tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10097036807665522282024-02-19T02:08:55.626-08:00PASIFIKA: three oceanic encounters at MGAMGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01587315694975422284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009703680766552228.post-25926264776842455532010-03-17T18:06:00.000-07:002010-03-26T00:06:10.532-07:00Interview with Stephen Zagala, Curator, Monash Gallery of Art<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eCEjRj7et5A&color1=" color2="0xcfcfcf&hl=" feature="player_embedded&fs=" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="385" width="425"></embed>MGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01587315694975422284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009703680766552228.post-57495189276494548112010-03-15T22:15:00.000-07:002010-03-16T16:17:56.915-07:00Stars of the Cook Islands at MGA fundraiser<strong>Stars of the Cook Islands</strong> specialises in the performing arts of Polynesia Cook Islands. On Saturday 13 March, the <em>Stars</em> performed at MGA's annual fundraising dinner to an audience of 120 guests.<br /><br />The Cook Islands consists of 15 islands found in the South Pacific. It is bordered to the west by Tokelau, Samoas and Nuie and to the east by Tahiti and the islands of French Polynesia. <strong>Stars of the Cook Islands</strong> are a young emerging group who are passionate about their heritage and culture, with a vision to share their culture through music, costumes, body movements and graceful actions. See more of the <em>Stars of the Cook Islands</em> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ozsFya9ic<br /><br /><object width="400" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-ozsFya9ic&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-ozsFya9ic&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="240"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUp_X8kYga4qEcxzm6WNdDX0MOcM_H9Dp9x8_KFOXmj2R1C2D7obNjUv2vYOuINZu5xcGb2ucakIJCalNmj6QbkU8Ckg7tmvoizvL4pwc2HZsc07JSycClSxaxgGw-AAD4pKDy25eq0E/s1600-h/Fundraiser_2010_71_crop.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449099704463090770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUp_X8kYga4qEcxzm6WNdDX0MOcM_H9Dp9x8_KFOXmj2R1C2D7obNjUv2vYOuINZu5xcGb2ucakIJCalNmj6QbkU8Ckg7tmvoizvL4pwc2HZsc07JSycClSxaxgGw-AAD4pKDy25eq0E/s200/Fundraiser_2010_71_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_I4D3HxQMxKDZ1LPfJLO87bl8S9UxOsSrSTQm1M_qJVb70OufVGJGqcgHHbqfzmlGu4IkobBjRv79w-C9ME5sCUAxV9gnSSFdn7bNKKA5y3n55HKkNcVcPLaKvRNg-k6pzYBV0kfn6-0/s1600-h/Fundraiser_2010_68_crop.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449099695274432386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_I4D3HxQMxKDZ1LPfJLO87bl8S9UxOsSrSTQm1M_qJVb70OufVGJGqcgHHbqfzmlGu4IkobBjRv79w-C9ME5sCUAxV9gnSSFdn7bNKKA5y3n55HKkNcVcPLaKvRNg-k6pzYBV0kfn6-0/s200/Fundraiser_2010_68_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0SZGmf5WDJD2w4mDRlmRsgCs1aDCcKK_B_dK-Nd2G6IlP07GbIY-_nQSTT8z821iQk8ZYCBuPg0lNG9yptjdOsPZ5KmOxzjT7rt8zbfbko_mzLV4kFGRMwywO0812Ow3IgNku-2iPj4/s1600-h/Fundraiser_2010_67_crop.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449099686546853778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0SZGmf5WDJD2w4mDRlmRsgCs1aDCcKK_B_dK-Nd2G6IlP07GbIY-_nQSTT8z821iQk8ZYCBuPg0lNG9yptjdOsPZ5KmOxzjT7rt8zbfbko_mzLV4kFGRMwywO0812Ow3IgNku-2iPj4/s200/Fundraiser_2010_67_crop.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JhIfx17b8YbfO8NkUp_81_MbMg_sFOaSI2cdqEwTM15XGm5rlRayZG9jTTJa-cQne0pMAtEGifebw2fCTyL25Cz2nQsJ8CHk4WV3JiivBBLFfsF-xGrl0JC_Mm1E3J-JSTGrcfITYfk/s1600-h/Fundraiser_2010_66_crop.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449099682689843650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JhIfx17b8YbfO8NkUp_81_MbMg_sFOaSI2cdqEwTM15XGm5rlRayZG9jTTJa-cQne0pMAtEGifebw2fCTyL25Cz2nQsJ8CHk4WV3JiivBBLFfsF-xGrl0JC_Mm1E3J-JSTGrcfITYfk/s200/Fundraiser_2010_66_crop.jpg" /></a>MGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01587315694975422284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009703680766552228.post-13424339668601152822010-03-14T17:47:00.000-07:002010-03-15T22:15:11.664-07:00Pasifika<strong>Pasifika: three Oceanic encounters</strong> <br /><br />Monash Gallery of Art begins 2010 with <strong><em>Pasifika: three Oceanic encounters</em></strong>. Running until 11 April 2010 <em>Pasifika</em> focuses attention on our Pacific neighbours with three distinctive exhibitons. <br /><br /><em><strong>8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby</strong></em>. <br />- a photographic collaboration between Sean Davey and Emmanuel Onom Mel <br /><em><strong>Talking Tapa : Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland</strong></em> <br />- showcasing the diversity of Pacific Islander cultural practices and visual iconography as represented through tapa (beaten bark cloth) <br /><em><strong>Kiribati: putting a face to climate change</strong></em><br />- Australian photographer and a founder of Greenpeace Australia Jon Lewis takes on the big issue of our time: climate change<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeX3UIjhYpmX-BMQBzqZtcjdOZG4Em0eTE51w6A0pfAZVyeWjHZUs8ngBTNfEWTVQbGBfWV0MXkh4bfDNICszOmfvX-lBfvrpxT5DBs-2eRwyHFfwQxk0uvAAojPxhck7yle90VNtg3I/s1600-h/pasifika_header6.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 76px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448673335425281346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeX3UIjhYpmX-BMQBzqZtcjdOZG4Em0eTE51w6A0pfAZVyeWjHZUs8ngBTNfEWTVQbGBfWV0MXkh4bfDNICszOmfvX-lBfvrpxT5DBs-2eRwyHFfwQxk0uvAAojPxhck7yle90VNtg3I/s200/pasifika_header6.gif" /></a> ______________________________________________________<br /><strong>Wax Lyrical</strong> Listen to MGA curator Stephen Zagala talk with RRR presenter Namila Benson on Wax Lyrical, 10 February 2010 102.7 Triple R FM<br />______________________________________________________<br /><strong>8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby</strong> Sean Davey and Emmanuel Onom Mel This cross-cultural collaboration focuses on the community of 8 Mile Settlement, located on the outskirts of Port Moresby. Sean Davey is an Australian photographer who has been visiting Papua New Guinea over several years, and Emmanuel Onom Mel is a self-acknowledged ‘bad boy’ who has grown up in 8 Mile. Taken together, their photographs provide a compellingly gritty picture of contemporary life in the urban Pacific.<br /><br />The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue ($19.95 + postage and handling)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzsoiQZy_ST39wXscJuo4-vRUMnGX_VXbIyyoC6aqDGvIwq6sdR9VJR_LadiJUgM322eN254XmfVSsriea-J475dCUWIpFS2_M-GLG_zt0keEMefGzb5Fajv7TEFyjGvKsC9odrHDwo8/s1600-h/8-mile-book-pic.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448675110534646098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzsoiQZy_ST39wXscJuo4-vRUMnGX_VXbIyyoC6aqDGvIwq6sdR9VJR_LadiJUgM322eN254XmfVSsriea-J475dCUWIpFS2_M-GLG_zt0keEMefGzb5Fajv7TEFyjGvKsC9odrHDwo8/s200/8-mile-book-pic.jpg" /></a><br />______________________________________________________<br /><strong>8 Mile: photographs from the margins of Port Moresby</strong><br />Opened by Stephen Zagala, Curator MGA 3.00pm Saturday 30 January 2010<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg98zLlD1a9631rJvZdSDIbY9tGGBRLC_gRRNDJDkEqQf4czFZHh4677eqo3mHfJWI-x9lRN4ptju4t9Q8wjTyn2C6cu44xmJR_N9BnBHWWd1E1tlXJ1slgCOp2vZJ3IOG39JBJoLbcPbQ/s1600-h/8+MILE_opening_21_crop.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgSK3UUAyRSLE-gAnBOvSYtzQBkezYONQmt7vfQU_QC6blwkgaSwn0wgjlpGREAzAuPU1zAEZ047ieVQt7r9APBonodTOaN1e6nCujDy1PW4V6a1xpOFBJCxMQ84Vn77Atk7cTRTEQ8g/s1600-h/8-MILE_opening_41_crop.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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