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Seeing the Funny Side: Focusing on Cook Islands Humour in the Experience of the Religious Pageant Nuku.

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2010

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Fitchett, Dale
Clark, Simon

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Thesis

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Master of Art and Design

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Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

This multi-media art project investigates the notion of Cook Islands humour, and subsequently place, through the context of the religious pageant Nuku. This pageant has been practiced annually in the Cook Islands for over one hundred and sixty years. While it is not a pageant based on humour, I suggest, through experience and research, that many of the characteristics of Cook Islands humour are revealed in Nuku. The aim of this project is not to recreate the narrative set out in the Nuku pageant but to use this event to explore ways to visually express the humour of the Cook Islands. After researching and experimenting in two dimensional mediums, my emphasis changed to experimenting with three dimensional mediums, incorporating materials that have connotative meanings in Cook Islands society.

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Cook Islands, Humour, Pageant Nuku

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https://hdl.handle.net/10292/908

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