PAWA 2026

In March 2026, PAWA and TINYFEST joined forces to bring artists on an INTERxCHANGE between Ōtautahi and Tāmaki Makaurau through a series of performative experiments called ELECTRIC BODIES.With the provocations of sound as body and body as sound, artists were invited to experiment with the intersections between sound and body as a driving force. When sound was not the outcome, but the instigator of an action, the programme asked: in what ways could sound provoke new patterns of embodiment, attention, or resistance?Powerful, magnetic, dynamic, rousing, voltaic, CHAOTIC, CONSUMING, CALLING YOU.The curated artists came together for two weekends of performances across both cities. Alongside the performances, audiences were invited deeper into the artists’ worlds through hands-on community workshops led by the visiting artists.ELECTRIC BODIES was an invitation to gather, witness, and be ELECTRIFIED.
Sara Cowdell
Creative Director/Curator/Producer 
Janaina Moraes | TinyFest
Co-Curator / Co-Producer
Milan De Maule
Designer
Jaehwan Lee
Auckland Photographer
Owen Spargo
Christchurch Photographer
2026
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Antonia Barnett-McIntosh Soft Mout...


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Tērā by Rachel Ruckstuhl-Mann


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Cataclysmic Catalyst by Alan Schacher


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Ivan Lupi Untimely Threshold by Ja...


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