Shipping containers are lit up with lights and art on Wellington's waterfront for the Performance Arcade

Image courtesy of The Performance Arcade

CIRCUIT Cast #20

The Performance Arcade, Denise Batchelor, and Erika Sklenars

Hosted by Mark Amery · April 1, 2015

Interviews with Denise Batchelor and Erica Sklenars about their work in the Performance Arcade.

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What makes a video a performance? In this podcast Mark Amery interviews Denise Batchelor and Erica Sklenars about their work in the The Performance Arcade, an annual festival of “installation, performance art, sonic art, audio-visual art, interactive media, culinary art and live music” presented in shipping containers on the Wellington waterfront.

Our thanks to the artists and Sam Trubridge. Image courtesy of The Performance Arcade.

CIRCUIT Cast was presented with assistance of Creative New Zealand. Music by Tlaotlon.

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