It takes the love of the living and the dead is an expansive solo exhibition by Quishile Charan. Staged across two gallery spaces, and nightly on the Wai Ngutu Kākā’s outdoor projection space, the exhibition presents an accumulation of Charan's making practice developed throughout her PHD studies. Charan's practice is firmly grounded in an Indo-Fijian knowledge framework; drawing on generations of craft, resistance, world-building, and kahaani (storytelling).

Charan has previously exhibited at various reputable contemporary art institutions including Artspace Aotearoa, Tāmaki Makaurau; SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin; and Kunsthalle Wien Museum. In 2021 Charan's work was presented at the 13th Gwangju Biennial.