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DIASPORADIC679 catalogues available now at all the venues!

Posted by PIMPI ⋅ October 21, 2011

DIASPORADIC679 is up in six locations in Otahuhu and we’re so grateful to the awesome staff at each venue!

Ana and her daughter, Oasis Drink Bar, Food City Ethnic Food Court

Dulcie Stewart outside Roop ki Rani where her work is just visible in the first floor window.

The lovely Christine Mercer, manager of the Otahuhu Recreation and Youth Centre! We’re so grateful that we were allowed to take the posters beyond the street facing window to the internal spaces too – vinaka vakalevu!

Lovely staff member at Roti’s Corner, Food City Ethnic Food Court.

The skux dudes at Red Rat! Thanks Rocky and crew!!

And Star Hotel, where we will be having a well-deserved beer after the show comes down next week!

Watch this space for more installation photos!

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Could we be stauncher?

Posted by PIMPI ⋅ September 28, 2011 ⋅ Leave a comment

Luisa Tora’s 1998 large-scale painting, “These Boots Were Made For Walking” was the inspiration for designer Nicole Lim in creating the DIASPORADIC679 crest for the exhibition’s publication. Based on the Fiji passport design, the new crest replaces the Fiji Islands Coat of Arms. In an ideal world, the front over of the exhibition publication would be thick ‘Fiji blue’ card with the text and crest embossed in gold. In our budget conscious world, it will be… the next best thing!

"These Boots Were Made For Walking" (1998) in "For Fiji, Ever Fiji" at Fresh Gallery Otara (2009)

Vinaka again Luisa for your inspiration and GREAT work Nicole Lim!

6 venues, 7 artists, 9 days

DIASPORADIC679 is a public exhibition of Fiji artists living in diaspora. Timed to acknowledge Fiji Independence Day and pay homage to the Fiji telephone prefix, +679, the artists reflect on Fiji Islander identity and diaspora experience from seven diverse positions.

All living in diaspora, the artists are Margaret Aull (NZ), Torika Bolatagici (Australia), Tagi Qolouvaki (USA), Sangeeta Singh (NZ), Dulcie Stewart (Australia), Ema Tavola (NZ) and Luisa Tora (NZ).

Collectively, the selected artists’ practices represent investigations into text and urban landscapes, feminism and sexuality, militarism, power and struggle. In the form of posters, the artists’ works are installed in the windows of six venues in and around Otahuhu Town Centre, South Auckland.

Finding the six venues and experiencing the exhibition in its entirety gives audiences a taste of Otahuhu, home of three of the seven artists, the Auckland Fiji Community headquarters and a significant Fiji Islander community.

Browse the blog or pick up an exhibition catalogue at any of the venues to learn more about the artists and Otahuhu's cultural landscape, from a Fijian perspective!

17-25 October 2011
Otahuhu, South Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

DIASPORADIC679 is proudly part of the 2011 Southside Arts Festival, produced by Auckland Council South.