Te Wai Ngunguru - Nomads of the Sea (2018) is an immersive 3D installation by Lisa Reihana, that weaves historical fact with speculative fiction to explore social tensions in 1800s New Zealand.
Te Wai Ngunguru begins with a sea voyage by female convict Charlotte Badger in 1804. After arriving in Aotearoa, she is protected by a Ngā Puhi chief. Te Wai Ngunguru, explores the lust for muskets, cultural circumstances and where women could find agency at this time, and the contrast between European law and Māori morality.
Originally co-commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation and Creative New Zealand, Ngā Aho Whakaari, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Language Commission and Jan Warburton Charitable Trust. Co-produced by Artprojects and Reihanamations Ltd. Presented at the 22nd Biennale of Sydney with generous support from Creative New Zealand and Penelope Seidler AM. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney.
Experience Reihana’s work like never before thanks to a partnership with galleries and museums across the Wellington region.
Pātaka is delighted to present Lisa Reihana: Nomads of the Sea a wider exhibition that celebrates Reihana’s oeuvre, alongside Te Papa’s presentation of in Pursuit of Venus [infected] and New Histories, and Reihana’s Kura Moana series of site-specific works, commissioned by the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
Together, these four projects represent the largest survey of Reihana’s moving image and installation works to date.
Pātaka’s Lisa Reihana: Nomads of the Sea exhibition focuses on Reihana’s distinctive exploration of large-scale, immersive installations and offers insight into her weaving together numerous threads of kōrero from museology, archives and historical accounts, to pūrakau Māori, whakapapa and Māori belief systems. Here you can witness the Aotearoa premiere of Te Wai Ngunguru.
He whakaaturanga toi ataata tēnei e kīa nei, Ko ‘Nomads of the Sea’, nā Lisa Reihana. He raweketanga hītori tēnei, e kitea ai ētehi o ngā āhuatanga o te mana o te wahine i roto i tō tātou hītoria. E haere ngātahi ana ngā kōrero pono me ngā kōrero paki. Ko te kaupapa o te whakaaturanga, ko te taetanga mai o tēnei wahine pākehā nei, a Charlotte Badger, ki Aotearoa i te tau 1804, otirā, e ai ki te kōrero, I āta manaakitia te wahine nei e tētehi rangatira o Ngāpuhi.
Ko te taonga nui ka kitea ki tēnei whakaaturanga ko ‘Te Wai Ngunguru’. He taonga e kōrero ana mō ngā uauatanga i tau ki ngā wahine i roto i te ao pākehā, me ngā tirohanga, me ngā ture, pākehā. Katahi ka kōrerohia te rerekē o te mana wahine i roto i te ao Māori.
SILENT KARANGA
Single-channel UHD video, 9:16, colour, silent, 3:00 mins
Director / Producer Lisa Reihana
Performer Whirmako Black
DOP Sam Tozer
Gaffer Dominic Taylor
Costume Robert Buck
Dressmaker Marion Olsen
Hair & Makeup Design Stefan Knight
Production Assistant James Pinker
Catering Amanda Wright
Tui Illustrations John Tootil
Digital Animation Dan Mace
VFX Perceptual Engineering John Baxter
Editor Sam Tozer
Nga mihi ki a Koutou Megan Tamati Quennall (Curator "Mai i te Aroha, Ko te Aroha"), Te Papa Tongarewa Team
Commissioned by Te Papa Tongarewa
TAI WHETUKI
Ultra-HD Video, widescreen cinema aspect ratio, three-channel video, sound, 15:00 mins
Dying Warrior / Attendant Chief Mourner Eds Eramiha
Mouner / Tuatara / Strange Figure / Te Kuwatawata Ali Foa’i
Kaikaranga / Grieving Woman / Hinenuitepo / Shaman Rosanna Raymond
Beaten Villager Trey Tama Newrick
Producer / Director Lisa Reihana
DOP / Editor / VFX Sam Tozer
Sound Composition Sean Cooper & James Pinker
Costume Design Robert Buck, Ani O’Neill & Lisa Reihana
Production Manager Natalie Tozer
Assistant Director Joe Fish
Locations / SPFX Paul Rhodes
Make-Up Vee Gulliver
Runner Trey Tama Newrick
NOMADS OF THE SEA
Four-channel 3D UHD video: multi-channel audio, steel, lighting installation with sculptural components, 19 minutes; dimensions variable
Writer & Director Lisa Reihana
Producers Lisa Reihana, Selina Joe, Whetu Fala & James Pinker
Puhi Te Puawaitanga Winterburn
Charlotte Badger Liz Kirkman
Huri-Waka Eds Eramiha
Hine Ihaia Chapman-Rangiheuea
Sailor James Pinker
Ena Suzanne Tamaki
Director of Photography Sam Tozer
Production Designer Simon Bright
Costume Designer Bob Buck
Editor Sam Tozer
Music Producer James Pinker
Original Score Sean Cooper
Ngapuhi Te Reo Maori Consultant Peter Lucas Jones
Cultural Adviser Haami Piripi
Drama Consultant Nancy Brunning
Stunt Choreographer Dayna Grant
Stunt Assistant Kasina Campbell
Taiaha Choreographer Kereama Te Ua
First Assistant Director Joe Nolan
Unit Manager Wi Rakete
Set Decorator Marjorie Mashall
Set Builder Kristos Focas
Art Department Assistant Jarl Benzon
Head Greensman Mathew Handscomb
Greens Person Louise Barry
3D Stereographer Sean Kelly
Camera Operator George Hennah
Astrophotography Tim Firkin
First Assistant Camera Dusty Millar
3D Digital Imaging Technician Martin Le Breton
Picture and Workflow Architect Anthony S. Pratt
Data Wrangler Rajeev Mishra
Sound Recordist George Nepia III
Gaffer Adrian (Wookie) Hebron
Best Boy Chris Emerre
Lighting Console Operator Reuben Morrison
Rigger Gareth King
Lighting Technician Sophie Lloyd & Edward Tyrie
Key Grip Melissa Rirnui
Best Boy Marice Kapua
Grip Jan Kleinheins
Special FX Jai Ingram & Shaan Ingram
Props Buyer / Set Dresser Gil West-Walker
Standby Props Grace Acheson
Costume Supervisor Carolyn Fenton
Costume Co-ordinator Paul Booth
Hair & Makeup Supervisor Elizabeth McCarthy
Makeup Artist Andrea Plested
Makeup Supervisor (Storyteller) Stefan Knight
Visual Effects Editor Sam Tozer
3D Post Production Lot23
Sound Designer Tom Scott-Toft
Taonga Puoro Riki Bennett
Musician Phil Dadson
Interns Ali Foa'i, Matilda Boese-Wong, Lanita Ririnui, Emily Berryman & Rameka Tamaki
Health & Safety Officer Ethan Mikkelsen
Accountant Entertainment Accounting Services
Insurance Andrea Clout - Crombie Lockwood
Nga Mihi Kia Koutou Allpress Coffee, Neil & Phillipa Adcock, Ngahiwi Apanui, Christina Asher, Louise Baker, Richard Bluck, Paul Booth & Heta Timu, Kirsty Cameron, Rhana Devenport, Elizabeth Ellis, Kirsty Fromont, Liam Goulter, Tanemahuta Gray, Hapai Productions, Dion Hartley, Phil Kelly, Richard Lander, Murray Love, Catherine Madigan, Hineani Melbourne, Angela Mooar, Ian Otten, Lynne & Larry Parr, Derek Slade, Marg Slater, Karen Soich, Taki Rua Theatre, Erina Tamepo, Keith Wong, Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi, Zoe But, Reem Shahid, Lana Samman, Younnus Mahammad, Andre Perez & Ayman Zedan
Funding Partners Creative New Zealand, Co-commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Jan Warburton Charitable Trust, Te Taura Whiri Maori Language Commission, Nga Aho Whakaari, Fala Media, Sundance Institute, Weta Group
© Reihanamations Ltd MMXIX
IHI
Two-channel UHD-Video, stereo sound
Tane Taane Mete
Papatūānuku Nancy Wijohn
Director Lisa Reihana
Editor / VFX / Compositor Sam Tozer
Hair & Make-up Design Stefan Knight
Costume Design Bob Buck
Standby Costume Andrea Plested
Props Lisa Reihana
Catering Kaye & Joanne Reihana
Production Manager James Pinker
Intern Tane van Traa
Editor / VFX / Compositor Sam Tozer
3D Assets / Rotoscoping George Turner
Sound Design James Pinker & Sean Cooper
Director / Producer Lisa Reihana
Nga mihi ki a koutou Paul Brewer, Vicky Johnson, Joey Rabel, Helaina Keeley & Kura Te Waati
Commissioned by Regional Facilities Auckland, on permanent display Aotea Centre, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand
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