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Call for Applications: Wā kāinga: An Indigenous Moving Image Wananga
CIRCUIT invites artists to apply for Wā kāinga, a collaborative workshop exploring relationships with land and water via shared readings, and a commission of $1000.00 per artist to create a new work.
Recently added works
Hina's Granddaughters (Documentation excerpt) (2022)
Documentation of an immersive experience of poetry, song and sound accompanied by moving images projected onto a screen of ’ahufara tapa.
First Edition, Third Hand (2019)
First Edition, Third Hand is a video from an installation which explores the idea of the cyborg in the Pacific.
Kiosk: Directors’ Commentary (2020)
A cinematic journey of homage along the Otakaro Avon River and out to sea, in memory of a defunct public art project.
Writing & podcast
Luke Willis Thompson: B42040A1A1A
Luke Willis Thompson: B42040A1A1A
"Dream into the future that you want to embody" - Orissa Keane writes on two new films by Luke Willis Thompson.
Watabaut dem wahine orn aa Baunti?
Watabaut dem wahine orn aa Baunti?
"...it’s ironic that the very technologies once used to document, categorise, and exoticise Indigenous peoples have become tools for our resurgence." - Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds writes on Hina’s Granddaughters (2022)
But How Much Is Enough to Nourish the Stars?
But How Much Is Enough to Nourish the Stars?
"... the work’s accessibility ...allows ritual to be lived within the conditions many people already inhabit." - Tanya Ruka writes on Anahera Totoro's commission for Matariki 2026.
News and opportunities
Call for Proposals: Masons Screen Commissions 2026/27
CIRCUIT invites proposals for the next annual series of artist commissions for Masons Screen.