Lisa Reihana "In Pursuit of Venus [Infected]" (2015)-(67-70)
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When was “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]” first exhibited?
2012
What genre is “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]?”
Video Installation
What does “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]” represent?
Customary lifeway's of peoples thru the Pacific Ocean world against the idealized backdrop of unspoiled nature
What did Reihana include in later versions of “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]?”
Images of contact between Indigenous people and white sailors
Was “[Infected]” in the original title of “In Pursuit of Venus?”
No it wasn’t
Why was [infected] added to the title of “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]”
Because Reihana included images of contact between indigenous people and white sailors
What is the significance of [Infected] In “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]” according to Reihana?
To signify how “once people have encountered each other history is changed forever… and that’s the infection”
Reihana retells the story of which two nations through the interactions with indigenous people in “Pursuit of Venus [Infected]?”
British and French
What stories about the British and French does Reihana retells through the perspective of indigenous people?
Their story of exploration in the Pacific
When was Lisa Reihana born?
1964
Where was Lisa Reihana born?
Auckland, New Zealand
What is Lisa Reihana internationally known for?
filmmaking photography, performance art, and as a member of the art collective Pacific sisters
What art collective is Lisa Reihana a part of?
The Pacific sisters
Since when has Reihana been known to use digital media to examine and reframe histories of empire?
1990’s
What has Reihana been known for since 1990s?
Using digital media to create work examining and reframing empire histories
What is Reihana’s identity?
Maori Woman
Who are the Maori?
Indigenous people of New Zealand
Where are the Maori people from?
New Zealand
The ancestors of the Maori are from where?
Polynesia
The Maori’s ancestors came to New Zealand from Polynesia when?
1200 CE
Where is Polynesia relative to New Zealand?
The Northeast Pacific relative to New Zealand
Maori art and culture is often in what form?
Performance
Performative Maori art and culture typically feature what?
Sacred narratives and cultural structures expressed through dances and other rituals
What does Maori Art and culture focus on?
Respect for ancestors
Maori art and culture is strictly divided by what?
Culture
How do Maori definitions of art differ from European traditions?
Many ordinary objects are imbued with sacred power
What is another word for sacred power in Maori culture?
Mana
What are customary artistic productions of Maori culture seen to create?
“ancestors as real and immediate presences”
Wood carvings in Maori culture are notable for what?
Adorning architectural spaces and creating ancestors as real and immediate presences
When was Lisa Reihana established as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit?
2022
What did Lisa Reihana join in 2022?
She became a companion of the New Zealand order of merit
What does CNZM stand for?
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
What was Lisa Reihana inaugurated as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for?
Her services to the arts
When “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” was first exhibited what was the title?
“in Pursuit of Venus”
What various venues has “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” been displayed at?
Auckland Art Gallery, The Venice Biennale, and the Royal Academy in London
When was “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery?
2015
When was “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” displayed at the Venice Biennale?
2017
When was “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” displayed at the Royal Academy in Londo?
2018
What two artists we study both displayed works at the Royal Academy in London?
Millais and Reihana
How long is the video for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
64 minutes
The video for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” is ________
looped
The video for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” represents how many imagined vignettes? What do they imagine?
140; Daily life for indigenous Pacific men and women, alongside moments of contact with British sailors during the Age of exploration
The installation “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” is projected into a _______ room onto a screen how long?
Darkened; 80 feet
The screen onto which “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]”is projected on is of what width?
It is narrow
Does “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” feature any accompanying media? If so what?
Yes; a soundtrack
The soundtrack for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” includes what?
Nature sounds and songs or chants in various Pacific languages
The background for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]”is ___________ rendered and resembles what?
Digitally; a painting of “generic” Oceanic landscape
The figures in “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” are what?
Video recordings of Maori, Aboriginal and Pacific Islander actor s
The figures in “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” do what?
Perform everyday and ritual acts like weaving, dancing, storytelling, and meeting BRitish traveler whose ships float at anchor in the background
The British travelers in “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” have ships floating at ______ in the ______ground
Anchor; background
As the video for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” plays the scene slowly ______, exposing the viewer to what?
Scrolls; expansive and constantly shifting series of interactions, all stitched together seamlessly into one apparently endless vista
The horizontal format of “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” echoes what famous 18th century form?
Panorama
Panorama’s were popular when and where?
Europe in the 18th century
What are traditional European panoramas?
Painted scenes in a large-scale horizontal format
What did traditional European panoromas often represent??
Faraway destinations as exotic locations as a form of vicarious travel
How were some panoramas made truly immersive?
Being installed in specially built circular rooms, OR using long canvases stretched between rotating rollers to create sense of motion and changing scenery
What was Reihana’s inspiration for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
A novelty wallpaper
The novelty wallpaper which inspired “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” was made by a company of what nationality?
French
What company made the inspiration for “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
Dufour
What was the wallpaper that inspired “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” called?
“Les sauvages de la me Pacifique”
When was “Les sauvages de la me Pacifique” made?
Around 1805 (1804-1805)
What does “Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique” translate to?
The “Savages of the Pacific Ocean”
Older artworks which labeled groups as “savages” are often now labeled what? What is an example of this?
“Native Peoples;” The work “The ‘Savages’ of the Pacific Ocean” is now tran slated as “The Native Peoples of the Pacific Ocean”
The novelty wallpaper by Dufour company emerged out of what?
Voyages of exploration that European countries mounted to support commercial expansion and scientific discovery
European voyages of exploration for scientific discovery and commercial expansion were part of what age?
Age of enlightenment
Who was the artist of “Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique?”
Jean Gabriel Charvet
What did Jean-Gabriel Charvet base the large-format scenes in the wallpaper off of?
The illustration frm books by explorers detailing travels to oceania
Jean-Gabriel Charvet based in wallpaper off of illustrations by explorers of what nationalities?
French and English
What notable book is included as a base work for “Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique?”
“Voyages”
Who’s book “Voyages” was inspiration for “Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique?”
Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook “Voyages” is dated to when?
1773-85
Captain James Cook ‘Voyages” is ______-volume
multi
Who illustrated Captain james cook’s “Voyages?”
William Hodges and Sydney parkinson among other sources
“Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique?” Consisted of how many scenes?
20 individual scenes
Each scene for “Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique?” Was on a panel of what size?
About 8 feet high by a little under 2 feet wide
“Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique” when installed continuously was what size?
A seamless image about 30 feet long
How many colonial men are shown in the still of “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
two
How many natives are shown in the still of “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
Two
The still of “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” uses what colors?
Cool colors, green and blue
The still of “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” shows what>
A beach side scene with two colonial men and two natives with a n ocean and mountains in the background and a shed In the nearer background behind the natives
European consumers were known for products that did what regarding the Pacific world?
Exoticized it
“Les sauvages de la mer Pacifique” represented an ____________, __________ and beautiful Oceanic world that many European viewers found ________
Idealized, sensuous, attractive
What did the manufacturer of “Les sauvages de la mer pacifique” write about the wallpaper intentions?
It was intended to “please the eye and to excite the imagination”
How did Reihana respond to the Dufour wallpapering the modern day>?
She said that like other historic oceanic representations it “claims to represent the Pacific, [but] the characters’ attire and the unfamiliar flora are unlike anything I associate with my Polynesian roots. This fascinating concoction was fabulation located in someone else’s elsewhere.”
Reihana’s alternate version of the European construction vision in the wallpaper relied on what cooperation?
Her working with performers from Pacific communities who acted in the video
The performers in the video transformed “_________ ________” to “__________ __________”
Imperial fantasy to living performance
What is an “Amo?”
A post figure
“Amos” were found where in Maori culture?
Communal meeting houses
An “Amo” belongs sto what culture?
The Maori
The “Amo” in the USAD resource guide dates to when?/
c. 1800
Why is the element of performance important in “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
Bc it is an embedded aspect of Maori life
IN what year did UNESCO identify the need to preserve “intangible cultural heritage?”
2003
What is UNESCO?
The UN body tasked with protecting global art and cultural traditions
UNESCO identified the need to preserve 'Intangible cultural heritage” as rigorously as what?
Physical art and architecture
Intangible cultural heritage is transmitted how?
From generation to generation and includes cosmology, social practice, spoken language, music, and dance
What is cosmology?
“Knowledge… concerning nature and the universe”
Reihana shows many of her actrs performing what?
Customary dances and rituals
Who choreographed “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]?”
Rachel House
Who is Rachel House?
A Maori Choreographer who worked on “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]”
What types of everyday art does “in Pursuit of Venus [infected]” display?
Weaving and carving