Yuki Kihara: Online Talanoa

The Sainsbury Centre is hosting the UK premiere of Paradise Camp, a celebrated series by Yuki Kihara, and interdisciplinary artist of Sāmoan and Japanese descent, which is exhibited alongside newly commissioned work titled Darwin Drag.

Yuki Kihara and the Sainsbury Centre are hosting an Online Talanoa to discuss the themes in the exhibition, which include climate change, gender and colonial legacies. Talanoa is an Indigenous methodology from Sāmoa, Fiji and Tonga that recognises the importance of open dialogue while maintaining harmony and cultural safety. There will be the opportunity for dialogue with Yuki Kihara around these themes and to create Cards for Conversation that will be used by audiences to approach Yuki’s works or the Pacific collections in the Sainsbury Centre in new ways. After the Forum, there will be opportunity to contribute to a film for the Sainsbury Centre’s online Channel.

The Online Talanoa may be of interest to anyone who is interested in climate change, gender, Pacific identity and colonial legacies, particularly young people, people from the diaspora and those with an interest in the intersection of culture and social change. It will be an opportunity for people to meet an internationally celebrated artist and create an output to be used by wide audiences within the museum.

The Forum will take place over 4 evenings on 1, 8 and 15 July, with a sharing session on 29 July.

Participation will be paid. For more information contact [email protected] by 23 June 2025.

Funded by AHRC IAA administered by UEA.