Artist: Louise Potiki Bryant
Gallery: Brookfields Gallery

Kei a te Pō te tīmatanga o te waiatatanga mai a te Atua. Ko te Ao, ko te Ao Mārama, ko te Ao Turoa.

It was in the night that the gods sang the world into existence. From the world of light, into the world of music

Oro explores the resonance of sound:

Sounds as tohu
Sounds of words that flow from our tongues 
Sounds that move through the body and sounds that move us to feel, to ponder, to pause
Sounds that form stories passed down through waiata, moteatea and karakia

Sounds that originate from and connect us to our whakapapa

Oro (meaning to resound, echo or resonate) shows works by choreographer / video artist Louise Potiki Bryant, in collaboration with kaiwaiata / taoka puoro player Ariana Tikao and composer Paddy Free. Te Taki o te Ua / The Sound of Rain is a video installation weaving dance, waiata, taoka puoro, animation and video in a work addressing the impacts of climate change in the takiwā of Kāi Tahu, Te Waipounamu.