Martin Rumsby

SOJOURNS (2018)

9 min 25 secSingle channel / Digital Video / 8mm / Colour / Sound

"Some dreams are wiser than waking. A mixed-up bricolage of dreams and remembrances, exaggerations and repressions of living in Wellington, 1984/85." — Martin Rumsby

    Other works by Martin Rumsby

    American Sketchbook Part 3
    Martin Rumsby

    American Sketchbook Part 3 (1985)

    A landscape work in three parts being, a train trip across Canada, Chicago street scenes and the media as contemporary landscape.

    American Sketchbook Part 3
    Driveway
    Martin Rumsby

    Driveway (2006)

    Eighteen hours of activity in a house are condensed, and experienced aurally by the viewer.

    Driveway
    For Dots
    Martin Rumsby

    For Dots (2008)

    Part One of a document of African American street culture in Chicago.

    For Dots
    Landscapism
    Martin Rumsby

    Landscapism (2008)

    An excerpt from Martin Rumsby's ongoing project Landscapism, which seeks to establish a New Zealand landscape film tradition.

    Landscapism
    Martin Rumsby on CIRCUIT

    Related essay

    Film-maker Martin Rumsby stands next to a 16mm projector, reading a script into a microphone

    Remembering Martin Rumsby

    Essay
    By Mark Williams · July 12, 2022

    Martin Rumsby has passed. We remember the pioneering film-maker, writer, programmer and champion of New Zealand experimental film.

    Remembering Martin Rumsby

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    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.