Join Sistar S’pacific and Lyall Hakaraia in an in.VĀ.TĀ.tion to sit with your ancestors and share time and space in a reflective gathering
In.VĀ.TĀ.tion is an immersive experience, inviting you to sit with your ancestors and share time and space in a reflective gathering. Guided by SaVĀge K’lub members Rosanna Raymond and Lyall Hakaraia, this event utilizes the SaVĀge methodology of Acti.VĀ.tion, encouraging participants to explore the Vā Body – a living vessel that connects the past, present, and future through shared lineage. This is an opportunity to come together, reflect, and share stories, creating a space for meaningful connection and ancestral reverence.
This event is free and open to all.
The SaVĀge K'lub was first conceived by artist and scholar Rosanna Raymond in 2010 and is named in reference to a historical gentleman's club first established in London in the nineteenth century. The capitalization of VĀ in the middle of the word privileges the Samoan notion of vā - relational space between people and things. Vā is one of the founding principles ensuring Moana-based creative practices and protocols are at the centre of their collective practice.
The SaVĀge K’lub come together to celebrate all forms of art and culture, collaborating to acti.VĀ.te people and things. It is now a multi-disciplinary vehicle built to explore ideas of hospitality, culture and identity. The SaVĀge K’lub have participated in large-scale research-based art projects in Australia, Aotearoa NZ, UK and Hawaii . Their most recent project Te Paepae Aora’i – A Place Where The Gods Will Not be Fooled curated by Raymond currently sits in the National Gallery of Australia.
Rosanna Raymond (b. 1967. Born and based in Tāmaki Makaurau [Auckland], Aotearoa New Zealand) Sistar S’pacific aka Rosanna Raymond activities have made her a notable producer of and commentator on contemporary Moana culture in Aotearoa New Zealand, the U.K., Australia and the USA. A long-standing member of the art collective the Pacific Sisters and a founding member and life time President of the SaVĀge K’lub, her body centered practices include working within museums and higher education institutions as a researcher, curator, artist, performer, guest speaker, poet, and workshop leader.
Lyall Hakaraia (b. 1967 Kororareka [Russell], Aotearoa New Zealand) (Māori, Tangata Whenua, Pākehā) is an artistic polymath living in London whose work encompasses making, producing, directing, designing and curating. As an artist who is takatāpui, we continuously create ambitious work with progressive and often transgressive artists in the face of certain adversity. Recent works look to combine community, art and performance in the making of ritual and celebration as acts of identity, belonging and culture through remembrance, participation and sharing. We always look to make safe spaces for QTIPOC communities and to make their places of joy and hope. Lyall is the founder of Vogue Fabrics Dalston ( VFD CIC ) for many years the only QTIPOC independent owner-operator to run a late-night queer venue in London. We are a founding member of 'Faggamuffin' Hackney Carnival's QTIPOC Bloc Party, 'In*ter*is*land Collective ' the first Pacific arts collective in Europe and 'Black Trans Project' together with singer Neneh Cherry supporting creative Femmes of colour. We embrace all of our Pacific whakapapa and are guided by our Tupuna. We do not adhere to the colonial imposition of binary gender or imperial diminutives that have restricted the growth of our Moana peoples.
With generous support from British Council
