Apple CEO Tim Cook on Maori filmmaker Chelsea Winstanley’s new video work filmed on the phone

Apple CEO Tim Cook has congratulated Maori filmmaker Chelsea Winstanley on her new job, which she shot entirely on an iPhone 12 Pro Max.

“It is amazing to see how art, creativity and technology come together to hold a new exhibition honoring the indigenous Maori people and culture of Aotearoa New Zealand,” Cook tweeted.

On Friday, Academy Award-nominated Maori filmmaker Chelsea Winstanley released an immersive video that she directed, shot entirely on an iPhone 12 Pro Max.

The piece was released prior to Winstanley’s feature-length documentary on Toi Tū Toi Ora, the historical exhibition of contemporary Maori art that opened this weekend at the Auckland Toi or Tāmaki Art Gallery.

The video, narrated by Taika Waititi with music composed by Maree Sheehan, marks the momentous opening of the contemporary Maori art exhibition.

On his website, www.thistooshallpass.nz, Winstanley writes that “honoring the Toi Tū Toi Ora exhibition was the perfect place to test the capabilities of the iPhone 12 Pro Max, especially given how curator Nigel Borell chose to open the exhibition. , within the Maori creation narrative. “

The filmmaker collaborated with artists who also have works in the exhibition. He said it was a deliberate decision “because the whole exhibition is huge, it is the first time the gallery has held an exhibition of this size and it turns out to be a Maori exhibition, which is incredibly exciting to [her]”.

Winstanley is working on a feature documentary about the exhibition.

Curated by Nigel Borell, Toi Tū Toi Ora will be at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi ō Tāmaki until May 2021.