Real Art Roadshow

Kelcy Taratoa

b.1972

Master of Māori Visual Arts: Massey University

Kelcy Taratoa - Episode 17

Acrylic on canvas

Episode 17

It is no accident that Episode 17 appears to have been cut and pasted from various entertainment environments, such as computer games and comics. Elements from these ‘fantasy’ media have been inserted into the everyday ‘reality’ of the street to create what seems, at first glance, a strange twilight zone between fantasy and reality. In fact, this montage reflects the visual environment that many young urban dwellers inhabit: from computer screen- to-comic book-to-street-to-Xbox-to-car-to-street. It is their reality.

Essay

Dimensions: 913x608mm