serve: family, lecturer and myself.
time: week 8


Ingredients (Tools/Materials):
- DSLR Camera
- Photoshop
- Premier
- Costume ( Tuiga (Head piece), Fala (Fine matt), Nifo Oti, Knife, Lipstick)
- Dancer ( Phiaddra Togiatama Otto)
- Photography Studio
- Tripod
- Exhibition space


Method: 8 weeks


week 1: talked about our time management with experiments. we also talked about what can be done.
- gathering materials/tools
- deciding on where our work could be displayed, at the moment we our only option is Taarati's room/office.

week 2:
- book studio space
- researching more artists to find a fair idea on what we're looking towards for our work

week 3:
havent been talking to kendra for a while as of issues outside of class but thankful for her support through this all.

week 4:
- tuesday: preparing for our photoshoot on friday, blogs up to date and also working on what could be done before photoshoot, getting equipment/costume all ready.
-friday: will be shooting just our photographs with Phiaddra (model)

week 5: we will be starting on editing process and also discussing on how many photos we will be using on the day.

week 6: blogging and trying my best to keep up to date with everything.

week 7:
tuesday: cleaning out Taarati office/room to start preparing for our work to be displayed, also we will be filming our last bit for our work. 

Raymond Sagapolutele

RAYMOND SAGAPOLUTELE

what i really like about raymonds work is how he has black backround and the lighting that focuses on the one person or object. this is how we want our work to look like espesially with the taupou wering colours that will help stand out. i like how the lighing isnt to bright or weak with in the person in his works.

Shigeyuki Kihara -Taualuga the Last Dance

shigeyuki kihara is a contemporary artist and the first New Zealander to hold a solo exhibition at the metropitan museum of art in New York. Kihara immigrated to New Zealand at the age of sixteen to further her studies.  Kihara is also a fa'afine, the 3rd gender of Samoa also a samoan born. her mother is samoan and her father is japanese. shigeyuki trained in fashion design in wellington polytech (now massey university). 

what i liked about this artist is how her costume restricts her body and makes her movement more effective like how a samoan taupou should really dance. she uses them olden day dress instead of what they wear now days with the fine mat around the body. 

presentation

struggled to upload pdf file on blogger.

TAUALUGA - particular dance for a Taupou or Manaia

The Samoan "taualuga" dance (taua: war; luga: above; translates as 'war in a higher place') reveals the importance of the number three in the Samoan culture. In the taualuga, a "taupou" (village maid or virgin) does a slow and dedicate dance. Surrounding her are the "aiuli" dancers who do animated dances, make lots of noise, and distracting the taupou from her slow dance - taunting her to move faster, and to copy them. The "taupou" should continue with her slow dance despite the distraction. 
The taupou wears a "tuiga" - a headdress made of flowers, shells, human hair, and three recognizable spikes. This is the basic form of the taualuga, which is demonstrated in a variety of ways by different performers. Most Samoan festivities that I attended culminated with a 'taualuga' performance where anyone can join, makes lots of noise, and contribute money. 
This dance is performed at the conclusion of most Samoan fiafias. 

This song describes what a taupou is when she is dancing and that she is dancing on her own as a soloist while you have an aiuli trying to cheer her on when she is dancing.  the taualuga is one many samoan dances but this particular dance is made for the taupou only it gives her a chance to show gracefulness and respect to her elders or community with in her moves.

TAUPOU costume.

TUIGA (Headpiece)

The tuiga is the headpiece that is worn by a Taupou/Augafa'apae (female) or Manaia (male), to show their status as the daughter or son of the highest chief in the village, or sometimes the whole district, when they perform the Samoan dance for dignitaries in prominent events, international/national/district/village gatherings, etc

'IE TOGA (fine mat)

The highborn son or daughter of a Samoan chief would dress in full festive regalia for a taualuga performance. This usually consisted of a traditional finely woven 'ie toga or fine mat, decorated with the prized feathers of the "sega" that was wrapped around the body.  The mat was secured with a tapa sash called a "vala" or "fusi" and it was not uncommon for several layers of mats and tapa to be worn. Today, most fine mats are bordered with dyed chicken feathers, far larger and less delicate than the traditional mats now seen only very rarely in Samoa, Both the dancer and the mats were generously anointed with scented coconut oil to give a cosmetic sheen.

'ULA NIFO (necklace)

'Ula nifo is made out of whale bones or sometimes a wild boar. it is worn during tradintional dances such as the taualuga, sasā, faataupati, ma'ulu'ulu. it is also made for male and female.

TAUPOU.

T A U P O U. 

The TAUPOU is a samoan lady or a samoan maiden.  In the samoan culture the Taupou is usually a daughter of a Matai or High Chief with in their own village or community.  The Taupou is also the main lady in the village she is the one who leads example for the other ladies as well, whenever the village or the community get together, the Taupou is expected to take care of the kava ceremony and also when it comes to serving food. when it comes to dancing the Taupou is expected to perform or dance for the village or community known as the siva samoa, with her help the taupou has a group of boys or a crowd who Surround her are the "aiuli" dancers who do animated dances, make lots of noise, and distracting the taupou from her slow dance - taunting her to move faster, and to copy them.  The Taupou is a single lady or girl who leads a big roll for other ladies when she is married she is no longer a Taupou she will be called AUGAFA APAE.