Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 27, 2024 5:24:35 GMT 12
MAMMOTH DIGITAL ARTWORK UNVEILED AT AUCKLAND UNI
The six-metre-tall video installation has been unveiled at the University of Auckland’s recently refurbished B201 building.
Māramatanga is the first major digital work to be commissioned by the University of Auckland Art Collection. It is one of the largest artworks to reside at the City Campus and one of the only digital artworks currently on permanent display.
The 20-minute video installation is publicly accessible and visible from outside on Symonds Street, where it can be enjoyed by students, staff, visitors to the University and the wider community in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
“The video begins with a drone shot over Hokianga Harbour, with dancer Maaka Pepene who references navigators like Kupe. This imagery, blending the outside with the inside, reflects the building’s essence and adds a sense of humanity and fun.”
Māramatanga showcases six performers embodying ātua and ancestral figures that draw inspiration from the carvings in the nearby whare whakairo of Waipapa Marae, Tāne-nui-a-rangi.
The walls of Tāne-nui-a-rangi depict captains and priest-navigators of the canoes that brought the ancestors of various iwi to Aotearoa, as well as Tangi’ia, an ancestor connecting the major Pacific islands with New Zealand.....
insidegovernment.co.nz/mammoth-digital-artwork-unveiled-at-auckland-uni/
The six-metre-tall video installation has been unveiled at the University of Auckland’s recently refurbished B201 building.
Māramatanga is the first major digital work to be commissioned by the University of Auckland Art Collection. It is one of the largest artworks to reside at the City Campus and one of the only digital artworks currently on permanent display.
The 20-minute video installation is publicly accessible and visible from outside on Symonds Street, where it can be enjoyed by students, staff, visitors to the University and the wider community in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
“The video begins with a drone shot over Hokianga Harbour, with dancer Maaka Pepene who references navigators like Kupe. This imagery, blending the outside with the inside, reflects the building’s essence and adds a sense of humanity and fun.”
Māramatanga showcases six performers embodying ātua and ancestral figures that draw inspiration from the carvings in the nearby whare whakairo of Waipapa Marae, Tāne-nui-a-rangi.
The walls of Tāne-nui-a-rangi depict captains and priest-navigators of the canoes that brought the ancestors of various iwi to Aotearoa, as well as Tangi’ia, an ancestor connecting the major Pacific islands with New Zealand.....
insidegovernment.co.nz/mammoth-digital-artwork-unveiled-at-auckland-uni/