Curated by Ian Clothier, the works in SCANZ 2013 3rd nature exhibition spiral from the Puke Ariki Museum gallery Te Takapou Whāriki o Taranaki (The Sacred Woven Mat of Taranaki) out onto level 2 and around the natural history and geology galleries, down the stairs on to the landing and beyond into Pukekura Park botanic garden.
Te Huirangi Waikerepuru at this mornings Tomo Whakaari. Beside him is Tengaruru Wineera. Terri Ripeka Crawford choreographed a special accompaniment to the traditional ceremony. Voices from all filled the morning air.
Today the residency theme was harakeke/raranga (flax/weaving). Jo Tito led the day with a local weaver. First up was harakeke gathering then some making.
Two wheeled robotic cars emerge from the Andrew Hornblow residency workshop. There was also quite bit of interest in tree voltage data sensors.
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 [...]
Part of the SCANZ 2013 3rd nature residency involves engaging with the local community. Consequently we are shaping up days where we have some contextual discussion, then local guests take us through such aspects as programming LEDs, weaving, eco activism, geolocating projects, Matauranga Maori and working across borders of culture and science. These are workshop type activities of 1-2 hours duration and attendance is voluntary.
Part of the SCANZ 2013 3rd nature residency involves engaging with the local community. Consequently we are shaping up days where we have some contextual discussion, then local guests take us through such aspects as programming LEDs, weaving, eco activism, geolocating projects, Matauranga Maori and working across borders of culture and science. These are workshop type activities of 1-2 hours duration and attendance is voluntary.
A Walk Through Deep Time is an ongoing research project which invites people to share scientific, philosophical and cultural ideas as part of a roving discussion and walk through ‘deep‘ or geologic time. A walk event was recently held which followed a farm fenceline of 457 metres to represent 4.57 billion years, and involved astronomers, [...]
SCANZ 2013 Hui-symposium second call for abstracts, due September 7th 2012
This is the second call for hui-symposium abstracts. From the first call we received proposals for presentations from the perspectives of Mātauranga Māori, art-science, culture and climate change, pre-Columbian sustainability, bio technology, creativity and the environment from the social perspective.
We are very interested in further proposals from tangata whenua, indigenous peoples, scientists, artists, thinkers and environmentalists. Our topic is important to this country, the planet and humanity and we all have a role to play in a positive future.
The hui-symposium takes place February 1st – 3rd at Ngamotu New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand.