Shakaiah Perez, also known as Travelling Feather, is of Afro-Polynesian descent and is a multi dimensional artist, blogger and dj, working on visual performance and activism art. Shakaiah has been overseas, and recently returned home to Aotearoa. While she was in London late last year, during the anniversary celebrations of Captain Cook, she was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts for an exhibition called Cosmic Ocean along with other pasifika artists that 'celebrated contemporary Oceanic culture and the unique natural landscape of the pacific islands, from seas to skies' says the website. Shakaiah chose to make a film which was called: Exotic Savage: The Decolonisation, and the blurb read as follows: This new multi-sensory artwork incorporates poetry, dance, film, installation and participatory performance art to weave together narratives of (de)colonialism while celebrating Perez’s layered heritage and the stories of those in her communities. Lillian Hanly spoke with Shakaiah about the exhibition but first started by getting her to tell us more about her background and upbringing given this is the very experience which informs her work.
Shakaiah is looking to host an exhibition here in Aotearoa with the film before returning to London and is looking to hear how the NZ Pacific community responds to the film.
Implicating My Love by BE3K as the Play It Out album for the week
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'In' by VASE, in response to "Stressed!! 🥺" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the number ending in 144 - and everyone in the midst of exam-type times)
Implicating My Love by Be3k as the Play It Out album for the week
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'In' by VASE, in response to "Stressed!! :(" for the Emotional Request of the week (out to the number ending in 144)
Hello! After being away in Oz I'm on day 12 of i-s-o-l-a-t-i-o-n so this show was put together in a secret bunker studio somewhere within the confines of Tāmaki Makaurau. I'm still working on adding voice breaks so I can tell you what it is that is transmitting via the good ship bFM, but until then it's just you and the music.