Dear ADA-ists, please see message below in case you're in/around Wellington tomorrow:
Kia ora koutou, (with apologies for the short notice) tomorrow, Wednesday 12 June, we will host a workshop and presentation by our current visiting scholar Tracey Benson from ANU Canberra, and our distinguished guest Maata Whareoka from Parihaka. We will be in LT1 on Te Aro campus, with the workshop starting at 3:30pm, then a break around 5:30pm, and the presentation starting at 6:30pm. Please feel free to come to either or both sessions, and also please forward this invite to whoever may be interested. Further details below, and hope to see you there! Artists: Maata Wharehoka and Tracey Benson Title: The Silence: Puanga Presentation (12 June 6:30pm - LT1 Te Aro campus) The Silence: Puanga is a collaboration between Maata Wharehoka and Australian based artist Tracey Benson, which was initiated in 2015 after they met at the SCANZ2015 residency. The first stage of this collaborative project is part of the 2019 Puanga Kai Rau Festival at Parihaka Pa. The work for the festival explores creation stories from their respective cultures, using a range of mediums including lighting, weaving and bookmaking. Drawing from the Ketes of Knowledge, Norse mythology and runic symbols, the artists seek to find connections between cosmology, story and the stars through ancestral realms. Workshop (12 June 3:30pm - LT1 Te Aro campus) This workshop will explore a number of techniques used to create the work by Maata and Tracey for the Puanga Kai Rau Festival. Maata will demonstrate techniques used to create objects with harakeke (flax) including rope making, providing cultural context to the processes of harvesting and utilising the material. Maata and Tracey will also demonstrate their respective processes for book binding. The workshop provides an opportunity for participants to explore these processes hands on while gaining an understanding of the conceptual context of these art/craft forms to the artists work. About the artists Parihaka's Maata Wharehoka is an expert in marae arts, raranga and karanga, and is heavily involved in her community and passing on knowledge to future generations. In 2015 Maata was awarded the Ngā Tohu ā Tā Kingi Ihaka - Lifetimes of service to Māori arts for her ongoing commitment to culture. Tracey Benson is an Australian media artist, writer and researcher. Her work explores notions of identity and place through locative technologies, photography, online writing and video. Her work has featured in many international and national emerging media festivals since 1996. Tracey has a MA from QUT, Creative Industries and a PhD from ANU. Tracey is currently a visiting researcher with the More Than Human Lab in the School of Design at VUW. Noho ora mai, Walter Langelaar Programme Director // Pouakorangi Media Design // Hoahoa Pāpāho School of Design // Te Kura Hoahoa Victoria University of Wellington // Te Herenga Waka New Zealand // Aotearoa
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