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museo laboratorio d'arte contemporanea I problemi principali
che Lisa affronta sono: l’emancipazione della donne attraverso
la ricerca artistica e la ricostruzione dell’immagine che i media
e l’antropologia occidentale hanno dato finora del suo popolo
e delle sue tradizioni. Per creare i dramas e i videoritratti è stato necessario uno studio profondo ed accurato della storia e dell’iconografia del popolo maori: “Researching around notions of tourism, I investigated the extensive photographic collection. I was inspired by pioneer photographers Alfred and Walter Burton whose images document: the settling of early New Zealand; Maori in their tribal homelands; and portraiture. Native Portraits n.19897 takes its inspiration from the 19th Century craze of the ‘cartes de visite’ and the postcard industry where Maori were a popular subject. (…) Working in a modular fashion allows Native Portraits n.19897 to be staged in different configurations. (…) The Video Portraits can be played on any monitor and placed within vitrines or mounted on the gallery wall. The n.19897 is a reference to the catalogue accessioning system in place in museums”. (Lisa Reihana) I video che compongono l’opera sono stati presentati in ambito internazionale: ToiToiToi al Museum Fredericianum, Kassel, Germany a alla Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand nel 1998. Te Ao Tawhito, Te Ao Hou Art Museum of Missoula, Texas, USA 2000 & Maui Cultural Arts Centre, Hawaii 2001. The waharoa alla Sydney Biennale nel Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia 2000. Lisa ha rivisitato la sua opera nel 2007 appositamente per il MLAC per la prima edizione di DOC.ART.MONDO/NZ. In questa occasione è stata presentata in quattro parti: Soundtrack, Wero, Dramas, Videoportraits. Lisa scrive a proposito dell’allestimento site specific al MLAC: “At the entrance of the exhibition, the visitor is confronted by Maori martial arts - performers issue the traditional Maori ‘wero’ or challenge wielding Maori weapons of taiaha and mere pounamu. A contemporary soundtrack fills the gallery, correspondence between loved ones during wartime contrasts with stories collected from postcards; rhythmic beats and New Zealand touristic information. Projected at a safe distance beyond the warriors are six short drama’s, each one is set in colonial times exploring the politics of image making. The viewer experiences the exchanges between photographer and subject before an image is taken, giving vital information about the purpose of the photograph. Maori clients either commission their own photographs, represent popular stereotypes or may be short-changed by greedy photographers interested in exotic looks. The results of these portrait sittings are projected alongside. However, as video portraits which has a disarming effect. Each person breathes, blinks, can look bored or shy. The historical characters are intermixed with contemporary models which leads to the question ‘is the politics of taking photographs today any different as they were a hundred years ago?”Lisa Reihana ha partecipato a molte importanti esposizioni tra cui: The Auckland Triennial Public/Private, 2004, Asia Pacific Triennial nel 1996 e nel 2003, Queensland Art Gallery; Paradise Now?, Asia Society Museum, NY; Noumea Biennale 2002; Sydney Biennale 2000; Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, NY, 2007. I suoi lavori appartengono alle collezioni della Queensland Art Gallery & National Art Gallery, Australia; Auckland Art Gallery & Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, NZ; Ibrahim Hussein Museum, Malaysia; Staalich Museum, Germany e al Brooklyn Museum, NY; Cambridge Museum, England. www.tworooms.org.nz/artists/lisareihana/biography.php
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