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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a scientist and botanist who is a member of the Potawatomi nation in Northern America. In The Serviceberry, she uses nature, and particularly serviceberries, to discuss how we could move away from scarcity and hoarding of resources, toward something rooted in generosity and gratitude.
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In this film directed by Gaylene Preston, we follow Robyn White, an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand. The film feels like an intimate portrait of the artist, as we follow her along for an hour and a half. We see her reflect on her work, we see her create new artworks in collaboration with others, and we see her ponder our shared humanity.  What is it?
In this book, 140 artists from across the globe, were invited to share their ideas and visions toward a more equitable future, that invites us to reconnect to our planet Earth. It includes poems, philosophical essays, artworks, instruction for DIYs, recipes, and so much more, from artists such as Vivienne Westwood, Yoko Ono, Marina Abramovic, etc.  What is it?
In this podcast, the host, Julie Battisti, talks to Lissy and Rudi Robinson-Cole, a creative duo from Aotearoa New Zealand. Through their love of crochet, they celebrate living life to the fullest, and reconnecting with ancestors. In this particular episode, they talk about the Wharenui Harikoa (House of Joy), a large scale crocheted Wharenui (meeting house)  What is it?
This book, written by Edmund De Waal, is a visual guide that documents ceramics, from pots dating 10,000 BC, to modern pieces created in the 2000s. Each vessel has a full page photo, with a short description to place it within the context of its time. This layout makes this hefty book digestible and a great way to appreciate the diversity of this medium.  What is it?
This collective of ceramic artists, based in Sweden, creates spaces for artistic interventions and conversations around the origin of clay. Unsure of where their clay in neat plastic bags came from, and intrigued by the gap between clay being seen as handmade, and the reality of a finite material being dug out of the earth, this collective embarked on a journey to understand the complexities of this material better.  What is it?
This book, written by Baye Riddell with photos from Norm Heke captures the beginnings of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, a collective of Māori Clay Artist established in 1987, in Aotearoa New Zealand. |