# Event Details - **Event Name**: Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm - **Event Description**: Celebrate the final day to view Studies for a Keepsake with a performance by Rosamund Philpott with live sound by Hun Lynch.About this EventEnacting the exhibition through movement and music, this activation will attempt to bodyhack the performative histories of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore by responding to their covert and defiant acts of queerness and political action. Exploring notions of creative companionship, intimacy, gender, mischief and resistance, Philpott and Lynch will re-inhabit a private partnership through this public display.The Studies for a Keepsake public programme is brought to you by The Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━5pm: Doors open5.15pm: Performance starts5.45pm: Performance ends6pm: Gallery closes━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Rosamund Philpott (BPASA, BDanSt (Hons)) is a dance artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, working across choreography, performance, research, and teaching. Her practice is grounded in a deep belief in dancing as the way forward - as a site for intimacy, resistance, memory, and transformation. Drawing on queer philosophies of time, phenomenology, and historiography, her work moves between contemporary dance, theatre, and interdisciplinary performance and engages with maximalist embodiment where matter and meaning exponentially unravel.Rosamund has collaborated and performed throughout Aotearoa and internationally with Foster Group, Footnote NZ Dance, Okareka Dance Company, Nisha Madhan and Julia Croft, Tori Manley-Tapu and MOTH. Her independent choreographic works include Night Swim, Dry Spell, Left of Spring, and Bellum. Rosamund is co-director of SOFT.co alongside Jessie McCall, creating works including HEALR, Inflated Rebel, and MDF (medium density fantasy) which premiered at FOLA [AKL]. Recent projects include Foster Group’s Ghost Field and her 2025 solo work Annie, Annie, Annie. She is currently completing a creative practice PhD at the University of Auckland and is the 2026 Trans-Tasman Research Exchange resident.Hun Lynch is a multi-disciplinary artist (Pakeha, Fiji, Samoa), working across music, film, theatre, and writing, Hun’s artistic practice is both expansive and deeply personal - bridging the urgency of being alive with the more spiritual, conceptual realms of storytelling and performance.As a musician, Hun recently released her debut solo album Sycophant on award-winning alternative Pasifika label NOA Records. Self-recorded and produced, and mixed at Auckland’s Roundhead Studios with legend Paddy Hill, the 10-track album distils her vast creative vocabulary into a sound that is as theatrical and poetic as it is intimate. Since 2021, Hun has performed around the country, recently opening for Serebii and WOMB at sold-out venues. Her unreleased music has aired on NTS and 95bFM and has been used across theatre, dance, and screen.As an actor, Hun starred opposite Nathalie Morris in Petrol (2022), the sophomore feature from acclaimed director Alena Lodkina. The film premiered at Locarno International Film Festival, screened at MIFF, and was included in MoMA’s New Directors / New Films Festival in New York (2023). She will next appear in the upcoming New Zealand feature film Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant, directed by Thunderlips and starring Jackie van Beek, Yvette Parsons and Arlo Green – which premiered at the legendary Sundance Film Festival in January. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/activation-by-rosamund-philpott-and-hun-lynch/100001989888446911 - **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, theatre, festivals, dance, music, exhibitions, fine-arts, nonprofit, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Gus Fisher Gallery - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: NZD ## Event venue details - **city**: Auckland - **state**: AU - **country**: New Zealand - **location**: Gus Fisher Gallery - **lat**: -36.8467388 - **long**: 174.7693652 - **full address**: Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/ab4c3ae1e8ce9d8b466914ad9f319e319a1c481f593595baeff611c192f94caa-rimg-w1200-h800-dcefefef-gmir.jpg?v=1779805061 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch being held? - **A:** Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch takes place on Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sat, 22 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand. - **Q**: Who is organizing Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch? - **A:** Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch is organized by Gus Fisher Gallery. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Activation by Rosamund Philpott and Hun Lynch is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Auckland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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