Creative Human Project Workshops
Creators: Ennaolla Paea and Sierra Diprose
Artform: Dance, movement, photography and exhibition
Timeframe: commencing early 2022 or potential to pivot to online
Location: Participants from across Māngere- Ōtāhuhu
Project Summary
A series of movement and photography workshops with the rangatahi of Māngere-Ōtāhuhu. Creating empowering movement images in and around the community. These workshops consist of the first session working on developing movement for still images, with participants invited by Ennaolla Paea, teaching different ways of moving but also encouraging them to move in the way that they want to move. The second session is all about how to create empowering still images with professional dancer and photographer Sierra Diprose.
The aim is that the participants come out of the workshop with some epic photos that have been taken by themselves but also in collaboration with their peers. We will explore their neighbourhood and community and find areas that they feel they can connect with and would like to create these images in. We will be using nature and architecture to help define how we create the photos together with our body and the way we move.
A collaborative project between Sierra Diprose, Ennaolla Paea and the rangatahi that she works with. The images created during these workshops are proposed to be exhibited at a local venue such as Māngere Arts Centre. An exhibition format developed by Sierra whereby she has a “live” interactive art installation made up of a gallery of polaroid images taken onsite and open for all to use.
“By doing this online it will allow people to connect with other people in the local area of different ages. It will also be a positive thing as it will give families, students, young adults, a boost of positive energy physically and mentally. It will be a hugely valuable thing that is much needed in the community right now.”
– Ennaolla Paea & Sierra Diprose.
