Convened by Eugene Hansen with Cassandra Barnett and Rangituhia Hollis
Saturday 25 May
19:00 – 20:30
Te Kura Hoahoa – School of Design Innovation, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, 139 Vivian Street, Te Aro
Convened by Eugene Hansen, our evening panel discussion will bring together creative practitioners, academics and technologists and connect creative AI practices into the ongoing discussions around machine learning, AI, te Tiriti o Waitangi, and data sovereignty with a focus on AI’s implications for contemporary Māori arts.
Eugene Hansen (Maniapoto) is a senior lecturer at Massey University’s Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Wellington. Focusing on co-authoring and working collaboratively, he has a long-term multimedia art practice exhibiting nationally and internationally. Eugene attributes his interest in collaboration to growing up in a remote, rural Māori community where cultural production was modelled as an inherently collaborative embracing of mātauranga Māori. He lives in Wellington
Rangituhia Hollis is of Ngati Porou and Ngati Kahungunu descent. Born in Napier, New Zealand, he has been exhibiting his art publicly for 20 years. He has Master of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland (2009). He has a practice that incorporates references to virtual reality, gaming culture and documentary-style home videos, exploring heritage, connection, dislocation and urban Māori experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand’s postcolonial context. His work has been included in significant exhibitions of Māori art including Takiwā Hou: Imagining New Spaces currently at Te Tuhi, Auckland and Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in 2021.
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