That times have changed was the overriding consensus for the last LATE of 2011 – and that those changes have led to a far more tolerant society than the New Zealand of the 50s, 60s and 70s. In a great panel discussion lead by Media7’s Russell Brown, everything else was up for debate with Philip Patston, Ella Henry, David Cohen and Jacinda Ardern.
Journalist and author David Cohen spoke of his teen years in a boys’ home and while he agreed we’re living in a more tolerant society said when you scratch the surface New Zealanders seem to have a punitive bent as illustrated by the reaction to removing the defence of “reasonable force”. A classic left-right divide emerged between Cohen and Jacinda Ardern over the cause and effect relationships leading to poverty and crime. Cohen also said not enough attention had been given to the effects of father absence.
Ella Henry’s history was a marker in how times have changed as she talked about the 16-year-old girl who wouldn’t look a “white man” in the face because she knew her place, in contrast with the woman who married a white man and has beautiful caramello babies who are “the future of this country”. Patston, the founder of DiversityWorks, said New Zealand needs to get more real and embrace the difference and the diversity within it.
We then had an incredible insight into the world of drag with two of Auckland’s best known drag artists Buckwheat and Tess Tickle revealing how they got into drag, what their families thought and how they transform into the glamorous personas before closing with a fabulous cabaret.
LATE guests finished the night with an inspired jam session from DJ producer Christoph El Truento, Miso, B.Haru, Isaac Aesili and Lui T.
When: Thursday, 6 October 2011 Where: Auckland Museum Online Bookings: $20 (plus $3 booking fee) Members: 2-for-1 tickets Entry via Southern Atrium Time: 6.30pm - 10pm
This year’s season of LATE at the Museum sees us respond to topical issues and collection and exhibition themes.
Smart Talk
Bill Pearson's 1952 essay Fretful Sleepers still stands as a damning indictment of New Zealand's urge toward conformity and distrust of difference. We are a different country now -- but are we any more cognisant of our margins?
Who is excluded in the "new" New Zealand? Who can't move freely, get an education and a job? Who is not protected by the bill of rights? With burgeoning youth unemployment, is the archetypal "great place to bring up kids" becoming a tough place to be young? And how are things out there on the margins anyway?
Russell Brown, host of Media7 and founder of Public Address, hosts a discussion with comedian and diversity consultant Philip Patston; journalist and author David Cohen; former Human Rights Commissioner, Ella Henry; and Jacinda Ardern, the Labour Party's candidate for Auckland Central and the party's Youth Affairs spokesperson. More about the Panel»
Great Music
Christoph El Truento, the young DJ-producer behind the remarkable @peace recording project, with guests Miso, B.Haru, Isaac Aesili and Lui T will be live performing a live improvised jam session with laptops, drum machines, turntables, synthesizers as well as live horns and percussion to take our LATE guests on a journey through experimental hip hop music, tones and textures.
This Is Where We Came From Buckwheat and Tess Tickle, two of New Zealand’s most successful drag divas will be joining us for a one of a kind cabaret performance and an exclusive history of Auckland's premier house of drag. What was their inspiration for drag? What hurdles did they face and did/do they encounter any prejudice? Hailing from Pacific Island and Maori backgrounds respectively, what was the reaction of their communities? What is their regime to prepare for a show? Join us for a fantastic and candid performance about the transformative journey of this Auckland dynasty of drag. More about the artists»
Food and a cash bar will be available.
Russell Brown
Philip Patston
David Cohen
Ella Henry
Jacinda Ardern
Buckwheat and Tess Tickle
Christoph El Truento
Isaac Aesili
Evening Programme
6.30pm
Doors Open
Atrium
6.30pm – 7.30pm
Christoph El Truento
Atrium
7.30pm – 8.30pm
Panel Discussion: Life in the Margins, Otherness in Mainstream New Zealand. View profiles»
Event Centre
8.30pm – 9.00pm
Christoph El Truento
Atrium
9:00pm – 9.30pm
This is Where We Came From: an exclusive living history of Auckland's premier house of drag, with Buckwheat and Tess Tickle.
Atrium
9:30pm – 10:30pm
Christoph El Truento with friends
Atrium
10.30pm
Doors close
Please note this schedule is subject to change.
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