New Zealand - Lisa Reihana - Emissaries (In Pursuit of Venus [infected]) - Venice Biennale 2017

New Zealand Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Art Biennale Viva Arte Viva Emissaries Artist: Lisa Reihana Commissioner: Alastair Carruthers Curator: Rhana Devenport In Neoclassical France, entrepreneur Joseph Dufour used the latest printing innovations to produce Les Sauvages De La Mer Pacifique (1804), a sophisticated twenty panel scenic wallpaper. Mirroring a widespread fascination with the Pacific voyages undertaken by Captain Cook, de Bougainville and de la Perouse; it’s exotic themes referenced popular illustrations of that time. Two hundred years later, Maori artist Lisa Reihana employs twenty-first century digital technologies to animate Les Sauvages De La Mer Pacifique. Enlivened with the sights and sounds of dance and cultural ceremonies, a vast video panorama is populated by a myriad of people drawn from across New Zealand and the Pacific. Filmed and Edited By: Mickey Mayer Interviews courtesy of: Te Papa Tongarewa & Wintec Spark Extra footage fro