Tanu Gago
Tanu GAGO (1983, Western Samoa) is an interdisciplinary artist who works as a filmmaker, visual artist, photographer, curator and producer. He studied performing arts at Unitec Institute of Technology and he majored in writing and directing for screen. Gago is the creative director of Pacific LGBT Arts Collective FAFSWAG, which he co-founded with his life partner Pati Solomona Tyrell. In his work, Gago investigates ethnic and gender identities.
Filmography
(selection) FafswagVogue.com (2018, doc), Apparatus (2018, short)
Tanu Gago at IFFR
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Apparatus
Tanu Gago | 19' | New Zealand | European premiere
Apparatus is an exploration of colonial influence on the development of masculinity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa by Samoan artist Tanu Ga