10-13 February 2016

Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
420 Titirangi Road
Titirangi, Auckland
New Zealand

Adjusted Eyes, 2015. C-type Print 33x33cm

They come from far away is a live performance series featuring a mixture of visiting artists from Finland, Germany, the UK, across Aotearoa and other places. The series will explore notions of the familiar/unfamiliar, being alien/belonging, being foreign/local and being seen/unseen.

Co-curated by Leena Kella (Finland), Christopher Hewitt (Germany), with Titirangi’s Mark Harvey, the series will be situated in locations around the surrounding environment, in addition to the main gallery. Live performances will be accompanied by video screenings and public talks.

A full programme can be downloaded here.

Artists include Antti Laitinen, Eero Yli-Vakkuri, Pilvi Porkola in collaboration with Claire O’Neil, Matthew Cowan, Leena Kela, val smith, Stephen Bain and Nisha Madhan, Joshua Sofaer, Oblivia, Mark Harvey and Sean Curham. Keep an eye on our website and Facebook page for updates.

Kindly supported by the Chartwell Trust, FRAME, Arts Promotion Center Finland and TINFO.