Mumu

"Each culture has its sacred cows.....to ignore them is to presume omnipotence. This is the Alpha and the Omega syndrome"
Recently, Jahnke has been inspired by a number of international artists including Joseph Kosuth, the American conceptual artist, and Damien Hirst.
Like them, he says, 'My current practice is an attempt to entice the viewer to negotiate and experience space. In Back to Front, Mua ki Muri, the Hawaiian installation of 1999, I employed a number of devices to engage the viewer, including a line of genealogical text that established a connection between Maori and Kanaka Maoli (indigenous people) of Hawaii through Tupaia (the Tahitian Chief who accompanied Cook on the 1769 voyage) of the Society Islands.
At a distance the line of text seemed just a visual line.

Taiaawhio II, Huhana Smith, Te Papa Press 2007
Phew, that was a doozey. I don't know 5 people.....err yeah, ok.

Sleep time.

H2