Glass Meet The Future Film Festival 2021

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"Pounamu a Maori Glass Practice"
Te Rongo Kirkwood, New zealand

GLASS MEET THE FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL 2021

20 march 2021 - 04 april 2021

Synopsis

Pounamu is the maori word for glass.
Te Rongo Kirkwood is an artist working with kiln formed glass who describes her practice and inspirations behind the art pieces she is currently working on. She visits her most recent hanging installation on show as part of the survey exhibition Toi Tu, Toi Ora: Contemporary Maori Art at Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand.

Credits

Director – Te Matera Smith, Camera – Peter Crawford, Alok Upadhay, Isaac Kirkwood-Smith, Te Matera Smith. Models – Natarsha Orsman, Te Rawhitiroa Bosch, Pita Turei, Ruanui Dalton, Sophia Kirkwood-Smith, Isaac Kirkwood-Smith, Mikaara Kirkwood. Weaver – Shona Tawhiao. Special Thanks to Emma Mortimer, Photography – David Shields, Publication: Ka Awatea: A journey of life through light Dr Billy Lythberg, Publication: Whatu Kakahu, Maori Cloaks Awhina Tamarapa, Music: Courtesy of Troy Kingi & Allgood Absolute Alternative Records, all rights reserved 2021

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ARTIST STATEMENT
Te Rongo Kirkwood

Te Rongo Kirkwood combines fused glass with textiles, and other media to create objects that blur the lines between sculpture, craft, and personal adornment. Being of Maori, Scottish & English descent, these often bring glass components, bearing their own language of symbol and pattern, into conversation with the whakapapa (existential links between all things) of plant fibres and processes used by Māori weavers. Kirkwood’s practice explores patterns and underlying universal truths across mythologies, histories, art and science, drawing from Māori and Pākehā (European) knowledge systems to inform both conceptual and visual frameworks.

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