New Zealand/Samoan artist Greg Semu’s The Battle of the Noble Savages series, was commissioned by Musee du Quai Branly, Paris in 2007. As inaugural artist in residence, Semu was invited to respond to a 2007 Bonded by Blood poster, gifted to Quai Branly, to commemorate the All Black’s 2006 tour of France and 2007 Rugby …
An ode to teenagers and their mums, Birds is an urban tale told through the eyes of a young Niuean boy growing up in Auckland’s Avondale hood-lands. Tommy likes hip-hop dancing, has a mad crush on the lead Kapa Haka girl at school and believes he can Kung Fu the biggest bully terrorizing the local …
This exhibition features both customary and comtemporary visual arts through the works of emerging and established New Zealand-based artists of Cook Island Heritage. Curated by New Zealand born Artist Lelani Kake. Together the artists represent the fifteen islands and atolls that make up the Cook Islands. Lelani Kake selected the artists in order to mark …
Romeo and Tusi ‘You are a coconut, he is a Kumara!’ says Mrs Ai’u, the Mrs Capulet in this reworking of Romeo and Juliet Written by Oscar Kightley and Erolia Ifopo, and directed by Sasha Gibb, Romeo and Tusi is a story of two teenagers growning up in a state housing area, whose parents are …
Kinetic Wayfinding and Martin Hautus Institute proudly present the premiere of Digital Winds. Digital Winds is a play about a teenage love story that ends in tragedy. The story, however, will capture joy and spontaneity of dance, music, and comedy that is part of youth culture and its cultivated cool exterior. Growing up in a …