I’m currently preparing for a performance at the PSi conference in Leeds, UK in collaboration with Mark Harvey, Te Oti Rakena, Nanako Uchida and Raukura Turei. I’m playing with the idea of literally stealing land and enacting mundane rituals in the spaces I have taken land from. I’m hoping to steal parts of land at the University of Leeds where the conference is. Yesterday we had a practice at digging a hole in Mark’s back yard and played around with a gas cooker in the hole.
The PSi conference runs from the 27th of June – 1st of July.
By Dudley Benson, journal contribution
As part of our performance of HINE 2012 we compiled a journal to share dialogue around our practices and to provoke on-going discussion around the context of our work. We have some left and are selling them for $10 a pop. Contributions from Dudley Benson, Sean Curham, Danny Butt, Tiopira McDowell, Kristian Larsen, Tru Paraha and myself. Email me kidgeniusklik@gmail.com or leave a comment on this post if you would like to purchase one.
HINE 2012 is an exciting independent production led by wahine innovators in performance. This is the first in a series of forums where artist, academic and activist communities converge through dance, performance art and conscious dialogue. Indigenous choreographers frame the body as a site for investigation and present their works in an evening of dynamic theatre. HINE 2012 promotes the transformative value of dance and its liberating effect on the individual and society.
The evening features a double-bill of experimental solos by choreographer Tru Paraha and performance artist Cat Ruka. Following this will be a post-performance discussion where the audience is invited to engage with artists and ideas. An open space is encouraged allowing for diverse identities, opinions and ways of meeting. Guest speakers include: Shigeyuki Kihara, Dudley Benson and Charles Koroneho.
Tickets: $25/$18
Supported by Creative NZ, Maidment Theatre and HINE-Collective
Artistic Director: Tru Paraha
Performers: Tru Paraha and Cat Ruka
Lighting Design: Sean Curham
Josh and I are excited to perform New Treaty Militia at Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre on Waitangi Day! If you are in the capital city, please please come along to this very special event. You will have the opportunity to share your thoughts on this moment in Aotearoa’s history and the meanings that it holds for you and your whanau. A massive thank you to Tai Paitai for dreaming up this idea and making it possible.
