As we welcome James Charlton to CIRCUIT, we present this catalogue essay by Mark Williams on Charlton's 2020 installation THROWN. Originally commissioned by Te Uru, the essay explores the resonance of Charlton's recent work in a time of environmental breakdown and artificial intellingence. The essay also discusses the artists' earlier work in video, performance and sculpture, drawing connections with the New Zealand post-object movement of the 1970s, through to contemporaries including Yona Lee.
Commentary
Nov 12, 2020
"... 'disruptive' didn't mean you had to be actively or consciously pushing against a tide, (instead) you could occupy the most immediate space, which is your body, and still have that as a site of resistance and really just peel away all the performative BS." - Tanu Gago
(ex)CLAIM is an interview series by Israel Randell, in which she meets practitioners from Aotearoa whose work seeks to correct imbalances in our bi-cultural histories. In this interview she meets Tanu Gago.
Social Circuit
On the CIRCUIT home page, Marlon River’s ‘If I Ain't Got You (2010). A candid look at a Samoan wedding, using footage originally shot by the event videographer but edited by the artist to “…reveal an underlying subtext.” Watch it on CIRCUIT here: http://ow.ly/7EQB50Df1k48 hours 46 min ago
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On the CIRCUIT home page, Marlon River’s ‘If I Ain't Got You (2010). A candid look at a Samoan wedding, using footage originally shot by the event videographer but edited by the artist to “…reveal an underlying subtext.” Watch it on CIRCUIT here: https://t.co/UBslWSHLi2 https://t.co/xGJ1Zrel6L8 hours 46 min ago -
CIRCUIT is pleased to welcome Edwina Stevens, aka eves. Edwina’s two works on CIRCUIT hover on the edge of perception, part of a larger practice examining the footstep of the coloniser. Watch Neve (2019) on CIRCUIT - https://t.co/6KVbUaAhMn https://t.co/FBG4UYxQMO12 hours 48 min ago
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Now showing on Masons Screen, Theo Macdonald's Waterfall Confessional (2020), in which a series of confessional one-liners play out over images of perpetual motion. Now showing! https://t.co/gGd1yKtGtq1 month 1 week ago
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Victoria University in Wellington are seeking a Teaching Fellow in Film Production, with a particular interest in Māori or Pasifika applicants. Apply here: https://t.co/tGbzckGoZr https://t.co/avsnKMm2x11 month 2 weeks ago
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Tonight at The Pyramid Club, Jamie Berry will perform a new audio / visual work using a map of her DNA as a visual score. Doors 7pm! $12 pre-sales via UTR - https://t.co/BYNVaWE69X $15 door https://t.co/0i1OA5VAj62 months 1 week ago
