Coconut Water engages contested sites of movement and memory spanning shifting lands and waters right across the Moananui a Kiwa, Kiwa’s Great Ocean. Contemporary art practice in still and moving image, sculpture, print and performance address artists’ concerns, including indigeneity, displacement, plantation colonisation, ecological shift, memory, healing, and cultural renewal. Guest curator, Léuli Eshraghi, has been engaged by the MBRC Art Gallery Network for this exhibition.

Opening events

Friday November 27. 11:00 am – Hub Gallery official opening Bribie: Installations Susan Mullen exhibition, Coconut Water and Samoa Tula’i official opening Cr Peter Flannery, Guest speaker Maud Page, Deputy Director Collections & Exhibitions QAGOMA, Performance by Grace Vanilau, spoken word poet – contemporary Pacific Arts Siva Samoa Dance & Curators talk with Léuli Eshraghi and Vai Niu Wai Niu Coconut Water Artists.

28 November 2015 – Siva Samoa Dance Performance by Andrew Faleatua, Curators talk with Leuli Eshraghi and Vai Niu Wai Niu Coconut Artists. Panel Discussion with Ruth McDougall, Curator Pacific Art QAGOMA & Star Weaving with Maryann Talia Pau.