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HYPERBALLAD (Superstar) (2023)
The first work in Wesley John Fourie's HYPERBALLAD series, in which the artist performs to a soundtrack of the Sonic Youth cover of The Carpenters' song Superstar—a song about feeling helplessly in love with someone—while themselves feeling helplessly in love with someone.
HYPERBALLAD (Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft) (2023)
"Calling occupants of interplanetary craft!" was the beginning of a telepathic message sent by members of the International Flying Saucer Bureau in 1953 to visitors from outer space, here performed by artist Wesley John Fourie as a clarion call to others who might feel isolated or 'alien'.
HYPERBALLAD (Sha-La-La/My Heart Goes) (2023)
The artist decides to "dance the feelings away" following a breakup. Part of the series HYPERBALLAD (2023-24).
HYPERBALLAD (Blue) (2023)
A performance to the song Blue by Marina and the Diamonds, in which the artist reflects on the finality of the end of a relationship. Part of the series HYPERBALLAD (2023-24).
Writing & podcast
Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life
Wild Wild Life is a collection of seven new artist videos installed at a series of site-specific locations across the inner city of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, designed to be walked in one day. Featuring works by Tia Barrett, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Obadiah Russon, Layne Waerea, and Gabriel White.
To move between: Alanis Obomsawin
To move between: Alanis Obomsawin
Layne Waerea responds to To move between: Healing and Resistance, an exhibition of work by Abenaki Nation filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin, presented at Artspace Aotearoa.
It gets weird out there
It gets weird out there
Mark Amery considers the role of moving image in giving voice in the work of artist Cushla Donaldson, with a focus on the 2021 film, Neighbourhood of Truth.
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CIRCUIT Curator-at-large 2024: Erin Robideaux Gleeson
Erin Robideaux Gleeson will be CIRCUIT’s Curator-at-large for 2024