The art of living, retro-gradient jives : 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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dc.contributor.authorTapsell-Kururangi, James
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-14T02:39:39Z
dc.date.available2019-11-14T02:39:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIs there an art to living? To make meaning of the sober experience, the shortcomings of my present life. These works, albeit tell of the grief, love, longing, loss, dreams, of living. I try to resist the retrogressive forces of our contemporary cultural, social and political maelstrom. Explored through a series of performative and durational lived works; 1442 Hinemoa St 2017, my childhood home is now an Airbnb, an observation of the domestic home and the surround neoliberal forces in Aōtearoa. Poroporo Road 2017, a journey taken with my uncle to find my grandfather's tin of buried marbles, ontologically observing the Māori ritual of tikanga. An Intercity Bus Ride 2017, a queer passage of grief. FUN-RAZAR 2017, a convivial fundraiser with a latent nomadism, negotiating dematerialising art practice. Two afternoons spent in Mexico City 2017, participation in the tourism economy of Mexico City. Suncake, 2018 a ritualised sharing of cultural ecosystems. A Love Song 2018, a musical cathartic embodiment of grief. Tropical Lab 2018, a study of my mother’s oral histories and geopolitics of international socially engaged residencies. Nans home, an epistemological study of living. I document my humbling experience of what it has been like to frame life as art.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/15035
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectPhotographyen_US
dc.subjectDocumentary photographyen_US
dc.subjectZinesen_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectEmotions in arten_US
dc.subjectGrief in arten_US
dc.subjectTango whakaahuaen_US
dc.subjectAronganuien_US
dc.subjectPōurien_US
dc.subjectWhanaungatangaen_US
dc.subjectTūrangawaewaeen_US
dc.titleThe art of living, retro-gradient jives : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorTapsell-Kururangi, James
thesis.degree.disciplineFine Artsen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (MFA)en_US
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