Two Bodies, Two Landscapes
Zwei Körper, Zwei Landschaften
Two Bodies, Two Landscapes, Zwei Körper, Zwei Landschaften #2
2016
Two Bodies, Two Landscapes, Zwei Körper, Zwei Landschaften #1
2016
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Germany + Samoa shared an intimate relationship from 1899 - 1914
"Die Perle der Südsee"
The Pearl of the south sea
The relationship was terminated by New Zealand on the 29th August 1914
Samoa was the Alpha + Omega of WW1
Not a single shot fired, not a drop of blood shed
RESIDENCY
This series was producted during the Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, GERMANY in 2014 - 2015
SOLO EXHIBITION
2015
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, GERMANY
Multimedia installation. Supported by Creative New Zealand
INSTALLATION VIEWS
experimental video work inspired by the 'volkerschau' human zoo epoch of Germany Deutschland and exploring the colonial sexual objectification of primitive peoples, cultures and societies giving rise to the 'dusky maiden' + 'noble savage' syndrome coined by the Eurocentric adoration of the ethnographer and anthropologists.
“ L U S T “
2016