Eunoia

Ko tā *Eunoia*, 2020 he tuitui i ngā maramara kōata papamōhinu 250 kua taehia, ki te waihanga i te rango poutū e kitea ai i konei. He mea tārewa mai i te tuanui ki te papa mā ngā kahuki tino kaha, ko te tauira āhuahanga e kitea ana i ngā tikanga raranga o te Māori te āhuatanga i toko ake ai te whakaaro mo *Eunoia*. Ko ngā rārangi raranga whero e kitea ana huri noa i te hanganga he tohu mō te whakapapa. Ko ngā tae whero, pango, mā, he tae e whakaatu ana i ngā ariā e pā ana ki ngā kōrero mō te orokohanga o te ao. E ai ki a Te Rongo Kirkwood:

Kei te whakamahi au i te kōata pango hei whakaatu i te pito mata urutapu kei roto tonu i te whakapapa – te putanga mai i ngā taumata o te pō tae noa ki te hanganga o te ao mārama e tohutoroa ana e te whakamahi i te kōata mā.

Ko tā te *Eunoia* he tū hei ripa tauārai i waenga i te Ira Atua me te Ira Tangata. Ko tēnei toi he mahi muramura, he mahi kōhure e aro ai ki tō tātou hononga ki ngā ao ōkiko me te ao tūrehurehu o te mātauranga Māori, o te pono ā-ahurea.

*Eunoia*, 2020 threads together over 250 separate pieces of stained and satin glass components into the upright cylindrical form you see here. Suspended from ceiling to floor using high-tensile strength threads *Eunoia* is inspired by the geometric patterning found within Māori weaving traditions. The red weaving lines visible across the structure are symbolic of whakapapa (genealogical) lines. The red, black and white colouring represents concepts related to Māori creation narratives. Te Rongo Kirkwood explains:

I am using black glass to pick up on the notion of pure potentiality sitting in behind the concept of whakapapa – the emergence out of the stages of night into the light of creation referenced in the use of white glass.

*Eunoia* is conceptualised as a threshold between the states of Ira Atua (the realm of the gods) and Ira Tangata (the realm of humankind). It is a bold and commanding work that considers our relationship to the physical and metaphysical realms of Māori knowledge and cultural belief.

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