120 The School currently has two significant research bases; The Litmus Research Initia- tive, an internationally focused programme devoted to scholarship in contemporary art, and a second Research Cluster who’s res- earch represents the School’s unarguable position as New Zealand’s premier provider of degree level photography. There is a dynamic and innovative culture that per- vades the school. The School of Fine Arts at Massey University offers degree courses in Photography and Fine Art from undergraduate through to Masters and PhD level, and an undergraduate Diploma in Photography. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
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The School currently has two signifi cant research bases; The Litmus Research Initia-tive, an internationally focused programme devoted to scholarship in contemporary art, and a second Research Cluster who’s res-earch represents the School’s unarguable position as New Zealand’s premier provider of degree level photography. There is a dynamic and innovative culture that per-vades the school.
The School of Fine Arts at Massey University offers degree courses in Photography and Fine Art from undergraduate through to Masters and PhD level, and an undergraduate Diploma in Photography.
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The staff that teach on the programmes are notable for their research activities and as exhibiting professional artists, academics and writers. The students who emerge from our courses are imbued with a sense of excite-ment and purpose. They have comprehensive skills in working across a range of media, and the critical and analytic tools with which to explore the global dialogues of contemporary practice. Their panache and élan are well
noted by the creative sector nationally and there is a genuine buzz around the creative community of Wellington anticipating the future careers of these new professionals. The staff of the School of Fine Arts would like to wish the graduates success and fulfi lment in their respective futures.
PROFESSOR JEREMY DIGGLE
Head of School,School of Fine Arts
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Our graduates this year will head into a world increasingly reliant on the photo-graphically derived image. At Massey they have learnt to apply photography to a huge range of contexts - from documentary practice through to highly specifi c client driven applications. A comprehensive under-standing of photographic history and the role of the medium in the social realm also informed student work.
We are confi dent that our graduates will use their skills and knowledge to push the boundaries of the medium. In 2008 all of our students were exposed to a regular pro-gramme of visiting photographic artists and arts professionals. We have developed an exciting relationship with the Goethe Institut that has enabled us to host a series of lead-ing German photographers and curatorial experts. This programme – Tiefenscharfe - will continue to develop strong international links between the School of Fine Arts Pho-tography Department and the German photographic scene over the next two years. In addition to supporting student learning this initiative also has signifi cant benefi ts for research within the School.
The Peter Turner Scholarship in Documen-tary Photography was also launched in 2008. The quality of the fi rst applications confi rms that we will see some exciting projects generated by the recipient in the Master of Fine Arts programme. We look forward to graduates taking this opportunity to enable them to return to postgraduate study in the future.
WAYNE BARRAR DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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KATE BARTLETT
Clean air, or a Muggy Future? Global warmings call for cleaner energy.
As Ma-ori bloodlines have become diluted signifi cant aspects of Ma-ori cultural practice have diminished resulting in Ma-ori descendants searching the void of their cultural conditions.
The objects we align ourselves with become a shrine, a homage to the person we aspire to be. This work critiques the ‘building’ of identity through consumerism.
This research aims to locate a role for the archive within photography, specifi -cally focusing on where photography intersects with the process of the archi-val and how might the archival mode of photographic practice assign value to a given set of images.
It is with great pleasure that the staff of the School of Fine Arts extend their warmest congratulations to all our graduates of 2008. During their time with us, these stu-dents have benefi ted from an astute, inquiring and supportive culture – one that they have helped create, and also partici-pated in. We know that this model will hold them in good stead as they go on to a vari-ety of active roles in the cultural fabric of New Zealand and the world beyond. We are proud of the fact that graduates from our programmes work thoughtfully, inde-pendently and collaboratively, and are valued for their ability to effectively combine a wide range of media and processes. The School’s focus on interdisciplinary training is intended to enable our graduates to work across conventional boundaries - from new forms of image generation to interface technologies, from material and spatial exploration to planning and urban develop-ment, or indeed any new industry requiring fl exible, creative and lateral thinkers. We look forward to following their progress as they move into new opportunities as artists, consultants, teachers, freelance practitioners, art writers, curators, techni-cians, project managers, in postgraduate study or the many other paths they may decide to follow.
MADDIE LEACHUNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
This print has several plates with vibrant colours and textures of different materials, presenting a vision of Wellington city, intersected with ideas of Bogotá, Colombia.