A mass ritual under the light of the full moon. Bring your bells.

F.O.L.A. [AKL] has summoned exuberant Taranaki artist and social alchemist Grayson Goffe to orchestrate a public participation, mass ritual under the light of the Full Moon. Igniting the heartbeat of our festival, this event invites you to ring your bells and meet the elements in a collective open-air rite.

Binding three tempos of Ahi (fire), Wai (water) & Whenua (earth), this procession and ceremony reflect the Te Ao Maori approach to BELONGING - Ahakoa te Ahi, No matter the Fire.

Melding fire and warmth with the cool and sacred waters of Waihorotiu, running beneath Myers Park, this moment of communion unfolds through sound, bodies and voice, lifting the veil, dissolving the everyday and stepping through to the artistic underground of Tāmaki Makaurau.

“As a Mataawaka (Urbanised) practitioner & Whanau Rerenga (Refugee family), together we embrace our troubling realities, lived experiences & adversity as a form of resistance and as opportunities for growth, conceptualizing through sound and movement; spirit of whenua, resonance of belonging and calls of home.”

The sounds of this ritual will be captured and played each day of the festival at Moonrise, keeping the fire burning. Thursday 12 June at 5:31pm, Friday 13 June at 6.30pm & Saturday 14 June at 7:34pm.

ABOUT F.O.L.A [AKL]:

F.O.L.A. [AKL] is a space for Experimental and Live Art by the misfits, punks and menaces of the world in Tāmaki Makaurau.

F.O.L.A. [AKL] stands out as one of the only festivals in Aotearoa run by artists, for artists by a team of industry heavyweights in the experimental and live art sectors: Nisha Madhan, Julia Croft, Nahyeon Lee, and Hannah Moore.

www.folaakl.co.nz