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Composite Image using details from, at left, Thulani Rachia's obuyile (2021-ongoing) and at right, Jamie Berry's Hiwa-i-te-rangi (2023)
Featured podcast
Ka Mua Ka Muri: Thulani Rachia and Jamie Berry
Ka Mua Ka Muri: Thulani Rachia and Jamie Berry
Thulani Rachia (SA) and Jamie Berry (NZ) discuss their mutual use of dreaming, abstraction, repetition and rest to create "architectures of sanctuary".
Recently added works
Fountain (The Touch of You) (2022)
Treating the fountain as a camp choreographic form, this work commits to one looping gestural phrase that renders movement as an object able to be perpetually transported and re-staged.
A display of steps rather loosely strung together (2025)
Unsettling the boundaries of the live, the recorded, and the yet to come, a dancer’s body appears to shift its own image as it pushes against the film grain.
Bathtime! with Judith (2026)
A satirical response to the New Zealand government’s NZ$2 billion investment in new military hardware.
Generative Dopamine Environment (2025)
A pre-recorded digital environment which fluctuates in response to frequently opened phone apps; creating a map of dopamine activation in the users brain
Writing & podcast
Tessa Laird's CINEMAL
Tessa Laird's CINEMAL
“All film is made out of hooves”. Mark Amery speaks to writer Tessa Laird about her new publication Cinemal: The Becoming-Animal of Experimental Film.
How to Programme a Cyborg, and Shannon Novak’s Generative Dopamine Loop (2025)
How to Programme a Cyborg, and Shannon Novak’s Generative Dopamine Loop (2025)
Lauren Yates examines the interface between technology and satisfaction in recent work by Shannon Novak.
Comic Release: Samantha Cheng
Comic Release: Samantha Cheng
In a hyper-connected world, Samantha Cheng's durational performances examine failure as a generative space.
News and opportunities
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Call for Proposals: 2026 Matariki Commission
Applications are now invited for CIRCUIT’s 2026 Matariki Commission.