Rangituhia Hollis

Oho Ake (single screen) (2016)

10 min 9 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"With noir-inflected, comic book style composition and storytelling, Oho Ake is a five-part fiction that uses autobiography and sci-fi to communicate themes of urban and technological alienation in a dystopic dream-sequence set in suburban New Zealand."

Rebecca Boswell.

Credits & notes

Written, directed, and animated by Rangituhia Hollis
Sound: Daniel Campbell-McDonald
Music: Shannon Coulomb
Assistant Animators: Simey Chhean, Aj Shirley, Natanahira Tuiasau-Makoare
Produced in partnership with Manurewa High School, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Documentary footage filmed and edited by Ian Powell

Oho Ake was commissioned by Te Tuhi as part of the exhibition THE HIVE HUMS WITH MANY MINDS (12 March – 29 May 2016).

    Ngā ataata nā Rangituhia HollisOther works by Rangituhia Hollis

    Animated axes float in a dark room, there are many doors all of which are closed.
    Rangituhia Hollis

    Axes 2 (2007)

    Clusters of axes gather, rise, and fall in a strange choreography.

    Axes 2
    A fist hits a bight red sign that has the text "Access for taxis and shop..." some of the text is obscured.
    Rangituhia Hollis

    Wero / Interface Edinburgh (2008)

    Slapping poles, stomping on grating, rattling bike locks. Noises are made from the city of Edinburgh.

    Wero / Interface Edinburgh
    Multi-coloured animated sharks swim above an urban landscape.
    Rangituhia Hollis

    Kei Mate Mangopare (Shark colour test) (2012)

    An unused test for the work Kei Mate Mangopare (2012).

    Kei Mate Mangopare (Shark colour test)
    An animated house in bright shades of green and orange.
    Rangituhia Hollis

    Tangimangaone (2010)

    A virtual reality video of a 3D model of Tangimangaone, the whare kai of Iri te Kura in Waipiro Bay.

    Tangimangaone
    Rangituhia Hollis on CIRCUIT

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