Stunning work from @bbygrl_anj to bring the @womeninphotography_nz_au project - the full project can be seen on the Thistle Hall website. Thank you for having us - we have loved sharing work with you over the last 8 months. Virginia x
Joey Le Meche in the gallery
He's back! His exhibition was cancelled due to lockdown. Come and see Joey Le Meche in the gallery this weekend.
In the lightbox now - @mouldyjuice Sage Rossie’s amazing work as part of the 6 month curatorial project We Look to the Future with Progressive Ideals curated by @virginiawoodsjack for @womeninphotography_nz_au
Don’t miss this incredible work by @fog_moon_studio Tanya Te Miringa Ruka in the lightbox now
The amazing Maramatanga - from @fog_moon_studio the current image in the lightbox is created from this digital weaving 🤩
Posted @withregram • @womeninphotography_nz_au Tanya Te Miringa Ruka -Ngati Pakau, Ngapuhi, Waitaha
Tanya is a Māori Indigenous artist with a deep interest in indigenous ancestral navigational systems. ‘I nga wā o mua’ from times in front: thinking through Futures design using ideas of science fiction, fantasy and allegory to open pathways of potential located within indigenous futurism, eco futurism and alternative worlds.
Deme Te Atawhai Scott - Taranaki, Ngāti Awa
D. Te Atawhai Scott is a photographer and filmmaker based in the Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) area. Scott works within the boundaries of the photographic medium to investigate the interwoven politics of identity and wā kāinga - home. Scott’s work derives from her mixed Māori and Pākehā whakapapa. After graduating from Massey with an Honors photography degree in 2019, she has stayed in Wellington to continue her practice. Scott’s work seeks to document the active liberation of decolonising forms of womanhood. Just heading into town now to install @de.teatawhai.scott work - stay tuned for more soon 🤩
Tomorrow ( Saturday 12th) is the last day to view ‘Wairata’ by @saraormephotographer in the lightbox. Sunday sees the 4th of our artists as we welcome in the start of Matariki.
Night and day @saraormephotographer work as part of the 6 month curation of the lightbox by @womeninphotography_nz_au founder @virginiawoodsjack is worth coming to see
Posted @withregram • @womeninphotography_nz_au Wairata Tahana
Sara (Hera) Orme
Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Turawhai, Ngāti Whakaue
Wairata Tahana -Te Teko- is part of an on-going work referencing my whanau in the small, predominantly maori populated town of the same name. A personal series, which began soon after the death of my father some 12 years ago, is rooted in my exploration of tipuna, whakapapa and the takaoraoratanga my father and the generations before us faced.
Wairata Tahana references both our heritage as Ngati Awa wahine and descendants of Kahupake and is a reminder that in 1865 on the the banks of this very river, our awa The Rangiaitaki, 100,000 hectares of Ngāti Awa land was stolen by the Crown leaving Maori landless, resources destroyed and leaving an entire people culturally and spiritually impoverished. Continuing this korero through my photographs has become essential to my work. It’s important for these stories to be shared and understood. I want this work to ignite more than a drive through experience of a small town in Aotearoa and only witness the visible impoverishment. Understanding history is essential to understanding the contemporary world.
Te Teko draws strongly on the complexity of colonialism in Aotearoa, The Raupatu, consequences of dislocation and assumes norms that are referenced from history, memory, whenua and my own relationship with Te Teko today. I am a visual sociologist researching and surveying these experiences in my photographs.
By understanding the past we can understand the present and look towards a future with progressive ideals.
To quote historian Vincent O’Malley; “It’s about taking ownership of our history, binding us together as a nation that can honestly confront its own past. We need to own this history. Doing that is not intended to sow the seeds of division or disharmony. It's the basis for genuine reconciliation. Sara’s work will be in the Lightbox for the next three weeks - instalive to come w
