Contemporary Maori Architecture - The Case for the Untraditional

One of the most insidious myths about contemporary Maori architecture is that it does not exist, since 'traditional' Maori building design has been influenced by colonial architecture. Looks at contemporary issues in Maori architecture.

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Dancing the Society: Performing Arts in the Solomon Islands

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Whetting the Appetite

Exhibition review State of the Art 4 Biennial survey exhibition curated by Stephanie Radok New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide South Australia 21 April - 12 May 1996

Angela Valamanesh

Maori Film Images and Intellectual Property Rights - A Breakthrough?

For those depositing films with a significant Maori content, the New Zealand Film Archive has developed a Deposit Agreement which acknowledges that named Maori guardians have spiritual guardianship authority over their image treasures in perpetuity. This goes way beyond white copyright regimes.

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Tandanya - Captivating Culture

Brief overview of the current focus of Tandanya the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide, South Australia.

Stephanie Britton

Vaka - Only the Brave

Looks at the contemporary art and the cultural and economic pressures faced by the people of the Cook Islands.

Mereana Hutchinson

Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia ed David Horton

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Katrina Power

Funk Junk

Exhibition review Junk Bonds New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide South Australia Touring South Australia and interstate with Visions of Australia 28 June - 28 July 1996.

John Neylon

Oceanic Arts Society of Sydney

Describes the establishment and membership of this new society.

Chris Koziel

The Silence which Howls

Exhibition review Second Look: Prospect Textile Biennial Prospect Gallery 14 April - 5 May 1996

Brenda Goggs

Soapstone Workshop

April 1996 at the Pouebo Town Hall northern New Caledonia. A sculptural tradition has always been alive in this area so a workshop was held to explore the use of soapstone sculpture.

Denise Tiavouane

Australia Goes to Samoa: 7th Pacific Festival of the Arts

Overview of the 7th Pacific Festival of Arts which is held in a different country every 4 years. 1996 the festival was held in Apia in Western Samoa. Previous hosts 1992 Raratonga, Cook Islands 1988 Townsville Queensland Australia Lists the communities of Aboriginal Australians who were in attendance at the festival.

Stephanie Britton

Doin' the Limbo

Exhibition review White Hysteria Curated by Susan Treister Contemporary Art Centre, Adelaide South Australia 7 - 30 June 1996

Stephanie Radok

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