18Nov

18Nov

Whenua Fonua ‘Enua | Artist Talk

Benjamin Work 
Artist Talk: Whenua Fonua ‘Enua
18 November, 2:30pm
Malcolm Smith Gallery 
Uxbridge Arts and Culture
Howick

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Event Details

Early Polynesian navigators gave names to the places they encountered as a reminder of the spiritual threshold between creation and reality. This was because they regarded the ideas of geographic and spiritual origin as mutually similar.

In Whenua Fonua ‘Enua Auckland-based artist Benjamin Work explores the significance of name and place and the importance of these indicators that connect us to our past and highlight the characteristics of our present.

Work hopes to draw the viewer into a conversation about the way in which history is written onto a landscape, as people remember and retell stories of what has taken place and imagine what could be.

Join Benjamin Work for a discussion of this exhibition on Saturday 18 November at 2.30pm.

All welcome, free to attend.

Malcolm Smith Gallery 
Uxbridge Arts and Culture

35 Uxbridge Road
Howick
Auckland