Number 8 Collective: Ana Terry and Don Hunter
Ana Terry and Don Hunter formed the ‘Number 8 Collective’ in 2010. The partnership was formalised to frame their increasing collaborative projects and the pairs’ emerging curatorial practice. The name pivots off the quintessential kiwi improvisational ‘can do’ approach symbolised by number 8 fencing wire with a twist; Number 8 Collective counters the kiwi anti-intellectual stereotype by approaching creative propositions with the 'why?' and 'why not?' of critical thinking.
The purpose of Number 8 Collective is to initiate and facilitate arts-led projects that address contemporary issues by providing platforms for discussion between artists and the wider community. Number 8 Collective aims to develop these relationships through exhibitions, workshops, and seminars. Their motivation is to broaden understandings whilst finding ways to practically enhance our relationships between the environment and ourselves.
In the last 4 years the pair have been awarded and undertook two highly successful residencies; the William Hodges Fellowship (2008) in Southland and the inaugural Platform China Artist Residency in Beijing, China (2010).
Their community and environmental focus, both collaboratively and individually, have included; the Terminus Project (curated by Ali Bramwell, Haulashore Island, Nelson and Otago Harbour, 2005-06); facilitating educational programs and waterway clean up activities with the Black Sands Community and Wan Smolbag Theatre (Vanuatu, 2008); their William Hodges Fellowship 6-month residency researching and responding to the socio-environmental relationships around estuaries resulting in the exhibition Fair Game (New Zealand, 2008/10); World Clean Up Day, and working alongside Big Blue Company in re-establishing coral colonies and pest eradication program (Vanuatu, 2009); the Island Poverty T-Shirt Project, (Vanuatu, 2009); Mynah (Platform China, Beijing, 2010); PARK(ing) Day, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, (2010); and participating in Slow Flow - Te Ia Kōrero on the Whanganui River (2011) and Un Litro de Agua, Medellin, Colombia (2012).
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS: Ana Terry & Don Hunter
2012 Un Litro de Agua, Casa Tres Patios Art Residency, Medellin, Colombia.
2012-14 Black Islands: Spirit and War in Melanesia, curating and touring a photographic exhibition from the Vanuatu Cultural Centre Collection by photojournalist Ben Bohane. Confirmed venues include: Waiouru War Memorial Museum (2012), and Pataka (2013).
2011 Indigo Blues, (Asia:NZ Foundation funded), Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin , NZ.
2010 Mynah, Platform China Art Residency, (Asia:NZ Foundation funded), Beijing, China.
2010 FAIR GAME, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton, NZ.
2009 Las 20 Yia!, a historical photographic exhibition, Alliance Française, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
2008-10 FAIR GAME, Southland Museum and Art Gallery (William Hodges Fellowship), Invercargill and toured.
2006 Video performance, Voyeurism: Moth Hearts in the Night House, Ghost Train Collaborations, Dunedin Fringe Festival.
2005 The Medical Body, with Pennie Hunt, The Hocken Collections Gallery, Dunedin.
2002 Prima Facie Case, a Dunedin Fringe Festival Event, Nova, Dunedin.
Ana Terry and Don Hunter formed the ‘Number 8 Collective’ in 2010. The partnership was formalised to frame their increasing collaborative projects and the pairs’ emerging curatorial practice. The name pivots off the quintessential kiwi improvisational ‘can do’ approach symbolised by number 8 fencing wire with a twist; Number 8 Collective counters the kiwi anti-intellectual stereotype by approaching creative propositions with the 'why?' and 'why not?' of critical thinking.
The purpose of Number 8 Collective is to initiate and facilitate arts-led projects that address contemporary issues by providing platforms for discussion between artists and the wider community. Number 8 Collective aims to develop these relationships through exhibitions, workshops, and seminars. Their motivation is to broaden understandings whilst finding ways to practically enhance our relationships between the environment and ourselves.
In the last 4 years the pair have been awarded and undertook two highly successful residencies; the William Hodges Fellowship (2008) in Southland and the inaugural Platform China Artist Residency in Beijing, China (2010).
Their community and environmental focus, both collaboratively and individually, have included; the Terminus Project (curated by Ali Bramwell, Haulashore Island, Nelson and Otago Harbour, 2005-06); facilitating educational programs and waterway clean up activities with the Black Sands Community and Wan Smolbag Theatre (Vanuatu, 2008); their William Hodges Fellowship 6-month residency researching and responding to the socio-environmental relationships around estuaries resulting in the exhibition Fair Game (New Zealand, 2008/10); World Clean Up Day, and working alongside Big Blue Company in re-establishing coral colonies and pest eradication program (Vanuatu, 2009); the Island Poverty T-Shirt Project, (Vanuatu, 2009); Mynah (Platform China, Beijing, 2010); PARK(ing) Day, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, (2010); and participating in Slow Flow - Te Ia Kōrero on the Whanganui River (2011) and Un Litro de Agua, Medellin, Colombia (2012).
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS: Ana Terry & Don Hunter
2012 Un Litro de Agua, Casa Tres Patios Art Residency, Medellin, Colombia.
2012-14 Black Islands: Spirit and War in Melanesia, curating and touring a photographic exhibition from the Vanuatu Cultural Centre Collection by photojournalist Ben Bohane. Confirmed venues include: Waiouru War Memorial Museum (2012), and Pataka (2013).
2011 Indigo Blues, (Asia:NZ Foundation funded), Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin , NZ.
2010 Mynah, Platform China Art Residency, (Asia:NZ Foundation funded), Beijing, China.
2010 FAIR GAME, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton, NZ.
2009 Las 20 Yia!, a historical photographic exhibition, Alliance Française, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
2008-10 FAIR GAME, Southland Museum and Art Gallery (William Hodges Fellowship), Invercargill and toured.
2006 Video performance, Voyeurism: Moth Hearts in the Night House, Ghost Train Collaborations, Dunedin Fringe Festival.
2005 The Medical Body, with Pennie Hunt, The Hocken Collections Gallery, Dunedin.
2002 Prima Facie Case, a Dunedin Fringe Festival Event, Nova, Dunedin.