Writing & Podcast
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Hihi Aho: Tia Barrett
Hihi Aho: Tia Barrett
"I see the environment as a creative partner" — a kōrero between Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu) and Tia Barrett (Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Tamainupō, Ngāti Maniapoto), the third and final episode of the CIRCUIT Cast series Hihi Aho.
![A woman in a sheer veil faces away from the camera; the light is golden. An installation view of a screen in a darkened room.](/images/1050x660/images/posts/a-hook-install.jpeg)
She calls to it with a new name
She calls to it with a new name
Kirsty Baker considers creation, expansion, and the contingencies of mystic Hildegard Von Bingen's Lingua Ignota in Sriwhana Spong's a hook but no fish (2017).
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Hihi Aho: Sandy Wakefield
Hihi Aho: Sandy Wakefield
"Whanaungatanga is this gift we have as Māori to connect and to relate" — a kōrero between Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu) and Sandy Wakefield (Ngapuhi, Ngāi Tahu), the second episode of the CIRCUIT Cast series Hihi Aho.
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Observing Seismic Tension
Observing Seismic Tension
Bronwyn Holloway-Smith responds to the 2024 Masons Screen commissions and considers the potential contribution of public art to contemporary political discourse.
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Hihi Aho: Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka
Hihi Aho: Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka
"To mark a mountain by a song" — a kōrero between Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu) and Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka (Ngāpuhi, Ngati Pakau and Waitaha), the first episode of the CIRCUIT Cast series Hihi Aho.
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Skin in craters like the moon
Skin in craters like the moon
Samuel Te Kani responds to Skin in craters like the moon, an exhibition at Te Tuhi of recent works by Tāmaki Makaurau-based, Taiwanese (Han, Min-nan) artist Susu 蘇子誠 that explored associations between language and memory across virtual and physical worlds.
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Wild Wild Life: Artist Talk
Wild Wild Life: Artist Talk
Artists Layne Waerea, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Gabriel White and Tia Barrett discuss their video works for Wild Wild Life with curator Mark Williams.
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For TW (towards an amicable approach to video art)
For TW (towards an amicable approach to video art)
Victoria Wynne-Jones considers an amicable approach to historiography in three recent works by Tim Wagg.
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Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life is a collection of seven new artist videos installed at a series of site-specific locations across the inner city of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, designed to be walked in one day. Featuring works by Tia Barrett, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Obadiah Russon, Layne Waerea, and Gabriel White.
![Two groups of men stand on either side of barbed wire in a forest. One side wears military uniforms.](/images/1050x660/images/posts/Alanis-Obomsawin-Kanehsatake270-3.jpg)
To move between: Alanis Obomsawin
To move between: Alanis Obomsawin
Layne Waerea responds to To move between: Healing and Resistance, an exhibition of work by Abenaki Nation filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin, presented at Artspace Aotearoa.
![A older person wearing sunglasses stands downhill from a hilltop watertower. She appears to be speaking to a memory of the place.](/images/1050x660/images/posts/Cushla-Donaldson-The-Great-Ngaruawahia-Music-Festival-2017-Joyce-CIRCUIT.jpg)
It gets weird out there
It gets weird out there
Mark Amery considers the role of moving image in giving voice in the work of artist Cushla Donaldson, with a focus on the 2021 film, Neighbourhood of Truth.
![Installation view of a two-sided screen structure showing Sorawit Songsataya's video work in a darkened room.](/images/1050x660/images/news/_DSF0425web.jpg)
Otherwise Worlding
Otherwise Worlding
Otherwise Worlding is 66-page e-book on artists’ animation featuring essays, conversations, and a playthrough of an interactive game.
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EMBODIED REALITIES
EMBODIED REALITIES
A conversation between artist Tanu Gago and filmmaker Raqi Syed on the occasion of Gago's participation in the exhibition Otherwise-image-worlds (2022).
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Aliyah Winter: I am very fugitive
Aliyah Winter: I am very fugitive
In this expansive and lyrical text, writer Gwynneth Porter explores poetry, self-fictioning and plasticity in three recent works by Aliyah Winter.
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Tāmaki's Spleen
Tāmaki's Spleen
Lila Bullen-Smith writes on she feeds the birds (2023), a dystopian filmic take on Tāmaki Makaurau by Lily Worrall.
![A group of people in a gallery in Thailand converse animatedly about film, art and radical practice.](/images/1050x660/images/posts/Opening-of-Legacies-Gathering-STORAGE-2023-CIRCUIT-1697428947.jpg)
In Pictures: LEGACIES | ROUTES in Bangkok
In Pictures: LEGACIES | ROUTES in Bangkok
A picture essay of CIRCUIT's trip to Bangkok, featuring Aotearoa artists Martin Sagadin, Pati Tyrell, Tanu Gago and a community of Thai artists and film-makers.
![A black background with white text that reads 'Those who have been, Those who exist now, Those who are yet to be'. Underneath the text is a square image of a baby's feet in a bath.](/images/1050x660/images/posts/Hana-Pera-Aoake_te-tamaiti,-te-ao_2022_CIRCUIT_web.jpg)
Sites of Connection: Hana Pera Aoake
Sites of Connection: Hana Pera Aoake
"I will not be afraid despite the fear tumbling through my body" — Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Hinerangi, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Haua, Tainui/Waikato, Ngāti Waewae, Waitaha, Kāi Tahu) speaks with Dani McIntosh for the CIRCUIT Cast series Sites of Connection.
![In gloomy light, a woman stands over a baby's basinette. The basinette appears empty. The woman wears slippers which are large soft animal feet.](/images/1050x660/images/posts/Still_DIZZY_Juliet-Carpenter_2022_CIRCUIT-1-1696898767.jpeg)
SPINNING AROUND
SPINNING AROUND
A conversation between artist Juliet Carpenter and writer Sebastjan Brank on the occasion of Carpenter's participation in the exhibition Otherwise-image-worlds (2022).
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Sites of Connection: Selina Ershadi
Sites of Connection: Selina Ershadi
"Dwelling in the void space" — a conversation between Selina Ershadi and Dani McIntosh, the second part of the CIRCUIT Cast series Sites of Connection.