He Tamaiti ō te Ao Tupupū

About

Takerei Komene - He Tamaiti ō te Ao Tukupū is a celebration of birth, rejoicing in it's chaos and the process of creation.

This new commission resolves around the creation of a person with endless potential.

The text centres on a well-known whakatauki, or proverb:

Whaia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga tentei (Seek that which you treasure most - if you must bow your head, lat it be to the loftiest of mountains).

A mihi pepeha, hailing the fabrics of space and the throes of the heart, is joined by the organ - a giant celestial factory, chaotic and cacophonous, with great starry arms placing pieces into unique moulds forming the fragments of the final section of the work - a mighty invocation of the whakatauki.