In April, prolific artist Latai Taumoepeau led a series of youth workshops responding the questions:

How do neighbourhoods bind together in times of increasing weather events? How can a community adapt and build resilience together? Who are my neighbours? Where does food grow in my area?

Working with emerging artist and educator Paris Taia and local SES emergency services volunteers, the program fused live art with emergency preparedness, allowing young people and their guardians an opportunity to learn critical emergency response skills while also exploring the importance of community and local resources.

Now, PACT’s gallery space will house a curated exhibition inspired by the workshops, presented by Paris Taia.

The exhibition is free, open and available to the public.

Mon - Fri. from 10am to 6pm.

Address: 107 Railway Parade, Erskineville, NSW, 2042

Contact us: 02 9550 2744

Meet the Artists

Latai Taumoepeau | artist & program curator

Latai is a well-renowned performance artist whose practice is strongly influenced by her homelands, the Kingdom of Tonga, and her birthplace of Sydney, Gadigal land.
Recently Latai was awarded the 2022 ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art, and has had several works displayed at Queensland Art Gallery, including ’The Last Resort (2020)’, 'Dark Content’ (2018) and ‘Repatriate (2015)’.
Inspired by her own climate change advocacy for Pacific Island Nations, Latai’s Emergence program aims to fuse live art with emergency preparedness, allowing kids and parents an opportunity to learn critical emergency response skills while also exploring the importance of community and local resources.
Image by Briony Jackson.
Paris Taia | Artist & Exhibition curator

Paris Taia is a horticulturalist, educator and artist interested in creating gardens. Her use of plants responds to stories of seed migration, cultural plant uses through time and an understanding of the environmental conditions that are needed for species to thrive.
Paris’ material garden practice is informed by horticultural investigations, Pacific Island flora and building materials which act as entry points for exploration into familial histories.

Latai Taumoepeau | artist & program curator

Paris Taia | Artist & Exhibition curator