First impressions at Te Tui- Te Tui centre for the arts
We parked behind the art center and passed a very artistic kindergarten next to the center. There were many art works hanging on the window. I was amazed by the art works which were made by those tiny, chubby hands. Living in New Zealand, children can pick up any arts any time from such a natural circumstances. The beauty of
nature is the most natural text book for people to study. Falling leaves, the scenery…..and so on, I am so touched by the beauty of nature.
Before the artist’s talk, I took some information data from the reception and found out some activities
at the Auckland festival 2009/ 5-22,Mar. Read visual arts guide and the introduction about
“F for Fake” exhibition.
.The Artist’s Talk: Shigeyuki Kihara
Friday 13th Mar, 11:30 am
Shigeyuki Kihara is a Samoan-born multimedia and performance artist. Her father is Japanese, her mother is Samoan. Her art work is based on the native cultures of the Pacific- and more specifically the Samoan Culture, history and spirituality. Her exhibition is a series of black T- shirts with ironic changing spelling from the famous brand. Like
Fab ---Fob
Warehouse –Whorehouse
Countdown ---Coconutdown
KFC--- KKK, that means fast food is killing pacific Island community. The civilization will destroy the health and the balance of Samoan culture and community.
It made me think further about the contradiction between civilization and original culture. And also ask how to keep the balance between the taking and the giving.
. F for Fake is interested in the idea of mischief as both an act of play and
as a political gesture. First entering the “F for Fake” exhibition, I tried to type on the keyboard to get some information from the screen. It’s tricky because it’s fake. We all smiled. I dared not to touch anything, as it could be “Fake” as well. I feel like I already became a character standing in a performance stage , we are playing “Hide and Seek” with these Fake art works. And the directors are the artists including: F. Connor, R. Dickinson, Gelatin, Kar, G. Hayward, S. Kihara, L.L. Invisibles, D. Mitchell and W. Olds.
looks at tricks, counterfeits, confusion, re-enactment and repeats. F for Fake backtracks, does
a double-up, and asks-what might we learn from repetition?
Hi Shu-Chen,
回覆刪除This was an interesting entry where you covered a lot of ground! I would be quite interested in some of the more specific works from the F for Fake exhibition. For example, who was the fake keyboard by? Did the work have a name? And what was your favourite piece in the exhibition. Did you have a LEAST favourite piece? Why? TX
Last Saturday, I visited Te Tui Center again. It's quite interesting that the keyboard and screen I thought fake before, those became real ones with great information searching funtion. Under the exhibition title of " F for Fake", sometimes the real stuffs in the gallery like the keyboard for information, the description, even the lights might be seen as the READY-MADE arts. I don't know if the keyboard will become fake when I visit the 3rd time......
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