KEYNOTE: PELENAKEKE BROWNPelenakeke Brown (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and writer. Her practice explores the intersections between disability cultural concepts and Sāmoan cultural concepts. Her practice investigates sites of knowledge that hold both and she uses technology, writing, poetry, and performance to explore these ideas. She has presented her work in the US, […]
THE WHELM.An experimental take on reading, the whelm presents a radical critique on the act of performance. Appearances deceptive, the work leans into discomfort and asks for trust falls uncared. Journeying through a valley of ideas, concepts and creative imagery the narrative purgatory associated with the isle of the lotus eaters is used as thematic […]
ME’ANGĀUE / INNEALAN -ME’ALEA / INNEAL-CIÙIL.‘Uhila and Meek present an exploration of gardening tools, physical presence, music and the non-human, drawing on their respective cultural (Tongan and Gaelic Scottish) and artistic backgrounds to frame the kōrero.BOOK TICKETS ABOUTKALISOLAITE ‘UHILA & NOEL MEEK.ABOUTKALISOLAITE ‘UHILA & NOEL MEEK.In Kalisolaite ‘Uhila’s experiential performances, the artist is not always […]
INTERSECTIONAL PERFORMANCE IN AOTEAROA.FACILITATED BY JUANITA HEPI.In 1989, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women. 32 years on and Crenshaw’s term is now at the forefront of national conversations about racial justice, identity, and policing. Intersectional theory asserts that people are often disadvantaged by multiple […]
MOTHERS IN ARTS.FACILITATED BY JULIA HARVIE.In Tiny Fest this year we have a number of artists who are juggling parenting as well as addressing motherhood in their work. Often ‘the juggle’ is rendered largely invisible unless it is the material of the work. Join Julia Harvie as she opens up a discussion about all the […]
JIM’S ROOM.In every generation there is a ‘Jim’s Room.’ A room where experiences as rangatahi eventually shaped them as individuals and as ‘Tāne Māori.’ Four young Māori just about to leave high school and take the next step in life. These are stories and experiences told through the lens of four young Māori living in […]
TOI AAMAI: WHARE.Social narrative with a twist. Join the cast as their characters emerge from fractures within a modern day capitalist dystopia. Told by movement, song, sound and theatrical lyricism, Toi Aamai embraces the different and explores social struggles, struggles of women and of Māori. The work is provocative, risky and stripped back to push […]
TWO CRONES AND A DESERT.MATRIARCHAL KNOWLEDGE, A TICKING TIME BOMB AND A CLIMATE CHANGE TANGO. Monotonous crones weave themselves around a cracking desert in a suit. This work seeks to dismantle the stigma around the matriarch, attempting to strip away its gender and become unattached to any binary. The desert represents western patterns of existence […]
WAY.PNT PRESENTS: THE AFTERS.THE LIINEUP:Stef Animal Elastic CoitusDestroy With Science – ANALOG.TECHNO.BANGERSWAY.PNT artists B2B – MR MEATY BOY / SOCIAL SPORT / KEANU RAVES / PARIS CHILLTON / ELPHEEBOOK TICKETS ABOUTWAY.PNT.Way.pnt is a new club night initiative aiming to bridge the gap between the underground dance music scenes of Poneke, Otautahi & Ōtepoti. Their priority is […]
NEON.Neon is a filmed performance work, projected in large-scale to be viewed throughout the festival. The concept builds on Kittows sculptural and filmic practice, which considers ideas around reality in cinema and performance. Incorporating the performative pull of Summerhayes and Bosmans offbeat soundscape, a captivating play of surface, light and illusionism begins. Concepts in art […]