"Each particle of dust carries with it a unique vision of matter, movement, collectivity, interaction, affect, differentiation, composition, and infinite darkness." — Reza Negarestani, Cyclonopedia.
"Each particle of dust carries with it a unique vision of matter, movement, collectivity, interaction, affect, differentiation, composition, and infinite darkness." — Reza Negarestani, Cyclonopedia.
Radar footage of broken footpaths near and around Karangahape Rd, Tāmaki Makaurau reveal the traces of previous attempts at repair. Filmed during the COVID-19 lockdown, the work constructs a psychogeographic map as well as a record of poetic moments of urban decay.
A public curiosity found at Ruakaka one summer camping trip shows collective engagement through the preservation of chewing gum. Quietly countering the reigning corporate paradigm, this small marvel, a tolerated totem of community and collective, persists.
A portrait of a family photo album left unintentionally exposed to the elements and processes of decay; a document of a family home in rural 1970s Aotearora, its memories are distorted but recognisable.
A sci-fi parable that seeks knowledge from the underground, Erotic Geologies follows protagonists Rangi and Liberté, characters inspired by both Māori mythologies surrounding the figures of Ranginui and Papatūānuku’s children, and Greek figures Deucalion and Pyrrha.