WhakaART is a non-art exhibition that is constantly unfolding around us. Often we are too bogged down with the mundane issues of life to notice it, or get caught up in the rat race and miss it in our haste, but always it is right there in front of our eyes, we just need to take time to perceive it, to live it.
WhakaART is a simple proposition. WhakaART seeks to completely strip back all of the academia, theory and formalities around contemporary art to enable all people to participate. WhakaART merely asks people take a day off, go to a special place, somewhere to escape for a day and live life in the moment.
This month the exhibition can be viewed at Whakaari pā, Lion Rock, Piha Beach in Auckland from 4 September to 4 October 2012. There are no artworks here in the formal sense, only those things which nature has presented in front of us: the earth, sea and sky. This is a group exhibition that we are all constantly part of, it is a lived experience, something that is momentarily possessed and perceived, a fleeting engagement relived through our children, grandchildren and their children to come.
Our hope is that through this exhibition we will be able to connect people all across the Pacific, to entice each other to go to these places of beauty and simply take in life. For those of you in Auckland who can make the journey to Piha, venture out to visit this spot and take time to feel the elements on your flesh.We encourage you to post your thoughts, feelings and photos of your experience here or on our WhakART facebook page.
Next month from October to November the exhibition will move to Black Rock in the Cook Islands, the final resting place of our dear friend and mentor Jim Vivieaere.
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| Piha on a good day looking down onto Whakaari Pa known colloquially as Lion Rock |
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For information on the Māori occupation of Piha and the Waitakere region click here.
For information on Piha beach and region click here.
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