2007 Episode 10: 16 Sleepless Nights / Gabrielle Poole
16 Sleepless Nights
Explores the relationship between mental illness and creativity by spending time with two successful New Zealand artists who have been affected by various aspects of the disease.
Rio Hemopo: Rio is a musician, previously of legendary Wellington group TrinityRoots. Now towards the end of recording his first solo album, Rio reflects on his first breakdown, his period in an institution and the positive and negative impact his struggle with mental illness has had upon his friends, family and musical projects.
Charlotte Simmonds: Charlotte is a Wellington based poet/playwright. She was born in 1983. 16 Sleepless Nights follows Charlotte as she puts on a performance of her play, Artic Antarctic. Charlotte talks about her history of manic depression/bi polar disease and what role each stage has played in her ability to write. She talks about the demons her disease has created and about her fear of the broad range of treatment medicines she has taken affecting her talent.
Gabrielle Poole
This look at the New Zealand born artist Gabrielle Pool and her
strong connection to Africa that has been at the source of her art
for over a decade.
Gabrielle has exhibited in Japan, London, The Bahamas', China and
Australia where she now lives.
Her free spirit and thirst for adventure has led to some unique
opportunities for Gabrielle to take her art on location, including
to the source of her inspiration over the last
decade: Africa.
