KARAKIA The Resetting Ceremony
Huber Sasha
Huber travels with a greenstone carver Jeff Mahuika (Kati Mahaki, Poutini Kai Tahu) to the site, between Kā Roimata a Hine Hukatere (Franz Josef Glacier) and Te Moeka o Tuawe (Fox Glacier) at Te Waipounamu (South Island) of New Zealand. On location Mr Mahuika offered a karakia blessing to symbolically un-name the glacier of its association with Agassiz and his racism.
Production Year
2015
Duration
00:05:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
body image, ceremonies, environmental issues, glaciers, Maoris, media art, mountains, nature, racism, religion and religions, spirituality, video art
Original Title
KARAKIA The Resetting Ceremony
Finnish Title
KARAKIA The Resetting Ceremony
English Title
KARAKIA The Resetting Ceremony
Production Countries
New Zealand,Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sasha Huber (Author), Max Bellamy (Cinematographer), Petri Saarikko (Cinematographer), Sasha Huber (Director), Tam Webster (Editor), Jeff Mahuika (Music), Sasha Huber (Producer), Sasha Huber (Script), Jeff Mahuika (Script), Jeff Mahuika (Actor), Sasha Huber (Actor), AVEK (Funder), Massey University (Funder), Wellington City Council (Funder), Tam Webster (Sound Design)
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Sasha Huber (CH/FI) is a Helsinki based multidisciplinary visual artist of Swiss-Haitian heritage. She works and presents her work internationally and is primarily concerned with the politics of memory and belonging, particularly in relation to colonial residue left in the environment. Sensitive to the subtle threads connecting history and the present, she uses and responds to archival material within a layered creative practice that encompasses performance-based interventions, video, photography, and collaborations. Huber is also claiming the compressed-air staple gun, aware of its symbolic significance as a weapon while offering the potential to renegotiate unequal power dynamics. Huber works regularly in a creative partnership with her partner artist Petri Saarikko. She holds an MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki and is presently undertaking practice-based PhD studies.
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