EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS BROCHURE ___________________________________________________________
EXHIBITIONS 14 August – 21 November 2004
HANDBOEK ANS WESTRA PROTOGRAPHS
GIFTS TO THE NATION Books in Maori (working title)
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EVENTS
Challenging Influences: a photographer's coming of age in the 1960s A Gallery talk about the Wellington photography
scene of the 1960s in which Ans Westra first made her mark, by John B. Turner, senior lecturer in photography,
University of Auckland. Sunday 15 August, National Library Gallery, 1.30pm
Guided tour of Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs by exhibition organiser Luit Bieringa. Thursday 19 August, National
Library Gallery, 12.10pm
DUTCH TREAT A series of seminars related to the work of Ans Westra, hosted by the Stout Research Centre and the National
Library Gallery.
In Camera Luit Bieringa, exhibition organiser of Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs talks about the autobiographical
context to the photographer’s work. Wednesday 1 September, 12 Waiteata Road, 4.10-5.30pm
Te Ao Hou Cultural intersections between Dutch and Mäori in Aotearoa – a panel discussion with Hank Schouten, author of
Tasman’s Legacy: the New Zealand-Dutch connection, art historian Damian Skinner, and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Ngâ Puhi),
director art and visual culture, Te Papa. Chaired by Lydia Wevers, director, Stout Research Centre. Wednesday 8
September, 12 Waiteata Road, 4.10pm-5.30pm
Camera Lucida Representing other cultures in word and image – a panel discussion with Brigitte Bonisch-Brednich, senior
lecturer, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Victoria University, Luit Bieringa, curator of Handboek: Ans Westra
Photographs, and Neil Pardington (Kai Tahu, Kâti Mamoe, Käti Waewae), artist, filmmaker and designer. Wednesday 15
September, 12 Waiteata Road, 4.10-5.30pm
Documentary/Post Documentary Christina Barton, senior lecturer in art history at Victoria University, and Lawrence
McDonald, lecturer in visual art at Weltec and editor of Handboek, discuss a range of issues relating to Ans Westra’s
work as a documentary photographer in light of recent developments in photographic practice. Wednesday 22 September, 12
Waiteata Road, 4.10-5.30pm
Future Flash Documentary photography looking forward – a panel discussion with distinguished photographers Ans Westra,
Bruce Connew, and John Miller. Wednesday 29 September, 12 Waiteata Road, 4.10-5.30pm
Guided tour of Handboek: Ans Westra photographs with art historian Damian Skinner. Thursday 7 October, National Library
Gallery, 12.10pm
HANDBOEK – A GUIDE TO ANS WESTRA ON FILM Presented in partnership by the Film Archive and the National Library Gallery.
www.events.filmarchive.org.nz
Visible Evidence New Zealand documentary photographers discuss their work, featuring Ans Westra, along with Marti
Friedlander, Bruce Connew, Kapil Arn, John Miller, Fiona Clark, Gil Hanly and Tom Hutchins. Directed by Leon Narbey (NZ,
1996, 50 mins). Visible Evidence screens by kind permission of T.H.E. Film Ltd. Thursday 14 October, New Zealand
Community Trust mediatheatre, Film Archive mediaplex, corner Ghuznee and Taranaki Streets, 12.10pm
Two television documentaries on Ans Westra Kaleidoscope: Ans Westra (NZ 1988, 40 mins) followed by For Arts Sake: Ans
Westra (NZ, 1996, 12 mins). Kaleidoscope screens courtesy of Television New Zealand Archive. For Arts Sake screens by
kind permission of Pinnacle Producing. Thursday 28 October, New Zealand Community Trust mediatheatre, Film Archive
mediaplex, corner Ghuznee and Taranaki Streets, 12.10pm
Admission is free to all events. Please consult the Dominion Post on Wednesdays and Fridays to confirm details of the
related events programme.
National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mätauranga o Aotearoa Molesworth Street, Wellington
Gallery hours: 9-5 Monday to Friday, 9-4.30 Saturday, 1-4.30 Sunday
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by renovations to the Library’s main foyer during the course of the
exhibition.
ENDS