Tiki Kūare
3 x A4 prints on white card
Kia kaua tātou e kāpō, e turi, e ngū, otirā, kia kūare, ki ngā āhuatanga me ngā pēhitanga o te wā. He akiaki tēnei ki a tātou kia “whakarongo, whakarongo, whakarongo”. Matike mai, kia mataara, me tū ki roto i tō tātou māoritanga.
“Tiki Kūare” depicts a fusion of concepts to provoke thought on how we internalise and respond to the noise, challenges and pressures around us. These images are a spin on the Japanese “Three Wise Monkeys” pictorial that embodies 3 monkeys who “see not, hear not, speak not” as a way of avoiding evil and corruption. Conversely, Tiki Kūare encourages us not to be ignorant of the things going on around us. This set represents the essence of the tauparapara “Whakarongo, whakarongo, whakarongo! Whakarongo ki te tangi o te manu e karanga nei - tūī, tūī, tūī, tuia…”. Rather than burying our head in the sand, we need to whakarongo - listen to our senses and the call within us to stand steadfast in our māoritanga.
3 x A4 prints on white card
Kia kaua tātou e kāpō, e turi, e ngū, otirā, kia kūare, ki ngā āhuatanga me ngā pēhitanga o te wā. He akiaki tēnei ki a tātou kia “whakarongo, whakarongo, whakarongo”. Matike mai, kia mataara, me tū ki roto i tō tātou māoritanga.
“Tiki Kūare” depicts a fusion of concepts to provoke thought on how we internalise and respond to the noise, challenges and pressures around us. These images are a spin on the Japanese “Three Wise Monkeys” pictorial that embodies 3 monkeys who “see not, hear not, speak not” as a way of avoiding evil and corruption. Conversely, Tiki Kūare encourages us not to be ignorant of the things going on around us. This set represents the essence of the tauparapara “Whakarongo, whakarongo, whakarongo! Whakarongo ki te tangi o te manu e karanga nei - tūī, tūī, tūī, tuia…”. Rather than burying our head in the sand, we need to whakarongo - listen to our senses and the call within us to stand steadfast in our māoritanga.
3 x A4 prints on white card
Kia kaua tātou e kāpō, e turi, e ngū, otirā, kia kūare, ki ngā āhuatanga me ngā pēhitanga o te wā. He akiaki tēnei ki a tātou kia “whakarongo, whakarongo, whakarongo”. Matike mai, kia mataara, me tū ki roto i tō tātou māoritanga.
“Tiki Kūare” depicts a fusion of concepts to provoke thought on how we internalise and respond to the noise, challenges and pressures around us. These images are a spin on the Japanese “Three Wise Monkeys” pictorial that embodies 3 monkeys who “see not, hear not, speak not” as a way of avoiding evil and corruption. Conversely, Tiki Kūare encourages us not to be ignorant of the things going on around us. This set represents the essence of the tauparapara “Whakarongo, whakarongo, whakarongo! Whakarongo ki te tangi o te manu e karanga nei - tūī, tūī, tūī, tuia…”. Rather than burying our head in the sand, we need to whakarongo - listen to our senses and the call within us to stand steadfast in our māoritanga.