David Straight’s work from the series Blameworthy (part of The Austerity Project) has been selected for this years Noorderlicht International Photofestival, ‘To Have and Have Not’ in Groningen, The Netherlands.

Take a look at Tangent’s video on our latest collaboration ONE DAY WONDER installed last weekend at Pearce Gallery in Auckland. Tangent Collective photographers Tash Hopkins, Solomon Mortimer, David Straight, Simon Devitt, Meighan Ellis, Becky Nunes, Parisa Taghizadeh and Anita Totha were included in the exhibition, which negotiated the potentials and tensions innate in working and showing together via a collaborative curatorial process.

Tangent members are to be included in a group exhibition at Pearce Gallery, Auckland. Come see the weekend-long exhibition starting on Friday evening 5pm-8pm May 24th. Floor talk at 5:30pm, gallery also open Saturday 10am-1pm.

One Day Wonder 2013, a series of exhibitions exploring artist’s networks as structures that challenge, support, create or supersede the status quo of the art world. Over the season six groups of artists who work together in some way, from loose networks to shared studios or artist run spaces, are invited to partake in a one day research oriented exhibition/event in which they investigate/ play with/ critique the creative interplays and tensions innate in working together.

New portraits taken by Tash Hopkins seen at our Tangent session last Tuesday. Check out more of her work here..

Portrait of a House is a new book by photographer Simon Devitt in collaboration with graphic designer Arch MacDonnell (Inhouse Design). The book explores the Athfield House - the ‘village on the hill’ - an architectural experiment that Ian Athfield started in 1965 on the Khandallah hillside in Wellington, and which he is still altering and extending today. The launch and book signings for the publication will be in Wellington (11th May), Auckland (17th May), Christchurch (25th May). Limited edition copies are available (100 only, signed, numbered and a selection of a print from 5 available - prints limited to 20 each). Contact Simon to purchase: simon[@]simondevitt.com

Next Tangent session planned for April 30th 7-9pm at:

Whitecliffe Lecture Hall, 24 Balfour Rd Parnell 1010

OPEN CALLS: please submit your work to be considered for a critique and peer discussion at our next meeting. Please send 6-8 low-res jpegs, a few lines about the work you would like to show and what areas or aspects of the work you would like to discuss and receive feedback on. Please send your submissions to anitatotha26 @ gmail.com. All are welcome to attend and partake in the feedback and discussion at our sessions. Feel free to spread the word to other photographers about our bi-monthly open sessions.

Casual fee of $12 per session or become a member of Tangent Photo Collective for $60 a year.

For more info about our sessions, photo news, competitions and happenings, visit our blog or FB page.

We look forward to seeing you!

Tangent Open Sessions

First session of 2013 planned for Tuesday, Feb 26th 7-9pm at Art Station, Ponsonby.

Casual fee of $12 per session or become a member of Tangent Photo Collective for $60 a year:

Membership includes:

-Six bi-monthly Tangent sessions per year
-Constructive feedback & discussion of your work at our bi-monthly sessions (via submission process)
-Updates on worldwide photo-related news, submissions, prizes, book projects etc.
-Copy of Tangent’s annual publication

OPEN CALLS: please submit your work to be considered for a critique and peer discussion at our next meeting. Please send 6-8 low-res jpegs, a few lines about the work you would like to show and what areas or aspects of the work you would like to discuss and receive feedback on. Please send your submissions to anitatotha26 (@) gmail.com

All are welcome to attend and partake in the feedback and discussion at our sessions. Please feel free to contact Becky, Parisa, or Anita with questions. We look forward to seeing you Feb 26th!