Maureen Lander: Flat-Pack Whakapapa
To 18 November, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Titirangi The connections between whakapapa and raranga (Maori weaving) are probed in three large-scale works by multimedia artist, weaver and academic Maureen Lander. Comprising whiri (braiding), whakairo (patterning) and embodying the concept of aho tuku iho (ancestral lines handed down from generation to generation), Lander’s installations can be separated, flat-packed, transported, reconfigured and added to, symbolizing the continuation of whakapapa and ancestry. The mobility of the works also represents the premise of whanau migrating away from their turangawaewae but carrying their culture with them. Developed and toured by The Dowse Art Museum. teuru.org.nz