Breaking barriers: linking art, culture and conservation
In the hopes to further explore and pave the way forward in linking artistic and poetic Fijian traditional knowledge with conservation, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) held a one day symposium at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Oceania Centre in Suva on Monday 10 July.
Photo: IUCN Oceania
Fostering a multidisciplinary approach with artists, filmmakers, curators, anthropologists and environmental scientists, the symposium is part of TBA21’s expedition in Lau and Tonga. The expedition is guided by the wish to collaboratively explore the ways of living the ‘Tabu’ and gathering as much information from traditional knowledge and law to oral history, cosmologies, science and contemporary applied methods in the form of ‘talanoa’ with the Fijian communities. In particular, TBA21 hopes to understand the experiences, expertise, and concerns of the local communities, with regards to the threats the Ocean is facing today.
The one day symposium included an art exhibition at the Oceania centre, a ‘talanoa’ session on the concept of the ‘Tabu’ and traditional ocean governance concluded by an evening of poetry.
Orchestrated by TBA21, co-partners included The International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pacific Heritage Hub, The Poetry Shop and the Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies at USP’s Faculty of Arts, Law and Education.
About TBA21
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary is a foundation of contemporary art initiated in 2002 by Francesca Hadsburg. TBA21 is committed to supporting the production, commissioning and dissemination of unconventional, trans-disciplinary projects worldwide. TBA’s exhibitions and projects promote artistic practices that blur the boundaries between art, research and theory, architecture and site specificity, social aesthetics and sociopolitical engagement. (www.TBA21.org)
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