Look Cook Look! is a project made at the remote Maskylines Island in southern Malekula, Vanuatu. It is one of the islands where Captain James Cook was friendly welcomed during his expedition in the Pacific Ocean in 1774.

Resolution, Malekula
Vanuatu, 2015
An 11-year-old boy holding a yellow model ship of the HMS Resolution on the beach of Malekula Island. The boy is a descendant of the chief of the tribe that welcomed Captain Cook to the island, two and a half centuries ago, when Cook’s ship laid at anchor at the same spot.

Resolution, Lima
Peru, 2015
A 12-year-old boy holding a yellow model ship of the HMS Resolution on the beach of Lima. The boy is one of the descendants of Captain James Cook, who sailed across the Pacific with this ship.

Look Cook Look!
Vanuatu, 2015
A model of the HMS Resolution being held by a tribesman of Maskelynes Island, dressed in a ceremonial outfit. Nowadays, Two and a half centuries after Captain Cook’s ship appeared out of nowhere at that same spot, members of the tribe still talk about his arrival.

Altar
Vanuatu, 2015
A model of the HMS Resolution, in the woods of Maskelynes island, covered with Frangipani flowers.

Balancing Bamboo, #1,2,3
Vanuatu, 2015
A girl standing in the Pacific Ocean, balancing a long bamboo stick on her head. In the background the long thin line of nearby Malekula island, which lies just three meters above sea level, is visible. Every year, the sea level is rising at an accelerating pace.

Sons of the Forest
Vanuatu, 2015
10 figures. A tree trunk and nine pairs of boy’s legs, all covered with frangipani flowers.