Kope

Atarangi Anderson is a multidisciplinary artist currently on a journey to understand and re-connect with Aute (Māori barkcloth).

In her practice-based approach, Atarangi collaborates with materials and te taiao (the natural environment) to arrive at mutual realisations, seen as outcomes that happen during the making. 

Her paintings are physical representations of learnings developed to help understand her place within te ao mārama. Atarangi writes: ‘Whakapapa is a nod to all the tīpuna past, present, and future who are woven without end in time and space as an interconnected web of intimate relations.’

Through her relationship to Te Taiao, Atarangi will lead Kope workshops, at the Albert Park Caretakers Cottage, exploring our connection to Aute seen in our Tīpunas relationships to adornment.

Priority for Takatāpui and QTBIPOC