Gemma Is looking through a love heart sculpture, holding her hand up in and open gesture.

Gemma Syme is a pākeha multidisciplinary artist + musician based in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Her artwork spans video, performance, sound, sculpture, digital technology, printmaking, and whatever else she needs to make it.

Gemma’s art has been shown at galleries such as Christchurch City Gallery, Wellington City Gallery, Enjoy Gallery, The Physics Room, Adam Art Gallery, and The New Zealand Film Archive. Her work has also been shown in Berlin, San Francisco, and Japan.

She was part of art collective FANTASING with Bek Coogan, Sarah Jane Parton, and Claire Harris who used the band as a vehicle to create work, using installation, music, and live performance.

Links: 

https://gemmasyme.com/

 

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dreams

Gemma Syme and Nicolas Woollaston's quest to recreate the unique instrument of Constance Demby - The legendary SPACE BASS
a large sheet of metal is bent into a curve. Inside the curve is a crossbeam with vertical steel bars of different lengths.
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Rangatuone - weaving gestures - Riki Pirihi

Audio of Riki Pirihi's conduction at Now!Here!This! in 2023, presented with the paintings of Heidi Brickell.
a face of concentration - one hand is sweeping down and hitting the top of the other hand which is curled.