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Fiona Pardington Presents Taharaki Skyside Bird Portraits
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Photographer Fiona Pardington is exhibiting Taharaki Skyside, a series of large-scale portraits of New Zealand bird specimens, at the Aotearoa New Zealand Pavilion in the Venice Biennale from May 9 to November 22, 2025. The pigment-ink prints, made from museum collections, highlight extinct and vulnerable endemic species and explore Māori cultural meanings and colonial collecting histories.
Key Points
- 1Exhibits large-scale museum portraits of New Zealand birds, made with pigment inks on cotton rag.
- 2Highlights extinct and critically vulnerable endemic species while interrogating colonial collecting and classification practices.
- 3Frames Māori concepts of manu and cultural narratives, informing museum curation and heritage discourse.
Scoring Rationale
Low novelty and narrow scope constrain the impact; credible reporting of an art exhibition provides limited practitioner relevance.
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