Station 8: Jesus talks to the women.

Luke 23: 27 – 31

“Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me;
weep for yourselves and for your children.”

2008 Station 82008 Station 8

TITLE: Nga Parekawakawa Te Aroha
ARTIST: Donn Ratana
MATERIALS: strips of cloth and parekawakawa

REFLECTIVE: The installation symbolizes the
unconditional grief and sorrow through
wailing, beating of breasts and cutting ones
hair to express the soul deep grief, Te tino
mamae o te ngakau, [a broken heart]

One Response to “Station 8: Jesus talks to the women.”

  1. Brent McConachy:
    March 25th, 2008 at 9:56 am

    The use of the moving water to shift the cloth was very effective I thought – It seemed to move all the time as ones face would move if one was crying – good use of garden fountain