Image: Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Christchurch
Its stated curatorial approach centres on scent as a material medium and challenges the visual bias of gallery spaces through attention to the material nature of scent. The premise treats scent as a powerful medium with the ability to move people on both a psychological and a physical level, locating its potential effects across those two dimensions.
The exhibition is a group show featuring Ōtautahi artists Jen Alexandra, Jo Burzynska and Steven Junil Park, whose work is included within the exhibition presented under Neave's curatorship.
A mihi whakatau will welcome Emerging Curator Holly Neave, celebrate the artists and open the exhibition, bringing those stated elements together as part of the opening occasion.
