Intersectional – Performance
Leafa and Faith Wilson are a mother and daughter who collaborate with an explicit understanding of where they converge and diverge as individual women.
In this collaborative performance, the artists will use a popular intersection by the bus exchange intersection to physically and literally realise the idea of intersectionality. As they cross or wait to do so they will each read aloud writing written by themselves, their matriarch, mother and grandmother, Etevise Nikolao, or feminist writers. During their performance their paths will converge and diverge before coming together at the end and reading aloud collectively therefore empowering themselves as female artists of colour. Read more…
FAFSWAG
FAFSWAG seeks to decolonise their minds and lived experiences through creativity, expression, and the ownership of their own narratives.
FAFSWAG is a Queer Pacific Arts Collective based out of SOUTH Auckland. They celebrate queer brown bodies, contemporary Pacific arts and cultural restoration. Their online platform documents in an artistic manner the cultural connectivity of queer Pacific people of colour navigating their unique identities within NZ’s urban landscapes. Read more…
THE SAVAGE K´LUB
OutTASpace gestures to an aesthetic of neo-savagery – bringing a playful electricity to traditional forms, and lighting up that which is new, that which is queer, that which is gentle and that which is curious into the work, in order to invite these multiple presences to exist alongside more culturally entrenched ways of being. Read more…
MAKING SPACE
Taking place in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch – where collaboration and collective working has become a part of the fabric of this post-earthquake city – MAKING SPACE will involve six diverse artist collectives and over 30 individuals practising at the cutting-edge of the Aotearoa New Zealand art community. CoCA will host works, events and the members of FAFSWAG, FIKA Writers, Fresh and Fruity, Mata Aho Collective, SaVAge K’lub, and The Social with the aim of inviting diverse communities to connect, create art and encourage conversations. MAKING SPACE will offer an opportunity to shift how we view art and explore its potential for social change. Read more…
David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind – Exhibition
David Shrigley is a master of scathing one liners, crudely composed drawings and a creator of strange and amusing objects.
CoCA, with the support of Lane Neave, is proud to present Lose Your Mind by wildly popular British artist David Shrigley, presented in partnership with the British Council. Known for his darkly witty cartoons, Shrigley’s international career has seen him work across a variety of media, including drawing, photography, sculpture, animation, painting, unsettling intervention, spoken-word recordings and pop-music videos. Read more…
Me And My Salu Lima – Performance
Leafa’s performance references the history of migrant labour in New Zealand and the strong presence of migrant workers in Ōtautahi Christchurch particularly during the rebuild.
Leafa will use her salu lima (hand broom) to sweep. This simple, repetitive action, rather than perpetuating certain problematic stereotypes becomes an action representing the sense of pride associated with the hard work carried out by the migrant workers. Leafa’s own history is entwined with the history of migrant labour in New Zealand and her performance brings attention to the important presence of these workers in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Read more…
Confessions // Let it burn – Performance
Lies separate truth from fiction. We lie to save ourselves from reprimand, but we also lie to stop other people from getting hurt. We lie to our parents when we do something wrong, because the truth hurts them as much as getting in trouble is going to hurt you. How many lies can we tell until we realise that we’re holding onto so much untruth that it begins to feel like a weight? How long can we withstand the pressure of those lies? Will the truth really set us free?
This performance addresses the function of truth in a relationship, specifically between mother and daughter. As someone who has withheld truth on many occasions, mostly out of fear of how a parent will react, will late confessions bring us closer together, or divide? In Samoan culture, shame is often a public experience, where the errors of the perpetrator are made known. I mimic this, by confessing things out loud to my mother. It will be up to her to listen, forgive, or understand. Read more…
