Kōrero Toi: On the responsibility of the artist
ARTS | ISSUE EIGHT | SCREENS Written by Ethan Morais (he/they) | Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikao, Ngāti Hori ki Kohupatiki, and Malayali | @morais.ethan | Contributing Writer The camera is the defining tool of our times. To re-present the world in images is to set the parameters of the world, and to shape our collective understandings of it. Because of this, we as artists must be conscious of how and why we use the lens; we must ask ourselves what world we want to make. - The camera engages with...