GREG SEMU
Greg Semu is a self taught photographer and film maker of Samoan descent. In the 70's his family moved to New Zealand.Greg Semu was based in Greg Semu looks at the idea of colinisation in particular. Greg looks at the idea of the introduction of Christian religion to the pacific region.
Greg Semus first residency was at Musee du Quai Branly in Paris, France in 2007. In 2008 Greg took up an artist residency at Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland New Zealand.
Greg's practice looks at the depiction at Pacific people as exotic, primitive savages within religious and artistics texts citing the curatorial practices of museums and institutions as perpetrators of problematic stereotyping. Greg's focus is upon the loss of accuracy in storytelling and authentic culture through cultural displacement.
I noticed a lot of Greg Semu's work uses a nice type of lighting through his work. Greg has a strong setup in this series of work "The Last Cannibal Supper". This series of work presented for the first time in Europe.
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