Thomas Pool: He aha ta koe e korero ai mo to ahuatanga me to mahi toi?
Aoife Dunne: Ka waihangahia e au nga whakaurunga ruku, maha-whakaaro e torotoro ana i te hononga i waenga i nga waahi tinana me nga waahi mariko. Ko aku mahi i ahu mai i te ahurea matihiko, surrealism, me te wheako o te tangata, te whakakotahi i te whakairo, te ataata, te oro, te mahi, me te hangarau hei wero i nga tirohanga o te mooni. Ko aku rangahau e aro nui ana ki te awenga hohonu o te hangarau i runga i to maatau tirohanga ki te waahi me te whitinga hihiri i waenga i te ao tinana me te ao mariko, e aro ana ki te whakarereketanga o enei awe i te mooni, te tuakiri me te hapori.
TP: I te tau 2016 te toa o te RDS Visual Arts Awards, i pehea te ahua o te whakataetae i to huarahi mahi? He aha te titiro whakamuri mai i tera wa?
AD: Ko te wikitoria i te Tohu Toi Ataata RDS i te tau 2016 i homai taku waahi studio tuatahi ki te whakawhanake i nga mahi hou me te tino whakanui ake i te tirohanga o aku mahi. Taku mahi, LIMITINGA, i toa i te tohu, i whakaatuhia ki te Whare Taonga o nga Toi o Naianei i Denver, Colorado, i muri tata mai, e tohu ana i tetahi wa nui i roto i taku mahi. Ko te whakakitenga mai i te tohu i whai waahi nui ki te whakatuu i taku noho, i Irirangi me te ao.
TP: He pehea to tirohanga ki nga taonga tuku iho o nga RDS Visual Art Awards? He pehea te paanga o nga mahi ka puta mai i Ireland?
AD: Ki taku whakaaro he nui te paanga o nga Tohu Toi Ataata RDS ki nga kaitoi Irish ka puta ake. Kua waihangahia e ratou he kaupapa nui mo nga taranata hou kia mohiohia, kia tautokohia, he mea tino nui i tenei wa, i te mea he uaua ki te hanga me te pupuri i te mahi toi.
TP: He aha nga tohutohu ka tukuna e koe ki nga tauira toi ki te whakarewa i a raatau mahi toi i muri i te paheketanga?
AD: Kaua e tere te mahi – tangohia te wa ki te whakamatautau, ki te ako me te whakamahine i to mahi.
TP: He kaupapa kei te haere mai kei te mahi koe?
AD: MOEE (2022) kei te whakaatu i te Southbank Centre, i Raanana, hei waahanga o te kaupapa o waho 'Winter Light' (21 Whiringa-a-rangi 2024 – 2 Hui-tanguru 2025), na Cedar Lewisohn, Kaitiaki mo te Hoahoa Pae, me Mark Healy, Kaiawhina Kaitiaki i te Te Pokapū o Southbank. Kei roto i te matapae nui-nui, tenei whitiwhitinga o MOEE Ko tetahi waahanga o te whakaurunga maha, he waahi-motuhake, i tukuna tuatahitia e te Irish Museum of Modern Art, ka whakauruhia ki te marae IMMA mai i te 7 o Hanuere ki te 28 o Hui-tanguru 2022. Kei te mahi ano ahau i etahi kaupapa whakahihiri o te ao i te wa, tae atu ki aku whakaurunga nui rawa atu ki tenei ra. Ahakoa kaore e taea e au te whakapuaki i nga korero katoa, ka tae mai etahi atu korero ki runga i taku paetukutuku.
Ko Aoife Dunne he kaitoi whakaurunga matihiko e hanga ana i nga taiao rumaki nui e whakakotahi ana i te whakairo, te ataata, te oro, te mahi, te hangarau me te kakahu.
