07/01/2026
For iteration 33 BE HAPPY we recorded two poetry readings by Liam Jacobson. A happy new year treat for you to watch! Link in bio:
Liam Jacobson, DO THINGS and BE HAPPY readings, recorded by LOT23, 3 min 12 sec, 2025
Liam’s work sails across different forms, to make sense of things, to ground research, to follow impulses and to play. Some of the works gently explore thoughts around nohaka, tohu, pedestrian-ship, note-taking, stones, alchemy and poetry.
Liam Jacobson (Kāi Tahu) is a writer and maker from Tāmaki Makaurau, raised in Manurewa. Liam has performed across Aotearoa and overseas, including recently at Blue Oyster (2025) and Kia Mau Festival (2025). They’ve written for a range of galleries, including RM (2024), Blue Oyster and Pātaka (2024), Te Tuhi (2023) and Te Uru (2023). In 2023 Dead Bird Books published their book of poetry titled Neither, and a second book will be published in early 2026. Liam is currently facilitating Puku as the curatorial intern for Te Tuhi’s Parnell Project Space at Parnell Train Station.
Installation images with Hanna Shim Werewere-kōkako mushroom.
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