Career Development Grant
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
To combine immersive experience with audio and visual recordings research of the traditions and history (both oral and documented) of the people I come from for the purpose of gaining a richer and deeper understanding of my heritage and own indigenous identity with which to develop that voice in my art. I will know that I've been successful in addressing these goals by: attending and recording cultural events and ceremonies; interviewing elders and chiefs of my native village community; interviewing tribal historians; exploring traditional artistic expression of the Pacific/Fijian way of life with an emphasis on storytelling and passing down of history from generation to generation, a significant component being research of the “meke” which is the traditional artistic expression of storytelling through dance (similar to the Maori “haka”).
Other, local or private