Frith Williams, Author at Te Papa’s Blog

‘I’ve never seen the gallery like this before’: Experiencing Toi Art through dance

On: 8 May 2018

Transfixed by BodyCartography Project’s Walk with me tour of Toi Art, Head of Exhibition Renewal Frith Williams wrote down her thoughts in the middle of the night, “so I could remember it later.” Here’s what she wrote.Read more

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How the heck would a grunt know that?

By: Frith Williams

On: 21 Jul 2015

We presented soldiers’ actual words as much as possible, but had to create an imagined soldier-narrator – ‘the grunt’ – to fill many gaps in the story.Read more

‘By jove it was awful’: Writing from the soldiers’ perspective

By: Frith Williams

On: 11 Jun 2015

We made the call early on to write from the soldiers’ perspective. In an exhibition about their experiences, it felt important to use their words.Read more