Press Release Photographs for ‘Going Native” (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara
All Photos by Wonu Veys.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring ‘Te hono ki Aotearoa: The Link To New Zealand’ student rowing club members paddling the Māori waka in Leiden, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring ‘Te hono ki Aotearoa: The Link To New Zealand’ student rowing club members paddling the Māori waka in Leiden, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring ‘Te hono ki Aotearoa: The Link To New Zealand’ student rowing club members paddling the Māori waka in Leiden, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring ‘Te hono ki Aotearoa: The Link To New Zealand’ student rowing club members performing the haka (Māori ceremonial war dance) in Leiden, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring musician Michiel Teijgeler from ‘Mt yiḏaki’ (Didgeridoo music studio) in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring dancer Harry Kawika Kūmakaekalā Lodder from ‘Hālau hula ke ala o nā hōku’ (Hawaiian dance school) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring dancer Harry Kawika Kūmakaekalā Lodder from ‘Hālau hula ke ala o nā hōku’ (Hawaiian dance school) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring dancer Harry Kawika Kūmakaekalā Lodder from ‘Hālau hula ke ala o nā hōku’ (Hawaiian dance school) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Production still from ‘Going Native’ (2017/2022) by Yuki Kihara. Featuring dancers Hana Kawai'apolikoikanahele Noya (far left), Wendy Māheahealani Amatoeloes (centre) and Harry Kawika Kūmakaekalā Lodder (far right) from ‘Hālau hula ke ala o nā hōku’ (Hawaiian dance school) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Photo by Wonu Veys. Commissioned by the National Museum of World Cultures, The Netherlands. Courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries Dunedin and Queenstown, Aotearoa New Zealand.
oceanic collections VISIT at museum volkENKUNDE, Leiden with ‘going native’ participANTS AND YUKI KIHARA HELD ON 20 MAY 2022
All Photos by Sofia Miorelli.