In this experimental Western the poetic meets prosaic via a Victorian travel report written for the purposes of emigration to Texas. An abstract frontier thesis where Western movie tropes and mythologised geographies are navigated through printed matter, race theories, and observations of pioneering life.
Artist interview with Robert Leonard, Senior Curator, City Gallery Wellington
Charles Darwin's 19th century travel writing becomes a vehicle for present day tourisms, travel romance, and racial othering.
Shot in Canterbury and post-earthquake Christchurch, The Quarry witnesses the city’s suburban rebuild while also documenting planned sites for new housing.
Described as ‘apocalyptic’ The Port negotiates urban planning, the solar system, time travel, ecological fragility, memory and more.
Gavin Hipkins: Wives Are Scarce
Robert Leonard talks to Gavin Hipkins about his latest film, New World (2016).
