- Awa Orotau: River Attunement
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with Oro Group and the Pigeon Bay Stream
Three Channel Video Installation
Circuit Artist Moving Image
Wellington
March 2023
Video: Noel Meek and Olivia Webb
Mātauranga Māori advice: Māia Abraham (Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāi Tūhoe), Jake Kīanō Skinner (Ngāti Rangitihi, Ngāi Tūhoe).
In a time of hydrological crises, we ask how being kōpūwai, being watery, can help us navigate this age. Towards this, Awa Orotau: River Attunement, explores being in tune with the world by being in tune with water and its mauri. The video was shot in the Pigeon Bay stream on Horomaka / Banks Peninsula at Hays Reserve, a tiny piece of remnant old growth forest preserved by Pākehā landowners. This was one of the cleanest, safest rivers available locally to Ōtautahi.
With thanks to Christchurch Creative Communities.