# Event Details - **Event Name**: How do I imagine? A lecture by Megan Tamati-Quennell - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat, 15 Aug, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Curator Megan Tamati-Quennell reponds to How do I imagine? in her lecture as part of AGENCY: A curatorial intensive in three questions.About this EventThis lecture is presented as part of AGENCY: A curatorial intensive in three questions How do I learn? How do I act? How do I imagine? presented by Artspace Aotearoa and Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery. Read more about the full symposium programme.Drawing on Māori philosopher Māori Marsden’s definition of ihi as ‘a psychic rather than a spiritual force,’ the presentation explores how transcendent or autonomous power can operate within curatorial practice as a catalyst for cross-cultural solidarity. As well as discussing the concepts evolved for Ihi, Tamati-Quennell will consider how her curatorial methodology of foregrounding Indigeneity and First Nations art, not as peripheral inclusions but as central and generative forces, offered alternate modalities and frames to the globe spanning exhibition of the Sharjah Biennial.The presentation also contemplates the wider curatorial structure of Sharjah Biennial 16, to carry, developed collectively by the five curators – Alia Swastika, Amal Khalaf, Natasha Ginwala, Zeynep Öz and Tamati-Quennell – through five interrelated exhibitions: Rosestrata: Trajectory/Translation, Throwing Shells, The Ancestral Well: Pulse to Terrain, Yaz and Ihi. Polyphonic, pluri-centric and porous in its structure, Sharjah Biennial 16, to carry enabled each curator – all women of colour – to speak from distinct positionalities while remaining connected within a shared curatorial ecology.Central to the consideration of the broader curatorial context are the questions conceived collectively, which underpinned the project; *What does it entail ‘to carry’ your home, ancestors and political formations with you? What do we carry when it is time to travel, flee or move on? What are the passages that we form as we migrate between territories and across time? What do we carry when we remain? What do we carry when we survive?Within Ihi, these propositions resonated through ideas of carrying land, history, grief, ruptured and unsettled pasts, embodied and reclaimed knowledges, speculative futures and more, intrinsic within First Nations cultures, but which also extended meaningfully across the wider constellation of works within Tamati-Quennell’s exhibition.AGENCY: A curatorial intensive in three questions How do I learn? How do I act? How do I imagine? is presented by Artspace Aotearoa and Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery and supported by Chartwell Trust, Goethe Institut, National Services Te Paerangi, and Toi o Aotearoa Creative New Zealand Te Manu Ka Tau International Delegates Programme.Workshop participants already have a reserved place at this lecture and are not required to RSVP.Symposium ScheduleNgā Mokopuna, 42–50 Kelburn Parade on Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington campus, Wellington. Lectures will be held in Aho Ruruku, the entry level amphitheatre of Ngā Mokopuna, and workshops within the same building. Everyone is welcome to all parts of the symposium programme except the workshops which are fully booked. Kai is provided at noted times.Friday 14 AugustFrom 5:30pm Arrival6:00–6:15pm Hosts welcome and opening address Abby Cunnane6:15–7:30pm How do I learn?: Restoring the Spirit of Collections and Place, an Indigenous space-time curatorial methodology. A lecture by Kimberley Moulton7:30pm Shared kai (all welcome, please RSVP for numbers)Saturday 15 August10am–12.00 How do I learn? A workshop led by Kimberely Moulton with Bridget Riggir-Cuddy12.30pm–1.30pm Lunch (workshop participants only)2pm–3pm How do I act?: Modus Operandi. A lecture by Clémentine Deliss3–3.30pm Afternoon tea (all welcome)3.30–5.30pm How do I act? A workshop led by Clémentine Deliss with Ruth Buchanan6pm Beer and chips (all welcome)7pm–8pm How do I imagine?: Ihi: The poetics of possibility. A lecture by Megan Tamati-Quennell8.15pm Closing words by Abby CunnaneSunday 16 August11am–1pm How do I imagine? A walk at Ōtari-Wilton BushMeet at entrance, 150 Wilton Rd, Wilton, Te Whanganui-a-TaraBiographyMegan Tamati-Quennell is a leading curator and writer. She has a 36-year curatorial career specialising in modern and contemporary Māori and Indigenous art. Megan is the longest serving curator in this field receiving a CNZM in 2024, for her contribution to Māori and First nations art. She is of Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe and Waitaha descent. Megan has held curatorial positions at the National Art Gallery, Te Papa Tongarewa and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and has worked as an independent curator at the Sharjah Art Foundation and in Busan, South Korea. She currently holds the position of Curator, Modern and Contemporary Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Papa. Recent career highlights include co-curating Sharjah Biennial 16, to carry, 2025 and Emily Karaka: Ka Awatea, A New Dawn, the first major survey exhibition of senior Māori painter Emily Karaka, 2024. Megan is a PhD candidate in Fine Arts, in an Indigenous-led programme at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/how-do-i-imagine-a-lecture-by-megan-tamati-quennell/100001991333746842 - **Event Categories**: art, workshops, exhibitions, fine-arts, literary-art, parades - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Aho Ruruku - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: NZD ## Event venue details - **city**: Wellington - **state**: WG - **country**: New Zealand - **location**: Aho Ruruku - **lat**: -41.2955907 - **long**: 174.7755685 - **full address**: Aho Ruruku, 42–50 Kelburn Parade, Wellington, New Zealand ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: How do I imagine? 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