Off Grid Art at Parihaka

Off Grid Art at Parihaka

(Sunday 7th Feb 2-4pm)

Event: Water, Peace, Power Friday January 29 to Sunday February 7 2016

Monday 25 January 2016

Taranaki is about to host 25 artists, tangata whenua, thinkers, environmentalists, engineers and scientists for the event “Water, Peace, Power 2016.”

The project commences with a hui in the DOC Camphouse at the North East Visitor Centre of Mt Taranaki from Friday the 29th of January through to Sunday the 31st.

As global understanding of climate change is increasing, it is time for indigenous, tangata whenua and Western peoples to come together to discuss the human relationship with the environment.

From the discussion will emerge a set of principles guiding human actions in the environment, plus a set of protocols to assist artists when placing art works in the landscape.

The hui is followed by five days of workshops where the artists will experiment with 5 volt, 12 volt and solar energy as the power source for light and sound works.

These will be tested on Saturday and then on Sunday from 2pm to 4pm, the public is invited to Parihaka to view the works.

Guests include Lee Joachim, Manager Research and Development of the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation in Australia. He is accompanied by collaborators Tracey Benson an artist and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, and Martin Drury previously a cartographer for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

They are joined by Nina Czegledy, an artist-scientist who lives in Canada and Hungary, with locals Jo Tito, Kura Puke and Vallance Wrathall. Chris McBride of the Kauri Project (formerly organiser for the Wellington Media Collective and former Director of the McCahon House Residency) and Intercreate Research Fellow Sustainability Charlotte Sunde will attend, as will Charles Dawson a Waitangi Tribunal facilitator and literary environmentalist.

Opunake engineer Andrew Hornblow, renowned Australian sound artist Nigel Helyer, and Uruti born Allan Giddy will conduct the workshops in non-grid power sources. Giddy runs a division of the art school in the University of NSW in Sydney, which is entirely off- grid.

The event is sponsored by Intercreate Trust, Taranaki Savings Bank Community Trust and Creative New Zealand. Many of the participants have raised their own costs in order to attend. The organisers are also thankful to the community of Parihaka and Te Matahiapo Indigenous Research Organisation.

Further information:
http://www.intercreate.org/water-peace-power-2016/

Parihaka event details and map
http://www.intercreate.org/event/water-peace-power-at-parihaka/

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