2019, Found, early decadence era
I propose a fictional temporality. My work models our attempts to understand our present by looking back from an imagined future. The earth-interior is a trove of strata. These strata are the keepers of history, weaving eras and stories of past landscapes. Still, they are geologically impermanent, continually in motion – a motion which plays…
2020, Footpath Fossils
My work documents exposed urban stratigraphy. I look for layers that aren’t meant to be seen. Curbside ruins. Crumbled footpaths. Potholes. These layers are visible histories of life/nonlife entangled within the ground. I interpret these small moments in our urban landscape as interruptions to capitalist strategies. Mythically and metaphorically rich, the ground provides us with…
2019 – 2020 mothermother project
mothermother is a permanent exhibition platform where female (de)programming is at its heart and kaupapa situated at LOT23 the exhibition evolves as artists invite artists. the project fosters creative connections, providing space for exhibiting artists to make contact with those they admire, or who they wish to thank or reach out to, or simply acknowledge.…
2013 – 2018 LOT23 Producer
LOT23 is committed to providing space and support for emerging artists. Multi-media equipment, staging, theatrical and interactive installation and event production are on offer to artists to fully enable their vision. Collaboration and enquiry is at the heart of all our projects. We're passionate about connecting people, and producing creative events and experiences. https://www.lot23.co.nz
2018, Art Ache guest curator, LOT23
It is a great pleasure to announce our line-up for Auckland’s Winter Art Ache: Headlining artist Judy Darragh will be supported by artist’s Paula Friis, Katharine Atafu-Mayo, Olyvia Hong, Karen Rubado and Greg Page. We also have special guest Julia Deans, who will be performing a selection of songs from her latest album, including The…
2017, Guest Curator for 48 hours of broadcast television of art; Art Your TV, Sky NZ
11 & 15 NOVEMBER – Collection curated by Natalie Tozer, LOT23 Your TV is your window to the world around you, but when it’s turned off, it’s a simple black box in your living room. Every day around the clock, from the 10 – 17 November 2016, some of the country’s leading galleries will curate…
2015, Art Ache guest curator, Golden Dawn
"On Thursday 2nd July YOU (future patron and avid art lover) will have the EXCLUSIVE and RARE opportunity to purchase some studio treasures and selected works by the following brain-achingly awesome artists... * Karley Feaver * Vanessa Green * Nick Baillie * Mike Weston * Anna Crichton * Link Choi * Stacey Morrissey * This…
2013 ‘Knucklebones’ (Elliot Francis Stewart mural documentation) – Producer
ELLIOT FRANCIS STEWART creates a Giant 120m2 Mural on the side of LOT23 Studio in Minnie Street Arts Diary Excerpt from Knucklebones Design: A lot more than just a cafe. A new cafe is a creative nucleus, says Ben Crawford. Herald Sunday Apr 6, 2014
2015, Q Theatre guest curator for Q presents season
“Q Presents has offered audiences the chance to feast on the crème de la crème of unadulterated storytelling. Each event is completely unique and encapsulating, and smashes expectations of what a damn excellent night out at the theatre can be. LOT23 curator Natalie Tozer presents a visual exhibition for each production” Q Presents, Q theatre,…
2014, Project Installation – Corner Window curated by Rob Garrett, Auckland
“Considering the way our visual field is daily under a media assault, the artist wishes to create alternatives which offer retreat and respite from daily life. Believing in the cathartic influence and potential of abstraction, Tozer’s project for Corner was devised to create “a portal to the fluid and private dream space” of the willing…