About us
Dr William Franco
Director
His extensive production experience in film, video, theatre and dance performance in location, studio and museum settings has led to his finely-honed technical expertise in lighting, audio, video and projections.
He was the AV specialist at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, owned a video production company for 15 years and worked as the tutor and theatre technician at Victoria University.
William was also a location sound mixer on independent features and documentaries in Los Angeles.
He was a 2007 Fulbright Fellow to Aotearoa and has a PhD from Te Kawa a Māui/School of Māori Studies at Victoria University, MFA from Massey University Wellington and BFA from California Institute for the Arts.
His doctoral research included an interactive installation that explored the experience of being indigenous in the homeland of another indigenous
Dr Miki Seifert
Director
Miki is a producer and creator of videos, performances, installations and cultural events.
A former competitive gymnast and circus aerialist, she studied Butoh with Diego Píñon, Don McCleod, Oguri, Michael Sakamoto and Shinichi Momo Koga; contact improvisation with Carmella Herman in Los Angeles; and modern dance at the Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey Studios in New York.
After receiving the New Zealand International Doctoral Research Scholarship, she did her PhD at Te Kawa a Māui/School of Māori Studies at Victoria University.
Her doctoral research was a multi-layered event that interwove Butoh dance, grotesque fashions, video projections and a live DJ mix to explore the intersection between gender and colonisation.
Her research was awarded the Victoria Postgraduate Research Excellence Award for Māori Knowledge & Development.