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SCANZ 2013: Technology meets Ecology – Where have all the little blue penguins gone?

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Authors: Elise Smith and Anne Scott

Abstract

The Nga Motu Marine Reserve Society is investigating the distribution of penguins on the Taranaki coast, and monitoring the activity of known populations. We encourage everyone to contribute information, and join us in raising awareness about penguins.

The Society uses the MAIN Trust NZ Geographic Information System for the on-line data entry and analysis, providing maps and downloadable information. It uses a specially designed package of open source software – GeoServer with OpenLayers and a PostgreSQL database. This allows users share and edit geospatial data, even from a desktop Quantum GIS program. The system is very flexible, allowing integration by displaying data on any of the popular mapping applications such as Google Earth. In addition, GeoServer can connect with traditional GIS architectures such as ESRI ArcGIS.

We have been mapping existing penguin nesting sites and the areas where assistance may be given to penguins through habitat restoration, pest trapping and penguin boxes along the length of the Taranaki coastline. In order to find out more about the penguins occupying known existing burrows, we are using the Picaxe datalogging technology. This is used in schools through the Bright Sparks programmes (Andrew Hornblow) and is connected by the kihikihi wireless sensor network project, an open source platform.

We are keen to engage the community in fun ways, using technology to provide a method of seeing the world from a different perspective. We see great scope for the data to be interpreted and distributed using many different interfaces and combining audio, video and environmental monitoring records as music or images.

SCANZ 2013: Thinking outside, becoming of place, and creating the world

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Authors: Tamsin Kerr and Ross Annels

Abstract

Western society in the past considered thinking as a thing for expert brains to do inside an ivory tower, separated from the creativity of the hand and the ecology of every place. Environmental art begins to address this balance by making an outside haptic materiality matter, by beginning to approximate a more indigenous understanding. How might such approaches become more mainstream and would it make a difference to how we lived in and imagined the world? We understand the world and our human place within it very differently if we think outside, forget, the box.

We focus on some examples of artists and thinkers who have visited, inhabited, and taught at the Cooroora Institute, a place that aims to sing the song of the earth through creative practice. These include painters, sculptors, craftspeople, artisans, musicians, dancers, writers, Indigenous, environmental, and sound artists. Such practical emplacement relocates thinking to an accessible collaboration with country, using both visual and sound texts, unlimited by translation. Perhaps this thinking outside, becoming place, creating country is what forms the basis for much indigenous practice of living, and perhaps it is accessible to all? We begin to know our more-than-human self, to appreciate an active sentience of country, to form partnerships with the flow of the river and the call of the birds, to create an ecological life, through the creative practice of thinking outside.

SCANZ 2013: A groundwater resources portal for New Zealand

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Authors: Alex Kmoch, Sheena Mannering-Tawera, Diane Bradshaw, Paul White and Hermann Klug

Abstract

New Zealand’s freshwater resources are extremely valuable but at the same time barely understood. Most of the surface waters are already allocated and groundwater resources are more and more demanded by society. With 80% of the presently allocated groundwater resources, agricultural business is demanding a share of already allocated water (White, 2006). However, New Zealand’s groundwater resource properties, like storage capacities or groundwater recharge are not well known. This might cause unsatisfactory and unsustainable developments. The regional councils in New Zealand are responsible for freshwater management, working under a common national legal framework, the management of water quality, water consents and water quantity measurement is a regional responsibility and so is data collection and storage.

Iwi/Māori have a well-recognised relationship with the natural environment which spans many centuries and is the result of interaction and adaptation with native flora and fauna of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Integral to this relationship is water which sustains life and is a taonga (treasure) with significant cultural and physical dimension. This is reflected through the on-going desire of many iwi/Māori groups to have a role in the way water is managed in New Zealand to ensure its sustainable utilisation moving forward (Kawharu, 2002). The development of scientific research tools and models that incorporate mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and te reo Māori (the Māori language) are also beneficial to iwi/Māori resource policymakers, planners and decision makers.

GNS (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences) has been collecting and compiling Māori terms on hydrology, geology and geothermal phenomena to, amongst other things, explore the contribution that traditional indigenous knowledge can make to the research outcomes and model development by identifying the cultural significance of groundwater and the associated cultural links with surface water (Tipa and Tierney, 2003, Boast, 1991). The potential benefits of creating research tools that utilise te reo Maori and mātauranga Māori (within government institutional settings) includes generating increased uptake in and familiarity with te reo Māori and exposure of te reo Māori as a minority language to broader audiences. Further research could identify gaps in the dual knowledge systems (either the western scientific knowledge paradigm, or mātauranga Māori) that could be explored as an outcome of this combined research (De Bres, 2008).

In order to provide a seamless spatial and multi-purpose view of collected groundwater related datasets, the SMART project joins forces to establish a valuable basis for groundwater analysis and decision support tools (Kmoch et al., 2012, Klug et al., 2011). One of the project’s objectives is to build a web-based data and knowledge portal and attached three-dimensional web visualisation tool according to OGC and ISO compliant standards (OGC, 2012).

To support te reo Māori and mātauranga Māori within the SMART portal web mapping and catalogue application, we evaluate a multi-language concept to incorporate semantic web methodologies to map and connect English and Māori terms and descriptions of presented natural phenomena as well as metadata and descriptive text within the application (Lutz et al., 2009). Beside a language template system for in-application-navigation use, a vocabulary web service based on a RDF/SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organisation System) database and an OGC CSW Catalogue server will be implemented to express structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri, classification schemes, taxonomies, metadata and other types of controlled vocabulary. RDF/SKOS will be used to document, link and merge concepts/terms to be with other spatial and non-spatial data (Antoine Isaac and Ed Summers, 2008). Evaluation of the lexicon’s effectiveness will be measured in part by its ability to be applied successfully to the SMART portal web mapping and cataloguing application.

SCANZ 2013: The substance of experience

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Authors: Kura Puke and Stuart Foster

Abstract

Within the Turkish landscape, the elevated minarets or ‘light houses’ provide a visual focal point and a spatial trajectory through aural extensions created by the cyclical call of the adhan. A revered kaumatua, who attended ISEA2011 in Istanbul, spoke of his experience of this ancient and entrenched practice as “stirring” and “touching the soul”

This effect may be similar to the customary Maori call ‘karanga’ with its two-fold function; to communicate audibly across a physical distance, and, a spiritual call that engages the wairua . For the participants, this call may ignite ‘te puna roimata’ or ‘the wellspring of tears’ as this aural invocation petitions, beyond time and space, to the ancestors and ultimately to the source of life itself.

These allegories to the metaphysical, may be best communicated in visual-aural modes, where content is transmitted through media interconnectivity and received through wide ranging perceptions and understandings. In prompting metaphysical notions or discourse, these visuals participate in envisioning change.

The collaborative project titled ‘Tipi Rangi: Traversing the heavens’ is a sound-carrying laser light, where the relay of beams transport ancient vocal expression and audible environmental sounds, in a visual trajectory through the landscape.

Creative crossovers in science, technology, art and indigenous worldviews create new knowledge, towards integrated understandings of our contemporary ecological situation. These insights are crucial to cultivating meaningful, sustainable environmental wellbeing.

This project explores the potential toward deeper understanding of matter through electronics, forging dynamic relationships and producing captivating images, audio and performative expression. These motivations set the stage for transdisciplinary learning and communication to take place.

In the research of light, sound and other energies, exploration and discovery through technology allows the invisible to be made visible and the intangible, tangible. These are the realms of science and art, understandings of measuring and expressing narratives of these energies. Maori knowledge or matauranga has identified, interlinked and organized these phenomena within a complex but inclusive genealogical framework. The implication is, that every individual is connected to each other, to all things, and to nature itself, therefore the environment must be treated accordingly.

Notions of the metaphysical are fundamental to an indigenous view, and increasingly re-occurring in a western view, as scientific information cannot deliver these understandings but a convergence offers new knowledge pathways.

The continuation of karanga as a post colonial re-balancing of cultural identity for the collective and specifically women is a critical element in the dynamic contribution to matauranga Maori. In an increasingly younger, indigenous demographic, creating relevant meaningful visual culture is an imperative. Karanga sent forth through light, transmitting the voice as vibration can assert cultural value, identity and technology. The outcomes may be useful to those communities as inclusive learning opportunities and a tool for expressing mana

In the emerging global culture, creative products can travel, further innovating and creating new knowledge formed through both the weight of scientific data and the substance of experience.

Registration

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Wānanga symposium

Click here to register for the the SCANZ 2013 3rd nature wānanga-symposium. The link takes you to our official registration page at Lil Regie.com. This is a K1w1 site and simple to use, with payment options of credit card, Paypal or by invoice.

We are encouraging everyone to register for the hui-symposium. It is important to us, because we will be basing catering requirements on registrations. There are 4 food and drink events on Friday (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner) and 3 each on Saturday and Sunday (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea), so that is a lot of catering to arrange.

Registration includes dinner on Friday night at Owae marae, plus light lunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, plus morning and afternoon tea. That is 10 catering events.

Scroll down to the bottom of this page for the basic symposium schedule. To see selected abstracts from the first call for abstracts go to:
http://www.intercreate.org/scanz-2013-hui-symposium-second-call/

 

Early bird registration

Register before December 14 2012 and the price is $345 (student/unwaged $245) for the three days.

One day registrations are $120.

 

From December 15th 2012

Full registration is $395 (student/unwaged $295).

One day registrations are $150.

 

Wonderlogue dinner event Friday 1st Feb 2013 at Owae Marae

On the one hand the Friday night dinner is modest, but on the other hand it is a Wonderlogue event led by Trudy Lane, which involves interdisciplinary discussion.

 

Registration system

The system we are using is Lil Regie.com which is based in Aotearoa New Zealand. The full url of our registration page is:
https://scanz2013.lilregie.com/step1

You can pay via credit card, Paypal or the system can send you an invoice.

 

Accommodation options

Options for places to stay are found here: http://www.intercreate.org/accommodation-info/

Symposium presenters and attendees should make their own accommodation arrangements. If you are not staying at Te Henui Lodge, and need a lift to Owae Marae on day one or Puke Ariki on day two, please let us know by emailing Thilani Nissanga.

Map

Go to: http://www.intercreate.org/scanz-2013-map/ for a map of SCANZ sites. There is a link to a larger view just below the map.

 

 

Wānanga-symposium Schedule

Fri 1 Feb Day 01 Hui-Symposium
8am All: Depart WITT/Te Henui Lodge accommodation for Owae Marae
Powhiri
Morning tea
Wānanga-Symposium
Lunch
Hui-Symposium
Afternoon tea
Wānanga-Symposium
6pm Wonderlogue Dinner with Trudy Lane
9pm Depart Owae Marae for WITT
Sat 2 Feb Day 02 Hui-Symposium
6am All: Depart WITT for Puke Ariki
6.28am Toi Whakaari (Dawn Opening) of 3rd nature exhibition
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Live presentations from Europe
Return to WITT
Wānanga-Symposium
Break
Wānanga-Symposium
Lunch
Wānanga-Symposium
Afternoon tea
5pm Day 02 Wānanga-Symposium ends
Sun 3 Feb Day 03 Hui-Symposium
9am Wānanga-Symposium
Morning tea
Wānanga-Symposium
Lunch
Pukekura Park projects
Afternoon tea
3pm-4pm Poroporoaki (closing reflection) at WITT
4pm onwards Continued informal discussion and socialising

Week two residency

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SCANZ 2013 3rd nature WEEK TWO RESIDENCY SCHEDULE
This schedule has been placed online for discussion, it may need to change.
Sat 26 Jan Weekend 01
All: Free day
Beach/mountain/Paritutu
Evening show and tell/social event?
Sun 27 Jan Weekend 02
All: Free day
Beach/mountain/Paritutu
 6pm TROPFEST – world’s largest short film festival, bring picnic and
wine to the Bowl of Brooklands in Pukekura Park
Mon 28 Jan Day 07 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Mātauranga Māori (traditional knowledge)
Guests: Te Huirangi Waikerepuru and Te Matahiapo
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.30pm Dinner team gather
7pm Dinner
Tue 29 Jan Day 08 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Working across borders – Art, science and
indigenous knowledge
Guests: Dr Christine Fenton, Mike Fenton, Tengaruru
Wineera, Nina Czegledy
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.30pm Dinner team gather
7pm Dinner
Wed 30 Jan Day 09 Residency
SCANZ admin closed
10am All Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Open
Guests: Residency artists?
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.30pm Dinner team gather
7pm Dinner
Thur 31 Jan Day 10 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
All day on project work
4.30pm Dinner team gather
7pm Dinner
Fri 1 Feb Day 01 Wānanga-symposium
8am All: Depart for WITT Owae Marae
Powhiri
Wānanga-symposium
Morning tea
Lunch
Afternoon tea
7pm Wonderlogue Dinner with Trudy Lane
9pm Depart Owae Marae
Sat 2 Feb Day 02 Hui-Symposium
6am All: Depart WITT for Puke Ariki
6.28am Dawn opening of 3rd nature exhibition
Tea, coffee and biscuits
Live presentations from Europe
Return to WITT
Break
Wānanga-symposium
Lunch
Afternoon tea
5pm Day 02 Wānanga-symposium ends
Sun 3 Feb Day 03 Wānanga-symposium
9am Wānanga-symposium
Morning tea
Lunch
Pukekura Park projects
Afternoon tea
3pm-4pm Poroporoaki (closing reflection) at WITT
4pm onwards Continued informal discussion and socialising
Mon 4 Feb Departure
Check out from Te Henui
Farewells
Go  back to week one of the residency

 

Week one residency

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SCANZ 2013 3rd nature WEEK ONE RESIDENCY SCHEDULE
This schedule has been placed online for discussion. The plan is below. It is possible it has to change.
Fri 18 Jan Day 01 Parihaka
10am Representative group arrives at Parihaka
2pm Depart Parihaka
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open (most residency artists arrive)
8.30pm “Niko Ne Zna” Balkan Gypsy brass extravaganza
Sat 19 Jan Day 02 Parihaka
10am All: Arrive at Parihaka
2pm Depart Parihaka
3pm Whakawhanaungatanga at WITT
8pm Ash & Aidan; Shaun Preston
Sun 20 Jan Day 01 Residency
10am All: Welcome at F Block studios
Town orientation tour – electronics, hardware, galleries, park
Housekeeping and dinners schedule
Afternoon free
2pm, 8pm, 10pm; 8.30pm Tamashi Taiko Drummers; Sam Manzana and the Afro Beat Band
Mon 21 Jan Day 02 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Low cost electronics, programming LED with picaxe
Guest: Andrew Hornblow
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.30pm Dinner team gather
6pm, 7pm? Dinner
8pm, 8.30pm Country music night
Tue 22 Jan Day 03 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Raranga (weaving)
Guest: TBC
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.30pm Dinner team gather
7pm Dinner
7.45pm; 9pm Dave Ritchie Smith; Andy Bassett and the Mondegreens
Wed 23 Jan Day 04 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Eco activism and Waitara waterways
Guests Fiona Clark, Margaret Smith
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.00pm Dinner team gather
6pm Dinner
8pm City of New Plymouth Caledonian Pipe Band
Thur 24 Jan Day 05 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Contextual discussion
Today’s theme: Geolocating science, art and Maori knowledge
Guest Elise Smith
12noon Lunch
1pm Open time, project work etc
4.30pm Dinner team gather
7pm Dinner
7pm The Spice Boys; Titanium; Highly Flammable
Fri 25 Jan Day 06 Residency
9-4.30pm SCANZ admin open
10am All: Group meeting, F block art studios
Housekeeping, questions
Activities as required
Open time, project work e
Go to week two of residency

 

SCANZ 2013 map

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
40 Queen Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: +64-6 759 6060 | http://govettbrewster.com
Opening hours – 10.00am—5.00pm daily (Closed Christmas Day)

Curatorial partners for SCANZ 2013. Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading contemporary art gallery.

Puke Ariki
1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Phone: +64 (6) 759 6060 | http://www.pukeariki.com/

Opening Hours – M, T, Th, Fr – 9.00am—6.00pm
Late night Wednesday – 9.00am—9.00pm
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays – 9.00am—5.00pm

Site of the SCANZ 2013: 3rd nature exhibition, opening dawn Saturday February 2nd 2013.

Pukekura Park
A botanical park and garden in central New Plymouth, which is being outfitted with wifi.

It is also the location of SCANZ and Intercreate projects.

Friends of Pukekura Park: About the Park
http://www.pukekura.org.nz/index.php?page=the-park

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT)
http://www.witt.ac.nz/

Phone: 0800 WITT WORKS (0800 948 896)
+64 6 757 3100
Fax: +64 6 757 3235
Email: info@witt.ac.nz

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
20 Bell Street
Private Bag 2030
New Plymouth
Taranaki
New Zealand

http://wittart.co.nz – the Department of Art, Design and Media at WITT webpage. The department has a large central space with some good walls for showing work, (follow links to ‘panorama’ at wittart.co.nz) with teaching rooms, painting room, fully equipped workshop (OSH guidelines apply), wet and dry darkrooms, Mac editing suite, printmaking studio. We have access to large format printers but this is by application. So if there is specialised equipment sought please contact us early to request it and we will try and help out.

OSH guidelines mean only trained operators of machines can use equipment. Even if you have certification, you would still need to do the induction for the specific machines.

 

Travel information

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Photo: Historic Owae Marae, site of day one of the hui symposium

SCANZ 2013 3rd nature

developing the culture to create a sustainable civilisation

Themes

3rd nature involves creativity and innovation at the intersection of three critical interfaces:

*Acknowledging the environmental crisis
*Engaging with Maori and indigenous peoples
*Engaging with Sciences and the Hybrid Arts

These three intersecting dialogues provide space for a Third Nature, a fresh space for engaging with new knowledge and approaches vital to a sustainable civilisation.

Important dates

Residency dates: Arrive Friday 18 January 2013

We are asking residents to arrive in New Plymouth by Friday 18th January. This is to allow us to leave early on the 19th, for Parihaka. This marae was the location of an important passage of peaceful resistance led by Te Whiti and Tohu, leaders of the Parihaka community in the colonial period.

We are happy for people to arrive earlier. Some of the organisation team will go to Parihaka on the 18th, in accordance with protocol. The 18th of each month is a day in honour of Te Whiti and the 19th of each month is in honour of Tohu.

Flights to New Plymouth

There are only four or five flights per day to New Plymouth. If you land in the international terminal at Auckland you then need to take the free bus to the domestic terminal, or you can walk following a green line, which takes about ten minutes. Wellington also has a separate international terminal – I haven’t used it but imagine all processes are similar.

Air New Zealand is the only airline servicing New Plymouth (Nga Motu). Locate the Air New Zealand check in kiosks. Checking in is done by you at the kiosks, and there are staff to assist. You then drop your bags on to the conveyor (again someone assists). At Auckland Airport you then need to go to the regional airlines waiting area. Don’t be surprised to see large flight boards with no mention of New Plymouth flights. These are located in the area for departures and arrivals for the main centres.

The regional airlines departure area in Auckland is at the left end of the domestic terminal when standing outside and facing toward the doors. When your flight boards, you’ll walk quite a way to get to the plane, and the plane is quite small.

When your flights are arranged, please give the arrival and departure information to Thilani Nissanga. Thilani is our administrator. In the lead up to SCANZ she will be looking after arrival, departure and accommodation information. During SCANZ she will be staffing an admin office for queries, mainly during normal business hours, 9-4.30.

Car to New Plymouth

It takes around 5 hours to drive to New Plymouth, either from Auckland or Wellington. It depends on how long the breaks in the journey are and also how heavy traffic is. Some cars will no doubt be driving from Auckland around the 18th. For car pooling queries please contact Thilani. For those arriving internationally, we recommend the flight to New Plymouth. If you would like to go by car, we probably need to add an overnight stay (it is very tricky to arrange an incoming international flight arrival with a pick up in time to get to New Plymouth on the 18th), which means you would need to arrive at least a day earlier.

Residency dates: Check out Monday February 4th 2013

One of the reasons we say to check out Monday 4th February is that there are no late flights on Sunday night from New Plymouth. The last flight is around 7.15, so rather than rushing around on the final afternoon, it is simpler to leave the following day, checking out in the morning.

Symposium dates: February 1-3 2013

Arrive on January 31 2013

Day one of the hui symposium is at Owae Marae. We will be leaving early on Friday February 1st for the marae as there will be a powhiri when we get there. There is not really time to fly to New Plymouth and make it for the start of the powhiri. Anyone driving would need to leave Auckland or Wellington at 3.30am to make it for the powhiri.

Powhiri is the protocol of welcoming visitors onto a marae. The marae consists of a Whare Nui (Meeting House) and a Whare Kai (Eating House) plus a number of other buildings.

We will be called on to the marae, by women  (wahine), one calling for the locals (tangata whenua), one for the visitors (manuhiri). At the threshold of the Whare Nui, there will be a hongi for some (pressed nose greeting where the breath is shared). Once inside, several people will speak – some for the tangata whenua, some for the manuhiri. After each speech, there is a song. The formal ceremony is concluded and then all are welcome to speak, in particular any women who may like to speak.

Owae Marae is progressive in that it is Ok for women to speak. Traditionally, women did not take part in this aspect of proceedings. So please take up this opportunity if you get the feeling to.

Presentations for day one should be those that do not require internet access, as we have had problems in the past with reliability. A projector will be available.

Exhibition opening: Dawn February 2 2013

Day two of the symposium starts with the dawn opening of the exhibition at Puke Ariki. We will have two vans to take people to the opening. Such openings are rare, even in Aotearoa New Zealand so everyone is encouraged to attend. We will have an extended mid morning break so everyone can freshen up.

The remainder of the day is at WITT.

The following day, Sunday starts at WITT and proceeds to Pukekura Park.

Depart on Monday 4th February preferred

While not strictly necessary, we encourage hui symposium attendees to leave on Monday. This allows some ‘slow down time’ after the events of the previous few days. It is also our intention, that those putting forward papers, are able to have their paper impacted by attendance at the hui. Consequently scheduling reflective time is advised. Making a few notes at the time makes paper editing and development that much quicker.

That said, it would be possible to leave by car around 4.30pm on Sunday and arrive in Auckland or Wellington around 9.30pm. Similarly flights from New Plymouth airport could be booked.

 

Residency Project: Jo Tito – Earth Water Stones Light

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Initially Jo’s project was just going to focus on WAI – WATER and where the science of water and te reo Māori meet.

Now, the project will also include: 

Earth Water Stones Light

EARTH – geology, harakeke, stones, geography

LIGHT – photography, photosynthesis, natural light

STONES – as storytellers, creative, healing, spiritual, connection

Jo will venture into different spaces and places within the Taranaki landscape to sing new waiata (songs),  to create art in the moment in harmony with nature, impermanent art works that over time will disappear into nature itself. She will document these creations through photography and moving image and will sing these new songs inspired by nature…

While in those spaces, she will also explore Māori concepts within nature, looking at the science of how water flows, the effect that light has on spaces within the landscape and on the living earth.

The process will be very organic, created alone and with others. Te Reo Māori will also weave intricately through these landscapes and will at some point meet with science. Again an organic process to find where that place and space is.

For more info on the project and Jo visit:

http://sciencewithsoul.com