ROSA WOODS/Stuff
12122020 PHOTO: ROSA WOODS/STUFF A two-storey immersive installation by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota has opened at Te Papa.
The new year has begun and there are loads of things to do in the capital this week, regardless of the weather.
Exhibitions
Te Papa, until April 18 Create! Look! Explore! Celebrate summer at Te Papa with a dynamic festival of events, activities, exhibitions, and fun. Get up close with art, the world’s first Māori VR film, objects from the TVNZ 1 series National Treasures, clay makers, Māori and Pasifika art, skate culture, a garden in the sky, and more.
Gig Information
Grawlixes are a Wellington-by-way-of-Dunedin indie-folk band intent on inserting themselves into your brain with their intelligent, infectious songs about relationships and not being invited to parties. Continuing the great lineage of artists who bring sadness to their sprightly melodies, Grawlixes’s music often deals in the melancholy with self-deprecating honesty and beautiful boy-girl harmonies, sung by co-founders Robin Cederman (Tahu & the Takahes) and Penelope Esplin (French for Rabbits, Moonlander, Lake South).
Grawlixes have recently expanded into a 5 piece, featuring the unimitable talents of Alex Vaastra (Emily Fairlight, Julian Temple Band) on violin, Emma Hattaway (The Cosmonauts) on bass and Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (Stellarize, French for Rabbits) on drums, and are gearing up for the release of their second album Love you to Death in 2021.