In a gallery a video projection shows a set of rugby goalposts on fire, while at right a white robe hangs on the wall. Below it are a silver motorcycle crash helmet, a pair of adidas sneakers and a wooden staff with a charred end.

Installation view :Burnings (2005) City Gallery Wellington (2006)

Interview

A Video Interview with Murray Hewitt

By CIRCUIT Staff · March 14, 2012

Murray Hewitt discusses his working process.

Murray Hewitt's videos mix social commentary with a healthy dose of humour and absurdism. His work reflects on the excesses of late 20th century capitalism, the lingering effects of colonisation and points of conflict in contemporary New Zealand. In the video below, excerpts from his work are interspersed with discussion about his working processes, including his consultation with Māori over the use of the Raukura peace symbol left by the prophets Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi of Parihaka.

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