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CIRCUIT Symposium 2018: The Time of the Now

The 2018 CIRCUIT symposium, presented at the Auckland University of Technology.

Presented by CIRCUIT in association with the Documentary Research Group at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), The Time of the Now was CIRCUIT's sixth annual symposium that explored the challenges of addressing "truth" in a post-truth world.

The Symposium was preceded by an Artist Week of screenings, installations, and events.

Symposium pātai

  • What strategies do contemporary artists employ to test media representation of reality and the means through which we channel and consume it?

  • How do artists expand the documentary form through various material processes and formal strategies?

  • How do artists deconstruct the surfeit of images we already have and the means by which we receive them?

  • Can "truth" and fiction exist in the same space?

  • What historical artworks could be part of a revised genealogy of current documentary practices in Aotearoa New Zealand?

  • How could an ethic of care, as understood through sustained relationships with Indigenous and diverse communities be played out through documentary practices?

Speakers

  • Fiona Amundsen (Artist/Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Dr Erika Balsom (Senior Lecturer, Kings College, London)

  • Stephanie Beth (Filmmaker, Christchurch)

  • Stephen Cleland (Curator Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington)

  • Cushla Donaldson (Artist, Auckland)

  • Ioana Gordon-Smith (Curator Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland)

  • Dr David Hall (Senior Researcher, The Policy Observatory, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Becky Hemus (Writer, Auckland)

  • Dieneke Jansen (Artist/Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Moya Lawson (Curator, City Gallery Wellington)

  • Tendai John Mutambu (Curator, London)

  • Nova Paul (Artist/Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Dr Janine Randerson (Artist/Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Natalie Robertson (Artist/Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology)

  • Alan Wright (Senior Lecturer, Cinema Studies, University of Canterbury)

  • James Wylie (Artist)

Tautoko

The Time of the Now was presented with support from the Govett Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, Creative New Zealand, City Gallery Wellington, and The Audio Foundation. Ngā mihi!

Symposium details

Auckland University of Technology
September 14, 2018

    He ringatoi anōRelated artists

    Sunlight on green palm leaves

    Fiona Amundsen

    Fiona Amundsen
    A hand covered with a wet bandage is caressed

    Stephanie Beth

    Stephanie Beth
    An aged photo of hands performing an action is obscured by a large hole in the image. The hole looks as if it occurred within analogue photographic processes as if it is acidic.

    Andrew de Freitas

    Andrew de Freitas
    A person wearing a hand made earth costume holds a bucket up in this scanned film negative

    Cushla Donaldson

    Cushla Donaldson
    A golden frame surrounds an image of a large shadowy tree in a misty park

    Janet Lilo

    Janet Lilo
    An underwater photo of two people smiling and waving happily with bubbles everywhere

    Vea Mafile`o

    Vea Mafile`o
    A white and pale blue ice cave holds fragments of dirt and smooth heavy ice.

    Janine Randerson

    Janine Randerson
    Jagged rocks stick out of the ocean underneath a pinky blue sunset or sunrise. On the rocks is a bright red cylinder object.

    Bridget Reweti

    Bridget Reweti
    A digital person covered in hair is crawling through a blank void

    Sorawit Songsataya

    Sorawit Songsataya
    A computer-generated landscape shows fragments of a cityscape, a swamp with disjointed concrete sculptural figures floating within it, billboards displaying screenshots.

    James Wylie

    James Wylie

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