'TONES OF SILENCE' - FUTUNA CHAPEL IN B&W - PUBLIC TALKS

‘TONES of SILENCE’ – FUTUNA CHAPEL in BLACK and WHITE

PUBLIC TALKS START AT 2:00PM

The Trust looks forward to welcoming architects, designers, graduates, students and interested members of the public to attend this event and support the Trust in its work

Sunday 19th October.  Talks by Catherine Hammond and John Walsh

Sunday 2nd November. Talks by Malcolm Doidge and John Grace

BOOKINGS ARE PREFERRED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT

PRESENTERS

• Catherine Hammond - Director Collections and Research, Auckland Museum

• John Walsh – Writer – Walking Guides (Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington) 

• John Grace – commercial lawyer and amateur B&W photographer

• Dr. Malcolm Doidge - sculptor, video artist, photographer

CATHERINE HAMMOND - SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER

Catherine Hammond is Director of Collections and Research at Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, has worked in leadership roles in the arts and cultural sector in Aotearoa New Zealand for over two decades including Hocken Librarian at the University of Otago, and Research Library Manager at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Catherine is a trained librarian and published writer, editor, and curator, and has led the development of award-winning cultural heritage websites. Her research interests centre around the intersection of archives and Aotearoa art histories. She is Chair of the Guardians Kaitiaki of Alexander Turnbull Library and a Trustee of UNESCO Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand.

 Title of Catherine's talk

A Thousand Words: Photographic Archives in Aotearoa

Catherine will discuss the recent book and touring exhibition, A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa and the role and impact of photographic archives as sites of research.

JOHN WALSH - SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER

John Walsh is a leading New Zealand architecture writer. He edited Architecture New Zealand magazine for a decade, and has written numerous books on New Zealand architecture, among them the newly revised Auckland Architecture: A Walking Guide, which features photographs by Patrick Reynolds. (taken from AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL website)

JOHN GRACE - SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

A selection of John's photographs make up the exhibition and he will also present a public talk about the photos, the vintage camera and equipment he uses, the history of photography and cameras used.

"Experiencing the chapel means interacting with it. From a photographic point of view, that means interacting optically and chemically to turn a solid, three-dimensional art form into a two-dimensional interpretation made up of tones of black, white and grey." John Grace - email- 18/06/25

DR. MALCOLM DOIDGE - SUNDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

Dr. Malcolm Doidge undertook a 360 time-lapse photography in the Chapel interior during the equinoxes and solstices of 2023 - 2024.  He produced a 2 – 3minute video of the timelapse project and this will be screened in the Chapel as part of the exhibition.  Malcolm will also give a presentation of his work and explore the digital processes involved in its production. He is an interdisciplinary sculptor and spatial designer. He uses digital time lapse and photogrammetry images for film poetry.

The Futuna Trust is a charitable organisation and all koha received from the exhibition events will go towards the ongoing care, maintenance and operation of Futuna Chapel and also to support various initiatives undertaken by the Trust.