In this pod Moya Lawson speaks with Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka and Martin Awa Clarke Langdon; two artists currently exhibiting public artworks in Wellington which celebrate Matariki, a star cluster used traditionally for ancestral navigation, timing the seasons and a marker of the Māori new year. Listen to Martin discuss his illuminated stills on the Courtenay Place lightboxes, and Tanya discuss her video on Masons Screen, Kōhatu Tipua (Supernatural Stones).
Still from Kōhatu Tipua (2020) Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka, commissioned by CIRCUIT with the support of Wellington City Council
CIRCUIT Cast #86
Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka and Martin Awa Clarke Langdon
· June 29, 2020In this podcast, Moya Lawson speaks with two artists currently exhibiting public artworks in Wellington which celebrate Matariki.
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Works discussed in this episode
Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka
Kohatu Tipua (Supernatural Stones) (2020)
Images of seabird migration are combined with digital weaving and mōteatea (song poetry, traditionally chanted).
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