Cushla Donaldson
Cushla Donaldson grew up in the Manawatū region of Te Ika-a-Maui. Guided by her observations growing up in a provincial settler colonial context, her practice gives form to the restive and political relationship between weakening dominant ideologies and the growing cogency and power of unacknowledged realities. The filmic documents of personal and socio-political events reflect Donaldson's practice which transverses sociological and artistic expressions.
Cushla Donaldson on CIRCUIT · 6 works
Neighbourhood of Truth (trailer) (2021)
From a 1996 episode of settler colonial Satanic Panic, this 2021 film asks: "how artists (and) their subjects begin to create communities of truths?"
composite for a happiness that forgets nothing (2018)
The glossy interiors of cruiseship marketing videos are decontextualised by an audio interview with an performance artist worker on a cruiseship.
The Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival (trailer) (2017)
An exploration of the 1972 Black Sabbath performance in rural Aotearoa, and the legacies of the land, people and practices of care that remain.
Writing & podcasts featuring Cushla Donaldson
It gets weird out there
It gets weird out there
Mark Amery considers the role of moving image in giving voice in the work of artist Cushla Donaldson, with a focus on the 2021 film, Neighbourhood of Truth.
The Vision of Participatory Parity
The Vision of Participatory Parity
Originally published as part of the 2018 CIRCUIT Symposium e-book The Time of Now, this conversation between Cushla Donaldson and academic Dr David Hall addresses Donaldson's work 501s.
CIRCUIT projects featuring Cushla Donaldson
CIRCUIT Symposium 2018: The Time of the Now
CIRCUIT Symposium 2018: The Time of the Now
The 2018 CIRCUIT symposium, presented at the Auckland University of Technology.