Ke Keʻena Mea Hana Mermaid
11 Mei - 22 Iune 2024
Hōʻike pū i loko 'Horses' ma Mermaid Arts Center, Hannah Ní Mhaonaigh a me Émile Crowther ua hoʻoikaika i nā hana a kekahi mai ka hana mua ʻana i ka makahiki 2014. Ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i kā lākou hana, ua hoʻokaʻawale ka curator Anne Mullee i ka hale kiʻi ma waena o lākou, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kamaʻilio ākea e kahe ana i hope a i waho. -like, oiai e pili ana i ka malihini.
ʻO ke kiʻi mua i ʻike ʻia ʻo Émile Crowther's Nani Colm (2024), he paʻi kala like C-type o ka nūnū make ma luna o ka ʻeke mauʻu a me nā daisies. E moe ana me ka ʻaoʻao lalo e huli ana i luna, ua wehe ʻia kona hulu haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano pena a neʻe aʻe ma waena o nā mea ulu a puni. ʻOkoʻa ko lākou ʻāhuehue me nā ʻōniʻoniʻo o nā pua ʻāhiu, e hōʻike ana i ka mae ʻana o ke ʻano e hele mai me ke kaʻina make.
ʻO ka mea aʻe he ʻekolu mau paʻi gelatin kālā monochrome ma ka paia i pena ʻia i ka uliuli. ʻOiai ke kumuhana o Deflated i (2024) he paʻakikī, ʻo kona ʻano maʻamau, ka māhele ʻana o nā leo, a me ke ʻano o kahi maiuu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hōʻike ana he kiʻi ʻē aʻe o ka manu nūnū i make - i kēia manawa i ʻike nui ʻia a ʻike ʻia i kahi kāʻei keʻokeʻo kikoʻī e hoʻāla hou ai i ka entropy. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia mau hiʻohiʻona e Deflated ii (2024), he kiʻi ʻāpana o ka pôpeku me ke ʻano hexagonal maʻamau.
Aia ma waena o lāua, Alanui Thomas (2024) hoʻohuli i nā waiwai tonal me kona ʻeleʻele a me ke kumuhana māmā. Hoʻokaʻawale hoʻi i loko o kona mau wahi, e komo hou ana kēia ʻano ʻano kāmaʻa lio Piʻo ʻelua (2024), he kiʻi paʻa i ka paia na Ní Mhaonaigh. Hana ʻia me Jesmonite, pena ʻia i ka ultramarine, a hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā ʻāpana aniani a me nā pōhaku, he hōʻailona ia o ka laki a me ke kumu o ke kiʻi o Crowther.1
ʻOi aku ka like o nā ʻaila ʻekolu a Ní Mhaonaigh ma mua o nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole i loko o kāna kino hana. Fiadh (2024) he 150 x 150 knm haku mele me na mea pena e komo ana me ka papa kupapau i hoahuia me ka mini 'pena' (kahi e hoike ana i ka hoailona puuwai), he wahi huinaha nui e hookomo ana i ka palena, he diagonal alani e wawahi ana i ka vertical, a me kahi sliver o ke kākoʻo i hōʻike ʻia. ʻOiai heluhelu ʻia ka ʻāpana nui ma ke kihi o ka lau nahele (e hoʻomanaʻo ana iā Crowther's Nani Colm), ma ka laulā, pohihihi kona kumuhana. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o ka impasto a me ka ʻili palahalaha maʻamau (i loaʻa ma ka hoʻopili ʻana a me ka wehe ʻana i ka pena), nā ʻano hui like ʻole a me ka nuanced, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻōnaehana a me ka hōʻike ʻana, e hoʻopiha iā ia me ke ola.
Kūlike nā hōkū (2024) ua like ka unahi a ua hana ʻia mai nā mea haku mele. ʻO kahi papa kuʻekuʻe i pena ʻia i ka ʻeleʻele me nā 'hōkū' melemele impasto a me ka 'firmament' inky-blue me nā 'planets' ʻano like ʻole e hāʻawi i ka manaʻo cosmic e kūlike me ke poʻo inoa. Eia hou, ʻo ka ʻāpana nui loa he ʻāpana i hiki ke heluhelu ʻia e like me ka lau nahele, a i ʻole e like me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka wai (hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka huaʻōlelo 'wai' a me ke ʻano o ka pāpaʻi i ka hui ʻana). Hoʻonui ʻia ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e nā mea like ʻole Pua ma ka pukaaniani (2024), he kiʻi pena 110 x 110cm e hōʻike ana i kahi huinahā ʻeleʻele me ka palena waihoʻoluʻu. He aha ke ʻano o ka 'pua' i hōʻike ʻia ma ke alo o ka puka makani, a i ʻole ʻike ʻia paha ma ia?
ʻO ka hōʻike hope loa a Ní Mhaonaigh he pepa vinyl i kau ʻia ma ka paia o ka lio hānai ʻana, me ka QR code e pili ana i kahi ʻāpana o Damhán alla i mo lámh (2024) - he wikiō i hana pū ʻia e nā mea pena kiʻi ʻelua - e hōʻike ana i ka lio keʻokeʻo e holo ana ma luna o ka mauʻu. ʻO ka pāʻani ʻana ma kahi loop kokoke ʻo Crowther's Smithereens 2012-2024 (2024), he wikiō ʻumi minuke e hoʻololi ana mai nā kiʻi kala o ka leʻaleʻa ʻo Brighton Pier - i hoʻokumu ʻia mai ka ʻumi makahiki, ua pau ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Super 8 - i nā ʻano ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo hoihoi. Hoʻopili pū ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona ʻeleʻele me nā leo e hoʻololi ʻia ma waena o ka noho mālie, nā mele pop, a me nā kaomi mechanical, a me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ka ʻaoʻao e kamaʻilio ana i ka manaʻo ʻole i ka wā e nīnau pāʻani ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka mea i ʻike ʻia.
ʻO kēlā mea liʻiliʻi e pili ana i kā Ní Mhaonaigh a me Crowther kiʻi e hiki ai i ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo ke hana i nā wehewehe. ʻO ka ʻike nānā ʻana, e hoʻomaka me ka literal ooili morio, he mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻohe mea e noho like, wehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he kūlana hoʻomaha kahi e hui pū ai nā nīnau a me nā pane. Me he mea lā ma nā wahi e pili ana i ka lio eponymous - he holoholona i mahalo nui ʻia, i kuhikuhi ʻia i loko o nā kiʻi prehistoric - hana pū nā ʻāpana e hoʻāla i ka ʻuhane o kāna moʻolelo hōʻailona paʻakikī, a me nā hopena moʻolelo.
He mea kākau moʻolelo noʻeau ʻo Susan Campbell, mea kākau moʻolelo kiʻi a me ka mea pena kiʻi.
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1 E nānā i: lio, he zine i hana ʻia e kū like me ka hōʻike.
