REIHANA, Lisa, 1964-
Top Hat (from Memoranda) (Maori)
Lisa Reihana is a New Zealand pioneer of media
art, utilising technology to create new ways to
explore Mäori culture.
Reihana graduated from Elam in 1987. Her
practice has encompassed video, animation, storytelling,
sculpture, textiles, performance, sound and
photography, increasingly with a digital emphasis.
In 1997 she created Native Portraits n.19897,
a large gateway comprising 11 video monitors,
commissioned for the opening of Te Papa
Tongarewa and forming the waharoa of her
ongoing Digital Marae project. From these 11
videos, Reihana created five projected dramas
and six granite portraits, which form part of her
Memoranda project, first shown at the Singapore
Art Museum in 2003.
