Alteration

FAFSWAG
Māhia Dean, Falencie Filipo, Tanu Gago, Tapuaki Helu, Elyssia Wilson Heti, Nahora loane, Hōhua Ropate Kurene, Moe Laga-Toleafoa, Tim Swann, Pati Solomona Tyrell, Jaimie Waititi

Māngere Arts Centre Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
Corner Bader Drive and, Orly Avenue

9 September - 8 October 2023

Opening Saturday, 9 September 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

The FAFSWAG Arts Collective invites you to celebrate their 10th Anniversary at the opening of their exhibition ALTERATION. This event marks an important milestone for the collective as they bring their international touring exhibition home to the heart of South Auckland. The exhibition is a tribute to all the people and communities that have helped them to be where they are today. Please come and celebrate with us as they close the chapter on the last decade of FAFSWAG.

Meeting at the intersections of cultural archival practices, digital technology and queer Indigenous storytelling, Alteration presents a glimpse into the shapeshifting practice of the FAFSWAG arts collective. Compiled over ten years of artistic output, FAFSWAG presents a mixed media archival exhibition of significant works from the collective between 2013 - 2023. Developed site specifically from 2020 - 2022 for the world's second largest contemporary arts festival Documenta15 in Kassel Germany. Alteration the exhibition is the culmination of a decade of collective social practice, and two years of co-design, co-curation, research and production.

Featuring work from a massive cross section of the creative industries from independent practitioners that continue to share networks, resources, skills and experience. From film to live performing arts, cultural performance, digital arts and installation, the collective has maintained a fluid approach to the arts, often working with a community of practitioners to lead large scale interdisciplinary projects with innovative commercial collaborations. These bodies of work contemplate on lineage and legacy, reclaim stolen narratives, speculate fictional futures and redefine their own culture, rebelling against a now predictable and fixed colonial context.

See installation pictures here

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