PROJECTS
At Xiik Studios, we cultivate partnerships with local and international artists across all mediums. Our proficiency is in ensuring that every project we undertake incorporates a meaningful social impact.
KREATIVE KOKANUTS-10 Part Web Series About Cook Islands Creatives
Kreative Kokanuts is an arts show completely produced in the Cook Islands that explores the perspectives of Cook Islands' creatives on the challenges faced in 2020.
As the pandemic caused our nation to become isolated, KK sought to establish a constructive approach to connect and collaborate with creatives both locally and across the Pacific. This initiative led to the development of an online series comprising pre-recorded interviews with diverse artists from various fields, including the culinary and martial arts, and many others.
CREATIVE ACADEMY 682- Online Learning Platform
The Creative Academy is the social enterprise arm of Xiik Studios that aims to address social and creative needs of people by providing workshops and online interactive spaces that utilize technology and creative mediums.
The project developed by Xiik Studios is aimed at helping people realize their potential, achieve their dreams and create positive outcomes for their lives and community. The Academy uses open-source software to enable people in Rarotonga and Pa-Enua to access resources and curriculum's both online and offline.
The Creative Academy has partnered with Tai Collective to focus on guiding and transforming people's interests into vocational and educational success by way of their website Galaxy Maps
KO AU-Animated Short Film
‘KO AU’ is an animated short film that retells the classic Cook Island legend of Katikatia. The old lady who lives in a cave and eats children. Told from the perspective of a young maiden who falls in love with a young man from another village. this film asks the question, “what would make a person kill a child?”
The film has screened at the world biggest and prestigious indigenous film festivals 'imagineNative' and 'Maoriland'
Proud 21 Compilation
Xiik Studios expressed their pride in their musical and visual contribution to the single "Southside We Ride" from the album "Proud 21". This album served as a sequel to "Proud: An Urban Pacific Street Soul Compilation", which was released in 1994.
XIIK da artist
Xiik Studios is committed to pushing the limits of what is achievable in the digital art world. In 2021, the studio ventured into the realm of NFTs.
TAONGA AN ARTIST ACTIVIST-Documentary Short Film By Glenda Tuaine
Motone Productions and Xiik Studios have always had strong creative ties in the Cook Islands.
Xiik Studios served as the animation director for the Multi Award-Winning Documentary Short Film Taonga an Artist Activist produced by Cook Islander Glenda Tuaine of Motone Productions.
This short documentary continues to win awards world wide
KORERO O TE ORAU-Music And Arts Program
Xiik Studios has had a long relationship with Kōrero O Te `Ōrau.We are proud to partner with this organization.
Kōrero O Te `Ōrau is an environmental non-governmental organization (NGO) incorporated in 2017, consisting of Cook Islanders who are passionate about protecting the culture, environment and natural resources of the nation.
Kōrero o te `ōrau in Cook Islands Māori translates to "knowledge of the sky, land, and sea".
TA'I -Trailer For Up-coming Game
Tai lives in a world that is both beautiful and dangerous. The Pacific islands that were once teaming with life are now being destroyed by the island eaters.
These machines are massive, towering beasts that consume everything in their path, leaving nothing but barren wasteland in their wake. The people who once lived on these islands are now scattered, living in small communities and constantly on the move to avoid the island eaters.
Set for release 2024
The XIIK Metaverse
Xiik Studios has joined the metaverse through the website spatial.io, and the studio intends to further explore these digital spaces to maintain its position at the forefront of technology.