Kia ora , Kia ora
Chevron Hassett
6
April 2022
6
April
2022
29
April 2022
Gallery 3
Chevron’s solo-exhibition ‘ Kia ora, Kia ora’ is an introduction to his early video practices, exhibiting three works he made in 2019: ‘ Home is where my heart will rest’, ‘Tū-Ramarama’ and ‘Mauri Tū’. These works reference connection to land and place, the importance of community and the history of Māori migration in Australia.Both ‘ Home is where my heart will rest’ and ‘Tū-Ramarama’ are intimate video portraits of people and place. The first being Chevron’s home Naenae in Wellington, Aotearoa and the second showing Māori communities in Sydney, Australia. The third video ‘Mauri Tū’, is a continuous video patterned like kowhaiwhai showing his ancestral home of Te Tairawhiti.
Exhibition documented by Teagan Ramsay.
Chevron’s solo-exhibition ‘ Kia ora, Kia ora’ is an introduction to his early video practices, exhibiting three works he made in 2019: ‘ Home is where my heart will rest’, ‘Tū-Ramarama’ and ‘Mauri Tū’. These works reference connection to land and place, the importance of community and the history of Māori migration in Australia.Both ‘ Home is where my heart will rest’ and ‘Tū-Ramarama’ are intimate video portraits of people and place. The first being Chevron’s home Naenae in Wellington, Aotearoa and the second showing Māori communities in Sydney, Australia. The third video ‘Mauri Tū’, is a continuous video patterned like kowhaiwhai showing his ancestral home of Te Tairawhiti.
Chevron Hassett
Chevron Hassett, born Lower Hutt, Aotearoa (NZ) is an early career artist of Māori (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine) and Pākehā (Irish) heritage. Hassett is a visual artist predominantly working in lens-based media, sculpture and public installation. At the heart of his practice is the essential spirit of whanaungatanga, the Māori concept of connecting, building and maintaining relationships within communities.