Still from Winds (2021) Sione Faletau
Sound is not static, it moves in waves and into the flickering, morphing kupesi patterns of Sione Faletau's work.
Sione Faletau discusses his practice of translating the traditional Tongan practice of kupesi (patterns) into digital video, using site-specific audio recordings and traditional Tongan music as the basis for generating images.
Faletau talks about two upcoming shows at the Gus Fisher Gallery and Masons Screen.
Recorded sound from Auckland's CBD is transformed into kupesi (pattern).
Imagery of three interconnected canoes, keeping each other afloat on the moana.
Visual kupesi (Tongan patterns) are created and move in response to a Tongan choir.
An audio recording of Waitemata Harbour is used to generate visual kupesi (Tongan patterns).
A song commemorating survivors of the 1962 Tuaikaepau shipwreck is rendered visually as a vivid kupesi (Tongan patterns).
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Comic Release: John Vea
“The smile goes away the longer they experience the work” - John Vea discusses how his practice uses humour to draw audiences into deeper conversations around Pasifika identity.
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Sam Tozer on VFX and 'Impossible Lenses' in Brett Graham's Whangamārino
How can artists work with visual effects makers? Kathryn Graham speaks to Sam Tozer about his work on Brett Graham's six channel video work Whangamārino.
