Papa H.O.E

Tyson's work is an active embodiment of reclamation and protest. Tyson is known for their earth and pigment work. Turning floors into portals, Tyson applies their own kowhaiwhai in space, using sand, ash, powder and soil to remind the viewer of the land on which they standing are on, even when they are inside. Beautifully asking us to be in better relationship with Papatūānuku, the ephemeral quality of Tysons materials, and the innate nostalgia of his kowhaiwhai remind us that in Kaitiakitanga we are temporary custodians, that like the sand, are together in one moment and then blown and dispersed into the next. It is in this semi-permanence and fragility that we are reminded that we are Mokopuna of many who have come before us, and we will have our own descendants after us. In honour of our Tīpuna, and in service to our Mokopuna, we must be in better relationship with Te Taiao (the natural environment). 

Tyson's work is an active embodiment of reclamation and protest. Tyson is known for their earth and pigment work. Turning floors into portals, Tyson applies their own kowhaiwhai in space, using sand, ash, powder and soil to remind the viewer of the land on which they standing are on, even when they are inside.

Tyson’s work for Te Tīmatanga, Papa H.O.E, uses flour, Raspberry Raro and edible sprinkles and despicts an abstraction from 18th century whakairo depicting same sex coupling, held in the British Museum. 

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