Auckland City Limits Announces Festival Artworks Programme

Auckland City Limits Announces Festival Artworks Programme

Auckland City Limits announces more of its vision to be more than just a music festival with a series of artworks from leading contemporary artists to be installed into Western Springs for the 19 March event.

A highlight is Ngahere, a new large scale collaborative effort between noted artists Judy Darragh, 2017 Venice Biennale representative Lisa Reihana with architect Sue Hillary and designer Robin Rawstorne.

Other artists to feature in the festival’s art programme include a mix of well-known names like sculptors Jeff Thompson, Lou Purvis and Aaron McConchie, mixed media artist Julieanne Eason, and environmentalist and textile artist Miranda Brown.

Another collaborative group, LGOP – the Looks Good on Paper Collective – are bringing Zietsetz to the festival. This set of structures is one of several works that will bring interactivity with art into play at the festival.

Amanda Wright is the curator charged with putting Auckland City Limits’ exciting arts programme together. A founder of Splore, Amanda has been at the forefront of creative direction for Splore, the Big Chill, Trash to Fashion, Erupt and numerous other events.

“Globally the most successful festivals now include visual arts as part of the offering to their audiences,” she explains.

“I am thrilled to be working with Auckland City Limits to make this festival a new platform for artists and designers to present their works within an urban park environment with history and a story to tell.

“We want the works to create links between all the various zones of Auckland City Limits in a playful, practical adventure,” says Wright.

The mix of static and interactive works will bring colour and imagination into life for the audience – another element marking Auckland City Limits as a must-see experience in the city this summer!

AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS 2016 ARTWORKS:

SHORTHAND by Aaron McConchie

FIELD by Angus Muir & Alexandra Heaney

NGAHERE by Lisa Reihana, Judy Darragh, Robin Rawstorne, Sue Hillary

ZIETSETZ by LGOP Collective

HIVE HUTS by Louise Purvis

THE BACH by Jeff Thomson

ECOLOGY TO COSMOLOGY FLAGS by Miranda Brown

HASHTAGS GET REAL by Margaret Lewis

SPRAY STALKS by Julieanne Eason

Auckland City Limits Music Festival:

KENDRICK LAMAR, THE NATIONAL, FAT FREDDY’S DROP, MODEST MOUSE, GIRL TALK, SHAPESHIFTER, ACTION BRONSON, THE NAKED AND FAMOUS, BROODS, LADYHAWKE, COLD WAR KIDS, JARRYD JAMES, GRACE POTTER, HIGHLY SUSPECT, KAMASI WASHINGTON, SHAKEY GRAVES, LORD HURON, ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES, HOUNDMOUTH, CHE FU & THE KRATEZ, THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION, TAMI NEILSON, GANG OF YOUTHS, MAALA, KINETIC, RACING, OPENSIDE, DELANEY DAVIDSON, PETER BAECKER LIVE, HOPETOUN BROWN, CARNIVOROUS PLANT SOCIETY, SHAB ORKESTRA, STOREHOUSE, DAVID CORREOS, JOSEPH HARPER, PAUL AMOS, AMOUROUS AVA BURLESQUE, DJ TSR AIRLINES, DJ TV DISKO, DJ HOUSE OF BAMBOO

Tickets for Auckland City Limits are available from www.aucklandcitylimits.com and Ticketmaster.

Inspired by and aligned with the world-class Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas, Auckland City Limits Music Festival will fuse the best elements of Austin’s premier festival with a New Zealand flavor and spirit to create an event that will celebrate the spirit and heritage of Auckland for years to come.

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