Crossing Currents Episode 6

An interview with Mataaho Collective at the 60th Venice Biennale

Speaking to Contemporary HUM in June 2024, Mataaho Collective discuss the logistics of transforming Takapau for the space of the Arsenale, as well as working within a continuum of contemporary Māori art practice, a whakapapa (genealogy) that situates them alongside the intergenerational contingent of Māori artists presenting at this year’s Biennale. HUM also speaks with artist, writer and researcher Rychèl Thérin about the collective’s educational trajectory and the grounding of their practice within mātauranga Māori (the body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors.)