Title

Indigenous art conference, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Author

Australian Prints.

Source

[Not applicable]

Details

8 May 2002

Publication date

8 May 2002

Type

News

Language

English

Country of context

Aotearoa New Zealand

Full text

Indigenous Art and Heritage & the Politics of Identity.

The aim of the conference is to examine the current state of indigenous interventionist policies relative to sites of visual art practice, delivery, dissemination, promotion and discourse within the Pacific Rim. Notions of ‘hybridity’ postulated in post-colonial discourse and the emergent voice of diaspora will provide a sub-stratum of discourse.

Project Concept and Background.

The project has been conceived as an opportunity to strengthen links between tangata whenua artists, curators, art commentators and writers with the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and other nations. The conference and exhibition form part of the RUAMANO series of lectures/conferences initiated by Te Putahi-a-Toi, the School of Maori Studies at Massey University in Palmerston North, in the 1990s through into the new millennium. The exhibition Genus Pacifica, and the conference, entitled Indigenous Art and Heritage & the Politics of Identity are a continuation of the exhibition Te Hapai o ki Muri and the conference Toioho ki Apiti that focused on Maori art practice in 1996.

The project has been organised by Te Putahi-a-Toi, the School of Maori Studies, Massey University in Palmerston North, in partnership with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Manawatu Art Gallery.

Palmerston North Convention Centre
400 Main Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand
July 6, 8, 9, 2002

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand
July 7, 2002
[Press release]

For more information visit http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwmaori/conference/

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