Hana Pera Aoake
Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Haua, Tainui/Waikato, Ngāti Waewae, Waitaha, Kai Tahu) is a writer and artist based in Otepoti. They sometimes organise exhibitions, readings, education programmes and conversations. Currently they work with Morgan Godfery on Kei te pai press, a publishing and education project. Hana published their first book, A bathful of kawakawa and hot water with Compound Press in 2020.
Hana Pera Aoake on CIRCUIT · 3 works
I saw the mountain erupt (2023)
I saw the mountain erupt considers the deep histories of maunga, geology, and awa through the resilience of local tuna (eels).
te tamaiti, te ao (2022)
A reflection on the poem 'E Tu Papatūānuku' by Keri Hulme, te tamaiti, te ao considers deep time and the ways in which a new child is linked to ancestral knowledge, whenua and pūrakau carried down through generations.
a eulogy to love (2019)
A poetic meditation on the self, love, learning and pain is interwoven through collaged landscapes and scenes from Michelangelo Antonioni’s Red Desert (1964).
Writing & podcasts featuring Hana Pera Aoake
Sites of Connection: Hana Pera Aoake
Sites of Connection: Hana Pera Aoake
"I will not be afraid despite the fear tumbling through my body" — Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Haua, Tainui/Waikato, Ngāti Waewae, Waitaha, Kāi Tahu) speaks with Dani McIntosh for the CIRCUIT Cast series Sites of Connection.
Magic Between Worlds: on Masons Screen
Magic Between Worlds: on Masons Screen
Sinead Overbye considers artists' approach to place and representation in the 2022-23 Masons Screen commissions.
CIRCUIT projects featuring Hana Pera Aoake
CIRCUIT Cast: Sites of Connection
CIRCUIT Cast: Sites of Connection
A three-part podcast series of conversations with artists who work at the intersection of filmic language, poetry, and metaphor, hosted by Dani McIntosh.
Masons Screen
Masons Screen
Masons Screen is a public screen for video art in Wellington's CBD. CIRCUIT curates the screen in collaboration with the Wellington City Council.