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    • A Radical Jester's Guide to Fashion in a Revolution by Sandy Taing
      • 'A Radical Jester's Guide to Fashion in a Revolution’ is a fibre art extravaganza; a love letter to craftsmanship, creativity and hope. In a world where time is billed, we celebrate having the courage to explore creativity which is bizarre, impractical and slow! It is anathema of a capitalist system; taking back ownership of our time. I hope you enjoy this blitzkreig of absurdity. I hope it inspires you to spend more time doing things you love and less time as a host for a billionaire parasite. The revolution will not be televised but we will wear it on our backs and light its fire in our homes. Sandy Taing (STANG) is a multi-media artist whose work navigates social and political turmoil through play, pleasure activism, and punk. Their current work is oriented around knit and crochet sculpture, fibre artwork and fashion. Fibre art has long been regarded as women’s ‘craft’; undervalued despite the intensive requirements of skill, and time. This medium has an ancient lineage and inherits a legacy of sustainable practice. It is Sandy’s medium of choice because it is anathema to what is demanded in a capitalist system. Sandy believes art and creativity have a key part to play in being a part of a cultural revolution away from an exploitative neoliberal, fascistic capitalism and towards a system in which all people, planet, and beings thrive. Real change happens when you engage, please vote! A poster for the exhibition ‘A Radical Jester’s Guide to Fashion in a Revolution.’ The background is butter yellow, and the title of the exhibition is at the top in mint and pink. In the centre is a mint green jumper in a medieval jester style, with puffy sleeves and a high neck, across the front is the text “tax the rich.” At the bottom of the page in an old fashioned font is ‘A Fibre Art Exhibition/ Black Coffee Newtown/ Opening Thursday 4th June.” in pink and mint.

    • Māori Deaf Vol. 1: Journey by Ryan Cassidy
      • Ryan Cassidy (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngaāti Kahu, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāti Whātua) is a Turi Māori (Māori Deaf) artist whose work explores identity, language, reclamation and belonging through the layers of Māori and Deaf worlds. Born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Cassidy is now based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), where he has lived since November 2025. Drawing on decades of lived experience, multiple art styles, sign languages, whakapapa exploration and access to te ao Māori, Cassidy’s practice responds to the ongoing challanges faced by Turi Māori including lack of awareness, limited support, tokenism and the ongoing impacts of colonisation. His work is bold, deeply personal and grounded in lived reality. At its core, Cassidy’s practice is about creating space: space for Turi Māori stories, visibility, language and tino rangatiratanga within contemporary art. Māori Deaf Vol. 1: Journey is Ryan Cassidy’s first solo exhibition after a long hiatus from art practice and public showing. This deeply personal body of work explores what it means to be both Māori and Deaf in Aotearoa. Through painting, text, sign language, street influences, and mixed visual style, the exhibition reflects a journey marked by identity, determination, heartbreak, loss of hope, resilience and achievement. The works confront the realities of moving between Māori and Deaf spaces while carrying the weight of invisibility, exclusion, and cultural disconnection. At the same time, the exhibition celebrates survival, whakapapa, resistance and the strength of Turi Māori identity. Rather than creating art for comfort or decoration, Māori Deaf Vol. 1 speaks honestly from lived experience. Opening space for kōrero, wero (challenge), and visibility for Turi Māori voices within contemporary art.

    • LUCID by Jessica Kirton
      • Jess Kirton-Luxford is a Pōneke-based artist. She is interested in texture and colour and works across mediums, combining surrealism with real world observation. Lucid is an exploration of colour, contrast, and contains pieces ranging from enhanced realism to abstracted surrealism. Instagram: @ink_loading_dock Email: jessicakirtonlux@outlook.com

    • Old Gods New Gods
      • Shanti Gore is a Wellington-based artist, working across oils, acrylics, watercolours, and linocut printing. Their practice is a rich exploration of natural forms, myth, and visual storytelling. Deeply influenced by gothic literature and 20th-century illustration, their most meaningful works often carry a slightly unsettling, psychological edge — images that speak to the viewer on both conscious and subconscious levels. Old God New Gods is a study of mythology and folklore, drawing from personas across religious and cultural fables close to the artist's heart. Artworks weave together stories, invoking the anticipation of forces shifting just beyond the visible world. Each piece becomes a threshold—where ancient archetypes brush against contemporary identities. In these layered narratives, the sacred is neither fixed nor forgotten; it is continually rewritten, reshaped, and reborn in the hands of those who dare to look closely.

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