Kāpiti Creative Industries

I bet a high percentage of artists and creative practitioners had huts in various forms throughout their childhood. In some ways, creative studios are an evolution of such huts. In my primary school years I had a hay bale hut in winter, a corn hut and cherry tree hut in summer, and the quintessential blanket bunker hut on rainy days. In my teenage years, I was delighted to access a music studio 'hut' at school and now my own children, even as I write this blog, are deconstructing my lounge to make a hut 'for our kids.' Hut making is clearly a rite of passage. Little surprise then that members of the  Kāpiti Arts & Creative Industries group  were intrigued to explore a 'hut' designed by Kemi Niko & Co at the  NZ Festival of the Arts  launch in Kāpiti last year. Against the backdrop of Kāpiti Island Marine Reserve and Kāpiti Island, the hut played with shadow like a dancer creating shapes as the sun set. Designed from salvaged materials by artists Ke