Rangituhia Hollis
Rangituhia Hollis (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is an artist, writer and educator.
Rangituhia Hollis“…Maybe in a few million years I’ll still be here to hear that star answer back. Somewhere still standing with you, still there above and roaring, well above, at the apex of all things, seeing our flaming sun dim above a dying world…”
– Excerpt fromAcross the Face of the Moon (2019)
Using unconventional methods of digital media, Rangi exhibits video and print works which are interactive and contemplative.
Rangituhia Hollis (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu) is an artist, writer and educator. His practice employs a range of collaborative strategies, often resulting in large-scale digital animation video works or interactive social engagement projects that explore Aotearoa’s postcolonial context. He often develops work using emerging or unconventional technologies. He has exhibited throughout Aotearoa in leading public museums and galleries.
‘Art After Hours: F’Rock Da Base’ with the Pacific Sisters, 2019, Photo by Art History Society AKL
‘ia tu’uatu, ia fa’amalolo, ia tupu, 2019, Photo by Shawnee Tekii Nipadua: The Human Tree by Janina Nana Yaa, 2020, Photo by Nicole Semitara Hunt
Still from ‘ia teu, ia alofa, ia puipui, ina tasi, 2019, Film by Hōhua Kurene
Rangituhia Hollis reflects on the lockdown as a catalyst for making and what it means to be part of this show.
Video by NoSix.
“…for a long time we we’ve been pushed apart through western ways of thinking…and made to be separate when there are so many things that connect us.”
- Rangituhia Hollis