January 1st: The Auckland Art Gallery |
Journal Entry:
The Auckland Art Museum
Our only stop for the next day was the Auckland art museum which had a lot of great fantastic installations from Maori artwork to student work from the local university. Contrary to what I had seen prior, the art's emphasis was on critical theories. What’s more is that many of them were from the perspective of the Maori. Their patterns and their Maori totems were seen in stark contrast to the westernization of the world.
Our only stop for the next day was the Auckland art museum which had a lot of great fantastic installations from Maori artwork to student work from the local university. Contrary to what I had seen prior, the art's emphasis was on critical theories. What’s more is that many of them were from the perspective of the Maori. Their patterns and their Maori totems were seen in stark contrast to the westernization of the world.
In addition to the traditional artwork the student video exhibit portrayed a lot of amazing works. One was a stop motion about a stop motion character who has realized he is a stop motion character named Cecil (on the right).
Another one was a 2-D animation depicting a role reversal of a woman saving a man from a bear when the precarious situation the man was placed in was because he wanted to save the woman in the first place (A Nice Meeting). This one reminded me of Moana, the current Disney epic that is in production and set to release next year. |