Comfort/Disturb | Tauranga Arts Festival 2023

Mexican poet, educator and human rights activist Cesar A. Cruz once said, “art should comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable”.

In this hour-long panel discussion, award-winning documentary theatre pioneer Katie Wolfe and Ockham Book award-winner Tusiata Avia interrogate how they weave both celebration and challenge into their work – and how Cruz’s provocation resonates with their own artistic practice.In this hour-long panel discussion, he joins with award-winning documentary theatre pioneer Katie Wolfe and Ockham Book award-winner Tusiata Avia to interrogate how they weave both celebration and challenge into their work – and how Cruz’s provocation resonates with their own artistic practice.

Supported by Books a Plenty & Craigs Investment Partners

Presented as part of the 2023 Tauranga Arts Festival, on from 19 - 29 October.