Circuit

A multi-layered representation of where life starts—inside the whare tangata—constructed out of vivid tones of mākurakura (magenta), images of water and a body, and the sounds of taonga pūoro and karakia.

Antonia van Sitter returns home to Manupirua Bay on the edge of Lake Rotoiti, where her whānau are the kaitiaki of the area’s natural geothermal springs, overlaying footage of the lake with drawings of local pūrākau and the intangible qualities of Māoritanga.

Empty Vessels traces the movement of ships carrying phosphate rock from the Western Sahara to the Otago Peninsula.

A plume of smoke rises from the chimney of the Ravensdown Factory as the sun sets, seen from across the Otago Harbour in Ōtepoti Dunedin.