Re: [-empyre-] chipping in
hi marc,
definitely there are maori & pacific island artists working in new
media, here in nz & overseas. i have to confess that at the moment my
brain is working slowly & not many names are jumping out, but one who
does spring to mind is maru nihoniho who is a games developer; she
manages her own company now but her background is in 3d modelling,
animation etc. http://www.metia.co.nz/ one of her games, the guardian
(http://theguardiangame.com/) has a female maori main character.
there are a lot of maori visual artists whose work incorporates
digital, also in the music industry & vj ... perhaps someone can help
me out with some names here? there are a number of maori art web
sites buti haven't found one that deals specifically with maori
digital art (there probably is one ... )
if you do a search for maori art & artists you are more likely to
find traditional art forms, & i think (correct me if i'm wrong,
someone) that the focus of funding for maori & pacific arts has
tended to be on the traditional (eg carving, traditional performing
arts, language etc). the renaissance in maori art & culture is still
fairly recent so still tends to be driven by the desire to preserve
arts & crafts that were potentially going to disappear.
there's also a distinction between maori (who are the tangata whenua,
indigenous people of aotearoa) & pacific island / polynesian peoples
who are not indigenous but who have brought strong artistic practices
with them & have had a strong influence on arts & culture,
particularly in the north parts of the country.
h : )
As you say, Polynesian & Asian cultures have a strong influence in
NZ. I was wondering if you know of any indgenious people living in
New Zealand who who are curently practising in New media themselves,
or anything close to it at least?
marc
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