Leilani's Presentation

Todays blog that i'm doing is about Leilani Kake, I did not attend her presentation due to personal reasons that unfortunately stop me from coming to class that daybut i've managed to grab some notes and now able to comprehend what happened that day.

Leilani Kake , M.I.T lecturer who specializes in video installation . Leilani enjoys capturing processes such as when she showedus as a class a documentation of her papa getting a moko to his face and the stages of how that day was planned trough culture and kaupapa such as doing a karakia and managing all that has to be done before getting everything in proportion to respect our maori tanga . i think by seeing the videos and research about her really brings me to the conclusion that she feels really strong about her beliefs and is proud to be part Maori . Unfortunately Leilani's papa had a intense stroke and was sent to hospital with immense care from doctors and nurses ,I think as soon as Leilani found out she would be filled with freight and sadness , she grabbedher camera and started filming him at the hospital, and soon after that you notice the film shows the next stage of movement to the sequence and sadly it was a scene of her papas tangi, the closure of her film ended with pictures of him and then seeing him play a guitar and ending the sequence with a waiata called Tangi a te ruru meaning the owl is crying, in other words bringing someone back . I think its so interesting that he would sing a song like that because the sequence ended up with him passing away which made me feel sorrow for Leilani to hear that waiata being sung by her own father.

Leilani has many influences such as Merata Mita, Ron Crocombe, Epeli Hau'ofa, Sir Peter Buck-te Rangi Hiroa . I think these artist really helped who she is today because each of these relate to some of her projects and ideas such as her film on her papa that she showed us as a class .

after the session with Leilani we all took a trip to Te Tuhi art gallerywhere DVA got to see many projects being displayed , i know i did not attend class that day, so i took the time to find some projects that was there and found a video of a house in Detroit covered in ice displayed at the gallery , when i first saw the house i was completely surprised, i couldn't believe the state it was in and how the owner would let it get like that. Gregory Holmes is the man who directed and produced this project called Ice House Detroit along with collabrator and architect Mathew Redune. I believe that the owner hoses his house down with water nearly everyday and with amazing repetition of rain and the pure coldness that Detroit gets in winter season .