Gabriel White
For over a decade and a half I have been making improvised video diaries—or "mappings"—which translate my wanderings through the urban wilderness into playful musings. Works such as Tongdo Fantasia (2003), Aucklantis (2008), Triangleland (2012), Oracle Drive (2013) and Around the Margins (2016) all feature voiceover narration, generally recorded on the moment by a distinctly alien translator, delivering humorous or surreal observations that also probe at less explicit themes.
—Artist's statement
Gabriel White on CIRCUIT · 14 works
Countdown Mountain (Prologue) (2022)
In Countdown Mountain White performs the role of urban wanderer, his camera alighting on road cones, signage and inscrutable infrastructure of the modern city.
Scenic Journey (2022)
A work originally commissioned for Masons Screen, the artist pursues activities in the backblocks of Tāmaki Makaurau during a COVID-19 lockdown.
Writing & podcasts featuring Gabriel White
3 New Works in a Year of Protest and Pandemic
3 New Works in a Year of Protest and Pandemic
Louie Zalk-Neale, Gabriel White, and Jamie Berry showed new work on Masons Screen in Wellington's CBD while people protested against the vaccine mandates, and Aotearoa tipped in and out of lockdowns.
Gabriel White: Requiem for a City
Gabriel White: Requiem for a City
In this conversation with Matthew Wood, Gabriel White discusses his twenty-year practice of making films which use the city as material; parallels between his work and mythic literature; and Countdown Mountain as a requiem for Auckland.
CIRCUIT projects featuring Gabriel White
Masons Screen
Masons Screen
Masons Screen is a public screen for video art in Wellington's CBD. CIRCUIT curates the screen in collaboration with the Wellington City Council.
Anaerobic Video
Anaerobic Video
Nine videos originally programmed on Masons Screen 2016-22, addressing e-bikes, Matariki, reclaimed histories and more.