Bundanon

Lives / works: Gadigal Country

The more ancient I am, the more contemporary my work is.

I am not doing anything new.

When I do faivā, I perform space. When I do space, I do time – they are

inseparable.

When I faivā, I do form. When I do form, I also do content – they are

inseparable.

Faivā is the art of organising and performing social duties related to place, the

body and environment – they are inseparable. I am an anti-disciplinary artist.

Alive today

In residence at Bundanon

The SaVĀge LAB is a Performance Space initiative created for Liveworks led by Australian – and New Zealand-based Moana artists; Kilia Pahulu, Rameka Tamaki, Salvador Brown, Sela Vai. Facilitated by leading Tagata Moana artists Rosanna Raymond (New Zealand/Samoa) and Latai Taumoepeau (Australia/Tonga), this project explores collaborative cross-cultural exchange in an artist-led environment maintaining the mana of Moana-based practices and protocols. The SaVĀge LAB unfolds across several stages of development in 2022, with a view to an outcome across Australia and New Zealand in 2023.