Tipare | Protect Your Head

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back in the day
I see through it
UWHA
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About

Tipare is a music artist, director, writer, activist, visual artist, photographer and producer.

Directing

Te Nehenehenui

Photos I took, and videos I directed, of the people of the tribe I belong to, Ngāti Maniapoto, and the area we’re from, Te Nehenehenui. He mihi nui ki a Maniapoto FM mō te karanga mai ki ahau ki te mahi i ngā mahi hanga whakaata. He hōnore mōku.

UWHA: I became my own muse

UWHA: I became my own muse is an exhibition offering an alternative conversation to the popularised mythical narratives of wāhine Maori. Set in a modern construct, the artist works with the concept of deconstruction to allow a living contemporary expression of the Māori female experience. A multi-media experience consisting of poetry,[…]

All Write

I’m all write, I promise…Selected poems by Tipare A Korowai besieged me The Eyes of Gods Saline Pt.1 does she So Not Long Here I Became My Own Muse Ko Au Ko Koe Ko Koe Ko Au Be the Cause

Collaborations and Photo Gallery

Collaborations

Film and Photography with Tamara Azizian. Tipare and Tamara’s s latest collaboration is ‘The Eyes of Gods – Matariki’ a visual poem for NASA/Cinespace, with Tipare writing and performing the piece, and tamara filming and editing. Tamara is a New Zealander of Russian/Armenian decent. Her lifelong interest in artful story-telling[…]