Bodies of Woven Code

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Matariki, Māhina and Tihema Bennett. ‘Guns and Bad Stuff’ (2022).

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Trixi Rosa. ‘The Skin/Lung Connection (Game of Knucklebones)’ (2022).

‘The Weaving’ (detail). Collaborative work by all artists and curators. (2022).

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Bella Waru. ‘Tahi – Whaea Irene’ (2020).

Bella Waru. ‘Toru – Sibylla & Kyle’ (2021).

Bella Waru. ‘Whā – Fallon Te Paa’ (2022).

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Miriam Barr. ‘Boxing Shadows #2: A list of things I have been’ (2022).

Miriam Barr. ‘Boxing Shadows #3: Reasons you can’t weigh me’ (2022).

Miriam Barr. ‘Boxing Shadows #1: Tiffany and Co pick holes in their reflections’ (2022).

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Rachael Naomi. ‘Limb to limb as a new day dawns’ (2022).

Rachael Naomi. ‘Navigating the realms’ (2022).

Rachael Naomi. ‘Limb to limb as a new day dawns' (2022).

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Irihipeti Waretini. ‘Māramatanga’ (2022).

Eliza Vawdrey-Roy. ‘Fale Fala’ (2022).

Eliza Vawdrey-Roy & Janina Nana Yaa. ‘SANKOFA: O LA’U FALE LEA’ (2022).

Trixi Rosa. ‘The Skin/Lung Connection’ (2022).

Jahra Wasasala. ‘this body is not ours. they are asking for it back’ (2022).

‘Bodies of Woven Code’. Group Exhibition. Aug – Sept 2022.

Body as flesh, land, water, thought.
Body as sky, heavens, spirit.
Body as collective thought, as collective [in]action.

Bodies of Woven Code presents an intricate dialogue between a diverse group of multi-disciplinary artists, who blur the lines between mediums and dwell amid many forms of language and storytelling. Collectively creating an intimate sensory encounter, the exhibition positions poetry as interwoven with an array of creative practices including performance, mixed-media installation, sculpture, projection and sound. Paying homage to the body as a creative vessel, Bodies of Woven Code explores the power that language holds in the expansion and contraction of our inner and outer worlds.

View the exhibition booklet, artist statements and artist bios here.
View additional poems by selected artists here.

Image: Trixi Rosa. Turning Pages (Detail, 2019). Courtesy of the artist.