Race Relations
Projectkit
Projectkit is a creative business that provides a one-stop shop for project delivery. We see the unique possibilities that each project presents and deliver action-focused solutions when challenges arise along the way. The team at Projectkit have been working in project management for more than 10 years, have a broad skill-base, extensive national and international experience, and have worked across many sectors including tourism, education, culture and heritage, youth, not-for-profit, and the professional sporting industry.
We are skilled in leading teams, consultation, tikanga (Maori protocols), concept and strategy development, commercial viability assessment, event/exhibition production, research, content delivery, health and safety, logistics (national and international), financial management, developing strong relationships within the community, marketing and public relations, debriefing, and reporting to high-level stakeholders.
Our philosophy is to find original ways to get people thinking and talking. We believe that interactive experiences are more likely to engage people and get them to realise that there are alternative world views to their own. Through this we hope that participants will forge a greater understanding of their world and those in. Achieving this is our ultimate goal in all that we do.
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Kit O’Connor | Director
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info@projectkit.co.nz
Project 2011
Let’s Shake: Celebrating Refugee Day
Let’s Shake is a participatory art event encouraging people to extend a hand beyond their comfort zone and make a genuine connection with another person. The process involves casting the inside of a handshake while people communicate with each other. The resulting forms are intriguing shell-like objects imprinted with a record of each person’s palm and the memory of their encounter.
We are bringing Australian artist Karen Casey to Wellington to share her Let’s Shake project with our city. We will support her in creating at least three community art events where local communities can come together and share 15 minutes, the length of time for the mould to set, to hold hands with someone they wouldn’t normally meet and hopefully engage in open discussion. The events will be held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa during Matariki 2011, on 17, 19, and 20 June (please note: 20 June is Refugee day, and so if you or your community would like to participate on that special day please let us know) and then an exhibition will follow at the New Zealand Gallery of Fine Arts from 15 July 2011.
Through these public events and collaborative artworks we hope to promote cultural connection and dialogue. The idea is to create a space for people of different ages, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds to connect and perhaps reconcile some of their differences through a prolonged handshake. After which, a dedicated installation of the manifestation of the space that’s contained within the handshakes will be exhibited. These unique moulds will later form part of the larger collection and be displayed in future installations around the world.
To find out more about the history of these events visit www.letsshake.com or to find out how to get involved in Let’s Shake 2011 in Wellington please email: info@projectkit.co.nz.