Aotearoa
Aotearoa is the Māori name for New Zealand. The most common translation from Māori is long white cloud, but Aotearoa can be broken down into three words: Ao / tea / roa. Separate they take on new meanings:
ao: cloud, day, world or dawn.
tea: white or light.
roa: long.
The work is presented on a wheel with seven photographs in a View Master. This separates the viewer from the outside world as the viewer looks into it and with a click spins the wheel which shows seven photographs of clouds. A text is presented for each image displayed on the wheel.
Installation:
Photographs presented in view master:
