Alex Monteith is dressed in outdoors clothing standing near a large camera on a rig, they are standing next to a lake by a misty forest looking happy

Production still from from Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions (2014) Alex Monteith, Sportsman Cave, Tamatea (Dusky Sound). Photo: Sarah Munro

CIRCUIT Cast #78

An Interview with Alex Monteith

Hosted by Mark Williams · September 2, 2019

In this career-spanning interview with Mark Williams, Alex Monteith discusses Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions (2019), an ongoing project which brings together representatives of iwi, South Island museums and researchers nationwide.

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"There's always the question of authoring ... I like the shared space of co-production" - Alex Monteith

In this career-spanning interview with Mark Williams, Alex Monteith discusses Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions (2019), an ongoing project which brings together representatives of Iwi, South Island museums and researchers nationwide to revisit a collection of archaeological material from Te Mimi o Tū Te Rakiwhānoa (Fiordland coastal and marine area). Monteith also discusses the working methods behind her 2005 feature film on the Irish Troubles, Chapter and Verse, and a subsequent shift towards works based around surfing, motorcycles and military aircraft.

Watch a documentation excerpt from Coastal Flows / Coastal Incursions and the complete film Chapter and Verse.

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