MITCHELL OAKLEY SMITH

Semi Permanent Aotearoa 2022  


For the first time, Semi Permanent shifted its annual Aotearoa New Zealand festival from Auckland to the country’s capital of Wellington, hosting the event across three days at the restored St James Theatre. 

Program highlights included Yah-leng Yu and Arthur Chin of Foreign Policy Design Group (Singapore), fashion designer Karen Walker, creative directors Wade and Leta (New York), show studio Human Person (Los Angeles), artist Jess Johnson, designer and academic Johnson Witehira, Netflix vice president Todd Yellin (Los Angeles), and Shit You Should Care About founder Lucy Blakiston.