Waitī, Waitā
When you look at a star, you look up, and see its light. When a star sees us. It sees our head first before the ground. When we see each other, we see each other along the same line, we see each other head first.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Rangituhia Hollis is a digital media and animation artist.
After studying design at the Eastern Institute of Technology in 2000, Hollis went on to study a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Manukau Institute of Technology (2007), a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts (2008) and a Master of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland (2009).
He has since forged a practice that incorporates references to virtual reality, gaming culture and documentary-style home videos, exploring heritage, connection, dislocation and urban Māori experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand’s postcolonial context.