Kōrero with Stone (about Deep Time)

  • with Jake Kīanō Skinner (Ngāti Rangitihi, Tūhoe) and a block of  Oamaru limestone

  • Site Specific Performance Work
  • Performance Art Week Aotearoa
  • Christchurch
  • November 2023

  • Photos: Olivia Webb and Sara Cowdell

A kōrero with a large free standing block of Oamaru limestone in a circular plaza outside The Gym at Toi Matatiki Toi Ora.

As part of Performance Art Week Aotearoa, Meek and Skinner engaged Stone in a musical conversation discussing and exploring what Stone thinks about where Stone has come from, how it feels to be cut from living stone that once was living flesh, stone that is now on dry land but once was underwater, stone that is from another place but is now here. What does Stone think and does Stone want to reply?