About

Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi

With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive

Welcome back, and welcome beyond ✨

Mouthfull.live is a digital address for an independent non-profit arts organisation and radio station called Mouthfull. Birthed in the afternoon summer sunshine of 2016/17, magma simmered beneath dreams on the streets of Pukeahu. The soils there were softly treaded, threading webs of connection from person to person; using art, music, writing, and moving images to tether them strongly. From there, Mouthfull was the orchid that rose through the cracks, a vessel to carry a space for film, play, and creating commonspaces for illuminating art to be felt.

Ever since, there has been a gentle inquiry into space; what it means, how to occupy it, how to share voices within it and inviting each other towards space where kindness & curiousity, active listening & activism, arts making & authenticity help us make a beautiful world together. Over the years the stories get better, and there are many to share, giving them a place to shine on the window ledge is important to us too. Like the petals from the flower, the elements that make Mouthfull what it is are often small beautiful projects like zines, workshops, musical gatherings, picnics, podcasts, and they have their place in sustaining growth. We are humans who are growing and discovering how to love and play together in the 21st century, where late age capitalism destabilises our souls' desires and our attention is commodified - we will continue to find our way, dancing.

E hoa ma, ina te ora o te tangata

My friends, this is the essence of life