ALTERATION 2023, Mangere Arts Centre, Aotearoa.

Pacific Bizarre 2019

Eyes of Kaos by FAFSWAG artist Māhia Tekore at Arts House Melbourne Australia, for Asia TOPA - Triennial of Performing arts in Naarm. Works from left to right - Magic, Lockdown Portraits, Tulou Collective and Takaroa.

The most consistent collaborators within FAFSWAG are me and Pati. It makes sense, we're partners and co-founders of the collective. I guess it's a default. This is our recent project SAUNIGA, which is part of a larger project with other members of the collective called the Fale Sā // Sacred House.

Responding to the lack of representation within the creative industries, FAFSWAG has come to redefine what it means to occupy a fluid gender spectrum, a multi-cultural identity and a growing interdisciplinary practice.

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If you’re in the #Manchester area, this will be a goooooodie! A special curated collection of short films about Pacific people and the enduring ways coloniality shapes identities, from the perspective of Aotearoa’s #FAFSWAG collective, who are opening a stellar programme of new work for #MIF25 ✨

Look what I’m up to tonight whānau

Throwback to this time two years ago and FAFSWAG was in Toronto Canada for our exhibition ALTERATION, at Trinity Square Video for the 2023 ImagineNATIVE film & digital media arts festival.

Today for #100DaysOfDrawingBoys I did a self-portrait. It's so weird to draw yourself. Fighting the impulse to nip and tuck all the parts you feel insecure about. I'm glad these drawings aren't super complicated, cause I can live with these basic and simple shapes. lol 😆

Congratulations 🎉🎉👏🏽👏🏽 to the Grand Kiki House of Marama for a beautiful function tonight at the Heritage Museum of Aotearoa: Te Papa. Hope you all get to celebrate a successful ball. You should all be so proud. Thanks for the live feed for those of us trapped in Tāmaki.

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CONGRATULATIONS FATHER FANG COVEN AUCOIN.

Thank you for your years of service to the community and your commitment to the culture of ballroom. You continue to inspire so many with your enduring legacy in Butch Queen Performance, and outstanding contributions to the legacy of Ballroom Aotearoa!!!

Yesterday we met with the AKL Museum to discuss archiving our collection. We're relieved to learn there's also an emphasis on ephemera. We've generated so much of it as part of the public facing side of our community driven practice. Happy to know it too can live on in the archives.

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A gorgeous advance copy to end the week ❤️ @thwupbooks.bsky.social

FAFSWAG artist Pati Tyrell's commissioned art work for the cover of Tusiata Avia's new book entitled 'Giving Birth To My Father'. You can also pick up a copy for yourself here:

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Over the next couple weeks we'll be posting some milestones from our decade long practice. It's been some time since the collective was active on social media. We're keen to get re-acquainted with our online community. Feel free to ask us any questions 🙂☺️

Hi Bluesky FAFSWAG is in the building!!

FAFSWAG is an arts collective of Māori and Pacific LGBTQIA+ artists and activists founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2013. They explore and celebrate the unique identity of gender fluid Pacific people and LGBTQI+ communities in multi-disciplinary art forms.