Reading Group
Reading Oceania
Sat 8 Feb and Sat 22 Feb 2025
Artspace

43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney Australia
Featuring Rev. Tau’alofa Anga’aelangi
43–51 Cowper Wharf Roadway
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011
Sydney Australia
Featuring Hēmi James Scott
On the occasion of Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania, Artspace will host two sessions of Reading Oceania led by Brian Fuata and Talei Luscia Mangioni, featuring special guest Rev. Tau’alofa Anga’aelangi and Hēmi James Scott.
Reading Oceania is a think tank collective of artists, arts workers, researchers and community members who take refuge in the practice of developing OceaniaX Oratory. Begun as a lounge room practice imagined and curated by the late Sēini Taumoepeau, it follows a ‘come as you are’ and ‘one-as-many’ methodology with philosophical influences from both hip hop and Oceanic cultures.
As a tapu space (sacred, secret, forbidden), Reading Oceania exists as a praxis of Oceanic cosmology. The sessions explore Oceanic knowledge in various forms—poetry, song, academic papers, articles, performance, artworks and other samples—to honour the full spectrum of experiences and shared sense-making. All are welcome.
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Meeting ID: 266 746 7452
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