Suzanne Tamaki
Suzanne Tamaki (Ngāti Maniapoto, Tūhoe) is an artist and social provocateur. Working across fashion, photography and moving image, she creates visual narratives that respond to cultural-politics in Aotearoa. Her works often investigate the nature of indigenous feminisms in the South Pacific, challenging the colonial gaze. Likewise, her works also critique Western ideas of nationhood within a bi-cultural nation.
Suzanne Tamaki on CIRCUIT · 6 works
Manu does Matariki (2022)
Manu—the fantastic plastic Māori-wearing a designer Matariki frock, shares her pearls of fashion wisdom with the people of Pōneke
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode Five: Plastic Māori (2020)
Manu the plastic Māori doll draws our attention to the cultural appropriation of Māori culture and taonga.
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode Four: Good Golly (2020)
A daily episode of TAONGA from AOTEAROA telling you how it is and disrupting the narrative. If you don't like it, change the channel.
Taonga Talkback TV - Episode One: Statue bro (gov grey) (2020)
A vandalised colonial war veteran boasts of his successes as Governor General following the Taranaki war and Waikato Tainui invasion.
Writing & podcasts featuring Suzanne Tamaki
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Overlap and Unfurl
Overlap and Unfurl
Māori Moving Image ki Te Puna o Waiwhetū, the latest chapter in the Māori Moving Image exhibition series, is sensitive to the mauri of materials and place.
CIRCUIT projects featuring Suzanne Tamaki
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CIRCUIT at Oberhausen Short Film Festival 2022
CIRCUIT at Oberhausen Short Film Festival 2022
Six works speaking to the present through archives, tourist souvenirs, familial legacies and pandemic histories.