Brendan Kitto

Motutapu conclusion of a four year folau / journey alongside photographer Brendan Kitto, filled with challenges and some of the most transformative experiences of our lives - taking us from Tāmaki Makaurau to Tongatapu, Rarotonga and back. “Work and Kitto’s enquiry into Motutapu was initially centred around the shared name. What soon became apparent was a deeper connection to their own hohoko / 'akapapa (genealogy) as they travelled to three of the Motutapu locations and connected with local knowledge holders. Motutapu has become a metaphor for Work and Kitto as a gateway into or starting point for these personal journeys. Through this exhibition & publication, they offer it to the extended diaspora of Moana Oceania as a way for reconnection and reconciliation, and as a reminder of what joins communities across time and space”. 

Foreword by Zoe Black, essays by Pita Turei, Paul Johansson, Stan Wolfgramm and the artists Designed by Shaun Naufahu and Giordano Zatta

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176pages.203mm x 254mm

Cover 270 gsm Uncoated Colourplan.Inner pages 130 gsm Satin Matt.Design by Shaun Naufahu and Giordano Zatta.Published by RIM books

ISBN 978-1-99-116520-6 .Publication: August 2022.Limited edition of 250

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