"Kumutoto Peephole begins with a still shot of concrete that gradually gives way to a circular aperture revealing Kumutoto — it expands like an eye after slumber, or a birth canal preparing for the transition between te pō and te ao. The frame widens and narratives unfold within the awa: kōaro and kōkopu swimming against the current, kōhatu tumbling over one another. Sarah Hudson and Rachel Anson pass the rākau, the metaphorical microphone, and the camera, to the awa, and entrust it with the images to revive its agency." - Mauatua Fa'ara Reynolds from the essay Kumutoto Peephole
Sarah Hudson / Rachel Anson
Kumutoto Peephole (2026)
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Sarah Hudson
Ariā - Ōhiwa (2015)
Excerpt from one of a series of four videos which were inspired by objects in the collection of the Whakatāne Museum.
Sarah Hudson
Manatū Ahu Matua (2014)
An exploration into the impact of introduced species and practices on the whenua in Aotearoa.
Sarah Hudson
Karakia (Ritual Chants) (2016)
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"At the centre of this work is a tension between two material bodies." Mauatua Fa'ara Reynolds writes on Sarah Hudson and Rachel Anson's Kumutoto Peephole (2026).