FAFANGU: TO AWAKEN, 2024
CASULA POWERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE - 27 APRIL-14 JULY 2024
COMMISSIONED BY CASULA POWERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE, 2024
Fale ‘o Hikule’o – House of Echoes, 2024
Sculptural installation with soundscape 2.3m (h) x 2.6m (w) x 1.3m (d) sculpture + rope extensions, 4 mins 42 secs looped soundscape.
Sculptural materials: fala (woven pandanus mats), tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), kafa (rope made of coconut sennit, human hair), wood.
Soundscape: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute), sikotā (Pacific kingfisher), ocean wind, breath, coconut sennit.
Fākafoa - The Body Breaks in Waves, 2024
9-channel HD video with recorded music performance + printed music score for fangufangu, flute and body percussion.
video: 1920p x 1080p, duration 5 mins 31 secs. Printed music score: 40 pages
Fākafoa - The Body Breaks in Waves, 2024 (video excerpt)
‘Otua hala he sikotā – Messages from the dead, 2024
Print series with recorded music performance.
Print series: tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), vinyl. Music: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute).
Sikotā (todiramphus sacer), 2024
Print with recorded music performance. 179cm (h) x 59.5cm (w) | 2 mins
Print: tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), vinyl. Music: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute).
Audio excerpt
Kiu (pluvialis fulva), 2024
Print with recorded music performance. 179cm (h) x 59.5cm (w) | 1 min 48 secs
Print: tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), vinyl. Music: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute).
Audio excerpt
Tavake (phaethon lepturus), 2024
Print with recorded music performance. 179cm (h) x 59.5cm (w) | 1 min 16 secs
Print: tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), vinyl. Music: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute).
Audio excerpt
Hengahenga (pachycephala jacquinoti), 2024
Print with recorded music performance. 179cm (h) x 59.5cm (w) | 1 min 32 secs
Print: tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), vinyl. Music: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute).
Audio excerpt
Lupe (ducula pacifica), 2024
Print with recorded music performance. 179cm (h) x 59.5cm (w) | 2 mins 13 secs
Print: tapa (beaten mulberry tree bark), vinyl. Music: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute).
Audio excerpt
Fafangu ae fangufangu – Awakening the fangufangu, 2024
Photographic installation with soundscape
Photographic installation: canvas, chiffon, acrylic on bamboo, 4 x speakers, 3m2 x 2.5m (h)
Soundscape: fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute), duration 1 hour 8 mins 16 secs.
Tu’uloa – In standing, to endure, 2024
Live endurance music performance | 15 mins
Saturday 27th April 2024, 3:00pm at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
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