F.O.L.A. [AKL] Presents: Art Brats' (Potluck) Art Brunch

BYO HASHBROWN AND BREAKFAST MIMOSA 🥂

Before Charli took it viral, FOLA [AKL] was all about that art brat art life. Arts brats are our festival residents and ambassadors. They embody the heart of our festival and make the type of work that really gets our blood pumping!

Our 2025 art brats will be seen all over the festival, yelling about the work they love, and soaking it all in for their future artworks. They’ll be having an informal chat together about art and life over a potluck brunch in Basement’s cozy studio space and you’re invited! Bring a plate and get ready to be served some hot takes, raucous reckons and audacious attitudes, alongside your BYO hashbrown and breakfast mimosa.

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F.O.L.A. [AKL] is a space for Experimental and Live Art by the misfits, punks and menaces of the world in Tāmaki Makaurau. Click here to see FOLA's full festival programme!

ART BRAT: JONJON KAISINDRA TOLOVAE

Jonjon Tolovae aka Kaisi Kaisindra is an emerging fa’afafine trans artist, whose arts practices are woven together like an ‘Ie tōga (Samoan finely woven mat). From poetry, devised theatre to siva & costuming or a lyrical HA on the mic in the Aotearoa Ballroom scene - She is creating herself to be a formidable force within the Tāmaki arts sphere.

ART BRAT: RAVEN PURCELL

Raven is a Samoan-Tokelauan performance and dance artist born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau. They hold a Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts from Unitec, majoring in contemporary dance. A non-binary artist and pro wrestler, Raven's practice channels rage and destruction through movement, storytelling and embodied resistance.

ART BRAT: KITTY WASASALA

He tauiwi ahau. My preferred methods of communication are writing, theatre and floristry. I live and work on the unceded whenua of Ngati Whatua Orakei ki Tāmaki Makaurau.

Photo credit: Frances Carter