Members of “Banana Boat”, a collective of Pasifika Writers based in Auckland, will this month hear about Victoria University’s Creative Screenwriting Course. The presentation will be led by Niuean playwright Arnette Arapai. Arnette is the only Pasifika student currently enrolled in the course. The course is offered by the Institute of Modern Letters and has previously served as a launch pad by Pasifika writers such as Tusiata Avia. The Banana Boat collective is comprised mainly of Pasifika playwrights and meets once a month to hear presentations and to read and discuss new scripts. The next meeting is on Thursday 25 June 2009 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at the funky Toi Ora Live Art Trust Studio, 6 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn. For more information, see the collective’s websites at http://www.bebo.com/pasifikawriters and http://bananaboatnz.blogspot.com/.
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Film and art lovers and members of the public will be treated to Dionne Fonoti’s first film “Young, Gifted & Samoan” on Saturday 20 June 2009. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film maker. This event is part of Janet Lilo’s exhibition “MyFace” which is currently showing at the Fresh Gallery Otara in South Auckland.  Image courtesy of Fresh Gallery Otara With her exhibition “My Face”, award-winning Maori-Niuean-Samoan artist Janet Lilo presents an exploration of provocative photography that comes straight out of popular culture via the web through social networking platforms. The photographs provide a serious reflection on the preoccupation people have with self-representation and editing their identity. This exhibition is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography and runs at the Fresh Gallery Otara from 12 June to 14 July 2009. Due to Janet Lilo’s recent appointment as the 2009 JENESYS Artist in Residence in Sapporo, Japan, the artist’s talk has been replaced by a screening of “Young, Gifted & Samoan”, a 23-minute film by Dionne Fonoti about three Samoan youth living and creating music in San Francisco. The film will be followed by question time with the film maker. This premiere event takes place at the Fresh Gallery Otara on Saturday 20 June 2009 from 12 – 1.30 pm.  Janet Lilo, MySpace photo montage, couresy of the artist and MySpace |
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