A digitally rendered image of dripping purple object with a metalic silver chain and a face

Still from Brain Island (2019-ongoing) Xi Li

CIRCUIT Cast #95

Connor Fitzgerald and Xi Li

Hosted by Moya Lawson · March 15, 2021

In this podcast Moya Lawson speaks to Xi Li and Connor Fitzgerald, two emerging artists working in digital space via avatars, text, and interactivity.

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In this podcast Moya Lawson speaks to Xi Li and Connor Fitzgerald, two emerging artists working in digital space via avatars, text, and interactivity. The artists discuss the capability of the avatar to move beyond the constraints of physical embodiment towards a range of intentions and new possibilities.

Xi Li is an artist based in Auckland whose work explores philosophical frameworks through mediums including video, 3D animation, VR and game-design.  See more of Xi’s work on her website.

Connor Fitzgerald is a non-binary artist based in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara Wellington, with a multi-disciplinary practice in video, writing and installation.

Works discussed in this episode

A digitally rendered scene of a river running between large rocks.
Angel C. Fitzgerald

x~Angel~x (2019)

Set in the fantasy world of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011-17), x~Angel~x is a meditation on the artist's experience with gender expression.

x~Angel~x
A blurry screen of leaf green has the text 'Close ur eyes, make a wish' written overtop.
Angel C. Fitzgerald

CLOSE UR EYES, MAKE A WISH (2020)

A poem by the artist is set against a hazy sea of moving colours and an ambient soundtrack.

CLOSE UR EYES, MAKE A WISH
A video game style loading screen. A person with braids stares vacantly, there are animations around them.
Xi Li

Brain Island (sampler) (2019)

A multi-dimensional space of contemporary urban architecture and postmodern fantasy.

Brain Island (sampler)

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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.

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Hana Pera Aoake
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