We braved the weather at Two Sixty for Leitu Bonnici’s installation of a series of posters as a part of her ongoing project “Afa’afakasi”.
The posters are from a free online publication called Lomiga Tasi: Folasaga Lona Lua which Leitu made for Samoan Language Week. It is a basic introduction to the Samoan language and culture that playfully explores distance and memory through collaboration and digital filters.
Ollie from Testing Grounds was also there to move things along as the rain poured down and although the skies were drab our spirits were high as they brushed and pasted the beautiful posters around the site.
I’ve included a few more pics than I normally would in a blog post just to give you an idea of the various angles covered over the course of my documentation. There were also many more extra pics in the series I submitted to Leitu. Documentation is really valuable for a project like this as it is an unfolding and fleeting work that would be difficult to communicate after the fact. These images will be useful to Leitu in the future if she wishes to apply for grants or communicate how the work sat within the site. Without them, she might only have the graphics files of the actual posters and some quick snaps from her phone to show which may limit others’ perceptions of the project.
