Leonardo international exchange artist, Tiare Ribeaux, delivers an artist talk to kick off Creative Impact Lab Otepoti Dunedin at our host partner site, Otago Museum, on Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island.

Tiare Ribeaux, is a Kanaka 'Ōiwi filmmaker, artist and creative producer based in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Her work involves a magical realist exploration of spirituality, labour, and the natural environment, drawing upon the structure of dreamworlds and Hawaiian cosmology to critique both social and ecological imbalances.

Her films use visual narrative storytelling and components of speculative fiction and fantasy to reimagine both our present realities and future trajectories of lineage, queerness, place and belonging. Her work often combines with installation elements to create immersive and expanded media experiences. As a curator and producer, she founded B4BEL4B Gallery in 2014 as a platform and community space to prioritize underrepresented + queer artists in media arts, where she was the artistic director for 8 years. She co-founded REFRESH Art, Science, and Technology in 2017, curated the Soundwave Biennial in San Francisco in 2016, and was artistic director for the CODAME Festival in 2015.

Part of Tiare's visit to Dunedin will be to lead a series of workshops for Creative Impact Labs' selected participants. Creative Impact Lab Dunedin is a Leonardo international exchange supported by the U.S. Embassy in Wellington and hosted by Tūhura Otago Museum.

Submissions are still open for those wanting to attend this years Creative Impact Lab please enter before 8 December, 2023. 

For more information, please visit the Tūhura Otago Museum page!