On a hill overlooking the ocean at a University of the South Pacific campus in Suva, Fiji, three roofs bend and curve into each other over an open space. Within this 'haven of idealists', this 'human reserve', as Joni Madraiwiwi describes it in his introduction to this book, dancers and musicians as well as artists of the Red Wave Collective explore the interface of traditional and contemporary forms of creativity. Red Wave author Katherine Higgins spent time working and talking with artists from Red Wave Collective, and with its inspirational founder and muse, Epeli Hau'ofa. Woven among the work, thought and stories of thirteen members of the collective whose works illuminate this volume, is a quiet and thoughtful exploration of the role and nature of contemporary art in the Pacific. But mostly, there is the art.