In this still from Connor Fitzgerald's video work a hazy blurred purple and grey bleed into each other, subtitles read "It's more like feeling the difficulties"
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Connor Fitzgerald

Connor Fitzgerald is a non-binary artist based in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellington, with a multi-disciplinary practice in video, writing and installation. They let their experience as a transfeminine person lead the direction of their research. Centring themself within the wider context of their surroundings opens opportunity for their creative output to be a process for grounding.

    Connor Fitzgerald on CIRCUIT · 3 works

    Towards the Sun
    Connor Fitzgerald

    Towards the Sun (2021)

    A film about hope, coming to grips with beauty/terror, and other contrasts, and coming out the other side.

    Towards the Sun
    CLOSE UR EYES, MAKE A WISH
    Connor Fitzgerald

    CLOSE UR EYES, MAKE A WISH (2020)

    A poem by the artist is set against a hazy sea of moving colours and an ambient soundtrack.

    CLOSE UR EYES, MAKE A WISH
    x~Angel~x
    Connor Fitzgerald

    x~Angel~x (2019)

    Set in the fantasy world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011-17), x~Angel~x is a meditation on the artist's experience with gender expression.

    x~Angel~x

    Writing & podcasts featuring Connor Fitzgerald

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