TAPU TE RANGA
MARAE
TAPU TE
RANGA
MARAE
2022
2022
For this project, I researched Manawa Karioi, the nature reserve in Island Bay that sits on the
same land where the Tapu Te Ranga Marae used to be.
For this project, I researched Manawa Karioi, the nature reserve in Island Bay that sits on the same land where the Tapu Te Ranga Marae used to be.
The video documentary, Tapu Te Ranga Marae: A Documentary, directed by Vanessa Patea and produced by Ruth Korver, informed my illustrations immensely. This documentary featured many of the historical photos used for the collages, as well as the text that guided each illustration.
I decided to go in a printmaking-collage direction as it represented the aspects of reusing materials to build in an unconventional way, the regrowth of the natural plant life, and the history that is embedded into all of it.
The video documentary, Tapu Te Ranga Marae: A Documentary, directed by Vanessa Patea and produced by Ruth Korver, informed my illustrations immensely. This documentary featured many of the historical photos used for the collages, as well as the text that guided each illustration.
I decided to go in a printmaking-collage direction as it represented the aspects of reusing materials to build in an unconventional way, the regrowth of the natural plant life, and the history that is embedded into all of it.
Top: Kaitiakitanga
Middle: Marae’s Proverb
Bottom: A Work In Progress
For this project, I researched Manawa Karioi, the nature reserve in Island Bay that sits on the same land where the Tapu Te Ranga Marae used to be.
The video documentary, Tapu Te Ranga Marae: A Documentary, directed by Vanessa Patea and produced by Ruth Korver, informed my illustrations immensely. This documentary featured many of the historical photos used for the collages, as well as the text that guided each illustration.
I decided to go in a printmaking-collage direction as it represented the aspects of reusing materials to build in an unconventional way, the regrowth of the natural plant life, and the history that is embedded into all of it.