Making visible the relationship between hard labour and the Pacific: John Vea and Jasmine Togo-Brisby

While other kids went to kindergarten, when he was a small child Tongan New Zealand artist John Vea was on the factory floor where his father worked. The experience has led Vea to make the relationship between factory and manual labour work and the Pacific Island community central to his performances, sculpture and installations. Exhibition Outcast at Tamaki Makaurau’s Gus Fisher Gallery brings Vea together with fourth-generation Australian South Sea Islander artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby.