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Hala Kafa
其他書名
Vaiei Tupuna Exhibition Guide ; 5.10.2024 - 15.12.2024
出版
Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery
, 2024
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Uqol0QEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
"Hala Kafa, 2024, is a new commission by 'Uhila Moe Langi Nai, and the result of an earlier invitation from Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery to engage with a Tongan tapa, in its collection. Gifted to Te Herenga Waka--Victoria University of Wellington by the University of the South Pacific in 1999, this tapa known as a ngatu tāhina is notable for its ceremonial scale, which, at over 24 metres, wrapped the length of the gallery upon its display in 2023. Finding in the ngatu tāhina a kupesi pattern inherited from her grandmother, Nai has conceived of her response as an iteration of its original gift. In Tonga, to gift koloa is a sign of respect. Hala Kafa transposes the horizontal scale of the ngatu tāhina into six vertical lengths, and its hand-beaten kupesi into stylised, rhythmic forms, returning koloa to its original, anonymous makers." -- Publisher's website.
