FLOOR TALK #2 - FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE MAKING OF FUTUNA - GREGORY O'BRIEN

FUTUNA CHAPEL EXHIBITION - FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE MAKING OF FUTUNA

PUBLIC TALKS

DESCRIPTION

The floor talks presented in Futuna Chapel will inform and enhance the experience and comprehension of Futuna Chapel, a collaboration of the Chapel architect John Scott, Chapel artist Jim Allen and the Building Brothers of Futuna.

This exhibition will, in words, drawings, images, sound and physical objects, explore the commissioning, architectural design, art works and the physical construction of this combination of masterworks.

This work was produced when John Scott and Jim Allen were both in their mid-thirties and constructed by a dedicated team of similar aged voluntary building lay brothers.

The exhibition will be brought to life with a number of in-person tours and exhibition floor talks conducted by Gregory O’Brien and Nick Bevin (co-editors of ‘Futuna – Life of a Building’ 2016).

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL TO ATTEND THIS EVENT

The Futuna Trust is a completely voluntary organisation and all funds raised from the Futuna Exhibition Public Talks go towards the ongoing care, maintenance and operation of Futuna Chapel and also to support various initiatives undertaken by the Trust. This year the Trust continues, in accordance with its evolving tikanga. Booking for these talks is on a koha/donation basis. There is a free ticket type but if you would like to make a koha/donation to the Trust to support the Chapel, please register using the ticket types of $10, $ 15, $20 or $25. Ticketing and GST fees will be absorbed by the Trust.

Presenter:

GREGORY O'BRIEN

Gregory O'Brien MNZM (born Matamata, 1961) is a poet, art-writer, curator and artist. He has authored and contributed to numerous books about New Zealand art, literature and, lately, architecture. With Nick Bevin, he co-edited Futuna--Life of a Building (VUP, 2017); he contributed a chapter about John Scott's Aniwaniwa Visitors Centre to David Straight's book, John Scott--Works (Massey University Press, 2019). His recent publications include a book-length meditation on the imaginative life of Oceania, Always song in the water (AUP, 2019) and the award winning monograph, Don Binney--Flight Path (AUP).