I'm an artist. Should I join an art organisation?
Yes, you should.
This Explainer tells you how to engage and why it matters. It's for young artists in Fiji and for those interested in engaging more meaningfully in art organisations.
Mary Rokonadravu
I'm a visual artist in Fiji. How does your review process work?
The In-Depth Review is new to Fiji so this is an Explainer to describe process, approach, and other items.
Part 4 of 4: A Spectacle of Historical Persistences - The Power of Sound and Light
Phil Dakei’s sound design deserves mention for its meticulous attention to detail and its mastery in achieving the difficult act of being unobtrusive or overall ‘invisible’. Coupled with Talei Draunibaka's Lighting Design, BUTAKOCI is an artistic feat.
Part 3 of 4: Pacific Blackbirding - A Spectacle of Historical Persistences
The jewel in the crown in Butakoci (Stolen) is its Melanesian Blackbirding sequence. Draunibaka’s treatment of the case study is surprisingly tender. While her curatorial hand is evident in all vignettes, there is a discernible elevation in this sequence.
Part 2 of 4: Human Trafficking in iTaukei Settings - A Spectacle of Historical Persistences
BUTAKOCI (STOLEN) the music theatre production selected a contemporary iTaukei Fijian case study to spotlight Human Trafficking in Fiji. It sought to balance the historical case studies of Indian Indentured Labour and Pacific Islands Blackbirding.
Part 1 of 4: Women in Indian Indenture - A Spectacle of Historical Persistences
BUTAKOCI (STOLEN) the musical theatre production on Human Trafficking, lends a delicate hand-brush to the excavating of Indian women’s histories which reside in the deeper sediments of the overall ‘archaeological’ site of indenture.
A Spectacle of Historical Persistences
Butakoci (Stolen) is a deeply moving study of historical persistences related to human trafficking in Fiji — an artistic study that could mark the beginning of a cultural upending necessary for national healing and transformation.