Circuit
Featured work
Gray Nicol
Nevermind Expander (1977)
“A play on the expectation of art somehow being a mind—expanding activity.” - Gray Nicol
Recently added works
Lake of Wandering Spirits (2026)
Archival media documenting a mass sheep cull is reworked to challenge the narrative of colonial settlement as peaceful or complete.
Critical Minerals (2025)
An artists’ submission to a government consultation process considering extractive mining in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Kumutoto Peephole (2026)
A still shot of concrete gradually gives way to a circular aperture revealing a watery portal.
Descending, ascending, regular, irregular (two-out-of-three... (2026)
A public service announcement updating passers by on the latest developments in public stairway regulation.
Writing & podcast
![There are two sections of text written in yellow and all capitals. At top it reads; I WON'T SHOW YOU THE IMAGE. BUT, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU WILL HEAR THE CLICK OF THE BOLT-GUN. At bottom, the text reads; [THE SHEEP ARE STILL QUIET. THEY HAVE EXCELLENT HEARING.]](/images/1050x660/images/posts/frances-libeau,-lake-of-wandering-spirits-(2026).-commissioned-by-te-tuhi,-tamaki-makaurau-auckland.jpg)
Asynchrony of the Lambs: Frances Libeau’s Lake of Wandering Spirits
Asynchrony of the Lambs: Frances Libeau’s Lake of Wandering Spirits
A 50 year old "administrative document" becomes the starting point for an installation examining postcolonial myths of nationhood.
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Kumutoto Peephole
Kumutoto Peephole
"At the centre of this work is a tension between two material bodies." Mauatua Fa'ara Reynolds writes on Sarah Hudson and Rachel Anson's Kumutoto Peephole (2026).
News and opportunities
The Evan Webb for Len Lye Research
The Evan Webb Award for Len Lye Research offers $1500.00 for for research related to the New Zealand-born artist Len Lye.