Caselberg Residency 2022
During the sunny Autumn months, my whānau and I resided in Whakaohorahi, Broad Bay, Ōtepoti. Supported by the Caselberg Trust, Creative NZ and Manatū Taonga, I developed a solo exhibition re:place for Blue Oyster Project Space, organised the first Kauae Raro national Māori earth pigment symposium and produced a series of educational videos to help others engage with land as an art material.
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This centres around the Tūhoe concept matemateāone, a term used to express a sense of longing for and belonging to the land. Sometimes it is translated as ‘being wrapped in the earth’, a deeply reciprocal philosophy of creation narratives, kaitiakitanga/ stewardship, and acknowledging eventually we all will return to the soil.
re:place on Blue Oyster’s website here
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Ko te whenua te toto o te tangata, ko te tangata te toto o te whenua. In May 2022 Kauae Raro Research Collective held a wānanga in Ōtepoti for 20 Māori artists from all across Aotearoa. This even was supported by Te Papa Tongarewa and Manatū Taonga.
Check out the video documentation of the event by Rachel Anson here
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These instructional videos were made possible by an amazing creative team beyond my capabilities: Lachie McLaren helped with the instructional design, Anituatua Black translated the reo Māori, Kahu Kutia is the voice-over artist and Rachel Anson brought everything together with videography and editing. This collaboration was supported with funding from Creative NZ
