Te Paepae and activities

TE PAEPAE

“Te Pae Pae acts as a place of welcome to artists and WOMAD patrons; a place to come and experience the culture, and to meet some of the local people” says WOMAD Iwi Liaison; Wharehoka Wano. There are plenty of opportunities for Ma -ori culture and artistry to be experienced at Te Paepae via hands on activities, international music and dance workshops. This year an onsite art installation piece will be devised with pièce de résistance created from harakeke & muka (flax) and kohatu (stone).

Image: Dominika Zielinska

WALKING IN CIRCLES

Ko Rangi Ko Papa Ka Puta Ko Rongo is an interactive art installation originally created from kohatu (stone) and harakeke (flax) as a creative way of bringing ceremony back into our lives. Like our ancestors who sat around a fire to share conversation, it is a space for sharing stories, to see another perspective and a way forward to peaceful change. Join Ma -ori artist Jo Tito and her ongoing project Earth - Water - Light - Stone a collaboration with nature and Inuit artist, filmmaker, director & writer Stacey Aglok in the Te Pae Pae space - listen to other’s stories while creating with stone to weave your own story into the installation. For the past two years, Stacey and Jo have been collaborating on Walking in Circles from their poles apart landscapes and will come together in Taranaki for WOMAD 2017.

Fri, 7.15pm Sat, 3pm, 6pm & 8.45pm Sun, 1pm

Image: Trevor Villers

FRIDAY

TIME ACTIVITY ARTIST

6.00 - 9.30pm 6.00 - 9.30pm 7.15 - 10.15pm

SATURDAY

Harakeke & muka workshop Taranaki weavers

Muka installation workshop Erika Muna Lee

Walking in circles - kohatu (stone) and harakeke (flax) workshop Jo Tito & Stacey Aglok

1 - 9pm Harakeke & muka workshop Taranaki weavers 1 - 4pm Muka installation workshop Erika Muna Lee 3 - 5pm Walking in circles - kohatu Jo Tito & (stone) and harakeke Stacey Aglok (flax) workshop 5 - 8pm Muka installation workshop Erika Muna Lee 6 - 7.45pm Walking in circles - kohatu Jo Tito & (stone) and harakeke Stacey Aglok (flax) workshop 8.45-9.30pm Walking in circles workshop Stacey Aglok

SUNDAY

12 - 3pm Harakeke & muka workshop Taranaki weavers 1 - 3pm Walking in circles - kohatu Jo Tito & (stone) and harakeke Stacey Aglok (flax) workshop From 3pm Muka installation Te Paepae artists

MUKA INSTALLATION

Te Paepae leads the way with a beautiful installation. Extracting muka, fibre, from the prized harakeke is an ancient practice. The purity of the fibre forces an intrinsic factor well known to Ma -ori weavers. Our artists and weavers provide the opportunity to help you bring about beauty and everlasting memories as you add your spirit to the project whilst extracting muka and latching the strands to the creation WAI. Taking from Papatuanuku: Mother Earth: and Ranginui: Father Sky and binding them in the realm of nature and ecology.