Past Event

toko by and by | toko talks

Hātarei 18 Pēpuere

Saturday 18 February

2023

16 Dowling Street, Dunedin Central

Image: Madison Kelly, toko toko toko toko, 2022, Photo: Lindsey de Roos.

Image: Madison Kelly, toko toko toko toko, 2022, Photo: Lindsey de Roos.

Our final event for Madison Kelly's exhibition toko by and by will be toko talks, a performance of the work toko toko toko toko by Ōtepoti based artists.

Comprising 62 etched aluminium pipes, toko toko toko toko offers visitors an opportunity to navigate, play, and listen to the early December tides of 2022. Now, many months and tides later, Madison has invited Ōtepoti musicians Gabe Griffin, Lainie Henderson, Liam Clune, and Motoko Kikkawa to respond and play together in a closing performance. The performance will include new percussive materials generously supplied by Mya Morrison-Middleton.

This event is free to attend and all ages are welcome.


No registrations required. 

Join us for an exciting line-up of events this February in association with Madison Kelly’s exhibition toko by and by. We started the month off with an interactive Field Drawings workshop at Te Roto Pāteke, following will be this Saturdays Artist Talk with Madison. To close the exhibition we will host toko talks, a public performance of the work toko toko toko toko by Ōtepoti based artists. 

Madison Kelly

Madison Kelly (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Pākehā, b.1994) graduated from the Dunedin School of Art in 2017, with a BVA (Hons First Class) in drawing. Grounded in Kāitahutaka,
observation and duration, their Ōtepoti based practice works across multispecies histories and futures.

Alongside their art practice, Kelly is lead kaiārahi/guide at Te Korowai o Mihiwaka, Orokonui Ecosanctuary.

Recent shows include Pollen in the Trough (Wormhole, Edgecumbe, 2022), Gift (Ashburton Art Gallery, 2022), and Paemanu: Tauraka Toi (Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2021). Kelly co-curated He Reka te Kūmara ( Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2021), and held the 2022 Blue Oyster Caselberg Trust Summer residency in Whaka Oho Rahi Broad Bay, in preparation for toko by and by.