Film  |  Pasifika Divas

"draws on the history of subversive performance to deliberately challenge Polynesian notions of sexuality and gender identity."

Pasifika Divas was conceived by Samoan Lisa Taouma and draws on the history of subversive performance to deliberately challenge Polynesian notions of sexuality and gender identity. 

It brings humour back into the spectacle of conventional dancing by indulging in extravagance and employing the conventions of fale aitu (Samoan comedy) in order to address pertinent and political issues experienced by Pacific Islanders in Aotearoa New Zealand. The performance and documentation was seen at the recent Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Australia

Duration 2hr20mins

Aotearoa New Zealand / Pacific Islands, various 
Buckwheat in performance, 2002 
Produced by Lisa Taouma and the Queensland Art Gallery 

Photograph: Lukas Davidson 

• nrla  |  sat 22 feb, 22h00-24h20