Circuit
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Janine Randerson / Arielle Walker
Critical Minerals (2025)
An artists’ submission to a government consultation process considering extractive mining in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Recently added works
Te Mamaeroa (2024)
In Matamata, the artist revisits ancestral whakapapa before the town was recast as a location for Hollywood blockbuster franchise The Lord of the Rings.
Lake of Wandering Spirits (2026)
Archival media documenting a mass sheep cull is reworked to challenge the narrative of colonial settlement as peaceful or complete.
Kumutoto Peephole (2026)
A still shot of concrete gradually gives way to a circular aperture revealing a watery portal.
Writing & podcast
![There are two sections of text written in yellow and all capitals. At top it reads; I WON'T SHOW YOU THE IMAGE. BUT, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU WILL HEAR THE CLICK OF THE BOLT-GUN. At bottom, the text reads; [THE SHEEP ARE STILL QUIET. THEY HAVE EXCELLENT HEARING.]](/images/1050x660/images/posts/frances-libeau,-lake-of-wandering-spirits-(2026).-commissioned-by-te-tuhi,-tamaki-makaurau-auckland.jpg)
Asynchrony of the Lambs: Frances Libeau’s Lake of Wandering Spirits
Asynchrony of the Lambs: Frances Libeau’s Lake of Wandering Spirits
A 50 year old "administrative document" becomes the starting point for an installation examining postcolonial myths of nationhood.
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Kumutoto Peephole
Kumutoto Peephole
"At the centre of this work is a tension between two material bodies." Mauatua Fa'ara Reynolds writes on Sarah Hudson and Rachel Anson's Kumutoto Peephole (2026).
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Mana Moana Resident: Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds
CIRCUIT's 2026 Mana Moana Resident is Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds.