"ĀKE, AKE, AKE - forever, evermore, on and on, forevermore. ĀKE, AKE, AKE is a multimedia installation and Jamie’s first experimental attempt exploring her own DNA through soundscape translating chromosome sequencing data into a musical score using taonga puoro and layered with sounds from the whenua and bird calls. The installation formation is based on Jamie’s marae, the famous painted marae Te Rongopai Pā, Waituhi and the imagery she would imagine as a child surrounding the folk art paintings flowing in and out on the white interior walls. The digital visuals are Jamie’s interpretation of DNA forever moving within time, dreams and aspirations for the future holders of her DNA and the land they grow up on, Te Tairawhiti. AKE in an upwards motion, acknowledging her ancestors and future bloodline."
ĀKE, AKE, AKE (2020)
Other works by Jamie Berry
Jamie Berry / 7558 Collective / Leala Faleseuga
Breaking the glass ceiling (2018)
Māori and Pasifika women who have come from the legacy of Mana Wāhine, and who have been affected by colonisation, inequalities, yet have endured.
Jamie Berry
Wai whakaika (2022)
A karakia dedicated to the three streams of Kumutoto, Tutaenui, and Waipiro which flow under Wellington's CBD.
Jamie Berry / Te Kahureremoa
Hiwa-i-te-rangi (2023)
A radio-inspired broadcast by DJ Moemoea takes us on a celestial journey through the nine stars of Matariki, concluding with Hiwa-i-te-rangi. A sacred female star and the youngest whetū of the Matariki cluster, Hiwa-i-te-rangi is connected to the promise of a prosperous season.