On Disk Video Library: The Arts Menu
The ON DISK titles detailed below are source material compilations from New Zealand film and television that support topic coverage in the New Zealand Secondary School Curriculum.
Background materials for each title are attached and include:
- teacher's disk booklet for a perusal of content
- new online units aligned to many disk titles
- online order form for On Disk loans
Arts Pasifika
'Sofia Tekala Smith' Tagata Pacifika (TVNZ, 12/05/03)
New Title 2008/09
This programme looks at Pacific Island people participating in a broad range of New Zealand arts including Fine Art, Music, Dance, Theatre, Film and Literature. Fatu Feu discusses the motifs and traditions that inspire his painting; Ani O’Neill tries to teach Nick Ward to crotchet; King Kapisi shows us his home in Piha, while his sisters show us theirs in Lyall Bay; Johnathan Lemalu discusses his rise to fame in the competitive world of opera; and Tusiata Avia talks to Finlay MacDonald about growing up Samoan in Christchurch.
Social Dance
Joe Brown Presents a Screentest Competition in Colour [1955]
New Title 2008/09
The Social Dance Programme is based on the book Light Fantastic: Dance Floor Courtship in New Zealand by Georgina White. A selection of amateur and professional footage is used to illustrate the development of dance culture in New Zealand over the last century. It includes a scene from a 1930’s Government propaganda film showing the reenactment of a ball on the deck of an immigrant ship; a 1948 Weekly Review featuring the Otira Railway Worker’s Dance; a documentary on Dunedin dance hall proprietor Joe Brown; an experimental film from the 1960’s showing couples dancing at a Wellington jazz club; and a home video shot at the 1996 ‘Devotion’, a gay and lesbian dance party.
Dance (2 disks)
Rowena Jackson: Prima Ballerina (Reynolds Television, 1975)
New Title 2008/09
Part One: The first part of an overview of New Zealand’s dance history, this programme includes the infamous 1946 footage of Freda Stark and Harold Robinson dancing in gold body paint; the experimental dance group of the same period ‘New Dance Group’; documentary extracts on the prima ballerina Rowena Jackson, Alexander Grant, Gisa Taglight, Sir Jon Trimmer, Shona Dunlop MacTavish and The Royal New Zealand Ballet; and a 1980 Kaleidoscope piece on ‘Limbs Dance Company’ performing ‘Pyramid’ and ‘Melting Moment’.
Part Two: The second part of an overview of New Zealand’s dance history, this programme includes documentary footage on Deidre Tarrant and the ‘Footnote Dance Company’, Michael Parmenter, Douglas Wright, Taiaroa Royal, Neil Ieremia and ‘Black Grace’, Catherine Chappell and ‘Touch Compass Dance Company’, Hamiora de Thierry and ‘Fusion Dance Company’, and Daniel Belton. It also includes an extract showing ballroom dancers Cherie Clark, David Yeats, Linda Duke and Edward Rainey at the 1984 Australasian Championships.
Composers
Anna Lockwood Wellington in the 60s: the Way it Seemed (Pacific Films/NZBC, 196-)
New title 2008/09An introduction to some of New Zealand’s most influential composers, this programme includes documentary footage on Fluxus artist Anna Lockwood and her contemporary Gillian Bibby, Taonga Puoro expert Richard Nunns; ‘From Scratch’ founder Phil Dadson; Arts Foundation Laureates John Psathas and Jack Body; pianist Dan Poynton; percussionist Gareth Farr and Aeolian Harp fanatic Chris Cree Brown. The programme also features electronic musician Bevan Smith, VJ’s Michael Hodgson and Paddy Free and experimental composers John Lake, Stephen Glover and Campbell Neale.
New Zealand Sculptors (2 disks)
Terry Stringer, The Big Art Trip (Screentime, 2001)
New Title 2007/08
Part One: A selection of New Zealand’s finest sculptors: John Middleditch discusses his practice and the difficulty of being an artist in New Zealand; we are introduced to the life and work of Len Lye; Greer Twiss discusses his interest in sculpture; Para Matchitt discusses how his contemporary work reflects Maori traditions; Jeff Thomson shows us the tools he uses to create his corrugated iron sculptures; Chris Booth explains how his work is connected to the land; Neil Dawson discusses the creation of his sculpture Chalice that opened in Cathedral Square in 2001; Bing Dawe talks about his influences; and Andrew Drummond discusses the processes involved in developing the Listening and Viewing Device he built on Druid’s Hill in Wellington in 1994.
Part Two: Part Two includes those sculptors working in the more contemporary disciplines of installation and video: Lyonel Grant discusses what it means to be a master carver; Terry Stringer shows us his sculpture park Zoolandier; Brit Bunkley explains that sculpture can be digital; Robert Janke shows us a new series based on the freezing works; Paul Dibble shows us his foundry; Warren Viscoe discusses what it means to be a senior figure in the art world; Ani O’Neill takes us to see a site specific work at the Auckland City Art Gallery; Yuk King Tan explains the notion of conceptual art; and Eugene Hansen talks about post colonialism.
Total duration: 153 minutes
New Zealand Photographers
Peter Peryer in Portrait of a Photgrapher: Peter Peryer (T.H.E. Ltd., 1994)
A selection of New Zealand photographers outline their craft and influences: Brian Brake, a member of the world famous Magnum Group, discusses his ‘Monsoon’ series; Robin Morrison's search for the great New Zealand character leads him the length and breadth of the country; Anne Noble talks about her series ‘In the presence of angels’ on Benedictine nuns; Ans Westra explains the controversy surrounding the ‘Washday at the pa’ photographs; Ross T. Smith shows us his photographs of the Hokianga, vivid pictorials of the local environment and its people; Margaret Dawson is questioned about her series ’The Men from Uncle’, which challenges notions of veracity by dressing up her uncle as famous men from his-tory; Fiona Pardington talks us through her exhibition ‘One Night of Love’, an exploration of the imaging of the body; Marti Friedlander takes some self portraits and is interviewed about her career and the changing character of New Zealand society; Peter Peryer shows us the process involved in creating and selecting an image; Gavin Hipkins is interviewed about his work and his upcoming residency in New York; and David Cook explains his interest in social documentary and his photographs of the Rotowaro coal mining township.
Total duration: 82 minutes
Contemporary Maori Artists (2 disks)
Mecury Lane. Toihoukura: A New Art Movement. (Greenstone Pictures, 2002)
Part One: From 1950 onwards a renaissance of Maori culture was seen in New Zealand. Contemporary artists felt free to produce works that reflected both their urban lives and cultural backgrounds. This programme examines the first wave of these artists: Cliff Whiting discusses the representation of land-scape in early Maori carving; expressionist painter Robyn Kahukiwa talks about the relationship between the loss of land and the loss of Maori identity; sculptors Arnold Wilson and Para Matchitt are interviewed about the non-traditional materials used in their work; Emily Karaka discusses her paintings as protest art; Ralph Hotere’s ‘Black Light’ series is examined; Chris Booth explains how his sculptures are about the conservation of the environment; Shona Rapira Davies discusses her commission to redesign Pigeon Park, and her exhibition ‘Not Exactly a Maori Work of Art’; Ross T. Smith shows us his photographs of Hokianga; and Sandy Adsett outlines the agenda of Toihokura, a Maori Art School in Gisborne.
Part Two: The alternative Maori art exhibition ‘Choice’ held at Artspace in Auckland in 1990 is now seen as a turning point in Maori Art. As Maori artists became concerned with more global issues their work focused less on politics and identity. This programme examines the work of these artists: Brett Graham takes us through the process of creating a public sculpture; an extract from Lisa Reihana’s video ‘Wog Features’ confronts racism; Michael Parekowhai questions notions of traditional Maori art; Peter Robinson’s work is examined and a panel discusses his controversial piece ‘Pakeha have rights too’; Shane Cotton talks about the evolution of his painting which references both Maori and popular culture; and John Walsh is interviewed about his work which uses traditional Maori legends to convey ideas about contemporary society.
Total Duration: 117 minutes
New Zealand Printmakers
John Drawbridge in Landscape: Outlets For Talent. (Peach Wemyss/ NZBC, 1969)
New Zealand printmakers describe their various working processes: Mervyn Taylor, who established an international reputation as a wood engraver, is seen in his Karori studio; John Drawbridge discusses his work and shows us the process of etching; Philip Clairmont creates hand made woodblock prints in an expressionist style; Claudia Pond-Eyley demonstrates how her silk screen prints of flowers and foliage are hand coloured; Carol Shepherd introduces us to assemblage printmaking; Kate Coolihan hand makes paper from natural fibres; Brian James explains why woodblock printing is the ‘Cinderella’ of printmaking; Paul Hartigan argues that his Xerox machine photocopies are a legitimate form of art; Marilyn Webb makes linoleum block prints; Stanley Palmer illustrates the process involved in creating a mono print; and Simon Kaan shows us his studio and etchings inspired by the sea and his whakapapa.
Total Duration: 49 minutes
New Zealand Women Artists (2 disks)
Kaleidoscope: Philippa Blair (TVNZ, 1984)
Part One: A look at the lives and practices of New Zealand women artists: a reenactment of Frances Hodgkins at work in her Dorset studio; extracts from a documentary on Rita Angus outlining her attitude towards painting; Lois White’s retrospective exhibition; feminist artist Claudia-Pond Eyley discusses her practice, and her life as an artist and mother; Gretchen Albrecht explains her abstract expressionist painting; printmaker Marilyn Webb shows us how to make linoleum block prints; Emily Karaka talks about her work as a Maori artist and women; Philippa Blair shows us her three dimensional paintings; and Fiona Pardington is interviewed about her photography exhibition ‘One Night of Love’.
Part Two: A look at the lives and practices of New Zealand women artists: Jacqueline Fahey shows us her studio and discusses her ‘skateboarders’ series; Marianne Muggeridge explains the complications of not painting from photographs; Judy Millar discusses the notion of abstract art and argues that her work doesn’t fit into this category; painter Robin White discusses her time spent living in the Pacific Island of Kiribati and her recent series based on Featherston’s Japanese POW camp; Ani O’Neill is interviewed in her studio, then takes us on a trip to the Auckland City Gallery to see a site specific work; installation artist/ performance artist and sculptor Yuk King Tan explains the notion of conceptual art and discusses some of her recent work; Lisa Benson challenges passers by with her street painting, and we hear their responses to it; and Misery, an Auckland based graffiti artist and fashion designer, is interviewed about her work.
Total Duration: 111 minutes
Art and the Land
For Art's Sake: Grahame Sydney (Maniototo Dreams) (Pinnacle Producing, 1996)
This programme tracks the changing and varied relationships of selected New Zealand artists with the land: A look at the early landscape painting of Charles Heaphy, John Hoight, John Buchanan, Charles Bloomfield, John Gully and Petrus Van Velden; Desmond Kelly interviews the landscape photographers John Johns and Bruce Foster; we are introduced to John Kinder’s broad picturesque landscapes; Roger Blackley, curator at Auckland City Art Gallery, examines the water colours of Alfred Sharpe; we view the work of Peter McIntyre, depicting the Central Plateau of New Zealand; Toss Woolaston explains his aspiration as an artist; Colin McCahon’s landscapes, influenced by the book ‘Geomorphology in New Zealand’, are discussed; Graham Sydney expresses his attitude to painting and the influence both the land and New Zealand writing has had on his work; Printmaker Marilyn Webb describes her love of Central Otago; Michael Smither shows us his hard edged landscapes of the Taranaki region; Robyn Kahukiwa talks about her series ‘Hikorangi’ and the relationship between the land and Maori people; Emily Karaka talks about her work as a protest artist commenting on Treaty claims and land rights; Dick Frizzell discusses his faux naive landscapes; Mike Petre argues that his paintings convey his relationship to the land by presenting a dark, contemporary vision of rural life; and Bob Kerr explains how his work focuses on historical events and the telling of stories set in a New Zealand landscape.
Total Duration: 83 minutes
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