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Ursula Christel, Reshuffle the Deck: Kōtuku Queen, 2019

Engraving, recycled acrylic plates, barbed wire, scallop shell, digital print on metal, acrylic, spray paint on board

Diameter 60/40 cm

Photo: Arekahānara

Ursula Christel, Children of Our System, 2018

Antique chess table, commode chair, meat grinder, office chair, chain, padlock, keys, Lego minifigures, children’s Crocs and Snakes play mat

Installation dimensions variable

Photo: Sait Akkirman

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Ursula Christel Right Ascension 23 June – 7 August 2022

Pah Homestead 72 Hillsborough Road, Auckland Tuesday to Friday, 9am – 3pm Saturday and Sunday, 8am – 5pm

In this tableau, Warkworth based social practice artist and inclusion advocate Ursula Christel explores a number of astronomical connections. The artist’s first name is often associated with the Northern Hemisphere constellation Ursa Major or the great mother bear, who, in European myth, keeps vigilant watch over her vulnerable cub Ursa Minor, the baby bear. In the exhibition Right Ascension, Ursula references the essential “α” (lowercase α for Alpha) or primary coordinate required to set a telescope accurately and view objects in the night sky. She also proposes the possibility of a new, more equitable “space” – a realm where those with disabilities are elevated, respected and valued as stars in their own right.

Ursula Christel is a proactive community-catalyst who connects dots, highlights discrepancies and focuses on inclusion. She has a passion for art, history, sustainability and conservation. Mokopōpaki exhibition history: Chess (with Roman Mitch) (2020); HĀTEPE (2019); Mother Love: He Oha nā Te Whaea (2018); Korekore Whakapiri; Other Perspectives (2017).

Image: Ursula Christel, ísos, 2017. Photo: Arekahānara

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We’ll have a blue Christmas without you We’ll be so blue just thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won’t be the same dear, here at Mokopōpaki And when those blue snowflakes start falling That’s when those blue memories start calling You’ll be doing all right With your Christmas of white But we’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas And a sun-safe Brown, but not too burned, New Year. Just to let you know, our last day of 2020 is Saturday 19 December. Mokopōpaki wishes all our friends and Whānau a Happy, Covid-Free Christmas. Peace out. Ka huri.

Image: Roman Mitch & Shivam Sharma, Huri, 2020. Antec Torque Case, i5 8400k, EVGA GeForce RTX 2060, tech componentry, 62 x 64.5 x 28.5 cm. Photo: Arekahānara

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Ursula Christel & Roman Mitch, Chess, 2020

Exhibition view, Mokopōpaki, Auckland

Photo: Arekahānara

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Ursula Christel, Victory Over the Sun: Maquette for MALWARE, 2020

Vinyl flooring, metal hanger, hi-vis fabric, pins, metal computer side panel, bungee cords, metal hooks, cable ties, birdcage elements, aluminium carabiners, plastic chain, framed mesh panel

180 x 90 x 12 cm (aperture 5 x 5 cm)

Photo: Arekahānara

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