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Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life is a collection of seven artist videos developed in response to the city of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Featuring works by Tia Barrett, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Obadiah Russon, Layne Waerea and Gabriel White, the programme includes a queer road movie, sci-fi wanderings, the historical wairua of Kiekie, migration from Samoa to Māngere, legal definitions of public space, and meditations on our virtual interconnectedness.
Recently added works
Coco and Aiai 可可愛愛 (2022)
A meditation on home, belonging and memory via Coco and Aiai 可可愛愛, Susu 蘇子誠’s two cats who passed away in Taiwan while the artist was living in Aotearoa.
Remember to Dive 回溯潛水 (2022)
Digital renderings of objects and landscapes layer the artist’s experiences in relation to Tudigong (deity of soil and the ground) and move fluidly between physical and metaphysical states, between the ground and the sky.
Maungakiekie (2024)
A portrait of Maungakiekie One Tree Hill that weaves hononga (connection) to reimagine the existence of Kiekie, an indigenous climbing plant, on the tīpuna maunga.
Lealaivaega (2024)
An exploration of place, a recreation, reclamation and remembering of the artist’s late grandmother’s Māngere East home and garden.
Writing & podcast
Wild Wild Life: Artist Talk
Wild Wild Life: Artist Talk
Artists Layne Waerea, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Gabriel White and Tia Barrett discuss their video works for Wild Wild Life with curator Mark Williams.
For TW (towards an amicable approach to video art)
For TW (towards an amicable approach to video art)
Victoria Wynne-Jones considers an amicable approach to historiography in three recent works by Tim Wagg.
Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life is a collection of seven new artist videos installed at a series of site-specific locations across the inner city of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, designed to be walked in one day. Featuring works by Tia Barrett, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Obadiah Russon, Layne Waerea, and Gabriel White.
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CIRCUIT Curator-at-large 2024: Erin Robideaux Gleeson
Erin Robideaux Gleeson will be CIRCUIT’s Curator-at-large for 2024