Wai

• Main Authors: Cmielewski, Leon (R7465), Starrs, Josephine
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Communication Arts (Host institution)
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Alburquerque, U. S. , Online 2012
• Subjects: 190203 - Electronic Media Art; 950104 - The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft); multimedia systems; multimedia installations (art); Indian; Josephine; New Zealand; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/559616

There are five components to the Wai project. Te Iarere (communication across vast distances) involves data from a tree in Opunake, New Zealand Aotearoa. Tree voltage, temperature and light are measured. The second component is Pou Hihiri (the womb of the universe). Video is the third component. Indian video artist Sharmila Samant has contributed The Wasteland, an exploration of Wai in New Zealand. Julian Priest contributed Sink a model of anthropogenic ocean acidification. The fifth component is an animation and audio work by Leon Cmielewski and Josephine Starrs Puwai Rangi Papa. Projected onto the floor, the words of Te Huirangi Waikerepuru are etched into the mountain landscape of his home – Taranaki Maunga (mountain).