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Toi Art Performance: ‘That’s you Mugwort!’

Watch Ann Shelton’s That’s you Mugwort! (2026), a performance commission for the exhibition Ahi Tāmau: Māreikura Whakaahua | Slow Burn: Women and Photography, curated by Lissa Mitchell.

When | Āhea

Sat 8 Aug 2026, 3.00 to 3.30pm

Where | Ki hea

Toi Art, Level 4

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

  • A soundtrack accompanies the performance

  • Performance contains large objects on the floor

That’s you Mugwort! traces the relationships between plants and humans, weaving together fragments on herbal knowledge, witch hunts, reproductive control, pharmaceuticals, and plant futures.

Featuring performers Jo Bragg (Ngāti Porou. Takatāpui, he/they), Miriama Ashby (Ngāti Whatua o Kaipara, Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, they/she), along with vessels made by ceramicist Lisa Coleman.

Performance is 30 minutes long.

'That's You Mugwort!' Performance February 2026. Photo courtesy of Ann Shelton