Christopher's Live Project

Le Faili (The Band)

In 2024, I created an archive project that collected stories and histories from my community in Te Tau Ihu. Building on that foundation, I brought together a group of talented musicians to transform these personal narratives into music—spanning different genres and timelines. Over the course of a workshop, we created eight demo tracks. Now, we need support to finish these songs. The goal is to produce an album, press it onto vinyl, and exhibit the work later this year at The Physics Room and Jhana Millers Gallery. This project is both a creative endeavour and a piece of research into the purpose of archives—specifically, what an archive can do for a community. It seeks to add value to our storytelling and explore alternative ways of being together. I often say that if I can get my own family listening to these songs and partying to them at home, the project is a success. The archive becomes more than documentation: it becomes a living, breathing artwork that resonates with audiences at home and far beyond our shores. Music has a unique ability to reach into our souls, and this project gives me and my collaborators permission to be a little experimental—and to have fun.

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