Haupapa: approaching a glacier

He mahi toi, he pūtaiao me ngā atua | Art, science and the ancestors | Panel discussion, 11 November 2022 (livestream 17:30 - 6:40pm NZST)

Haupapa: approaching a glacier is a round table discussion that spans the fields of art, creative technology, live data and Matauraka Māori knowledge. We consider how to work together to bridge gaps between ecology, Haupapa, science, technology and ngā ingoa o ngā atua o Kāi Tahu, the names and words of the ancestors.

You are warmly invited to a kōrerorero, round table discussion with the creators of Haupapa: The Chilled Breath of Rakamaomao, an artwork that spans the fields of art, creative technologies, science, live data and Matauraka Māori knowledge.

In mediating between these realms, in response to the melting Haupapa glacier in Aoraki National park, we sensorially approach a pressure zone where we face water scarcity in some parts of our isles, and vanishing glaciers, flooding, severe storms and coastal erosion that meets rising seas on the other. In the gathering of Ron Bull's recitation of words and names of the atua of that locale, woven through sound and images collected through audio hydrophones and underwater camera, and triggered by a live data stream from NIWA (National Institute of Air and Water), we open up to more-than-human scales of aural and visual perception.

We invite consideration of what ecological imaginaries might evolve through such voicings and data patterns of natural elements at a time of global crisis. In addition, we are interested in negotiating with care the realm of the sacred ancestors, and what is publicly shareable when bringing together parallel realms of knowledge.

Find out more and experience the artwork here. 

LASER talks host:

Dr Maree Sheehan

Guest speakers:

Heather Purdie
Janine Randerson
Rachel Shearer
Ron Bull
Stefan Marks

Maree Sheehan

Laser Talk Host, Maree Sheehan. ‘Haupapa: The Chilled Breath of Rakamaomao’ is on online data responsive artwork created by orator Ron Bull (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha), artist Janine Randerson (Pākehā), AUT, sound artist/designer Rachel Shearer (Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Pākehā), AUT, mountaineer-glaciologist Heather Purdie (Pākehā), University of Canterbury, and creative technologist Stefan Marks (Pākehā), AUT.

LASER

LASER (Leonardo ArtScience Evening RendezVous) by Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST) is an international program that brings together artists, scientists, humanists and technologists for informal presentations, performances and conversations with audiences. LASER's mission is to contribute to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and community development opportunities in more than 40 cities around the world.

Supported by World Weather Network, Te Tuhi, Creative New Zealand, LASER talks, NIWA (National Institute of Air and Water)

Part of the weather station: Te Moana Nui A Kiwa, Aotearoa (Great Ocean of Kiwa, New Zealand) - find out more here.