Whāriki
Hine-te-iwaiwa is the atua of weaving and it is in her realm that the first Rerekē activation, Whāriki, will take place. Given the nature of the Rerekē programme and its commitment to building space for the new and different, it is fitting that Hine-te-Iwaiwa is also the guardian of childbirth and cycles of the moon.
Whāriki is a wānanga of raranga and kōrero in which artists: Māia Keane, Taipua Kipa, Elise Sadlier, and P. Walters are invited to collaboratively create an artwork that will inhabit The Kit during its life as Rerekē. As a whāriki covers the ground, this artwork will lay a foundation for the unfolding work of Rerekē across the year. This artwork will shape a space that is able to hold wānanga and kōrero. While working on this piece the artists will imbue it with their questions, thoughts and aspirations. As the year unfolds Whāriki will be continually re-activated as each new expression of the kaupapa takes shape.
Whāriki is a private wānanga, more details on the public launch soon.
Biographies
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Māia Keane (Ngāi Tāmanuhiri) is a ringatoi Māori descending from the first place to see the sun, Te Tairāwhiti, the east coast. Her art practice moves across painting, raranga, and whatu, connecting to pūrākau held in taonga tuku iho. Raised away from her whenua tīpuna, Māia’s work reflects an ongoing return to people and to place. Most of her time is now dedicated to being a kaiako. Sharing the mātauraunga in her kete and encouraging the next generation of haututu to do their thing.
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Taipua Kipa (Ngāti Kahi ki Whangaroa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Rangitihi, Tūhourangi, Sāmoa, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Norway) is a multidisciplinary artist who works across several mediums such as: weaving, taxidermy, sculpture, and performing arts, where mātauranga, tradition and whakaaro Māori are foundational to his practice. Kipa explores the intersectionality between contemporary versus customary art practices and is interested in conservation, pūrākau Māori & Pasifika and whakapapa.
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Elise Sadlier (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te-Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Te-Aitanga-a-Hauiti, British, Paniora) is an Aotearoa-based writer and visual artist whose work explores magical realism, mythos, and wairuatanga. She writes about whakapapa, inheritance, and the times and spaces we feel drawn to. Elise has been published in Starling, Moana: Voices of Our Ocean, debate mag, Pūhia Rua and Toru and more. Elise holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from Elam School of Fine Arts, and a Diploma of Māori Language Fluency from Te Wānanga Takiura.
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p.Walters is a taniwha, local to the Kingdom of South Auckland and beyond, with wings and
bones stretching across Aotearoa and to the islands of Tonga.Their work reflects their dissidence to the colonial imagination and legacy of “new zealand”, and their devotion to understanding and venerating their queer and monstrous body. Graduating in 2022 from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland with a BFA
First Class Honours, they practice collectively and individually throughout the motu and Moana; via art making, curation, exhibition making, public programming, writing, etc.