Podocarpus totara, Tōtara, (detail) c.1480, felled 1906, collection of the School of Biological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
Photo Credit
Artists
- Nova Paul
- Yllwbro
- Xin Cheng
- Maria Olsen
- Emerita Baik
- Vivian Lynn
- Flora Christeller
- Mo H. Zareei
- Richard Niania & Joyce Campbell
- Bridget Reweti
- Taarn Scott & Hana Pera Aoake
- Susan Skerman
- Richard Frater & Richard Francis
Folded Memory asks what we might learn from the physical evidence of time within the folded rings of a tree and invites audiences to imagine the gallery as a forest in which new histories can be made.
Folded Memory begins with a tree. A cross-section of a Tōtara to be precise. He Tōtara Rangatira sprouted as a sapling sometime around the year 1481. He Tōtara was felled in 1906 in Taihape. It was brought to Te Herenga Waka, where it was used to tell new stories. A colonial history was placed along its rings tracing from Columbus to Cook. Folded Memory reimagines the narratives held deep within the rings of he Tōtara.
A group show of 16 artists and collaborations, including moving image, painting, sculpture, sound and temporary installation, the exhibition draws on Nga Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection alongside key loaned items. Folded Memory is part of an ongoing collaboration between curators Susan Ballard and Sophie Thorn, narrating a new environmental art history of Aotearoa.
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- Summer closedown: 18 December 2023 – 22 January 2024
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- Victoria University of Wellington
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Folded Memory asks what we might learn from the physical evidence of time within the folded rings of a tree and invites audiences to imagine the gallery as a forest in which new histories can be made.
Folded Memory begins with a tree. A cross-section of a Tōtara to be precise. He Tōtara Rangatira sprouted as a sapling sometime around the year 1481. He Tōtara was felled in 1906 in Taihape. It was brought to Te Herenga Waka, where it was used to tell new stories. A colonial history was placed along its rings tracing from Columbus to Cook. Folded Memory reimagines the narratives held deep within the rings of he Tōtara.
A group show of 16 artists and collaborations, including moving image, painting, sculpture, sound and temporary installation, the exhibition draws on Nga Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection alongside key loaned items. Folded Memory is part of an ongoing collaboration between curators Susan Ballard and Sophie Thorn, narrating a new environmental art history of Aotearoa.
