Pluralism and the Treaty of Waitangi
In teaching week 5 you will discuss pluralism and the Treaty of Waitangi in your tutorials.
Use this discussion, the notes in your ALVC book and the internet to respond to the following
questions;
1. Define the term 'pluralism' using APA referencing.
In teaching week 5 you will discuss pluralism and the Treaty of Waitangi in your tutorials.
Use this discussion, the notes in your ALVC book and the internet to respond to the following
questions;
1. Define the term 'pluralism' using APA referencing.
According to Caldwell (1999), it appears that Pluralism is define as recognising more of contemporary art, inclusion of individuals of different ethnicities, genders, ideologies, abilities, age, religions, and economic status.
2. How would you describe New Zealand's current dominant culture?
New Zealand is a country fill with a mix of the tradition Maori culture and the Europeans, I think it really depends on where in New Zealand we are talking about, since Auckland is the majority of New Zealand's population within, Auckland is being more of a develop city, accepting other culture lifestyles. Probably American type of dominant culture would be prefer as in my opinion, since nowadays, people in New Zealand are often very attracted and observing what are the most fashionable clothing trends, what's on TV and so on. when it comes to New Zealand, first thing I would thought about is rugby, it is coming to more than just a sport itself, is more like a signature for New Zealand, which creates history for the world, especially with the upcoming event, the rugby world cup.
3. Before 1840, what was New Zealand's dominant culture?
Before 1840, there were approximately 2,000 Pakeha in New Zealand, mostly lived in the far north. The Maori began to approach with the pakeha with the settlers, since they were heavily involved in trading activities. Te Reo Maori was the language spoken by the Maori, which was the dominant culture back in the 1840s; woman back then was always under the Maori men, it is told that the man were the hunters and defenders for the lands, since they believes in their life with god and the maori myths.
4. How does the Treaty of Waitangi relate to us all as artists and designers working in New Zealand?
The Treaty of Waitangi back in 1840, it was written in 2 versions, one of them are written in Maori language, for the Maori, the other one was in English, which of course are for the Pakeha; both of the contract was actually different, they both have different meanings and uses in it; I find it really unfair, the British are being really sneaky, which they did this, and nowadays in the 20th century, it still has problems with the treaty . As being a design artist, it is very important we do our researches carefully which does not have any copyright or other intercept problems with other people when it comes to making our own work, so we can avoid having the problems such as what it is happening in the treaty of Waitangi. we need to know what is happening around us clearly.
5. How can globalization be seen as having a negative effect on regional diversity in New Zealand in particular?
Probably is because of the more people around the world coming over to New Zealand, creating somthing new which will overcome more of New Zealands own cultural environments. But New Zealand is actually quite good in which protecting their own culture throughout the whole world in my opinion. Example like during a rugby game, the All Blacks always does a Haka dance right before the game, which to me it shows they are really keen to protect and to cherish what their culture is like.
6. Shane Cotton's paintings are said to examine the cultural landscape. Research Cotton's work 'Welcome'(2004) and 'Forked Tongue' (2011) to analyze what he is saying about colonialization and the Treaty of Waitangi.
'Welcome' (2004) Shane Cotton
http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/work/52293/shane-cotton-welcome.aspx
This art work 'Welcome' are very unique, it has a meaning behind these images, the top image are representing as Jesus which refers back to European settlers in New Zealand and the missionaries did came to New Zealand before the treaty of Waitangi to spread the word of Christianity; the other face is refer as the Maori, with these 2 combine together in an image, Shane wants to shows the multi cultural side of New Zealand which shows its colonization as more than one cultural group are living together on the same land.
'Forked Tongue'(2011) Shane Cotton
In this painting, it features a cliff face, a fantail, some maori designs and a tracery of red lines, all these elements are symbols or metaphors which elaborates on the links between the physical, historical and spiritual landscape. the aspect of his art is somehow relates to the treaty of waitangi in my opinion, the trace of the red lines, and the cliff patterns seems to be the landscape shapes, which are symbolic to show the lands which they are referring to.
7. Tony Albert's installation 'Sorry' (2008) reflect the effects of colonization on the aboriginal people of Australia. Research the work and comment on what Albert is communicating through his work, and what he is referring to. Describe the materials that Albert uses on this installation and say what he hopes his work can achieve. Define the term 'kitsch'.
this installation Sorry, is a collection of his work which brought up all together, most of the work are faces of the aboriginal people, the reason why he installed all these work into the text "sorry" is because he wants to show the aboriginal people which were affected by the policy, which cut off the aboriginal people, and culture; this work was inspiried by the sorry as an apology which was from the former australian prime minister Keven Rudd.
the term 'kitsch' means a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. albert uses these items to become art wants to show that the kitsche items that appears to be items of historical value but manufactured, and the word sorry to represent everything what aboriginal people have lost.
Tony Albert | Australia b.1981 | Girramay people | Sorry 2008 |
Found kitsch objects applied to vinyl letters | 99 objects :
200 x 510 x 10cm (installed) | The James C Sourris Collection.
Purchased 2008 with funds from James C Sourris through the
Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6afMy0rlqq8
8. Explain how the work of both artists relates to pluralism.
Shane Cotton's work has the work of referring back to both culture European and the Maori, which brings a good contrast between both cultural group with simple and clean art, this to me it refers back to the ideology of pluralism.
and in Tony Albert's work, his recently work 'sorry' has a strong idea with the ideology of pluralism, the reason for this is because the work sorry refers to how the aboriginal people was being looked down before, and then the former prime minister in Australia apologize to the aboriginal people which thought that they were anything not as important, and now they make the statement as anyone are just as equal. both of these artist has the idea of exploring within pluralism in my opinion, both shows a great aspect of multi cultural and equality.
I like your description of New Zealands current culture, Honestly I also initally thought about rugby as our "iconic symbol" but that might be just because of the rugby world cup coverage at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI like your interpretation of the word "kitsch" as it makes a good connection to the message being displayed in the artwork.