Cassandra Barnett

Kaituhi Tūtahi | Contributing Writer

Cassandra Barnett (Raukawa, Pākehā) is a writer and mum based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Her poetry and short fiction are published in Tupuranga, Te Whē, OraNui, RNZ Reading Room, Turbine | Kapohau, Brief, Huia Short Stories, Landfall, Black Marks on the White Page (Penguin Random House) and others. Her essays can be found in Te Manu Huna a Tāne (Massey University Press), The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, Ate Journal of Contemporary Māori Art, Counterfutures, South as a State of Mind and many art publications and catalogues. In 2019 she was writer in residence at Zealandia, guest editor of 4th Floor Literary Journal and a finalist in the Pikihuia Māori Literature Awards.

Everything By: Cassandra Barnett

Art16.08.20

This is a story in two parts – a waning and a waxing – of Cassandra Barnett's attempt to complete an essay about Speaking Surfaces at St Paul St gallery over lockdown. Part Two focuses on works in the space by six different artists and collectives.

Art09.08.20

This is a story in two parts – a waning and a waxing – of Cassandra Barnett's attempt to complete an essay about Speaking Surfaces at St Paul St gallery over lockdown. Part One focuses on the major spatial installation in the gallery, VĀWĀ and a Creative Wānanga.

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