Murray Hewitt

Untitled (Driveby) (2007)

12 min 5 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Silent

A small glimpse of a ritualistic act, viewed from a car while driving on the Kāpiti Coast.

Credits & notes

Filmed by Jeff Simmonds & Matthew Watson.

Photo: Jeremy Booth

    Two images projected into corners of a gallery, one showing a steep sand dune, the other a person in a white robe pointing a gun at a white passing car

    Installation view of Weeping Waters (2008) (left) and Untitled (Driveby) (2008) (right) Govett-Brewster Art Gallery offsite project, as part of Break: Towards a public realm, New Plymouth (2008/09)

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    Murray Hewitt on CIRCUIT

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