Pōtaka Nautilus & Pepe - Live show reviews.

Basque artist Jorge Oteiza began to develop what he called his “experimental purpose”, an approach to sculpture based on the notion of de-occupying matter. Space then acquires a dominant role and the viewer can adopt an active attitude toward the emptiness of the sculpture.

Pōtaka Nautilus as immersive interactive exhibition was presented at the newly restored and opened heritage Gallery Mitsuru in Osaka, Japan during October 2024.

EMAKI-TIGER-DRAGON at Baroom Club Tokyo with Mark de Clive-Lowe, Mahina-Ina Kingi-Kaui and Daniel Belton, October 13th 2024.

Last month in Tokyo on October 11th, Good Company Arts in partnership with Iina Naoto and Mizuhito Kuroda, hosted a one day workshop that brought together a unique group of renowned artists from Japan and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Good Company Arts presented an AV liveset of our TIGER (Silver Lotus) and DRAGON with internationally renowned musician/composer Mark de Clive-Lowe and taonga pūoro master Mahina-Ina Kingi-Kaui (Kāti Irakehu, Ngāi Tuahuriri Kāti Huirapa, Te Whanau Pokai. Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) for Japan Festival Wellington.

Erin Harrington reviews Pōtaka Nautilus, presented by Good Company Arts, at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 27 June 2024.

Leading Taonga Pūoro artists collaborate together with Good Company Arts to create a cultural time-capsule, focussing on the musicianship and beauty of Taonga Pūoro. The project is creating an archive that shares knowledge specifically of the Pūtōrino instrument. Kāi Tahu wāhine

2024 is year of the Dragon - last month we made the first big strides in Tokyo towards our new cine-dance short “DRAGON”, with IDIOT SAVANT Theater Co and Mark de Clive-Lowe.

In October the Pōtaka Nautilus project opened as an immersive exhibition at Museo de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, for Festival After Cage 2023. This is our livestream webcast premiere which features dance artists Taane Mete and Airu Matsuda as kaitiaki supporting the full Pōtaka Nautilus creative team, including taonga pūoro soloists Alistair Fraser and Ariana Tikao.

2024 is year of the Dragon - last month we made the first big strides in Tokyo towards our new cine-dance short “DRAGON”, with IDIOT SAVANT Theater Co and Mark de Clive-Lowe.

The Pōtaka_Nautilus project is a multi-modal dance and sound experience designed for international presentations in Prague, Pamplona, and Tel Aviv.

Good Company Arts delivered four international world premieres. We recreated legacy works as full dome, virtual gallery, VR and webcasts for major festivals in Canada and Colombia.