Sione Faletau: Tuaikaepau – Slowly but surely

Next date: Friday, 08 August 2025 | 06:00 PM to Sunday, 28 September 2025 | 04:00 PM

Image: Sione Faletau, Tuaikaepau – Slowly but surely (video still), 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

Tongan interdisciplinary artist Sione Faletau creates across video, soundscape, sculpture, and installation to explore the layered dynamics of cultural identity, memory, and belonging. Informed by Tongan and wider Moana epistemologies, his practice is grounded in Indigenous frameworks of knowledge, especially the concept of ongo—a word meaning both "sound" and "feeling."

Image: Sione Faletau,Tuaikaepau – Slowly but surely (video still), 2025. Courtesy of the artist.

 

When

  • Saturday, 19 July 2025 | 01:30 PM - Sunday, 28 September 2025 | 04:00 PM

Location

Usual opening times: Tuesday to Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm. Weekends and public holidays including Waitangi Day, King's Birthday and Matariki 1:30pm - 4:00pm. Closed Mondays (unless a public holiday).

Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames Street Ōamaru 9444, 9400, View Map

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