Thomas Pool: He aha kāu e haʻi mai ai iā mākou e pili ana i kāu hana? Pehea ʻoe i lilo ai i mea kiʻi kiʻi a he aha ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai i kāu hana?
ʻO Annie Mar Forrester: He kanaka hana kiʻi au me ka manaʻo nui i ke kaha kiʻi, pena a me ka animation. No ka ʻohana o nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā mea hana lima wau, akā ʻaʻole ia he kelepona maʻalahi iaʻu. Ma hope o ke kēkelē ma History of Art and Philosophy, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo a manaʻo paha pehea e ʻimi hou aku ai. He mau makahiki iaʻu o ka volley-balling ma waena o ka hana dole a me ka lawelawe lawelawe ma mua o koʻu hoʻoholo ʻana e hiki paha i ke ola hana ke ala i mua.
Ua hana au i kahi papa FETAC i hoʻokahi makahiki ma ke kula kiʻi ma St. ʻO 2017-18 kēia, a ʻo kaʻu mau kiʻi i kēlā manawa i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka referendum abortion a me ke ola maoli o nā wahine i kēlā manawa. Ua kākoʻo koʻu hoa pili iaʻu me Photoshop a me Illustrator a hoʻolauna mai iaʻu iā Wacom. He mea hoʻolālā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo ia, a i ka wā paʻa o 2020 ua loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou nīnau noiʻi mua e hui pū i kahi animation mai Natural Capital Ireland. Mai ia manawa mai, ua hana mau mākou ma nā papahana animation me ka nānā ʻana i ka biodiversity, ecology a me ke kaiapuni.
ʻO kēia ala zigzag o ka hele ʻana i kahi ʻoihana noʻonoʻo ua hoʻoikaika nui i kaʻu hana, e kōkua ana i ka ʻokoʻa o kaʻu hana. Kūkulu ʻia kaʻu mau kiʻi pena a me nā kiʻi ma luna o ka moʻolelo pilikino a me kahi pilina hohonu i koʻu puni. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka manaʻo o ka 'flux' i kaʻu hana, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā kānaka, nā wahi, nā manaʻo a me nā hoʻomanaʻo.
TP: Hoʻokomo pū kāu hana i ka hana ʻana i nā kalena, nā kāleka, nā pine, nā kāhiko a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Pehea ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka hui ʻana o ka hana a me ke kiʻi?
AMF: Ua noʻonoʻo pinepine au i hea ka laina ma waena o nā kiʻi a me nā ʻano ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe. Noʻu, ʻaʻohe hoʻokahi. Ma nā ʻōlelo kūpono, ʻo nā kalena a me nā kāleka he ala maikaʻi loa iaʻu e hana ai i nā mana kūpono o kaʻu hana, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kiʻi i hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia i nā puke sketchbook - kahi e noho ai ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau kiʻi. Hauʻoli nui wau i nā tchotchkes, nā knickknacks, amulets, a me nā medallions, i loaʻa mai ka moʻomeheu Irish e pili ana i nā talismans kahiko a me nā kiʻi hoʻomana. Aloha au i ka hōʻike ʻana o nā mea i waiho ʻia ma nā pūnāwai hoʻāno, a me ka hana ʻana o koʻu makuahine i nā mea hoʻokalakupua mai ka ephemera kūlohelohe a i hana hou ʻia aʻu i ulu ai. Hoʻoikaika wau e hana i nā mea liʻiliʻi, nani a ikaika e lawe i ka manaʻo no ka mea nona.
TP: He hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa kāu hana e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ai i ke kiʻi kanaka a me ke kiʻi holoholona, a me ke koʻikoʻi o ko kākou honua kūlohelohe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio e pili ana i kēlā pili a pehea e pili ai i kāu hana?
AMF: Aloha au i nā holoholona. No kekahi manawa, noho mākou ma kua'āina, a he hale paʻa kā ka wahine nona ko mākou hale ma kahi o nā māla. I kēlā me kēia Pōʻaono, hele koʻu makuahine iaʻu ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kula e hele i ka holo lio. Ua hauʻoli au i nā puke e pili ana i nā lio a me nā ʻano ʻano mai nā ʻāina mamao aku. ʻO kā mākou mau puaʻa puaʻa, ʻo Furgo a me Whiskers, loaʻa pinepine nā ʻīlio aʻu e kūʻai aku ai i ka hale kūʻai holoholona ke nui lākou. I kekahi lā, hāʻawi maila ke kanaka e hana nei iā mākou i kahi lapeti hihiu i loaʻa i kekahi. ʻO Scamper, e like me kā mākou i kapa ʻia ai, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana o ka ʻohana, a pakele ʻo ia iā ia iho, hoʻi i ka nahele. Makemake au i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ala kū hoʻokahi e ola ai nā holoholona, nā ʻōpala a me nā mea kanu. ʻO ka honua kūlohelohe ke kūpaʻa maikaʻi, a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka pilina a me ka kamaʻāina me koʻu puni a me nā mea ola a mākou e kaʻana like nei i kā mākou mau wahi, ʻike wau i kahi hōʻoia i ka pōʻai o nā mea. Hōʻike kaʻu hana i ka mahalo a me ka mahalo aʻu i ʻike ai i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kahi kaiaola.
TP: Ma ke ʻano he mea hana ʻo Cork Zine Fest, pehea i pōmaikaʻi ai ka piʻi ʻana o nā paʻi a me nā zines i ka poʻe kiʻi kiʻi a me nā mea pena kiʻi?
AMF: ʻO Zines kahi ala hiki ke loaʻa i kāu hana i ka honua. Hiki iā lākou ke hana no ke kumu kūʻai o ke kope kope a ke kahaha mau nei au i ka nui o nā ʻāpana e hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe mai kahi pepa A4. I ka Cork Zine Fest hope loa, ua loa'a ia'u he zine 27 'ao'ao mai Riki Mats i pelu ia mai kahi pepa A4. Inā ʻaʻohe āu kālā no nā kope kala, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i ka pepa āu e paʻi nei.
Loaʻa ka laulā ākea no ka noʻonoʻo pū kekahi; ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokolohua me nā ʻano, hana hou, nā mea. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kāu hoʻomaʻamaʻa ponoʻī a hāʻawi lākou i kahi kōpili lima lima no kāu manaʻo hoʻomohala o kēia manawa. Hiki iā lākou ke maʻalahi, hana wikiwiki i nā manaʻo āu e hoʻololi ai me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kaiāulu zine kekahi ʻano nui o ia mea. Nui ka makewai a me ka mahalo i nā zines ma ʻIlelani, a na kahi zine fest a i ʻole hale waihona puke zine e lawe mai i nā poʻe mai nā ʻāina a pau e kaʻana like i kā lākou hana a hui pū me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka zine space kahi wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻole.
TP: Ua ʻōlelo ʻoe ma luna aʻe i ke ʻano o ka manaʻo o ka 'flux' i hana ai i kāu hana; Hiki iā ʻoe ke wehewehe i kēlā no mākou?
AMF: Aloha au i nā papa o nā mea. Me nā kānaka, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻike ʻana aia nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole i loko o kēlā me kēia kino, kūʻē kekahi o lākou i kekahi i kekahi, akā hoʻokumu lākou iā ʻoe iho. Aia nā ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala ma kēlā me kēia wahi āu e noho ai, a me nā pilina like ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā kānaka, nā holoholona a me nā mea kanu i kahi kikoʻī. ʻO ka honua moeʻuhane, e uhi ana i nā mea a pau. He nui nā mea a pau, a ke ho'āʻo mau nei au e hōʻole i ka noʻonoʻo binary i kaʻu hana, e loaʻa ana i ka manaʻo nui a me ka manaʻolana i ka lehulehu. ʻAʻole hiki ke hana me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo o ka 'flux' - ʻae a noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka loli. ʻIke wau i kēia mana nui ke hoʻohana ʻia iā ʻoe iho, a ke alakaʻi nei kaʻu hana i kaʻu ʻimi ʻana i loko.
TP: He aha kāu mea e hiki mai ana? Aia kekahi mau papahana e hiki mai ana āu e makemake ai e kaʻana like me mākou?
AMF: I ke kauwela a pau, aia au ma Cork College o FET Tramore campus no ka Sample Studios Summer Residency. Ma hope o kahi noho i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki ma Montemero Artist Residency, Almería, Sepania, e hoʻonui au i kaʻu mau kiʻi pena a me ka hoʻokolohua ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea a me nā ʻoki ʻoki o nā canvases. ʻO wau iho a me Aaron Ross, koʻu hoa hana hana i nā animations, e hana ana i wikiō e pili ana i kā mākou Spoon and Bloom project i kēia makahiki i hala me Gleann a'Phúca ma kā mākou Glen River Park ma Cork, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma 22 Kepakemapa ma ka Honua. ʻO ka seminar o Rivers Day ma Glen Resource Center.
ʻO Annie Mar Forrester he mea pena a he mea pena kiʻi.
