Upon a table covered with many maps, Ruth holds a postcard with two hands
Artist

Ruth Watson

Ruth Watson is a multi-media artist with a trans-disciplinary practice including video, photography, installation, painting, and sculpture. She has been working with cartography since the 1980s as a basis for artworks. She writes occasionally about art and maps.

Writing & podcasts featuring Ruth Watson

A girl sits on the knee of an older wāhine, playing the guitar together. As they sit on a chair together playing, the background shows a river flowing with blue water.

Text as Material: 10 Works Inspired by Poetry, Word, and Song

Essay
By CIRCUIT Staff · August 30, 2021

Ten artist videos on CIRCUIT using poetry, text and waiata as material and inspiration for moving image works and cine-poems.

Text as material: 10 works inspired by poetry, word and song

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