Visual Art
Sound/Audio
Digital/Online
M4URI M4STA. Friday 25 March, 3pm, Online.
Pū0r0 PL4Y V0L 002: Inside my Papahou symphony No. 2 is a new sound work by M4URI M4STA also known as Abigail Aroha Jensen. This work is a continuation of Jensen’s layered sound practice, diving into oro by weaving together taonga pūoro and field recordings of her environment. This audio work will be released on Friday 25 March via Blue Oyster’s website.
Abigail Aroha Jensen is an artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Abigail Aroha Jensen (Ngāti Porou through Te Whānau-a-Tūwhakairiora and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare; Ngāi Tāmanuhiri through Rangiwaho; Crow and Steele clan, County Antrim) is an artist who places herself within her whakapapa by responding to space with oro, painting and installation. Previous exhibitions in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland include Occupied territories at RM gallery with Avigail Allan and Naomi Allan; Manawa i te Kāniwha, a mural produced in collaboration with George Watson for Artspace Aotearoa; and Pūtahitanga Kura, an artwork produced by Jensen and Watson for The Lightship, a digital light wall along Bledisloe Wharf. Her latest work - Inside My Papahou: Ngā āhuatanga o te kuku o te tangata e te kēhua is showing in the latest group show Ata Koia! at Te Tuhi, as well as Lamentation of Ruataupare which opened this month at Papatūnga located in the Parnell train station.
Blue Oyster Performance Series is an annual showcase of experimental and interdisciplinary performance. This experimental performance is part of Dunedin Fringe Festival and supported by Creative New Zealand.
blueoyster.org.nz/events/blueoyster-performance-series-2022
