Field trip to Polyfest 2009
"Many Cultures, One World" - "Nga tikanga-a-iwi o te ao whanui" - "E tele aganu'u ae tasi lava le lalolagi" -" ‘Oku tau taha pe neongo ‘oku tau kau ki he ngaahi matakali kehekehe" - “ Kehekehe e tau aga Faka-Motu, ka e taha e lalolagi” - "E mànganui te àkono’anga, 'okota'i rai ao"
The 2009 ASB Polyfest held over four days, from 18th to 21st Mar., 2009. In its 34 year, it’s expected over 9000 students and 85,000 people to go to south Auckland for the popular annual event. Poly fest is considered one of the biggest festival of its kind in the world. The event had 59 schools and close to 200 cultural groups involved in the cultural performance and speech making.
There are five performance stages(Maori, Cook Island, Niue, Samoan & Tonga) The Festival is proudly hosted by Wesley College at the Manukau Sportsbowl
by http://www.asbpolyfest.co.nz/
When we reached there, I was so surprised with a lot of people, most are Polynesian people, gathering over there. 1st stage we went is a competition performance(MIT) which some college students were singing and dancing tradition Polynesian performance on the stage. They were singing and dancing for the joy, not only for the competition. I was so touched and exciting for the atmosphere with happiness and respect for the culture. The feeling is just like I went to the temple fair in my country when I was a child. People gathered in front of the temple for the celebration of Buddhist or God birthday. Enjoyed the food and watched the performance (
Taiwanese opera, or traditional puppy play) on the stage which was built in front of temple. The stage standing in front of temple is because that’s someone donated and sacrificed for God. And God shares the show for the public. It became a kind of community art activity.
I thought of the word of “social sculpture” which we just learned from the lesson.
The phase created by Joseph Beuys. For Beuys social sculpture implied that art could alter society.
People gatherning becoming a kind of art activity. People became the art work, and everyone involved became the artist. It’s my great honor to be one of artists participating in the field of the Poly Festival.
"Every human being is an artist, a freedom being, called to participate in transforming and reshaping the conditions, thinking and structures that shape and inform our lives" Joseph Beuys
www.socialsculptureforum.com.au/index.html
Thanks Shu Chen! You are the only person who realised that, according to Beuys or even to Tiravanija, you could be considered an "artist" just by participating in an event... good thinking! TX
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