John Vea 29.09.2009 Tribute to Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga (still) 2013. Single-channel video. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2024
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christchurchartgallery.org.nzKoin the three artists as they discuss their works on display in He Kapuka Oneone, and how their art reflects the environmental changes happening in our lifetime.
John Vea is an Ōtautahi Christchurch-based artist who works with sculpture, video and performance art. Vea examines narratives of labour, migration and gentrification that exist within Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Vea’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He completed his Ph.D. at Auckland University of Technology in 2021 and is currently a lecturer at the University of Canterbury.
Melissa Macleod lives in New Brighton, Christchurch. She is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily across sculpture, photography and performance. She has exhibited in numerous Aotearoa New Zealand galleries and artist-run spaces, and in Japan while on a Creative New Zealand Emergent Artist Grant. Her recent work examines issues surrounding the Eastern Christchurch community where she lives, addressing the marginalisation of this area, and responding to environmental impacts.
Janine Randerson is an Aotearoa New Zealand-based media artist. Her art practice includes site-specific installations, 16mm films, experimental video and atmospheric media. A recurring theme in her work is technological mediation in ecological systems with a particular focus on meteorology.
Koin the three artists as they discuss their works on display in He Kapuka Oneone, and how their art reflects the environmental changes happening in our lifetime.
John Vea is an Ōtautahi Christchurch-based artist who works with sculpture, video and performance art. Vea examines narratives of labour, migration and gentrification that exist within Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Vea’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. He completed his Ph.D. at Auckland University of Technology in 2021 and is currently a lecturer at the University of Canterbury.
Melissa Macleod lives in New Brighton, Christchurch. She is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily across sculpture, photography and performance. She has exhibited in numerous Aotearoa New Zealand galleries and artist-run spaces, and in Japan while on a Creative New Zealand Emergent Artist Grant. Her recent work examines issues surrounding the Eastern Christchurch community where she lives, addressing the marginalisation of this area, and responding to environmental impacts.
Janine Randerson is an Aotearoa New Zealand-based media artist. Her art practice includes site-specific installations, 16mm films, experimental video and atmospheric media. A recurring theme in her work is technological mediation in ecological systems with a particular focus on meteorology.
