James Pinker's guest appearances

James Pinker

Standing Room Only

The Weekend with Karyn Hay 

Chris Tse

Taonga Puoro

Eamonn Marra

Taika Waititi

Kylie Jenner

Bari Weiss

Jacqueline Wilson

Eric Asimov

Chris Anderson

Lucy Lawless

Jes Baker

James Taylor

Burt Bacharach

John Gibson

Andrew Shaw

OwlTail

Lisa Reihana

Video Artist Lisa Reihana had just opened one of her biggest commissions for the famous shoemaker Christian Louboutin, when Covid-19 shut it down and her other 5 shows on show around the world. Lynn Freeman caught up with Lisa and James a few days ago at the end of a road trip. They'd been expecting to finally have a break at home in April, but that's now extended: Lisa says despite all the hard work involved, they're philosophical about their shows and other future opportunities being impacted by the pandemic to some degree.

Lisa Reihana and James Pinker return home

Musician James Pinker is on The Weekend to note a band he hasn't been in for thirty plus years. He was the drummer for seminal Auckland post-punk band The Features, who have had their music collected on a recent compilation called X-Features. James Pinker has worked on music for Brian Eno, Nathan Haines, The Pogues, OMC, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dead Can Dance, and Sisters Underground.James Pinker's recent projects include a collaboration called Mesh with Pitch Black's Paddy Free; the Indian music-influenced Holiwater Band, and more recently, and audio-visual electronica group, Haptic.James has been a curator for Auckland Council, exhibited his visual art and photography, and now works with his partner, the artist Lisa Reihana, and is the co-composer of the soundscape for her work in Pursuit of Venus [infected] which will be the featured New Zealand work at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

Musician James Pinker is on The Weekend to note a band he hasn't been in for thirty plus years. He was the drummer for seminal Auckland post-punk band The Features, who have had their music collected on a recent compilation called X-Features. James Pinker has worked on music for Brian Eno, Nathan Haines, The Pogues, OMC, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dead Can Dance, and Sisters Underground.<br>James Pinker's recent projects include a collaboration called Mesh with Pitch Black's Paddy Free; the Indian music-influenced Holiwater Band, and more recently, and audio-visual electronica group, Haptic.<br>James has been a curator for Auckland Council, exhibited his visual art and photography, and now works with his partner, the artist Lisa Reihana, and is the co-composer of the soundscape for her work in Pursuit of Venus [infected] which will be the featured New Zealand work at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

X-Features - James Pinker