Install view, photo by Sam Hartnett

Natavasara (2006/2024)

A collaborative installation by Mereia Carling and Vasemaca Tavola.

Framed digital photograph, adorned with hand-twisted cord and found objects.

  • Part of To Live + Die in South Auckland (2024) at Fresh Gallery Ōtara

Natavasara is the yavu (foundation) of our family in the village of Dravuni, Kadavu, Fiji. This yavu holds our family history, our politics, the DNA of our ancestors. Natavasara’s call to return is global, psychic, conscious and unconscious. 

Who do you belong to? We belong to Natavasara.

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