‘TONES of SILENCE’ – FUTUNA CHAPEL - PUBLIC TALKS Exhibition

Photos by John Grace

Sunday 1 November, 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Catherine Hammond and John Grace

Join Catherine Hammond and John Grace for an afternoon exploring black-and-white photography, from Grace’s evocative Chapel images made with vintage cameras and 19th-century French lenses to Hammond’s insights into Aotearoa New Zealand’s early photographic history.

About the speakers

John Grace is a commercial lawyer and amateur photographer. John’s black and white photos of Futuna Chapel have been taken on an old tripod camera using 1866 French lenses. A selection of his photos will be exhibited at the Chapel.

Catherine Hammond is the director of collections and research at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum. She was formerly Hocken Librarian at the University of Otago Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, and before that head of documentary heritage at Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum and research library manager at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. She co-edited of ‘A Different Light/First Photography of Aotearoa’ (2024).

Sunday 8 November, 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Dr Malcom Doidge

Dr Malcolm Doidge presents his 360-degree time-lapse photography project, captured in Futuna Chapel across the 2023–2024 equinoxes and solstices. A short film of the project will be screened, followed by insights into the digital processes behind its creation.

About the speaker

After completing his studies at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Art in 1984, Malcolm Doidge worked for the New Zealand Correspondence School as an illustrator. He received his first commission from Lincoln College (now University), producing the work 'Ascent' in 1984.

In more recent years Doidge has taught Creative Technologies at Weltec (Wellington) and completed a Doctor of Philosophy, Inside Arcadia: An immersive virtual phantasmagoria. His degree was conferred by Massey University, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, in 2022.

His work has been recognised by several awards including the Wallace Art Award (2004, 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2016), the Visa Gold Art Award (1998) and he was the premier award winner in the NCC Art Award in 2002.

Sunday 15 November, 2:00pm to 3:30pm

John Walsh and Patrick Reynolds

Architecture writer John Walsh and photographer Patrick Reynolds discuss their city walking guides and the heritage places they reveal, bringing together Walsh’s deep knowledge of Aotearoa New Zealand architecture and Reynolds’ distinctive photographic eye.

About the speakers

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.

Patrick Reynolds is probably best known for his exceptional architectural and interior photographs that appear in publications such as Urbis and Vogue Living. However, over the past 20 years he has developed a highly successful parallel career as a leading photographer within New Zealand contemporary visual arts. As an exhibiting artist his work is about New Zealand landscape, nature, architecture, patterns of seeing, and – just as importantly – about the art and place of photography.

Professor Andrew Barrie

New Zealand-born architectural critic and designer, Prof. Andrew Barrie discusses the research and publication of Block maps, drawing on his work as an architectural critic, designer, author, and educator with deep connections to architecture in Japan and Aotearoa New Zealand.

About the speaker

Professor Andrew Barrie is a New Zealand-born architectural critic and designer formerly based in Tokyo. After completing doctoral studies in Japan, Andrew was a project architect in the office of Toyo Ito, one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects, and later at Cheshire Architects in Auckland. Andrew own design work is widely celebrated, having won numerous awards in both Japan and NZ — including a prestigious named award from the New Zealand Institute of Architects—and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He is a regular contributor to architecture and design journals and has authored three books on the work of Japanese architects. He has made significant contributions to architectural culture in New Zealand, recognized by the award (with the Block Foundation) of the NZIA’s Auckland Cup for services to architecture, and his election to the Royal Society of New Zealand.