Layne Waerea

Uninvited Visitor (2020)

2 min 43 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

Uninvited Visitor is a subtle response to recent global conversations around public monuments. The artist drops kūmara down Wellington steps which act as pathfinders for the planting of new seedlings. If we were to envisage other 'memorials' what might they be?

Credits & notes

Commissioned by CIRCUIT and Wellington City Council for Masons Screen

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