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Tongan-born Filipe Tohi of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the world-renowed artist known for his mastery of the ancient Tongan art of lalava (decorative lashing) and his artistic and cultural interpretations of that art form, offers a presentation and hands-on workshop exploring the art of lalava. Tohi has dedicated the last fifteen years of his life to studying the intricate, complex design patterns of these lashings, which create a cultural language hidden within the layers upon layers of black and brown coconut sennit wrapped around the beams of fales and sailing canoes. Come and learn about Tohi’s artistic quest to understand the profound and expansive cultural knowledge that was recorded in the patterns of the lalava. “Lalava was our computer,” he says. “Knowledge about astronomy and navigation, mathematics and physics, the environment and history is all recorded here, within the patterns of the lalava.”
He will be at Art in the Ironworks, Kamehameha Ave (near intersection with Manono St.), Hilo, on April 22, between 2-4 p.m. See attachment flyer.
For more information call Pasifika Foundation Hawai‘i at 328-8721 or Art in The Ironworks at 935-2300. email: acurrie@hawaii.rr.com.
Tongan-born Filipe Tohi of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the world-renowed artist known for his mastery of the ancient Tongan art of lalava (decorative lashing) and his artistic and cultural interpretations of that art form, offers a presentation and hands-on workshop exploring the art of lalava. Tohi has dedicated the last fifteen years of his life to studying the intricate, complex design patterns of these lashings, which create a cultural language hidden within the layers upon layers of black and brown coconut sennit wrapped around the beams of fales and sailing canoes. Come and learn about Tohi’s artistic quest to understand the profound and expansive cultural knowledge that was recorded in the patterns of the lalava. “Lalava was our computer,” he says. “Knowledge about astronomy and navigation, mathematics and physics, the environment and history is all recorded here, within the patterns of the lalava.”
He will be at Art in the Ironworks, Kamehameha Ave (near intersection with Manono St.), Hilo, on April 22, between 2-4 p.m. See attachment flyer.
For more information call Pasifika Foundation Hawai‘i at 328-8721 or Art in The Ironworks at 935-2300. email: acurrie@hawaii.rr.com.
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