Raven🍉

✨Let’s rumble✨ @ipw_nz My girl @arianeilagan ATEEEEE with this edit HIT HER UP #prowrestling #professionalwrestler #nonbinary #ipw #summerinthesquare

‘Tables Ladders Care’ Formerly ‘Superplexive’ 💜✨ Pro-Wrestling meets Physical theatre/Performanceart. Tracing lines between danger and necessitative care, performative and non- performative gender roles and audience lacking liability ✨💜 @will_stonepw In residence with @thefactorytheatre_tamaki supported by @performancespace Thanks to our techpal @luca.lr_2007 📸 @measuredfrenzyco @it_is_yak 🎥 @guypigden

Raven is a Samoan-Tokelauan non-binary artist and pro wrestler who channels rage and destruction through movement, storytelling and embodied resistance. Raven’s picks: 1. Pageant Moon - I Love Pres! We have a deep rooted love and connection together calling from similar life experiences and an enriching sharing of those differences. 2. Fetu x Fetu’u - Being a Queer Polynesian artist myself, a lot of the themes of the work are intrinsic interests of mine, as well as loving the work/practise/art of Laga and Afakasi. 3. MDF (medium density fantasy) - There’s a special warm place in my heart for these artists, having worked along side Jessie Mcall a lot and the honour of calling her a dear friend. Also “A rupture of the pacts of formal presentation” YES PLEASE. 4. Materiel World - I had an ADHD stint of archery which also led to an interest in bush craft survival as well as an apocalyptic obsession. Also what the fuck is an ethical bullet. 
 5. Hulla Gulla (Chaos Party) - Artists I adore. Duration. Chaos. Love. Fierceness and ferocity. All things I love and things I yearn.

🐦‍⬛ Making my Pro wrestling debut 🐦‍⬛ Thanks @_mightymaia_ 🌺 for giving me my debut match an honour to do my first with you, you’re a tough one Thanks to everyone that put their time and effort into me to get me to this point, let’s see what happens next 💜 📷 @futophoto @ipw_nz

‘Superplexive’ (working tittle) @spartansamblack @ravenfaasu Thank you @performancespace @kate_britton for the @bundanontrust artists residency All the loves for the beautiful artists sharing space and expansive togetherness

THE BLOOM. ON NOW Feb 13-17. LOT23, Tamaki Makaurau. A new dance work by @jessiemccall_make Leaning into the generative glitches of queer propogation and motherhood. Made in collaboration with @rdystdy studio & performers @sofia.lane , @ravenfaasu & @sashamatsumoto . 100% of ticket sales from The Bloom will be donated to Doctors Without Borders Gaza Appeal, to support vital humanitarian aid. Ceasefire Now - End the Occupation - Free Palestine. Book your tickets at: .nz/shows/the-bloom/ Link also in bio 🌿🥬

DEAD:WOOD Depicts the experience of navigating through the time warp of colonial gentrification through the queer brown lens Thank you @basementspace for the time and support on developing my solo work DEAD:WOOD through the Tagata Moana residency Big loves @grace.teuila @solveig.mov @miriameskildsen for your mentorship and love through this development

mom and dad

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Family photo 💙 📸 @zanthevorsatzphotography Plus some cheeky solo shots Lol this just my mums side

✨Magnificent remains✨ Choreographer: @brittanyamber.k Music: @james_risbey_ Costumes: @zoemcnicholas_ Producer: @_zoe_olivia Tech magic: @paulbennett.22 Such a wonderful time with all these beauties! 🌹love and light Love you surrealists Gorgeous 📸: @jinkic

⚡️LUMA⚡️ Such a lovely time with the amazing @danceplantcollective at @lumaqueenstown 💙🌊 Thank you Queenstown Special loves to my roommate @kbast.tanz !!! Super loves to you all!