Frances Libeau
Frances Libeau is an interdisciplinary artist and writer. Libeau’s work often explores cultural memory production and Pākehā identity in settler-colonial archives through material reconfiguration of archival matter, with a particular focus on the audiovisual. Through this process Libeau probes at the hauntological potentialities of archival media while exploring possibilities for queering compositional and archival practices.
Frances Libeau on CIRCUIT · 1 work
Lake of Wandering Spirits (2026)
Archival media documenting a mass sheep cull is reworked to challenge the narrative of colonial settlement as peaceful or complete.
Writing & podcasts featuring Frances Libeau
![There are two sections of text written in yellow and all capitals. At top it reads; I WON'T SHOW YOU THE IMAGE. BUT, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU WILL HEAR THE CLICK OF THE BOLT-GUN. At bottom, the text reads; [THE SHEEP ARE STILL QUIET. THEY HAVE EXCELLENT HEARING.]](/images/1050x660/images/posts/frances-libeau,-lake-of-wandering-spirits-(2026).-commissioned-by-te-tuhi,-tamaki-makaurau-auckland.jpg)
Asynchrony of the Lambs: Frances Libeau’s Lake of Wandering Spirits
Asynchrony of the Lambs: Frances Libeau’s Lake of Wandering Spirits
A 50 year old "administrative document" becomes the starting point for an installation examining postcolonial myths of nationhood.