Exhibition Opening - Let the Honey Soak Through
Schedule
Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 am
UTC+13:00Location
Te Atamira | Queenstown, OT
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Join us for the opening of Te Atamira's exhibition 'Let the Honey Soak Through'.Inspired by bee networks and their relationship with the environment, this exhibition from Taarn Scott and Hana Pera Aoake examines the patterns bees create to sustain their lives, replicated by human systems, hiveware, keepers and agricultural formations.
Most of us know that bees are essential pollinators who play a crucial role in our ecosystem. What you might not know is that our native bees (Ngaro huruhuru), (of which there are 28, with 27 being endemic to Aotearoa), don’t produce honey or beehives. Ngaro huruhuru are as vital as ever for understanding the complexity of te aitanga pepeke (the insect world) in climate adaptation.
Artists Taarn Scott and Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Tainui/Waikato, Ngāti Waewae, Tauranga) feel it’s important to draw attention to these replicating systems and patterns that are so integral to our lives and our biodiversity, pollination and produce. These building blocks of life invite us to slow down and notice the cycles of repair and our entanglement as humans with lifeforms big and small.
Through kōrero, research, and art making, the artists seek a way of gently untangling the paralysing dread of the rapid climate crisis. Their practice responds to critical ecosystems and life cycles as a way of understanding our evolving climate and landscape in Aotearoa, by writing, making films, sound, drawing, installation, performance, hanging out and making ceramics together.
Free to attend, all welcome.
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Where is it happening?
Te Atamira, Tesla, Remarkables Park Town Centre, 12 Hawthorne Dr, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand, QueenstownEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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