Matrilineal Residue
Kia ora tatou
He uri ahau no Stromboli, Italia
Ko Moeraki te waka
Ko Rangitoto ki te Tonga te whenua
I whānau mai au i te taha o te awa o Paekakariki
Kei te noho au kei Te Whanganui a Tara
Ko Orangi Kaupapa te Hapori
Ko Rosa Criscillo toku Kuia nui
Ko Antonino Moleta toku Koro nui
Ko Beryl Leov toku Kuia
Ko Vincenzo Fiore Moleta toku Koro
Ko Marie-Jean Moleta toku Whaea
Ko John Mills toku Matua
Ko matamua a rua tamariki
Ko Amber-Jayne toku ingoa
Tena koutou katoa
Matrilineal Residue, 2023. Installation at Toi Rauwhārangi
Matrilineal Residue utilised two biographical objects, recipe book and spoon, to illustrate the transmission of knowledge through generations - from mother, to daughter, to granddaughter. Like frames in a piece of cinema, the images hung suspended, light transmitting between them allowing moments to overlap. Each image presented an interaction between mother, sister, niece, and the objects. Each woman was lit to reflect the passage of time, in an environment that imitated the homestead I remember my grandmother working in.
