“In the practice of traditional hand-tapped tatau, one is instructed not to ‘strain’ or ‘tense up to fight the pain’, but to relax into it and embrace it in order for the applied ink to hold and set.”

— Anonymouz

Over the past decade, Anonymouz has focused on producing integrated audio, video and theatre compositions that explore the intersections of traditional F’asāmoa culture, Hip Hop philosophy and remix sampling production workflows. This new gallery exhibition condenses down and weaves together various projects that reference the ritual of traditional tatau; Sāmoan hand tapped tattooing, as seen through his own experiences since receiving tatau from the āiga Sā Su’ā Suluape clan in 2015.

Featuring unreleased archives of audio, video and theatre compositions from recent projects, this exhibition also represents the organic evolving of “Resample Tatau”, Anonymouz’s immersive new work developed during his 2021 Massey University Toi Rauwhārangi Pasifika Artist in Residence in preparation for a covid cancelled premiere at Wellington’s TSB arena for the 2022 Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts.