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Haere Mai, Haere Mai,

It was a privilege to gather our Pasifika community in Rānana and weave together the many strands that were part of our Matakite fashion ActiVātion. With aroha we wrapped the Great Courtyard, at the British Museum, in our waiata and mana and shared the taonga we made in honour of our tūpuna.

Our offering came in the form of kākahu, created by practitioners from across the Moana Nui A Kiwa, worn by our people who raised their voices in Waiata, Pese and Oli. 

These elements wove together to create a VĀ space.
As a space of relationships the Vā allowed people to reflect and to mourn, connecting us with our feelings of longing and sadness for our ancestors languishing in the building.

The tangible Wairua we created elicited emotional responses from those who attended, with many crying in joy, aroha and frustration.

Our show was a warming of all our taonga in the British Museum without distinction or hesitation.

We acknowledge that the British Museum is a contentious space and one of sadness, with many taonga being violently taken from their people by colonial treasure hunters. This means that much taonga is without correct attribution, or knowledge of their origin or purpose. Recent engagement practices include taonga being freely given by our people and honoured to preserve their mana. There is still much to recover. 

We used the prophetic word ‘Matakite’ as a starting point, a place to view the future from, a place to plant seeds and to watch our people and culture flourish, a place of resilience where we acknowledge the wisdom of our ancestors while embracing new technologies and materials.

Haumi ē, hui ē, tāiki ē
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Some final moments living in London. Can’t believe I spent almost 12 years of my life there, meeting so many amazing people. Some of them didn’t make it into this sadly, as I only got the camera a few days before leaving but you know who you are and I love you ❤️

Oh and please excuse the screeching laughter and hilarious music

#leavinglondon #sonyhandycam #handycam
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After last night’s preview of Peter Hujar’s Day at the @icalondon hosted by @another_man and Q&A with @johndouglasmillar, @vincealetti and @garyschneider7, all of which was such a joy (the film itself, hearing Vince and Gary’s personal insights into Hujar’s mannerisms and compulsions) I felt very lucky and grateful to have spent so many hours alongside @sarahengland_darkroom, printing, discussing and creating those nuances in a portrait that can only be found by playing with its density, depth, lightness and darkness.

Tangibility was integral to Gilded Lilies - its initial theme of jewellery being its catalyst - but process and the physicality of analogue photography is its flesh. Here’s a few snaps of all the myriad different ways the images materialised in the world, before ending up on a wall. It feels a bit like a photo doesn’t really justify itself until it’s a print. In a precious, pedantic and a little redundant sort of way.

But after watching Ben Whishaw so tenderly recite Hujar’s day in his life, including his printing in the lab, it’s made me want to think about it all more preciously than ever. He kept returning to the idea that printing is where the image declares itself, and that the act of printing can quietly reframe how the photograph is understood, even by the person who made it. The change comes not from manipulation but from time, proximity and attention, from standing and staring, letting lightness and darkness settle. Thank you John for the invite x
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