Circuit Cast

In Part 3 of the series Sites of Connection, Dani McIntosh speaks to artist and writer Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Haua, Tainui/Waikato, Ngāti Waewae, Waitaha, Kāi Tahu). Hana Pera's practice juxtaposes handheld moving images with poetic text, and addresses the tensions between industry and sacred whenua, the presence of deep time and new parenthood. 0:00: Introduction from Dani McIntosh. 01:00: Hana Pera discusses their video 'I saw the mountain erupt' (2023); working with an essay by their partner Morgan Godfery; the town of Kawerau as formerly one of Aotearoa's wealthiest towns and now one of the poorest, and also the town as the site of Māori pūrākau. 05:54: Dani asks, why entwine the writing with the moving image? 08:09: Dani introduces the video work 'a eulogy to love' (2019); Dani asks why juxtapose shots of Italian actress Monica Vitti with scenes of rural landscape? Hana Pera explains how the video was shot in many sites including Aotearoa, Portugal and other European lo