Friday, March 6 • 11AM - 12PM • Free Event
In Conversation
Christina Barton & Mickey Smith
Join writer, Christina Barton, and artist, Mickey Smith, for a discussion on knowledge, memory, archives and books.
This conversation is inspired by Smith’s exhibition, Morphologies, which explored the evolving life cycles of books and libraries, from medieval chained collections to the digital age, and what these transformations reveal about memory, culture, and our shared relationship with knowledge.
Presented proudly in association with Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival
Christina Barton
Christina Barton is a respected curator, writer, editor and educator based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. In 2021 she was awarded an MNZM for her services to art history and curating, and in 2025, Out of the Blue, a collection of her essays on Aotearoa New Zealand artists was published by Te Herenga Waka University Press and Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery.
Mickey Smith
Mickey Smith (US/NZ) is an award winning conceptual artist and photographer. For over two decades, her practice has been engaged with a longstanding inquiry into libraries, books and archives — in particular the social significance of their physical existence or disappearance.