Raymond Sagapolutele
@raysagapolutele.bsky.social
Aotearoan born Samoan Artist and Academic
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
DIASPRONAUT x FIRST BORN
Digital photograph, shot looking out towards Manukau Harbour from Manurewa.
Alofa and respect 💙
Helmet courtesy of the amazing Jase Taouma
Digital photograph, shot looking out towards Manukau Harbour from Manurewa.
Alofa and respect 💙
Helmet courtesy of the amazing Jase Taouma
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
DIASPRONAUT x FIRST BORN
Digital photograph, shot looking out towards Manukau Harbour from Manurewa.
Alofa and respect 💙
Helmet courtesy of the amazing Jase Taouma
Digital photograph, shot looking out towards Manukau Harbour from Manurewa.
Alofa and respect 💙
Helmet courtesy of the amazing Jase Taouma
Sees policeman in body Armour downed by sandwich....
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sees policeman in body Armour downed by sandwich....
Trumps add ons to the Whitehouse remind me of this phase of tattooing.
Fucking ridiculous and it screams of later life regret.
#tattoo
#uspol
#thewhitehouse
Fucking ridiculous and it screams of later life regret.
#tattoo
#uspol
#thewhitehouse
November 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Trumps add ons to the Whitehouse remind me of this phase of tattooing.
Fucking ridiculous and it screams of later life regret.
#tattoo
#uspol
#thewhitehouse
Fucking ridiculous and it screams of later life regret.
#tattoo
#uspol
#thewhitehouse
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Shot in 2019, this image I made of the early morning sun shining through the torch of Lady Liberty is, for me, a reminder of the hope that America still holds.
I have met & know some incredible people there, and they have become great friends and family.
Don't dim their light, alofa & respect 💙
I have met & know some incredible people there, and they have become great friends and family.
Don't dim their light, alofa & respect 💙
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Shot in 2019, this image I made of the early morning sun shining through the torch of Lady Liberty is, for me, a reminder of the hope that America still holds.
I have met & know some incredible people there, and they have become great friends and family.
Don't dim their light, alofa & respect 💙
I have met & know some incredible people there, and they have become great friends and family.
Don't dim their light, alofa & respect 💙
...potentially shorter if hit with sunlight.
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
...potentially shorter if hit with sunlight.
BE A GOOD ANCESTOR
Digital photograph 2025
A reminder of who we were.
A reminder of who are.
A reminder of what we will become.
Death has nothing to do with us.
We live on in memory.
We live today.
We will be remembered.
Bone bound.
Blood ties.
Chromosome connection.
Be a good Ancestor.
Digital photograph 2025
A reminder of who we were.
A reminder of who are.
A reminder of what we will become.
Death has nothing to do with us.
We live on in memory.
We live today.
We will be remembered.
Bone bound.
Blood ties.
Chromosome connection.
Be a good Ancestor.
October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
BE A GOOD ANCESTOR
Digital photograph 2025
A reminder of who we were.
A reminder of who are.
A reminder of what we will become.
Death has nothing to do with us.
We live on in memory.
We live today.
We will be remembered.
Bone bound.
Blood ties.
Chromosome connection.
Be a good Ancestor.
Digital photograph 2025
A reminder of who we were.
A reminder of who are.
A reminder of what we will become.
Death has nothing to do with us.
We live on in memory.
We live today.
We will be remembered.
Bone bound.
Blood ties.
Chromosome connection.
Be a good Ancestor.
Looking at what is happening in Gaza, Trump has become the Frog in the fable of the Frog and the Scorpion.
Netanyahu had no intention of honouring the ceasefire - has has no honour.
#FreePalestine
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
Netanyahu had no intention of honouring the ceasefire - has has no honour.
#FreePalestine
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
October 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Looking at what is happening in Gaza, Trump has become the Frog in the fable of the Frog and the Scorpion.
Netanyahu had no intention of honouring the ceasefire - has has no honour.
#FreePalestine
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
Netanyahu had no intention of honouring the ceasefire - has has no honour.
#FreePalestine
#FromTheRiverToTheSea
Judith Collins needs to hush herself, every time she talks the rattling of skeletons in her cupboard gets louder.
Clattering in Oravida and HMNZ Manawanui...
#nzpol
Clattering in Oravida and HMNZ Manawanui...
#nzpol
October 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Judith Collins needs to hush herself, every time she talks the rattling of skeletons in her cupboard gets louder.
Clattering in Oravida and HMNZ Manawanui...
#nzpol
Clattering in Oravida and HMNZ Manawanui...
#nzpol
Inspired by Samoan poet and academic Albert Wendt's poem - Inside us the dead.
"Inside me the dead
woven into my flesh like the
music
of bone flutes
my polynesian fathers
who escaped the sun's wars,
seeking
these islands by prophetic stars"
Self-portrait.
DIASPRONAUT
"Inside me the dead
woven into my flesh like the
music
of bone flutes
my polynesian fathers
who escaped the sun's wars,
seeking
these islands by prophetic stars"
Self-portrait.
DIASPRONAUT
October 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Inspired by Samoan poet and academic Albert Wendt's poem - Inside us the dead.
"Inside me the dead
woven into my flesh like the
music
of bone flutes
my polynesian fathers
who escaped the sun's wars,
seeking
these islands by prophetic stars"
Self-portrait.
DIASPRONAUT
"Inside me the dead
woven into my flesh like the
music
of bone flutes
my polynesian fathers
who escaped the sun's wars,
seeking
these islands by prophetic stars"
Self-portrait.
DIASPRONAUT
Tamaki Makaurau evening.
Looking up Lower Hobson Street on the way to the car after dinner.
Looking up Lower Hobson Street on the way to the car after dinner.
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Tamaki Makaurau evening.
Looking up Lower Hobson Street on the way to the car after dinner.
Looking up Lower Hobson Street on the way to the car after dinner.
A Body of Work
Solo Art Exhibition
Free Entry
Runs from the 13th 0ct - 29th Nov.
10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday
Level 7
131 Queen St
Auckland CBD
Matt is a legend and his work is stunning, his residency is a chance to see him in action.
Solo Art Exhibition
Free Entry
Runs from the 13th 0ct - 29th Nov.
10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday
Level 7
131 Queen St
Auckland CBD
Matt is a legend and his work is stunning, his residency is a chance to see him in action.
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A Body of Work
Solo Art Exhibition
Free Entry
Runs from the 13th 0ct - 29th Nov.
10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday
Level 7
131 Queen St
Auckland CBD
Matt is a legend and his work is stunning, his residency is a chance to see him in action.
Solo Art Exhibition
Free Entry
Runs from the 13th 0ct - 29th Nov.
10am - 5pm Tuesday - Saturday
Level 7
131 Queen St
Auckland CBD
Matt is a legend and his work is stunning, his residency is a chance to see him in action.
Venezuelan, Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
Love it.
Love it.
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Venezuelan, Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
Love it.
Love it.
I used to collect comics, all I have left from that period of my life is just under 2000 comics ranging from 2000ads, Marvel publications (specifically X-Men books), some Image imprints and Vertigo books.
A side effect of buying was picking up toys, guess which Marvel character was my favorite 🤓🤣
A side effect of buying was picking up toys, guess which Marvel character was my favorite 🤓🤣
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I used to collect comics, all I have left from that period of my life is just under 2000 comics ranging from 2000ads, Marvel publications (specifically X-Men books), some Image imprints and Vertigo books.
A side effect of buying was picking up toys, guess which Marvel character was my favorite 🤓🤣
A side effect of buying was picking up toys, guess which Marvel character was my favorite 🤓🤣
To celebrate my turning 54 we had KFC, not as common a thing as you'd think for this Samoan.
Went to the end of Palmers Road in Clendon for the traditional holding out of the food from family.
Out of nowhere the black chicken of consequences showed up, coolest chicken ever.
Life is a mystery.
Went to the end of Palmers Road in Clendon for the traditional holding out of the food from family.
Out of nowhere the black chicken of consequences showed up, coolest chicken ever.
Life is a mystery.
October 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
To celebrate my turning 54 we had KFC, not as common a thing as you'd think for this Samoan.
Went to the end of Palmers Road in Clendon for the traditional holding out of the food from family.
Out of nowhere the black chicken of consequences showed up, coolest chicken ever.
Life is a mystery.
Went to the end of Palmers Road in Clendon for the traditional holding out of the food from family.
Out of nowhere the black chicken of consequences showed up, coolest chicken ever.
Life is a mystery.
Sundays with Xena.
She's eleven years old now and all she cares about is getting sun, ear scratches and my wife.
Occasionally I make the cut but I have resigned myself to being the spare human.
#dog
#solarcharged
She's eleven years old now and all she cares about is getting sun, ear scratches and my wife.
Occasionally I make the cut but I have resigned myself to being the spare human.
#dog
#solarcharged
September 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sundays with Xena.
She's eleven years old now and all she cares about is getting sun, ear scratches and my wife.
Occasionally I make the cut but I have resigned myself to being the spare human.
#dog
#solarcharged
She's eleven years old now and all she cares about is getting sun, ear scratches and my wife.
Occasionally I make the cut but I have resigned myself to being the spare human.
#dog
#solarcharged
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't grunge.
"The fat of the land" - Prodigy.
So much to love about this classic. When I was younger, it was the bass, now that I'm older its the nostalgia - and bass.
"The fat of the land" - Prodigy.
So much to love about this classic. When I was younger, it was the bass, now that I'm older its the nostalgia - and bass.
September 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't grunge.
"The fat of the land" - Prodigy.
So much to love about this classic. When I was younger, it was the bass, now that I'm older its the nostalgia - and bass.
"The fat of the land" - Prodigy.
So much to love about this classic. When I was younger, it was the bass, now that I'm older its the nostalgia - and bass.
💙🇵🇸💙
From the River to the Sea.
From the River to the Sea.
September 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
💙🇵🇸💙
From the River to the Sea.
From the River to the Sea.
Old school testing the cooking wine before pouring was a skill and she was our teacher.
September 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Old school testing the cooking wine before pouring was a skill and she was our teacher.