Perhaps I have always been drawn to bouts of nostalgia, never being able to really let go of anything for fear of forgetting, a strong desire to understand where I am going and where I have been always in the back of my mind. As I have grown older and am now physically removed from the country I was born and raised in for twenty nine years, I find this desire to remember and connect even stronger.
A Long Distance Relationship is a year-long video project that attempts to make sense of the emotional and physical distance between the past, present and the future. Part Three uses the Māori legend of Rona and the Moon to explore the bonds of relationships and how they can shape us.
A Long Distance Relationship (Parts 1 to 3) (2017)
Other works by Talia Smith
Talia Smith
The light between two points (2018)
The Sydney-based artist and their mother in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland each film the day’s sunset from their respective homes, as a way to bridge the distance between them.
Talia Smith
The Ocean is a Place (2019)
The Ocean is a Place explores the complexities of history—whether real or imagined, and the layers of trauma that can be passed down through generations.
