A cardboard cut-out of Jacinda Ardern has been attached to a wall. Jacinda's eyes and mouth have been cut out of the image, with a party popper coming through the hole where her mouth would be. Confetti is flying through the air as if the party popper has just gone off.

Still from Party Political Broadcast (2017) Li-Ming Hu

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Party Political Broadcast

What vision do we have for Aotearoa's future? A collection of 8 new video works in the format of the televised party political broadcast.

 “The following is a party political broadcast on behalf of…”

Presented by CIRCUIT and The Physics Room, Party Political Broadcast is a collection of 8 video works inspired by the format of the televised party political broadcast. Featuring new work by Janet Lilo, Murray Hewitt, Li-Ming Hu, Mark Harvey, Terri Te Tau, Miranda Bellamy, Fantasing, and Callum Devlin, each of the artists in Party Political Broadcast were given a time limit of 30 seconds in which “to offer their vision for (New Zealand’s) future.”

Originally developed in the 1960s for television, a Party Political Broadcast typically featured one politician speaking direct to camera, or a montage of images suggesting New Zealand as a country engulfed in economic and social peril, or on the cusp of prosperity for all. The Party Political Broadcast would screen in the regular television ad breaks, between commercials for butter, deodorant and other consumer products. Usually the clip would end with a tag line "This Election… Vote Social Credit" etc.  Some of these ads simply featured "ordinary New Zealanders" talking about their hopes and dreams.

Exhibition details

The Party Political Broadcasts were exhibited online on circuit.org.nz from Tuesday 19 September-Fri 23 September 2017.

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    A person throws their hands up as if they are saying "what?" wearing a paper mask of Li Ming's face in front of a glitter fuschia pink curtain

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    A golden frame surrounds an image of a large shadowy tree in a misty park

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