一场名为 玛娜·莫图哈克的声音 向公众开放 加拉格表演艺术学院 作为 Matariki ki Waikato 节日.
在6月13日至8月26日期间，将展出来自 澳博体育app艺术收藏 将会展出, giving voice to kōrero (conversation) on Ko te Mana Motuhake - the motto at the base of Te Paki o Matariki, which is the coat of arms or crest of the Kīngitanga (Māori King Movement).
Each artwork on display represents Ko te Mana Motuhake and each shares a narrative through visual design, 包括图像, 符号及kōwhaiwhai图案(画卷纹饰), 说明意图和kaupapa, 或政策, 作为一场政治运动向世界传播.
澳博体育app艺术收藏馆长Cerys Davidson says Matariki is a holiday that speaks to everyone in Aotearoa.
“The exhibition is something people of all ages can engage with and it’s nice to bring some of the collection together and share it in one space,Cerys说。.
Several works from a series known as the Aotearoa Liberation Posters 将会展出, 比如詹姆斯·奥姆斯比的作品, 王Tāwhiao.
Cerys says James created the artwork in a move to restore mana (authority) to Kīngi Tāwhiao - a leader of the Waikato tribes, 第二个Māori国王和一个宗教幻想家——在石油公司之后, 20世纪，德士古公司用他的脸来卖汽油.
在其他诠释艺术中，有乔恩·托蒂尔的作品， 格伦夫尤对新西兰“比兹利”家的探索， 越南冲突五 by Paratene Matchitt, speaking to protest issues beyond New Zealand shores, and Gina Matchitt’s Patikitiki我 & Patikitiki二世, incorporating Tukutuku patterning (ornamental lattice-work) found in the Wharenui (meeting house) and a form of communication.
Cerys says she understands mana motuhake can have a variety of meanings and the artworks all in some way speak to that, 在很多方面都是抗议的声音, 政治运动和主要人物在ao Māori (Māori世界).
“澳博体育app想要分享巴基斯坦人的信息,她说。, “因为澳博体育app不认为Kīngitanga峰顶, 以及其中包含的信息, 非常有名, 同时也扩展了Mana Motuhake的概念.”
The design for Te Paki o Matariki was commissioned by Kīngi Tāwhiao around the 1880s and created by Tīwai Parāone of Hauraki and Te Aokatoa of Waikato and Ngāti Raukawa. 它得到了 Rahui爸爸, piinga法学院的Pou Tikanga说, and a recognised authority on Waikato reo and tikanga - as a symbol of peace, a declaration of integrity and representation of unity for tangata whenua as a turning point of the confiscation of land through the 1860s.
星团, ‘Matariki te whetū’ represents the seven stars of Matariki (as recognised within Waikato-Tainui). 下面是“Ko Manawa”，即跳动的心脏, 中间是“Ko Kōpū”，一个交织在一起的koru图案, 代表着过去永无止境的联系, 现在和将来. 这两个数字分别代表不幸和灵性。, 承认存在于澳博体育app所有人内心的二元性. 的植物, “He tōtō Kai”和“He tōtō kākahu”, reference the natural world which provides nourishment for body and soul, 分别.
“Mana Motuhake之声”将持续到8月26日, Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm (excluding public holidays) in the main gallery at the 加拉格表演艺术学院. 了解更多 在这里.
庆祝圣母节, Rahui爸爸 will also speak at a Te Paki O Matariki lecture at the 加拉格表演艺术学院 on June 21 at 6pm. 这个免费的活动, 由澳博体育app组织, 向公众开放，但须注册/购票.
