Fundraiser for Palestinian artists 🇵🇸

All My Friends Organisation / Collective / Group

INFO

NameAll My Friends
Established2019
ArtformVisual arts, Dance, Club nights
Decades Active2010s, 2020s

ABOUT

All My Friends is an Asian and Pacific-led collective of artists designing experiences that range from club nights to markets to video works to exhibitions. Led by Tommo Jiang, Mariadelle "Abbey" Gamit, Tyrun Posimani and Kevin Shen, the collective formed to create more inclusive nightlife spaces and to give “creatives who usually don’t get the chance to work on bigger projects to get involved”. Their work has since evolved to encompass a wider range of event types, each defined by their approach of treating every aspect of an event — from announcement to promotion to documentation — as an artistic project.

In 2023, the collective presented the exhibition Niu Gold Mountain at Studio One Toi Tū, which posed the question: “What are the aspirations of this generation's Asian and Pasifika artists? What is your New Gold Mountain?” The four video works — a collaboration across 13 early career creatives — address the fact that “rarely are Pacific and Asian diasporic identities unpacked in conversation with each other”, with co-founder Tyrun Posimani commenting, “Niu Gold Mountain is about visibility, creating spaces where we can be seen and celebrated; breaking down barriers for connection. Connection cannot happen if no one takes the first step.”

In 2024, they presented a second edition of Niu Gold Mountain featuring two video works: Beijing 北京 by Ersha Island 二沙岛, Jiaqi Tang, and Xin Ji and Fruits in the Diaspora by romiin, spdrtwnbby and Vain Creative.

Niu Gold Mountain is a significant project because it explores the migrant diaspora as an evolving phenomenon, instead of a static experience,” reflected Jennifer Cheuk in Rat World. Writing specifically about Beijing 北京, she wrote: “This video is part of a new era of Asian diasporic artmaking that moves past observation and expectation, instead focusing on self-expression beyond stereotyped representation and cultural markers.”

LINKS

Key works / presentations

Niu Gold Mountain
Studio One Toi Tū, Tāmaki Makaurau
July 25 - Aug 22, 2024

Cream
Neck of the Woods, 155B Karangahape Road, Tāmaki Makaurau
Oct 28, 2023

OMW!
Big Fan, Tāmaki Makaurau
Sep 22, 2023

Quickie (Ep 2)
Cassette Nine, Tāmaki Makaurau
June 24, 2023

Niu Gold Mountain
Studio One Toi Tū, Tāmaki Makaurau
Apr 6 - May 4, 2023

Lychee Baybee 2023
258 Karangahape Road, Tāmaki Makaurau
Feb 3, 2023

Quickie (Ep 1)
Whammy Bar, Tāmaki Makaurau
May 28, 2022

Silo in the Sky
Silo 6, Wynyard Quarter, Tāmaki Makaurau
Jul 17, 2021

2069
After Ours Studio, Tāmaki Makaurau
May 22, 2021

AMFxpress
Ellen Melville Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau
Dec 12, 2020

SOCIAL x Tardigrade World
Tardigrade World, Tāmaki Makaurau
Oct 17, 2020

AMF Aquarius Birthday Party
The Dog’s Bollix, Tāmaki Makaurau
Feb 15, 2020

SodaPOP
4 Cross St, Tāmaki Makaurau
Nov 2, 2019

Related entries

Last updated: 16 September 2024 Suggest an Edit

The text on this page is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. The copyright for images and other multimedia belongs to their respective owners.

OTHER PHOTOS AND Ephemera

All My Friends, Soda Pop recap, 2019

All My Friends, Silo in the Sky, 2021

All My Friends, Quickie Ep 2 recap, 2023

All My Friends, Quickie Ep 1 recap, 2022

All My Friends, Niu Gold Mountain opening recap, 2023

All My Friends, Niu Gold Mountain closing recap, 2023

All My Friends, AMF Aquarius Birthday Party recap, 2020

All My Friends, SOCIAL x Tardigrade World recap, 2020

All My Friends, 2069 recap, 2021

All My Friends, Lychee Baybee 2023 recap, 2023