auór journal

In Conversation With Dancers Irene and Kieran. When we stumbled across this beautiful contact improvisation video, we just had to know more about the people and the practice behind it. Contact improvisation, as we’ve discovered, is a form of improvised dancing and the exploration of one's body in relationship to others by using the fundamentals of sharing weight, touch, and movement awareness. It plays with the artistry of falling off balance, counterbalance, finding the shelves of the body, learning the mechanics of the body in order to handle someone else's weight or be lifted. So, we set out to interview contact improvisation...

In Conversation with Carter Were. Carter Were, Founder of Were Bros, epitomises the meaning of living a quiet and humble life. In anticipation of her first cookbook - made in collaboration with her twin sister Harry Were - we caught up to learn a little more about this quiet soul and her innate love for cooking simple, wholesome and nourishing food. Avocado, sauerkraut, sprouts, peas, sheeps feta and herbs on Carters seeded sourdough bread. Where were you born and where do you live now?  I was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but I’m now living in Federal, Australia, half an...

In Conversation With Johanna Bear. We sat down with artist Johanna Bear to discuss her love of collage and what inspires her creative practice. A multitalented lady, with a background studying law, art history and international relations, as well as experience working as a model, we aren’t surprised that Johanna also works with Sydney’s leading interdisciplinary space, Artspace. With a contemporary approach, Johanna blends her interests in portraiture, fashion and landscape in a new body of work made especially for auór. Where were you born and where do you live now?  I was born in Brisbane and moved to Auckland,...

In Conversation With Artist Clare Thackway.Clare’s work explores the ways in which we perform and move our bodies through spaces both literal and emotional. In her finely wrought portraits and figurative paintings, the body becomes a language through which she contemplates moments of universal human experience, from the emotional to the societal. We spent a day with the beautiful Clare in her studio in Austinmer, to learn more about what it takes to lead a fulfilling creative life as an artist and a mother. One Over Other, 2016, oil and acrylic on aluminium composite panel, 29 x 41 cm Where...