Mai Te Uira : Hokitika

ARTISTS
Tiki Taane (Ngāti Maniapoto), Vocals, Guitar & Taonga Pūoro
Kereama Taepa (Te Arawa, Te Āti Awa), International Multidisciplinary Artist

Grounded in a karakia that references the atua and whakapapa of their artforms, Mai Te Uira explores how innovation can be transformative when we open our minds to new ways of thinking.
Mai Te Uira is told through the stories of three atua:

Te Uira, the atua of lightning and new connections like technology, digital culture, and cyberspace

Tānemahuta, a creator himself, providing us with our own capability and capacity to create

Hine-te-Iwaiwa, whose strength we seek when searching for knowledge to give, receive, and connect

Tiki Taane taps his own uber-creative wairua to create live loops and improvisations that respond directly to Kereama Taepa’s digital animations – reflecting the transmission of knowledge between atua and artist, and cementing those relationships.

This creative collaboration is presented as a result of a unique partnership between The Dowse Art Museum and Chamber Music New Zealand.

You may also like the following events from Chamber Music New Zealand:

• Next month, 11th June, 07:30 pm, Mai Te Uira : Westport in Greymouth
• Next month, 18th June, 07:30 pm, Mai Te Uira : Dunedin in Dunedin

Also check out other Arts events in Greymouth, Music events in Greymouth, Entertainment events in Greymouth.