Occupying the Fair Mall stage, in Otara, late at night. From a series of video works shot in South Auckland spaces, influenced by dance. (Dancehall)
Otara at Night (2011)
Te pūranga karere me ngā ara mahi houOther works in this series
Rebecca Ann Hobbs
Māngere Mall (2011)
A celebration of waacking, a style of street dance that originates from Black and Latino gay nightclubs of 1970s Los Angeles.
He tuhinga roa anōRelated essay
Let’s Get Physical: Looking at the Work of Rebecca Ann Hobbs
Let’s Get Physical: Looking at the Work of Rebecca Ann Hobbs
EssayTuhinga roa
"We can dance if we want to, we can leave your friends behind, cause your friends don’t dance, and if they don’t dance, well they’re no friends of mine." So said Men Without Hats and so says Megan Dunn as she looks at the work of Rebecca Ann Hobbs, now showing at The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt.