Pūrākau

Features Pūrākau

Pūrākau is one part of Kura Moana installations created by Artist in Focus Lisa Reihana, Commissioned by Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of Arts, 2022.Rerehua ana tāna topaki i runga i te pouwhenua i runga o Taone ki Piriti MoanaHe kapo whakaahua tāna mahi, otirā he kōrero mō te whakaatuatanga.Te Wheke o Muturangi calmly surveys passers-by, sensuously hovering above the City to Sea Bridge navigational pouwhenua.
Te Wheke o Muturangi takes selfies and tells us about becoming a deity.Te Wheke o Muturangi - Jahra WasasalaConcept - Lisa ReihanaDOP - Gareth MoonGrip - Fraser McKayVFX - Assembly Ltd: Clare Bone, Damon Duncan, Rhys Dippie, Matt von Trott, Elliot Stronge, Matt WilsonSound Design - James Pinker & Sean CooperCostume - Bob Buck Hair & Makeup: Stefan KnightProduction Coordinator: Ruby Reihana-WilsonHair & Makeup Assist - Luana MillarCostume Standby - Dan Cruden, Ani ONeilCostume Makers - Shona Ward, Gillie Coxill, Dan Cruden, Ani ONeilRunner: Jaya Beach-RobertsonThanks to Ana Hiini, TAPACMore info can be found at https://festival.nz/kuramoanaPūrākauFirstly, find me a witness.I have decided to peelthe mythology from my body.Humans, Bodies full of mouths, Heads full of prophecies, yet not enough language.To hold anyone that is more than one, at onceEmpty your stomach of rubies, guns and earth.
Remember what the omnipotent tastes like.I have no room for mercy, only for beginningsI know the terrors imagination, the brilliance of birthI do not belong to a wounded oceanAnd neither did sheShe has as many names as there are days to be bornBut look for her, she cannot be foundThe god has swallowed the saga wholeThe name has climbed back up into the mouthA voice with so much blood in itListen, as it summons the va from in-between her own legsher children are marked as medicine, as ancestory.All of whom have ingested every tired world before They have spun the old violence like silk through teethA name like hers,A name like that knows what is needed to build a pantheons body