Into the arms of my coloniser : re-imagining myself and the other : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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2016
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Massey University
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Postcolonialism is not a subject I have chosen to explore, rather, it is a reality that I have been born into. As a Samoan New Zealander I find myself automatically designated the position of ‘other’, and my image perpetually projected through the lens of the dominant culture. This exegesis seeks to explore various points of view (including my own) as a way of challenging those projections. My approach is autobiographical, examining Edouard Glissant’s ‘multiples’ as they exist within me, and locating a video art space for those different voices to materialise.
Into The Arms Of My Coloniser: Re-imagining Myself and The Other is a study into disestablishing the binary that defines myself as in opposition to the dominant culture. Through video and performance I occupy the space described by Alison Jenkins and Kuni Jones as the “indigene-coloniser hyphen” (2008), a space that allows for cultural distinctions but also acknowledges the interwoven nature of the relationship between indigenous cultures and their colonisers.
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Decolonization in art, Video art, Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art