TIDE 3 - Noa Records
‘TIDE 3’ is a film reflecting whakapapa connected to the actions and intentionality of Noa Records - a Moana Nui a Kiwa rooted record label/creative whānau and platform founded by Rāhana Tito-Taylor.
The primary layers of whakapapa spoken to in this film are found in groups of three; Māori cosmogony via movement from Te Kore, to Te Pō, to Te Ao Mārama, presence of relationship between the three people behind/within the film (Rāhana Tito-Taylor performing music, Sina Leo painting, and Navākatoa Tekela-Pule capturing video), and a sequence of sonic movements shown through the film; developing from improvisation of modern drums, to Puoro fusion of Alto Saxophone and Pūkaea, and ending in re-memberance with our origins in Taiao via Tāonga Puoro (Pūtātara and Pūtōrino), revealing to ourselves what was already there and waiting to be revealed again through alignment with our inner-Taiao (nature/environment).
Videography: Navākatoa Tekela-Pule
Painting: Sina Leo
Music/video editing: Rāhana Tito-Taylor
Thanks to Creative New Zealand
Noa Records is a record label, media company and creative whānau/platform, creating records of our moments in time and space for future generations to take hold of. Noa Records continues to unearth and present diverse creative outputs and perspectives from artistic practitioners based geo-spiritually within Aotearoa, Te Moana Nui a Kiwa and further beyond as our story continues to stretch.
