An animated digital rendering of the night sky at Matariki, with two whakairo figures on either side

Jamie Berry, Hiwa-i-te-rangi (2023)

Puninga ToiInstallation

Matariki Live on Screen

A selection of works by CIRCUIT artists will screen on the Auckland Live Digital Stage, Aotea Square, as part of Auckland Council's Matariki celebrations.

A selection of works by CIRCUIT artists will screen on the Auckland Live Digital Stage, Aotea Square, as part of Auckland Council's Matariki celebrations.

This year, Auckland Council’s theme for Matariki is Matariki ki te taiao, Matariki ki te whenua. Following this, Auckland Live! have selected a series of moving image works that are centred around Matariki and feature interconnected stories of whenua, taiao and wai, as well as urbanisation.

Works by Jamie Berry, Sarah Hudson, Layne Waerea, Kauri Wharewera, and Martin Awa Clarke Langdon with Rebecca Ann Hobbs will screen on the Auckland Live Digital Stage, Aotea Square in Tāmaki Makaurau on Friday 21 June and Saturday 29 June between 12 and 2pm.

Programme

Kauri Wharawera (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Whānau ā Apanui, Ngāti Kahungunu), Te Kahui o Matariki (2021)

Layne Waerea (Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Kahungunu, Pākehā), Uninvited Visitor (2020)

Sarah Hudson (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāi Tūhoe), Remember (2023)

Martin Awa Clarke Langdon (Kāi Tahu, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Whāwhākia, Ngāti Hikairo) and Rebecca Ann Hobbs (Wulgurukaba country, Tangata Tiriti), Maungataketake (2020)

Layne Waerea (Ngāti Wāhiao, Ngāti Kahungunu, Pākehā), Bonus Play (2024)

Jamie Berry (Ngāti Ruanui, Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi), Hiwa-i-te-rangi (2023)

Installation details

Auckland Live Digital Stage: Fri 21 June and Sat 29 June, 12—2pm
Aotea Square, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

More information here

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    CIRCUIT is the
    leading voice
    for artist moving image
    practice
    in Aotearoa New Zealand,
    distributing works,
    critical review and
    dialogues
    which reflect our unique, contemporary
    South Pacific context.

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    mō ngā mahi toi kiriata
    o Aotearoa, e tuku
    atu ana i ngā mahi toi,
    i ngā arotakenga
    me ngā whakawhitinga
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