixon Diptychs
Auckland
John Nixon
Small Black + White Pairs
22 May - 18 July 2020
Coupled small panels
Arbuckle Abstractions
Auckland
Matt Arbuckle
Reading Hands
22 May -18 July 2020
‘Dyeing’ with folded fabric
Tootill’s Interwoven Painting References
Auckland
Jon Tootill
Harakeke
24 March—temporarily shut over lockdown—13 June 2020
Cultural mixing
Theo Schoon ((and his Milieu))
Titirangi
Theo Schoon
Split Level View Finder: Theo Schoon and New Zealand Art
7 March - 31 May 2020 (prelockdown dates)
His context, insights and influence
Remembering Analogue
Auckland
McMillan, Malloy, Metlikovec, Seyhan, Muller, Harnett, Cleland, White
Analogue
5 March - 11 April 2020
(*Dates announced before the Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown)
Once upon a time
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