Meet Tai & The Movement
Based here on the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, I am focused on the process, the journey of art and conservation.
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This platform documents a personal journey driven by a deep commitment to protecting our home, and a core belief that art must challenge us. My work tells a story that is both beautiful and unsettling, transforming sadness and frustration into a visual voice, a call to action for our fragile ecosystem.
Welcome to the intersection of art, action, and conservation, welcome to Life of Tai.
The Whangaparāoa coast is my place for reconnection. This routine stopped making sense when the pollution became a relentless presence on the shoreline. The choice was clear: I could not keep walking past the problem. My art and purpose shifted, I had to use the debris to represent the sadness amongst the beauty and hopefully raise awareness to the impacts of marine pollution, specially micro plastics that is impacting our natural environment.
I am Tai, a conservationist and artist. Life of Tai is a platform I've built to share my passion. Its purpose is to create a record of how creative activism can be achieved through art and different types of giving back including volunteering.
My focus is through two connected projects that define this current phases:
Toxic Tide - Transformative Art
This initiative explores a fusion of acrylic paint and marine debris on canvas.
This initiative explores a fusion of acrylic paint and marine debris on canvas.
By integrating pollution with traditional paint, I transform my art into tactile compositions. It is a process of creative arithmetic: taking the "negative" of discarded elements and refining them into a "positive" artistic expression.
By integrating pollution with traditional paint, I transform my art into tactile compositions. It is a process of creative arithmetic: taking the "negative" of discarded elements and refining them into a "positive" artistic expression.
Seize the Tide - Conservation Movement
Here is about the necessary turn to action. I hope to develop a space where I can document the positive adjustments, community efforts, and volunteerism that I do as a way to demonstrate how you can follow your passion and create your own ripple effect.
My hope is simple: that sharing this journey helps just one person to pause, rethink pollution, or be inspired to create their own ripple effect.
You have made it this far. Consider this your invitation to act, be a regenerative citizen and follow your passion!
Join the movement - Learn how you can Seize the Tide and create your own ripple effect
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