The essay film Dazzled (Numbed?) by a Myth (2022) explores the fragile ecology of the Hauraki Plains through two readings. The first traverses past social and ecological transformation in the Plains. The latter reading grapples with what remains — shifting margins and precarious territories.
Dazzled (Numbed?) by a Myth (2022)
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To See Obliquely: Kate van der Drift’s Listening to a Wet Land
To See Obliquely: Kate van der Drift’s Listening to a Wet Land
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"The reality of being in this country as descendants of settlers is something that is more akin to the reality of swamplands" — Alena Kavka writes on Kate van der Drift's show at Pah Homestead