Three military model figures are standing in the stony bottom of a fish tank. A landscape is suggested by a picture of a mountain in the background, and green oxygen weed in the mid-ground.

Still from Better Military Modelling (2007) Jill Kennedy

InstallationPuninga Toi

To & Fro

A curated selection of works exhibited at the Tauranga Art Gallery, that explore travel, movement, and unusual modes of transport.

From real estate opportunities on Mars to someone dancing their way across a bridge in south Auckland, these works explore notions of travel and the unusual modes we use to get from one place to another.

Works

Matthew Cowan,The Barber's Pole (2012)
Brydee Rood, Exercises with Kasanova (2012/13)
Rebecca Ann Hobbs, 246 Metre Bridge (2010)
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Destination Pioneer City (2012)
Jill Kennedy, New Educational Series: Better Military Modelling (2007)
Lissa Mitchell, Bowl Me Over (1995)

Installation details

Tauranga Art Gallery
February 7, 2016 - July 16, 2016

    He ringatoi anōRelated artists

    A person in a tartan vest and top-hat raises their whip dramatically into the air

    Matthew Cowan

    Matthew Cowan
    Rebecca is shown mid-move, dancing over a bridge

    Rebecca Ann Hobbs

    Rebecca Ann Hobbs
    In this still of Bronwyn Holloway-Smiths work there is a digital spinning real estate sign reading “COLONIAL”. The image feels like an advertisement and has greetings in multiple languages above and below the spinning sign.

    Bronwyn Holloway-Smith

    Bronwyn Holloway-Smith
    A magazine cutout of a field with a square green truck in the middle with a panda's head, repeated several times and appearing overhead

    Jill Kennedy

    Jill Kennedy
    Travelling down the highways that carve through the unpeopled wilderness of New Zealand's South Island, we see a dark road in an animated movie which has been made by painting directly onto film.

    Lissa Mitchell

    Lissa Mitchell
    Brydee’s whole body is wrapped tightly in metallic golden fabric, wearing a matching eye mask and hair cap lying on a sandy beach. Their head is resting on some strings of seaweed which are arranged into a circle. The waves are almost touching Brydee’s foot as they lap the black sand.

    Brydee Rood

    Brydee Rood

    CIRCUIT is the
    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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    i ngā arotakenga
    me ngā whakawhitinga
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