The Gift - Het Cadeau - Te Koha

by Sonja van Kerkhoff with the help of many, 1992

video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992
Texts in the stills, Left to right:
He kai kei a tatou ringaringa - We have food in our hands.
Some small gift, begotten by love
Ka pu te ruha ka hao te rangatahi - The old net lies in a heap while the new net goes fishing

        




10 min., Music: Hugo Konigs, The Netherlands.
Women's voices in Dutch, English and Mþori.

video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992
Texts in the stills, Left to right:
We have to die multiple deaths to touch ourselves.
Joining the mystery and the split up beliefs
I crossed my feet and see the world as one because of its differences.

video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992
Texts in the stills, Left to right:
Tukua mai he kapunga oneone ki a au hei tangi - Send me a handful of earth so that I may weep over it
I have breathed within thee a breath of my own spirit, that thou mayest know me
She worked magic and cast spells with her love

video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992   video still from a video by Sonja van Kerkhoff, 1992
Texts in the still on the left:
And we repaint the photos with flowers from many wild gardens.

Shown
1992Graduation exhibtion   Academy of Visual Arts, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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