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Tessa Laird
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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.
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
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.
Hye Rim Lee: Swan Lake
Hye Rim Lee: Swan Lake
Hye Rim Lee reimagines the classic 19th century ballet as "an exorcism of controlling forces".
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Call for Proposals: 2026 Matariki Commission
Applications are now invited for CIRCUIT’s 2026 Matariki Commission.