Tribal Memory & Genetic Bar Coding

Drawing Paper Evolution: text work


1st generation.


Mokopuna
Grandchild


2nd generation.


Pepeha
my genetic link to the whenua/land


3rd generation.


wairua/ pepeha
interconnection of mind/body/spirit/whenua
grandmother teachings


4th generation.

drawing together & layering tribal memory my own form of genetic barcoding


5th generation.


6th & final generation?


'nga whakapapa whenua'
Encoded with the genealogy of the land. I still have 2 weeks left & so far this is the top contender for the lightbox











"e moko, nga whakapapa whenua
anei ka moe... " - whispers of waitaha