INFO
| Name | All My Friends |
| Established | 2019 |
| Artform | Visual arts, Dance, Club nights |
| Decades Active | 2010s, 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
