[ANU Pacific.Institute] PAH seminar: Te-Kore Positioning the Maori concept of nothingness

[Katerina Teaiwa]

School of Culture, History and Language
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Department of Pacific and Asian History
2014 Seminar Series

Monday, 23 Mar 2015, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Seminar Room B, Coombs Building (9), Fellows Road, ANU



Te Kore – Positioning the Māori concept of nothingness, void and potentiality as subject and foundation for creative practice

Moana Nepia
Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i



This presentation gives insight into the first creative practice-led PhD project rooted in Māori epistemologies and traditions of thought. Drawing upon the nineteenth century teachings of Maori scholar Mohi Ruatapu, concepts and precedents within cosmologies and artworks this project also included investigations through creative writing, choreography, performance, video and installation. Creative outcomes included a volume of poetic texts, video installation works, a dance duet described by NZ dance critics as one of the highlights of 2012, and an hour-long dance and video installation production with commissioned music, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, and dog. Fresh from the 2015 Deans and Directors of Creative Arts ‘Outstanding Field’ symposium at the Victorian College of the Arts and University of Melbourne, Dr. Moana Nepia will also share insights into some of the ways in which findings from this study inform his current work helping to establish new courses in Pacific arts in the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i.

Bio:
Moana Nepia is a choreographer, video artist, and curator who studied dance at the VCA in Melbourne in the 1980’s, had careers in classical ballet and contemporary dance in New Zealand and Europe, then retrained as a painter at Chelsea and Wimbledon Schools of Art in London. His work has been included in exhibitions in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, the UK, Germany, Canada, the US and Palau. He has published poetry, curated exhibitions on film, video and photography of Māori dance, contemporary Pacific Island art, is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i, and Arts Editor for The Contemporary Pacific journal.

Enquiries:
Danton Leary <danton.leary at anu.edu.au<mailto:danton.leary at anu.edu.au>>



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Katerina Teaiwa, PhD

Head, Department of Gender, Media and Cultural Studies
Pacific Studies Convener
School of Culture, History and Language
College of Asia and the Pacific
Australian National University
Ph: +61-2-61250857

President, Australian Association for Pacific Studies
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/teaiwa-km

See my new book Consuming Ocean Island (Indiana University Press) at
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=807364

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