Gavin Hipkins

Road through a Wood (2019)

1 min 20 sec (excerpt) of 10 minSingle channel / 2 channel installation / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

Pictorial fragments filmed in Super 8mm film portray an uncertain coastal road trip. Diaristic postcard intertitles reveal travel adventures and carefree liaisons from a recent past when private messages were sent by public post.

Credits & notes

Single or two channel digital video and sound projection. 10 minutes each channel.

First exhibited in conjunction with the two-person exhibition Gone Home: Gavin Hipkins and Peter Peryer, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand, 14 Dec 2019 - 16 Feb 2020.

International premiere: 25FPS Festival: 16th International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zagreb (Competition Programme), 2020.

With support from Elam School of Fine Arts, The University of Auckland.

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