Fāgogo is a digital art exhibition that brings together powerful works from some of the Pacific’s most compelling contemporary artists. Part of FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE—an ambitious takeover of HOME by Aotearoa-based collective FAFSWAG during MIF25—this immersive exhibition explores identity, displacement, storytelling and the deep knowledge held within Indigenous cultural memory.
The word fāgogo refers to a traditional Samoan storytelling practice, where tales are passed down through voice, movement and communal exchange. In this digital context, fāgogo becomes a space for contemporary artists to blend ancestral knowledge with modern media. Using sound, animation, moving image and design, they construct new pathways for cultural expression—turning oral tradition into visual experience.
At its core, the exhibition reflects on the question of home. What does it mean to belong in a world shaped by colonialism, climate change and forced migration? FALE SĀ / SACRED HOUSE asks artists to imagine a ceremonial home for sacred objects, celestial beings, and community gatherings—a future sanctuary that resists erasure and celebrates Indigenous presence.
The artworks in Fāgogo respond to some of the most urgent issues facing Pacific communities today. From queer identity and cultural survival to environmental change and intergenerational memory, the featured artists bring forward personal visions that are at once grounded in history and oriented towards the future. Each work is an act of storytelling—offering resistance, reflection and radical imagination.
Curated by FAFSWAG, the exhibition features artists Tanu Gago, Tapuaki Helu, Nahora Ioane, Māhia Te Kore, Pati Tyrell and Jaimie Waititi. Together, they create a collective voice that is vibrant, unflinching and full of spirit. Fāgogo invites audiences into a new kind of storytelling—one that moves beyond the museum wall and into the realms of memory, ceremony and transformation.
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