About
CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand is an arts agency which supports New Zealand artists working in the moving image through commissioning of works, distribution, critical review and professional practice initiatives. CIRCUIT is supported by Creative New Zealand, the Arts Council of New Zealand.
CIRCUIT is the leading voice for representing artist moving image practice in New Zealand. CIRCUIT is committed to the following values;
– artist-centred and committed to artistic exchange & professional development
– practice-focussed, committed to accessibility of ideas, means of production and works
– committed to sustainability and developing economies which support artists' to make work
- committed to building a national and international audience for Artists' Moving Image work
CIRCUIT is a mobile agency. We present exhibition and screening projects in partnership with local and international galleries and festivals who provide physical space and infrastructure in exchange for curatorial programming. Previous partner venues include London Film Festival (UK), Oberhausen Short Film Festival (Germany), City Gallery Wellington, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, The Audio Foundation, Elam Project Space, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre. We have also curated projects for the online environment including www.filmessay.com (Italy). See our Projects section for a list of current and previous curatorial projects for hire.
In 2019 founded AURA Festival of Artist Moving Images, an annual festival including commissioned works for cinema, gallery and public space; an academic symposium and more.
CIRCUIT maintains the online resource www.circuit.org.nz, which streams over 700 videos by 100 New Zealand artists. The online CIRCUIT video collection is searchable by artist, title, year and keyword. CIRCUIT makes online reproduction of these works available for research and study, as a precursor to seeing full resolution copies in an exhibition context. The CIRCUIT website also presents critical review via the written word and the CIRCUIT podcast.
In 2019 our curator-at-large is Serena Bentley.
CIRCUIT was founded in 2012 by Mark Williams, who is also the current Director / Curator. The CIRCUIT board includes Christina Barton, Aaron Lister, Andrew Clifford, Thomasin Sleigh, Martin Patrick, Sonya Lacey, Mark Boddington, Shauna Mendez, Karl Chitham.
For all enquiries, please contact Mark Williams <director@circuit.org.nz>.
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 7526
Newtown 6021
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND