Asian Arts Stories Aoteroa

Presented by Kadambari Raghukumar, ASIA: Art Stories in Aotearoa profiles 18 diverse Asian-origin NZ artists across Fine Arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Multimedia and Design and explores how life in Aotearoa New Zealand informs their work and sense of cultural identity.

From interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara (Venice Biennale 2022) to Graffiti Artist BERST(aka Dr Bobby Hung), K-Pop Choreographer Rina Chae to Punjab pop singer Satta Vairowalia, Aotearoa NZ is bursting with stories of pan-Asian artists at the top of their game.

By weaving together personal stories and artistic practices with diverse pan-Asian cultural views, the series showcases how NZ’s cultural landscape is changing and how the arts can help us have broader, more inclusive conversations that builds bridges of understanding instead of walls of (in)difference.