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I've been thinking about the sun lately : a painterly exploration of place, time and ecology : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington New Zealand
(Massey University, 2022) Morris, Mia Toni
This Exegesis discusses a range of painterly and sculptural installations that inform and explore time, sunlight, ecology and the importance of place. I use abstraction and post minimalism’s emphasis on materiality, site and colour as a method of making, thinking and inquiring. This project is openly precarious and intentionally focused on subtleties. I am interested in translating the critical and often poetic experience of living on the South Coast of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, in Tapu Te Ranga, Island Bay into forms that open a greater understanding and awareness of place, mindset, and behaviour. It is grounded in the spaces I occupy: observing and analysing the nuanced and changing conditions of place, in light of the climate crisis. These installations are located in relation to other artists, writers, poets, and philosophers, finding a common thread of environmental concerns, and an awareness of self, place and time. While importantly exploring art and writing as a way of understanding and connecting sustainably and consciously to our immediate surroundings.