"Here we have a triage of historical invocations, the first people, that conventional hook of the indigene in the landscape, the movie prop as representation’s terra nullius, its implicit celebration of history as a technological marvel of progress, and finally Arp’s poem, his sheer verbiage of associative words, violent and unsettling, deliberately flung across this landscape as a desolate site of colonisation." - Hamish Win
Commentary
Dec 18, 2018
In this two-part end of year podcast panellists Heather Galbraith, Shannon Te Ao, Simon Gennard join host Mark Amery to discuss the highs and lows of 2018, charting notable shows, artists and trends; the artworld's 'complicated love', and a year of diverse perspectives moving to the centre.
Social Circuit
Congratulations to Jeremy Leatinu'u, Vea Mafile'o and Bridget Reweti, whose 2018 CIRCUIT Artist Cinema Commissions will each shortly have international premieres at film festivals in Germany and Holland. Vea’s 'Toa'ipuapuagā Strength in Suffering' and Jeremy’s 'Kei o te waka ki te ihu o te waka' both show at the Berlin Film Festival in February,...2 days 11 hours ago
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A big CIRCUIT welcome to Elisabeth Pointon who joins our online catalogue. Check out this piece which pairs a family meditation with Crystal, an inflatable car yard dancer. Welcome Elisabeth! @basilheet https://t.co/BmpJ6aL0by https://t.co/X9wtfRj67k3 days 11 hours ago -
"Maybe the rumour is more potent than the work itself" - As we stream our 2016 Artist Cinema Commissions 'This is not film-making. Artists work for cinema' on the CIRCUIT homepage, we revisit this podcast with curator George Clark. 12 mins. @MrkAmery https://t.co/LOuzpxV8Jx https://t.co/nu6geSuXNI1 month 1 week ago
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Still from Louise Menzies' Go into the density of it (2016) one of six works from This is not film-making. Artists work for cinema, our 2016 Artist Cinema Commissions, streaming on https://t.co/gtu154LqJy this December! https://t.co/esOPwryDqW https://t.co/g5nXlKpeXe1 month 1 week ago
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"We're not necessarily pandering to what they might expect, but we're pushing forward conversations." Interview with @EnjoyGallery Director Sophie Davis and Taipei Contemporary Art Centre's Bochun Hsaio and Frankie Su https://t.co/REdUGDjbhM https://t.co/Pv1W7nyecT1 month 2 weeks ago
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"By reframing Paul’s cinema with new films, we hoped that an archive could be brought to life..." Essay by Canadian artist/curator Solomon Nagler accompanies an online screening of Six artists respond to the poetry of Joanna Margaret Paul (2015) https://t.co/8el67rwJ90 https://t.co/zdX2yzgQ9B1 month 2 weeks ago
