Kirisimasi Bolatagici, Torika 2019, Kirisimasi, photograph. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Kirisimasi Translated title Christmas Creator(s) Bolatagici, Torika orcid.org/0000-0002-6099-8752 Publication date 2019-11-30 Publisher Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Place of publication Fiji Description of photograph 12 x colour photographs on Platine fibre rag. 590 x 760mm Keyword(s) christmas island documentary fiji kirisimasi nuclear testing nuclear veteran operation grapple photography veteran Notes Te Uru’s exhibition aims to reposition nuclear testing and militarisation in the region as both present and future concerns. The exhibition title comes from a banner made and held by women in the Rongelap atoll to greet the Rainbow Warrior. It read ‘We loved, the future of our kids’. As a future-orientated phrase, but in an unusual past-tense, the banner has become a touchstone for thinking about these events, not as static but as histories that could inform how we want to move forward and what we want known. It prioritises the futures of the next generation. ‘The Future of Our Kids’ features works by two international artists, Jane Chang Mi (Honolulu; Los Angeles) and Torika Bolatagici (Melbourne). Bolatagici presents a series of documentary videos and stills that tell the story of Fijian nuclear veterans who participated in Britain’s nuclear testing programme at Christmas Island and Malden Island in the 1950s. Despite a decade-long legal struggle and recent medical research highlighting genetic impacts, the UK Ministry of Defence refuses to acknowledge that any veterans’ health was affected. Language eng Indigenous content off HERDC Research category JO1 Original Creative Works – Visual Art Work Scale minor Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30131609 Document type: Photograph Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 20:59:30 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 21:01:12 EST Wed, 13 Nov 2019, 21:02:27 EST Thu, 14 Nov 2019, 04:02:15 EST Thu, 14 Nov 2019, 07:01:19 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 12:10:41 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 18:44:29 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 18:46:16 EST Mon, 05 Jul 2021, 08:05:05 EST Fri, 05 Nov 2021, 05:02:45 EST Fri, 05 Nov 2021, 08:54:06 EST Fri, 05 Nov 2021, 09:05:56 EST Fri, 05 Nov 2021, 09:12:54 EST Fri, 05 Nov 2021, 10:23:48 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 40 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 18:46:16 EST