Viewing Puaka and Matariki in the dawn sky requires close observation of the world around us. For Matairaki, Ōtepoti-based artists Megan Brady, Antony Deaker, Ana Iti, and Moewai Marsh invite you to observe Ōtepoti from specific lookout sites within a short walking distance of Blue Oyster Art Project Space.
Past Exhibition
Tūrei 28 Hune -
Rātapu 10 Hūrae
Tuesday 28 June -
Sunday 10 July
2022
Image supplied by Moewai Marsh, test for Tīwhiri, 2022.
Experience the project anytime by picking up a free take-home guide from outside Blue Oyster Art Project Space. This experience will take approximately 45 minutes and can be done independently, or on a guided walk with the artists which will close the project on Sunday 10 July, 2pm.
Megan Brady (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Pākehā) works across sculpture, installation and textiles, exploring the ways we navigate and connect with sites, often responding to the patterns and details of the environment. Her work combines an engagement with themes of whakapapa, history, identity and the family archive, with a focus on memories held within the landscape. Brady invites viewers to engage with the sensory and sonic dimensions of space through site-responsive installations, fostering intimate connections between people, place and the stories that shape both.
is Ngāi Tahu, he currently works for Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka Ki Puketeraki and the Dunedin City Council in economic development roles.
His background is in arts employment and arts business development. He has also developed and managed arts festivals, managed arts and music performance venues, managed a radio station, published books of poetry and presented exhibitions, writing, books and sculpture. He has been involved in numerous performances. In 2017 he co-curated an exhibition of Dunedin contemporary art and fashion that was viewed by 40,000 people in Shanghai, in 2022 he demonstrated 6G and other plant-based technology to 75 people in Waitati.
(Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa) uses her artistic platform to put mauri back into taonga Māori. Moewai is based in Ōtepoti and is currently working at a shared arts studio space within the mental health community. Moewai holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Dunedin School of Art and is studying a Diploma of Māori and Indigenous Art at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Moewai experiments with making paint from Papatūānuku to expand her painting practice. She is very dedicated to her community, and her artwork.
(Te Rarawa, Pākehā) is an artist based in Te Waipounamu. Often employing sculpture, video and text, her recent work explores the practice of history making through shared and personal narratives.