A person is jogging across a grassy field in the early morning. The landscape is covered in thick fog, blurring the horizon line. We can see the red glow from sunrise. The person running appears slightly mid-air, in between steps. The dawn makes them look like a silhouette on the land. The grass is covered in dew or frost.
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Layne Waerea

Layne Waerea is an Auckland based artist whose practice involves carrying out performance art interventions in public spaces. These interventions seek to question, challenge and even exploit social and legal ambiguities in the public social.

Writing & podcasts featuring Layne Waerea

A figure stands on the rooftop of a building looking over the Wellington Harbour. To the left there is a small room or shed on the rooftop with "Anth 1940-2015" written with black paint.

Imagine a Waterfall: Three Commissions for Masons Screen

Exhibition reviewArotakenga·Masons Screen
By Mark Amery · March 2, 2021

Walking from pre-European city pā sites to Masons Screen, Mark Amery considers three new public art commissions by Layne Waerea, Annie Bradley and Theo MacDonald, addressing uninvited visitors, bodily architecture and digital confessions.

Imagine a waterfall: three commissions for Masons Screen 2020-21
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Christina Read on The Brain

CIRCUIT Cast #31Īpāho
Hosted by Mark Amery · August 19, 2015

Christina Read talks to Mark Amery about her installation The Brain, at Te Uru Waitākere.

CIRCUIT Cast #31: Christina Read on The Brain

CIRCUIT projects featuring Layne Waerea

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leading voice
for artist moving image
practice
in Aotearoa New Zealand,
distributing works,
critical review and
dialogues
which reflect our unique, contemporary
South Pacific context.

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