A close up of two hands weaving flax
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A R A P E T A

A R A P E T A (mononymous) is a takatāpui artist of Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Te Wehi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngā Puhi, Te Rarawa, and Ngāti Porou tribal descent.

    A R A P E T A on CIRCUIT · 1 work

    Pātai/ Maan Taai 問題
    A R A P E T A / Wai Ching Chan

    Pātai/ Maan Taai 問題 (2018)

    Narratives of friendship reveal a space for cross-cultural exchange between tauiwi and tangata whenua.

    Pātai/ Maan Taai 問題

    CIRCUIT projects featuring A R A P E T A

    A digital landscape featuring a fantastical ruin with greek columns and stairs surrounded by strange white forest and rock and green foliage

    Masons Screen: Xi Li

    InstallationPuninga Toi
    Masons Lane, Wellington · February 2016–ongoing

    Masons Screen is a public screen for video art in Wellington's CBD. CIRCUIT curates the screen in collaboration with the Wellington City Council.

    Masons Screen
    A person points camera up to a window, where we the viewer appear to be filming them

    Anaerobic Video

    InstallationPuninga Toi
    Christchurch Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora · 2–31 May

    Nine videos originally programmed on Masons Screen 2016-22, addressing e-bikes, Matariki, reclaimed histories and more.

    Anaerobic Video

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    practice
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    South Pacific context.

    Ko CIRCUIT te māngai
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