A Carterton photographer will take performance art to new heights at her upcoming debut exhibition that puts Wairarapa musicians firmly in the frame.
Rose Gawn is staging her Audible Apertures exhibition and musical showcase at King Street Live in Masterton on October 26, as a tribute to Wairarapa's community of musicians and friends who helped welcome herself and husband Daryl, and 20-month-old son Luca, to the region.
"It's a way of saying thank you to the community and a celebration of the local music scene that I've seen rising over the past year or more, mostly through King Street Live."
Mrs Gawn, who moved from the capital to Carterton in 2010, said she seized the opportunity to widen her catalogue of performance shots since the opening of King Street Live in May. Her exhibition would comprise 40 large canvas images, "mostly of Wairarapa musicians but some of visiting artists as well".
She said the show would be staged as part of Wairarapa's inaugural Kokomai Creative Festival. The live element would comprise mostly Wairarapa performers, including the newly formed eight-piece King Oriori & The Masterons, Courtney Brown, Nik Wilsden, Raymon Butler & Stefan Brown, and Holly McGeorge. King Oriori & The Masterons feature a three-piece horn section led by Featherston-based King Street Live co-owner Warren Maxwell on alto sax, Manawatu horn player Nick Van Dijk on trombone and Horowhenua-based James Jamieson on baritone sax.
