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Albert Refiti, Professor, Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology
Tuputau Lelaulu, Co-Founder and Director, MAU Studio
Taloi Havini, artist and curator
Introduction by Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Curator for Oceanic Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Moderated by Jonathan Bell, Vice President of Programs, World Monuments Fund
Join leading experts for presentations and discussion exploring Indigenous cultural heritage sites in Oceania, with project case studies on Samoa and Buka Island that highlight the unique ways mobility, ocean navigation, and cosmology influence the region's expansive sense of spatial and built environments. In advance of the opening of The Met’s reenvisioned Michael C. Rockefeller Wing in 2025, learn how the new galleries will foreground the unique role that the environment plays in Oceanic art.
This is part of a series of programs about cultural heritage sites in Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
Presented in partnership with World Monuments Fund.
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Albert Refiti, Professor, Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology
Tuputau Lelaulu, Co-Founder and Director, MAU Studio
Taloi Havini, artist and curator
Introduction by Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Curator for Oceanic Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met
Moderated by Jonathan Bell, Vice President of Programs, World Monuments Fund
Join leading experts for presentations and discussion exploring Indigenous cultural heritage sites in Oceania, with project case studies on Samoa and Buka Island that highlight the unique ways mobility, ocean navigation, and cosmology influence the region's expansive sense of spatial and built environments. In advance of the opening of The Met’s reenvisioned Michael C. Rockefeller Wing in 2025, learn how the new galleries will foreground the unique role that the environment plays in Oceanic art.
This is part of a series of programs about cultural heritage sites in Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
Presented in partnership with World Monuments Fund.
Subscribe for new content from The Met: youtube.com/user/metmuseum
#TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum
© 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
