For this lens paper responds to aspects of Atea. It examines the corresponding ideas of encounters with places and people; conversations/discourse; challenges; process (tikanga – practices and rules) and the dynamic and at times challenging and confrontational spaces of meeting. For this project, the goal was to identify, examine and photographically respond to a site in Wellington of your choosing that could be seen as a transitional space – the space where two ‘zones’ meet.
My understanding of Atea is a place of transition and/or brings two zones together. I see Atea through the train station as the trains transition from one location to another, they bring along with them a wide range people and sometimes supplies such as wood. It also is a good way of having to zones meet. You have a wide range of people who may not usually interact together but whether they are waiting for the train or are already on the train it is a perfect example of zones and in this case different backgrounds together. It also makes people from different locations (zones) meet with other locations and brings people together. The images I have chosen show Atea. You can see this by many of the images having an element of the image moving as the train is transitioning to its next location taking people to where they need to go.
