Showing posts with label folio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folio. Show all posts

Saturday, 5 October 2013

Ko au 'eni, mou me'a mai ft. Siaosi Halisi Kei Jr.

These are new photos that I took today with my little brother in it. They have not been edited yet but will be as soon as possible. He will be a big part in my concept as I will not also be portraying my culture heritage and what's contained in it, but I will also be portraying the significant roles in a Tongan female and male background. In these photos he is doing dance movements of a traditional Tongan male dance. This is called a Tulaafale. This dance is varied between war dance moves (e.g. several of the haka moves), spreading the legs evenly, bending them, and bending his arms and slapping them together in time with the music. The smiling and eye contact ties in well with hand movements to make the dance more appealing.  


Sunday, 23 June 2013

Tefito'i 'ilo Fo'ou* - Ko au eni, mou me'a mai

Wednesday 17th April
After deciding to change my concept from the 'Family' one, I decided to change my original concept 'Birthday' to an Islander/FOB concept. The reason the concepts has been changed from my original one was because I got side-tracked with one of Michel Tuffery's artworks 'Lakapi' and it led me to change my direction significantly. I have named my new concept 'Ko au eni, mou me'a mai' which means 'This is me, come to it'. The objects that i have introduced to this concept is Lavalava, a polynesian drum and a cultural painting. To link back with Michel's artwork I have used these objects to define my own cultural identity, specifically the Tongan aspect of my heritage. 
*New Concept 

Michel Tuffery - Lakapi
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