Michael Poa (One River), Julian Priest (The Greenbench) and friends invite you to join us in a collaborative performance artwork documenting a hikoi that references the Whanganui story of the relationship between Ruapehu and Taranaki.

The performance will take place at:

2pm Sunday 27th June 2010
The Govett Brewster
Corner of King and Queen Street
New Plymouth

Exhibition Opening 18th June 2010, 5.30 - 8.00 pm

With a poetry performance by Ron Riddell, Saray Torres and Tessa Priest

Showing 19th June - 16th July 2010

Opening hours Monday - Friday 10am - 3pm

The Greenbench is a project room in Whanganui run by artists Julian Priest and Sophie Klerk. It was founded in 2008 and moved to a new public space in June 2009. The Greenbench is a multifunctional space of 172 square meters in central Whanganui including studios and a permanent project/exhibition space. The Greenbench hosts events, screenings and workshops, puts on contemporary art exhibitions as well as being a space for developing artist projects and collaborations, with visiting national and international artists.