Repatriate (2015 - )

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Event Repatriate (2015 - )
Venue Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 7 May 2022
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Repatriate is a powerful performance that demonstrates the dire impacts of climate change on Pacific nations. Located on the Edmiston Forecourt, Taumoepeau dances in a Perspex glass tank wearing a life jacket and floatation devices around her midriff and arms. Over a period of 60-90 minutes, the tank slowly fills with water. Using the Tongan concept of faiva, Taumoepeau performs an urgent poetic distress call using her body, repurposed props and modest materials. Struggling to maintain the choreography, the artist is eventually submerged. This powerful work demonstrates the impact of climate change for low-lying Pacific Island nations, specifically the threat of forced dispossession and displacement. The performance asks the audience to ponder what happens when an environment can no longer support its people: an entire culture will be submerged by the seas.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Performance Art
Ecological Theatre
Subjects Climate change
Ecology
Environment
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Latai Taumoepeau Performer
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Tonga
Production Nationality Tonga
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/event/repatriate-at-toi-o-tamaki
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 175053