Relevance: Immersive storytelling / social change / postcolonial communities
Interactive: Somewhat. The Polydolly exhibit extends to a Facebook page and to social media under the #PolyDolly hashtag, but neither it or other exhibits are explicitly interactive at the gallery.
What is it? "Digital Talanoa is a meeting / a hui between urban Pasifika people united by indigenous expression, a journey through an ever-evolving digital landscape. The exhibition offers a platform for six kiwi-islander artists coming from many perspectives to talk together in a new way. They tell the stories of Pasifika people through the mediums of video and audio translating the traditional Pasifika forms of oral language and history and redefining them.” - Tautai Pacific Arts
In follow-up, I study the exhibit’s elements of participation, interactivity, immersion, and approach to “redefining traditional Pasifika forms” on my blog.