Artist talk

A conversation with Warrane Sydney based visiting artist Shireen Taweel. Taweel will speak about her visiting artist project 5364 nocturne which involved a pilgrimage across Te Waipounamu guided by the careful tracking of the night sky, and her wider interest in the influence of the celestial navigation technologies of Arab astronomy on the future movement of people through migration and pilgrimage.

Taweel will be joining via livestream from her studio, in conversation with DPAG Curator Lauren Gutsell.

Visit the exhibition and pick up a copy of the free publication from 5pm, talk begins at 5.30pm.

5.30pm Thursday 7 November
Free, all welcome
DPAG Auditorium

Note: This talk has been rescheduled to the new date of 7 November.

[image: Shireen Taweel pictured holding her work Southern Celestial Astrolabe, 2024, hand pierced, engraved copper, silver solder. (Background: 5364 nocturne, 2024). Image courtesy of the Otago Daily Times.]