Auckland Councils Pride Month 2024 programme will be highlighting an exciting, emerging Asia-Pacific led arts collective, based in Tāmaki Makaurau.
All My Friends (AMF), kaupapa centres around connecting communities through creativity, with a focus on platforming LGBTQIA+ BIPOC MVPFAFF+* creatives. Fostering visibility, meaningful conversations and new connections are some of the underpinnings of their kaupapa.
The four members of AMF (Mariadelle Gamit, Tommy Jiang, Tyrun Posimani, Kevin Shen) bring together their lived experiences, skills from various industries (music, fine arts, finance, marketing, and hospitality) and cultural heritage (Chinese, Filipino, Niuean, Samoan), when creating events/art projects, providing a rich, layered experience for audience members and participants alike.
This showcase of artworks, which spans across several public spaces around the Waitematā Local Board area, are a mix of retrospective and newly commissioned pieces. You can find them at that following places:
- Aotea Square Steps: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by KATAL
- Freyberg Square: Lightbox exhibition featuring imagery from past events curated/organized by All My Friends (26 Jan - 16 Feb)
- Ellen Melville Centre: Digital illustrations by Mariadelle Gamit featuring iconography which speaks to each AMF members cultural heritage (installed on the upstairs windows of the Pioneer Women’s Hall) and lyrics by Tyrun
- Freyberg Steps: A digital illustration by Mariadelle Gamit featuring lyrics by Tyrun, Dragons by tattoo artist Silky Jo Wong and AR component by KATAL