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Matariki Commission 2024
Antonia van Sitter (Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue) to produce her first moving image work for CIRCUIT’s Matariki Commission 2024
Recently added works
Non-standard Measures (2024)
In Non-standard Measures, members of The Observatory Project use blank tape measures to mark out the metric and imperial units of length recorded in the public standard measures that were installed in Paris and London in the 18th century.
Rua Kōhatu | Two Stones (2024)
In Rua Kōhatu | Two Stones, musicians Jake Kīanō Skinner and Noel Meek elicit a range of sounds from stones, juxtaposed with text from the poem ‘Thoughts On A Sufi Proverb’ by Hone Tuwhare.
The Lady at the Pier (2024)
In The Lady at the Pier, Robyn Jordaan revisits the site of a major tragedy in her life, that of her former Banks Peninsula home, which perished in a blaze.
Karangahape 26.03.20–23.05.20 LOCKDOWN I (2020)
A chronicle of the first pandemic lockdown in early 2020, embodying the listlessness of this period with observational shots of comings and goings around Auckland's iconic K Road.
Writing & podcast
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.
Hihi Aho: Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka
Hihi Aho: Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka
"To mark a mountain by a song" — a conversation 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.
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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CIRCUIT Curator-at-large 2024: Erin Robideaux Gleeson
Erin Robideaux Gleeson will be CIRCUIT’s Curator-at-large for 2024