Artist Performance and Talk with Adriana Māhanga Lear

Join us for a live performance and talk by artist Adriana Māhanga Lear.

The work of Adriana Māhanga Lear gravitates around the fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute). The artist will perform music on the fangufangu and offer insight into its history and significance, expanding on the content of the exhibition.

Specifically, Lear draws upon fakatakatōfā, the practice of waking chiefs and royalty from sleep with the fangufangu (bamboo nose-flute) – an artform that is imperative to the exhibition’s underlying philosophy. Lear engages this practice as a heliaki (metaphor) for the awakening of ancient knowledges and practices by walking backwards into the future.

Free, all welcome.

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Image: Adriana Māhanga Lear, Fākafoa—The body breaks in waves, 2024, 9-channel HD video with recorded music performance and printed music score (still). Courtesy of the artist.

You may also like the following events from Wollongong Art Gallery:

• This Friday, 4th July, 06:00 am, Official Opening of Fafangu: To Awaken in Wollongong
• This October, 12th October, 02:00 am, Illawarra Community Collector's Conference in Wollongong

Also check out other Arts events in Wollongong, Exhibitions in Wollongong.