HBAF 2023 - The People's Oracle

The prophetic People's Oracle is coming to town! Give & Get free Life Lessons from your neighbour through this interactive installation made out of olden day junk and the community’s collective wisdom.

On Friday The Oracle is calling residents from all corners of Hawkes Bay to share their Life Lessons. What’s your greatest insight? Perhaps: Always water your house plants? Never give up trying? Eat chocolate at least once a day? Be bold?

Come see the Oracle’s quirky Assistant and entrust your wisdoms to her for feeding into the Oracle. Look out for the 1950's pool typist with her trolley in Hastings CBD (Heretaunga St/Karamu Road from 1:30pm to 4:00pm).

Once all Life Lessons have been collected, The People’s Oracle will be up and running on Sunday afternoon in Albert Square (near Rush Munro's from 2:00pm to 6:00pm).

Do you have any pressing life questions that need answering urgently? Ask the The People’s Oracle your curly life questions and listen to it dishing out insightful wisdom from your community.

This interactive installation is created by Katja Starke from WE THE COLLATERAL. In her participatory mahi, Katja likes to combine the whimsical with engaging audiences around what is meaningful to them.