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This is a composite image from two sources. At left is thick seaweed on the top of the sea, at right a man walks across a rural field with his arms clasped behind his back.

Image: Left: Sandy Wakefield, Nakunaku (2020). Courtesy of the artist. Right: Andrew Black, Dàn Fianais (2022). Courtesy of the artist.

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Ka Mua Ka Muri: Sandy Wakefield and Andrew Black

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“In the local is the universal”. Sandy Wakefield (NZ) and Andrew Black (UK) discuss two films set on the island communities of Skye (Scotland) and Rakiura / Stewart Island (NZ).

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CIRCUIT is the leading voice for artist moving image in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Descending, ascending, regular, irregular (two-out-of-three)
Joe Jowitt

Descending, ascending, regular, irregular (two-out-of-three... (2026)

A public service announcement updating passers by on the latest developments in public stairway regulation.

Descending, ascending, regular, irregular (two-out-of-three)
Working III
Joe Jowitt

Working III (2024)

In his trademark suit and tie the artist undertakes a number of exercises in a gymnasium.

Working III
Working I
Joe Jowitt

Working I (2014)

In a public park the artist runs along various paths whilst dressed in a suit and tie.

Working I
Fountain (The Touch of You)
Benjamin Ord

Fountain (The Touch of You) (2022)

Treating the fountain as a camp choreographic form, this work commits to one looping gestural phrase that renders movement as an object able to be perpetually transported and re-staged.

Fountain (The Touch of You)
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Writing & podcast

A man in a blue suit and tie kneels on a concrete staircase facing the camera, as if to give an explanation. At top left we see a logo for the New Zealand government. On the screen, we see the words 'need of review'. The man's colourful socks cast doubt on his apparent authority and point towards satire.

An escalation: Joe Jowitt's Descending, ascending, regular, irregular (two-out-of-three) (2025)

Essay
By Morgan Ashworth ·

A site-specific commission by Joe Jowitt plays with the tropes of government regulation and beauracracy.

An escalation
At left a still from a film showing brown earth, with the text overlaid reading "So why should we buy back our land? Why should we not inhabit our territory?" At right a still of a surfer holding their palm to the camera. Text on their hand reads 'Titano-Magnetite'.

Ka Mua Ka Muri: Alex Monteith and Maria de Lima

Hosted by Mark Williams ·

"What care looks like". Maria de Lima (UK/ Brazil) and Alex Monteith (NZ) discuss using the moving image as a platform for global knowledge exchange and deep time awareness.

Alex Monteith Maria de Lima
A composite still using images from two artists works, on the left we see the back of a cello player, their cloak covered in patterns. At right we see a digital collage of several upright Pō with geometric shapes projected upon them..

Ka Mua Ka Muri: Thulani Rachia and Jamie Berry

Episode 126
Hosted by Mark Williams ·

Thulani Rachia (SA) and Jamie Berry (NZ) discuss their mutual use of dreaming, abstraction, repetition and rest to create "architectures of sanctuary".

Thulani Rachia and Jamie Berry
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News and opportunities

A young woman smiles at the camera. Her hair falls on her shoulders.

CIRCUIT Matariki Commission 2026: Anahera Totoro

News

CIRCUIT's 2026 Matariki Artist is Anahera Totoro (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou).

CIRCUIT Matariki Commission 2026: Anahera Totoro
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