Vai - Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival

An intuitive installation of femmage exploring the spirit and visual characteristics of water.

Vai has many states. It falls as rain and runs as rivers, it ebbs and flows as oceans and bubbles in hot pools.

Humans are comprised mostly of water. It’s under our skin, in our brains and hearts, and it circulates in the tiny droplets found in the air we breathe.

Water, wai, vai, - in its many shapes and forms - is life.

Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival
Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is the Gisborne region’s new flagship contemporary arts and cultural event, taking place, for the first time, from 4-20 October this year. Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival will deliver performance events by hundreds of performers from across New Zealand and the Pacific.

The festival celebrates what it means to be of Tairāwhiti and of Aotearoa. It reflects and celebrates the people of the Gisborne region and the East Coast. It reinforces the importance of people and place, and further affirms the region’s strong position in the creative landscape of Aotearoa.

For the full programme and ticketing information, please visit www.tetairawhitiartsfestival.nz.