9 Oct 2022

Tackling the housing crisis with a good indoor/outdoor flow

From Standing Room Only, 12:45 pm on 9 October 2022
Heleyni Pratley

Heleyni Pratley Photo: supplied

The housing crisis has been headline news for some years now.  But Wellington artist and activist Heleyni Pratley wants to delve deeper and ask people to share their own stories about how it's affecting them. 

The Kiwi/Greek conceptual artist and former union organiser is setting up a 'Housing Crisis Community Reflection & Assessment Centre'.

People coming in for a look-see will be invited to talk about their experiences and thoughts on video.  Heleyni will then edit these interviews together and project them onto a sculpture she's making out of paper.

It's called A work about the housing crisis with an indoor outdoor flow is the installation's name, and it will be on for a month from mid-October in central Te Whanganui a Tara/Wellington.

Members of the public can also book an interview in advance via email.

It's being supported by the Urban Dream Brokerage organisation.