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URBAN
PACIFIC - NEW PACIFIC ART 2007 |
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By Gile Peterson |
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Curated by Giles Peterson,
Urban Pacific is a cross-disciplinary exhibition of painting,
digital photography, moving image, sculpture, weaving and textile,
installation, fashion and tattoo by twelve young, contemporary Maori
& Pacific artists.
Urban Pacific articulates a range of narratives concerned with
issues facing young people today, including identity and
identification, spirituality, the environment, globalisation,
representation, colonisation, survival and of what it is to speak
from a position of different cultures.
The exhibition celebrates the vision of our young people and their
ongoing contribution in shaping Auckland’s character as a Pacific
city.
‘Showcasing the dynamism of new contemporary Maori and Pacific art,
Urban Pacific is an exhibition that celebrates the vision of our
young people and the ongoing contribution that they play in shaping
Auckland’s character as a Pacific city,’ says curator Giles
Peterson.
For the very cutting edge works of young Pacific artists Urban
Pacific is the must see of the Auckland Festival AK
O7. It’s a cross disciplinary exhibition of painting, digital
photography, moving image, sculpture, weaving and textile
installation, fashion and tattoo by twelve young Maori and Pacific
artists. The exhibition will include music video by bandit media and
alternative hip hop band – Otros – ‘ aka The O.T.H.E.R.S. ‘.
Urban Pacific articulates a range of narratives concerned with
issues facing young people today, including identity and
identification, spirituality, the environment, globalization,
representation, colonization, survival and of what it is to speak
from a position of different cultures.
The exhibition celebrates the vision of our young people and their
ongoing contribution drawn from their cultural heritages and how
that is shaping Auckland’s character as the leading Pacific city in
the world. In addition ‘ Urban Pacific Style ‘ - street style Poly-
fashion/ed, body art, music and visual arts as a phenomenon on the
local and globaltage is explored. Urban Pacific will act as a forum
that enables the voice of young people to be heard and provides an
opportunitys for all people to be enriched by vital, challenging and
exciting work. |
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To check exhibition
programme and opening times (09)309 5970 or Email gilesp@wcad.ac.nz
Randolph Street Gallery 8 March – 7 April, 10am – 4pm.
www.whitecliffe.ac.nz
URBAN PACIFIC ARTISTS:
Kiwi Biddle, Quinton Carrington, Donna Campbell, Matt Dowman, Anita
Jacobsen, Marlaina Key, Taylor Kingi, Nanette Lela’ulu, Lina Marsh,
Marlon Rivers – and Otros, Lusia Samuela, Siliga David Setoga.
CURATOR BIOGRAPHY:
Giles Peterson is a South Auckland based curator and lecturer who
has specialized in the last decade in bringing the work of Maori and
Pacific artists to a wider public (www.pacificart.co.nz ).
Highlights include, Emerging into the Light (95), Pacific Dragons –
Art of Protest & Promise (96), Heart of the Niu (in association with
Pasifika Festival -1998), Fireworks (in association with the
Auckland Youth Festival) , Island Crossings (2000) – the first
exhibition of Contemporary Maori and Pacific art to tour to
Australia. Peterson’s most recent curatorial project was the
curation and organization of a ten city New Zealand museum tour of
the exhibition Mauri Ora! – new work by Robyn Kahukiwa ( 2001 –
2003), which featured in the Auckland Festival’s AK03 programme.
Urban Pacific will be Peterson’s 30th curated exhibition.
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