Join us for a spotlight talk with 23rd Biennale of Sydney participants, Mata Aho Collective. Presenting at their work on display at The Cutaway,  He Toka Tū Moana: She’s a Rock, 2022, the collective will discuss their practice and process of realising the project. 

Dates & Times

Saturday, 11 June 2022

10.30–10.45 am

The Cutaway, Barangaroo 

Commence at the front of their work, He Toka Tū Moana: She’s a Rock, 2022

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The Cutaway at Barangaroo

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Gal Weinstein, Murray-Darling Basin, 2022 (detail). Courtesy the artist. Produced in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales renowned for pioneering the transformation of waste for use as a new generation of ‘green’ materials and products.Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with assistance from Artis. Installation view, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, rīvus, 2022, The Cutaway at Barangaroo. Photography: Document Photography.
Mata Aho Collective, He Toka Tū Moana: She’s a Rock, 2022(detail). Courtesy the artists. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from Creative New Zealand. Installation view, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, rīvus, 2022, The Cutaway at Barangaroo. Photography: Document Photography.
Mata Aho Collective, He Toka Tū Moana: She’s a Rock, 2022(detail). Courtesy the artists. Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous support from Creative New Zealand. Installation view, 23rd Biennale of Sydney, rīvus, 2022, The Cutaway at Barangaroo. Photography: Document Photography.

Participant Bios

Mata Aho Collective

Mata Aho Collective is a collaboration between four Māori women who produce large scale fibre-based installations linked to mana wāhine Māori: the power and integrity of Māori women. An integral aspect of mana wāhine is whanaungatanga – to connect with others and stay accountable. Their conceptual framework is founded within the contemporary realities of customary Māori knowledge systems. Mata Aho develops work with a single authorship and relishes in a ‘four-brain, eight-hand’ approach. This enables a sense of supportive freedom as they ambitiously tackle works that are often bigger than their individual capabilities.