Erika Grant ( Gongs) , Al Fraser (Harmonium ) and Neil Johnstone ( Deluge ) Live music soundscape as part of the Fair winds and Following Seas exhibition . Works inspired by Shipwrecks

A live musical event to tie in with the Fair winds and Following Seas exhibition and featuring Erika Grant on ( Gongs and other instruments on ) , Al Fraser (Harmonium ) and Neil Johnstone on ( Synthstrom Deluge )

Erika has played in many Wellington bands “Fertility Festival” “Cookie Brooklyn and The Crumbs” and “Orchestra of Spheres”, amongst many others, and has collaborated with musicians such as Jeff Henderson, Nell Thomas, Riki Gooch, Chris O’Connor, David Long and Rosie Langabeer.

Al Fraser Al Fraser is one of the most critically acclaimed and prolific performers of nga taonga puoro of his generation. He has worked with some of the most rigorously artistic, culturally diverse and significant projects in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Al has worked in collaborations with Dr Richard Nunns, TrinityRoots, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and with projects spanning jazz, experimental, ambient, folk, Maori and classical musics. He will be playing (Harmonium ) at this event.

Neil Johnstone

Before emigrating to New Zealand in 2017, Neil’s multimedia artworks were widely exhibited in galleries and workshops throughout Europe and the United Kingdom. The themes in his work include eco-degradation, immigration, memory, homelessness, urban renewal, the intersection between bees and quantum physics, and transitory movement in its many aspects.

His output has a solid audio component, including three UK album releases and three acclaimed collaborations with kiwi artists, Shearwater Drift (2018), Panthalassa (2019) and Chalk Dogs (2020).

“I’m a conceptual artist more than a musician, with a strong fascination for how sound affects us emotionally and can be used to explore abstract ideas like time and consciousness.”
Info about the exhibition

Every shipwreck has a story to tell, and every shipwreck is undergoing a fundamental transformation. With artworks and stories by Neil Johnstone and poetry by Janis Freegard, this book is a meditation on those strange, liminal spaces that continue to fascinate, alchemise and promise long-lost treasures.