Ana Terry and Don Hunter formed the Number 8 Collective in 2010. The partnership was formalised to frame their increasing collaborative projects and the pairs’ emerging curatorial practice. The name pivots off the quintessential kiwi improvisational ‘can do’ approach symbolised by number 8 fencing wire with a twist; Number 8 Collective counters the kiwi anti-intellectual stereotype by approaching creative propositions with the 'why?' and 'why not?' of critical thinking.
In the last 7 years the pair have been awarded and undertaken three residencies; the William Hodges Fellowship (2008) in Southland and the inaugural Platform China Artist Residency in Beijing, China (2010) and recently a 2 month residency at Casa Tres Patios, Medellin, Colombia (2012).
They both lectured and produced work in Marietta, Georgia (USA) August 2013 - May 2014. Ana was the Fulbright Scholar in Residence teaching in new media arts at Kennesaw College (formerly Southern Polytechnic State University). Don Hunter also lectured in the Digital Writing and Media Arts Department. During this period....
Plastic Poetics: Notes on the Blacktop was produced and exhibited at ART LAB, Columbus State University.
In 2015/16 they ventured to Borneo for three month stint to work with students of the University College Sabah Foundation teaching film and animation. Here they mentored senior students while making a short documentary about the giant Rafflesia.
Their community and environmental focus, both collaboratively and individually, have included; the Terminus Project (curated by Ali Bramwell, Haulashore Island, Nelson and Otago Harbour, 2005-06); facilitating educational programs and waterway clean up activities with the Black Sands Community and Wan Smolbag Theatre (Vanuatu, 2008); their William Hodges Fellowship 6-month residency researching and responding to the socio-environmental relationships around estuaries resulting in the exhibition Fair Game (New Zealand, 2008/10); World Clean Up Day, and working alongside Big Blue Company in re-establishing coral colonies and pest eradication program (Vanuatu, 2009); the Island Poverty T-Shirt Project, (Vanuatu, 2009); Mynah (Platform China, Beijing, 2010); PARK(ing) Day, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, (2010); and participating in Slow Flow - Te Ia Kōrero on the Whanganui River (2011), Un Litro de Agua, involved working with community and exhibiting 10 New Zealand artists work at Casa Tres Patios, Medellin, Colombia (2012).
The purpose of Number 8 Collective is to initiate and facilitate arts-led projects that address contemporary issues by providing platforms for discussion between artists and the wider community. Number 8 Collective aims to develop these relationships through exhibitions, workshops, and seminars. Their motivation is to broaden understandings whilst finding ways to practically enhance our relationships between the environment and ourselves.
In the last 7 years the pair have been awarded and undertaken three residencies; the William Hodges Fellowship (2008) in Southland and the inaugural Platform China Artist Residency in Beijing, China (2010) and recently a 2 month residency at Casa Tres Patios, Medellin, Colombia (2012).
They both lectured and produced work in Marietta, Georgia (USA) August 2013 - May 2014. Ana was the Fulbright Scholar in Residence teaching in new media arts at Kennesaw College (formerly Southern Polytechnic State University). Don Hunter also lectured in the Digital Writing and Media Arts Department. During this period....
Plastic Poetics: Notes on the Blacktop was produced and exhibited at ART LAB, Columbus State University.
In 2015/16 they ventured to Borneo for three month stint to work with students of the University College Sabah Foundation teaching film and animation. Here they mentored senior students while making a short documentary about the giant Rafflesia.
Their community and environmental focus, both collaboratively and individually, have included; the Terminus Project (curated by Ali Bramwell, Haulashore Island, Nelson and Otago Harbour, 2005-06); facilitating educational programs and waterway clean up activities with the Black Sands Community and Wan Smolbag Theatre (Vanuatu, 2008); their William Hodges Fellowship 6-month residency researching and responding to the socio-environmental relationships around estuaries resulting in the exhibition Fair Game (New Zealand, 2008/10); World Clean Up Day, and working alongside Big Blue Company in re-establishing coral colonies and pest eradication program (Vanuatu, 2009); the Island Poverty T-Shirt Project, (Vanuatu, 2009); Mynah (Platform China, Beijing, 2010); PARK(ing) Day, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, (2010); and participating in Slow Flow - Te Ia Kōrero on the Whanganui River (2011), Un Litro de Agua, involved working with community and exhibiting 10 New Zealand artists work at Casa Tres Patios, Medellin, Colombia (2012).
The purpose of Number 8 Collective is to initiate and facilitate arts-led projects that address contemporary issues by providing platforms for discussion between artists and the wider community. Number 8 Collective aims to develop these relationships through exhibitions, workshops, and seminars. Their motivation is to broaden understandings whilst finding ways to practically enhance our relationships between the environment and ourselves.
