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Installation view of the artwork “Extensum/Extensor”. It comprises of a long sheet of rusted paper which hangs from the ceiling and rolls out across the floor. On the floor part of the paper, thins rods in floor green stick out, like hairs

یکی بود یکی نبود | Tērā te Wā | Memory Spaces

Persian stories often begin with یکی بود یکی نبود (‘yeki bood, yeki nabood’), or ‘one was, one was not’. Here, artworks by Selina Ershadi and Pauline Rhodes explore ideas of presence and absence to tell stories about place and memory.

Ershadi reveals a landscape of memories through a film made during a family visit to Iran. Rhodes works with scale and articulation to consider how we move through and engage with different environments.

  • When | Āhea 23 Sep 2023 – mid 2024
  • Where | Ki hea Toi Art, Level 5
  • Cost | Te utu Free entry
  • Accessibility | E wātea ana ki
    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Video soundtrack in English and in Farsi, some music, background sounds
    • Video onscreen translation text in English and Farsi
    • Transcripts for video in English and in Farsi
    • Seating for video
    • One large work centrally on the floor with low barriers
    • Audio guide with transcripts

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Ka whakapuakina mai ngā kōrero tuku iho o Pēhia ki ngā kupu یکی بود یکی نبو (‘yeki bood, yeki nabood’), ‘tērā tētahi wā, tērā anō tētahi atu' rānei. E tūhura ana ngā mahinga toi a Selina Ershadi rāua ko Pauline Rhodes i ngā mea e kitea ana, me ērā e ngaro ana, hei whakaahua i ngā kōrero mō te wāhi me ngā mahara.

Kei te huraina mai ngā tini mahara e Ershadi ki roto i tētahi kiriata mō te hokinga atu o tōna whānau ki Irāna. Mā te rahi me te tū o āna mahinga toi ka whakaahua mai a Rhodes i te āhua o tō tātou toronga atu ki ngā wāhi rerekē.

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داستان های فارسی اغلب با «یکی بود یکی نبود» شروع می‌شوند. در اینجا، آثار هنری سلینا ارشادی و پائولین رودز، ایده‌های حضور و عدم حضور را بررسی می‌کنند تا داستان‌هایی درباره مکان و خاطره تعریف کنند. 

ارشادی از طریق فیلمی که در یک سفر خانوادگی به ایران ساخته شده، منظره‌ای از خاطرات را آشکار می‌کند. رودز با مقیاس و بیان کار می‌کند تا نحوهٔ حرکت و تعامل ما با محیطهای مختلف را در نظر بگیرد.

 

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Pauline Rhodes, Extensum/Extensor, 1982, paper, wood, steel, plastic, and paint. Purchased 1983 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds. Te Papa (1983-0082-1)

 

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