Ramp Connects
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Are you an emerging creative keen to get a jumpstart into the industry? These chats with industry leaders from the fields of music, media, art, and design will inspire you and set you up for success!
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Episodes
Anna Miles: On Championing Artists
July 24, 2022 23:48 - 31 minutes - 29 MBRead about Delirium Crossing, the touring exhibition that showcases Barbara Tuck's painting career here. Anna Miles Gallery website Ramp Gallery website Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery website
Lissy and Rudi Cole: Calling for more Aroha
April 08, 2022 00:40 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBLissy and Rudi Cole’s exhibition Te Aho Mutunga Kore was on show at Ramp Gallery from 1 Dec, 2021 - 25 Feb, 2022. You can download the exhibition catalouge and view the show on the gallery website. Lissy and Rudi Cole are preparing to show work in an upcoming exhibition at Waikato Museum. Stay tuned to the museum for details. View more of Lissy and Rudi Cole’s work on their website .
Liz Callaway: Singing is storytelling
October 05, 2020 01:04 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBLiz Callaway calls herself a “closet singer” for the first years of her life, as she says she was too shy to sing to an audience. She talks via Zoom to Aimie Cronin about what made her take flight as a singer, how she prepares for a performance, her career highlights and the TV show she made that won her an Emmy.
Ramp Talks | Kereama Taepa: Go Hard!
September 21, 2020 01:17 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBKereama Taepa speaks to Aimie Cronin on Zoom about what drives him as an artist, how he stays motivated to produce work, the themes he picks up and weaves through his art and the power of mediums other than the written word to communicate ideas.
Susan Rogers: a calling to music
September 07, 2020 02:13 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBSusan Rogers says her first calling to a career in music came when she was eight. She saw a picture of the sound engineer on a Sonny and Cher album and for some indecipherable reason decided that was going to be her future. In a Zoom interview from her home in Boston, she talks to Aimie Cronin about what makes a great producer, Prince and the future of music.
Toby Morris: reaching the masses
August 24, 2020 00:01 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBToby Morris' work for RNZ and The Spinoff often takes big issues and makes them digestible. He draws and writes about topics as wide ranging as police pursuits, over-representation of Maori in the justice system, inequality, fatherhood, rugby, the monarchy, sugar tax. Recently, his work on Covid-19 with microbiologist and science communicator Siouxsie Wiles has seen him drawing images that are being used worldwide to help get information out to the public on limiting the spread of the viru...
Yah-Leng Yu & Arthur Chin: making projects that matter
August 10, 2020 01:24 - 34 minutes - 32 MBYah-Leng Yu and Arthur Chin are the founding creative directors of Foreign Policy Design Group, based in Singapore. Among their projects is the co-creation of the official museum store at the National Gallery in Singapore. They talk to Aimie Cronin about the importance of learning new skills, being a company with values, the power of design and how much they love our Prime Minister. This interview was recorded on the 29 July 2020 via Zoom. This podcast is produced and edited by Ramp Festi...
Mark Hamilton: "I was just a crazy camera nerd who wanted to take pictures"
July 27, 2020 21:28 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBMark Hamilton has been a Waikato-based photographer for more than 20 years. He talks to Aimie Cronin about finding inspiration during lockdown, what inspires him, and the things he learned and had to unlearn before he was able to make a career out of his photography. His pictures taken during lockdown are showing in an exhibition called The Liberation of Limitation, this week at Ramp Gallery. Follow Mark on Instagram View Mark's work on his website *** This interview was recorded on the...
Faith Wilson on finding her place in the world
July 12, 2020 21:39 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBFaith Wilson completed a Masters in Creative Writing at Victoria University and in 2014 was awarded the Biggs Family Poetry Prize. Her work drills down on her life as a young Afakasi woman in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She talks to Aimie Cronin about why she writes, what inspires her, acceptance, rejection, and her important new mission to help emerging indigenous artists grow their voices. Check out Faith's latest project, Tupuranga Journal, here. *** This podcast is produced and edited by...
David Farrier: "We're all in this together"
June 22, 2020 00:40 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBDavid Farrier has worked as a journalist across multiple platforms for more than 10 years. He is well known for his documentary Tickled, and for finding light in even the darkest of human experiences on his Netflix series Dark Tourist. He has a lively social media presence and talks to Aimie Cronin about his pathway to journalism, his belief in people, pushing through his shyness, and the importance of sticking with the story. For more David, subscribe to his newsletter Webworm here Follo...