LAUNCH EVENT: Correspondence 3.2

24 July. Free entry.

Correspondence 3.2 is here!

Join us at The Physics Room on 24 July from 5:30 – 7pm to celebrate the launch of Correspondence 3.2. After an introduction from editor Orissa Keane, we will hear from contributors Juanita Hepi and Keita Newbery, followed by kai.

Correspondence 3.2 stems from the words 'resistance', 'action', and 'solidarity'. Contributors responded to these ideas in the context of the genocide taking place in Gaza and local and global reactions to this ongoing event. Java Bentley, Ayla Collin, Juanita Hepi and Keita Newbery each relate to Palestine through a connection to whenua and through whakapapa to Papatūānuku. Protest posters in the centrefold, created by Mengzhu Fu and Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho, are designed to be removed and pasted straight onto cardboard ready to take to a Pro-Palestine rally or placed in public view. After the readings there will be cardboard and wheat paste available for turning your posters into placards.

Take part in the launch celebration and reading events across the motu in July and August 2024.

Thursday 18 July, 6 – 7:30pm
HOEA!
Level 1, 100 Grey Street, Tūranganui-a-Kiwa
Coinciding with the closing event for Hononga X Aroha, HOEA! will host a reading and discussion of some content from Correspondence 3.2, joined by contributor Ayla Collin.

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Thursday 24 July, 5:30 – 7pm
The Physics Room
301 Montreal Street, Ōtautahi
Join us to celebrate the launch of Correspondence 3.2. After an introduction from editor Orissa Keane, we will hear from contributors Juanita Hepi and Keita Newbery, followed by kai. After the readings there will be cardboard and wheat paste available for turning your posters into placards.

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Saturday 27 July, 11am – 1pm
Samoa House Library
Level 2, 283 Karangahape Road, Tāmaki Makaurau
As part of the *curriculum* programme, Samoa House Library will host a reading and discussion of Correspondence 3.2 with editor Orissa Keane, followed by kai and the opportunity to turn Mengzhu Fu and Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho’s posters into placards, ready for the Sunday pro-Palestine rally.

*curriculum* is an education programme with a focus on providing a horizontal structure within which practitioners can share knowledge and resources on a peer-to-peer basis. 

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Thursday 01 August, 4 – 8pm
Enjoy
211 Left Bank, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Join Enjoy for their monthly late night with free vegan soup prepared by Seeds to Feeds. The event is a small offering to Enjoy’s communities, working towards equity—this time accompanied by group readings from Correspondence 3.2. Coinciding with our exhibitions iMpOrTanT iNfOrMaTiOn which considers the idea of autonomy and authorship within the city, and offers insights into the current state of street activism; and Homing Instinct, a response to living in a time that requires not only redress of housing inequalities, but more expansive conceptions of housing, shelter and belonging. This is an opportunity to discuss the role of print media and poster culture in political and cultural activism.

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21 August, 5:30 – 7pm
Blue Oyster
16 Dowling Street, Ōtepoti
Head down to Blue Oyster for an evening reading session of Correspondence 3.2. Discuss the themes of the issue and — weather depending — take to the streets of Ōtepoti to paste up some posters from within the publication.