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CIRCUIT: Dialogues in Artist Moving Image (2026). Published by CIRCUIT with the support of Creative New Zealand. Commissioning Editor: Mark Williams. Editor: Jess Clifford. Design: Eva Charlton.

Featured essay

Introduction: CIRCUIT: Dialogues in Artist Moving Image

By Mark Williams ·

Read the introduction to CIRCUIT: Dialogues in Artist Moving Image, a new publication surveying a decade of CIRCUIT commissions from 2015-25.

<p>Introduction: CIRCUIT: Dialogues in Artist Moving Image</p>
CIRCUIT is the leading voice for artist moving image in Aotearoa New Zealand

Recently added works

Ice Blueprint: Field Traces 冰蓝图：田野痕迹
Xi Li

Ice Blueprint: Field Traces 冰蓝图：田野痕迹 (2025)

Structured in four chapters, Ice Blueprint: Field Traces moves between the labour of ice sculptors, the public celebration and visual spectacle of China's Harbin Ice and Snow World.

Ice Blueprint: Field Traces 冰蓝图：田野痕迹
Region 10
Kate Walker

Region 10 (2023)

In front of a backdrop of two massive 1950’s nuclear airplane engines, a group of performers sing a heartfelt karaoke rendition of Talking Head’s Life During Wartime.

Region 10
The Shamash Stays the Same, but the Atua is Different
Mariam Tawfik

The Shamash Stays the Same, but the Atua is Different (2025)

A film which draws parallels between Mesopotamian and Māori worldviews—two traditions separated by oceans yet united in their understanding of humanity's relationship to land.

The Shamash Stays the Same, but the Atua is Different
Cashew & Reed (We Lived a Life of Pleasant Song)
Amanda Newall / Olav Westphalen

Cashew & Reed (We Lived a Life of Pleasant Song) (2026)

Set against drought, extreme heat and Saharan dust, Cashew & Reed balances environmental unease with moments of tenderness and quiet humour

Cashew & Reed (We Lived a Life of Pleasant Song)
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Writing & podcast

From inside a car we see a teenage child leans her head to the open window of the car. Inside the car, the wind whips her black hair behind her. She closes her eyes.

Ko Ngā Atua ngā Pūtake o ngā Mea Katoa – The Atua are the Origin of all Things

Essay
By Tyson Campbell ·

"Are there Iraqi taniwhas? What or who might they look like?" In this essay / interview Tyson Campbell and Mariam Tawfik discuss Mariam's 2025 film The Shamash Stays the Same, but the Atua is Different.

The Atua are the Origin of all Things
A woman in a red dress stands outside in front of greenery and looks straight at the camera.

Pallavi Paul: Image After Image After Image

Episode 129
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How do images continue to shape the world long after they have been made? How do memory, care, grief and political life circulate through images, but also exceed them? Visiting New Delhi artist Pallavi Paul reflects on an artistic practice that moves between documentary cinema, contemporary art and research.

Pallavi Paul: Image After Image After Image
A close-up of a young boy swimming in the dark, staring up at the camera. Another image of him is superimposed, his arms outspread.

Becoming an Ariki

Essay series·A huri i tō mata i te pō
By Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds ·

"... in Ariki, the positioning of the camera is one of a mother’s gaze protecting from above" - Mauatua Fa'ara-Reynolds writes on Leilani Kake

Becoming an Ariki
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News and opportunities

A person smiles at the camera. They wear a business shirt which is casually unbuttoned at the collar. Behind them we see a bridge and a side of the national museum, Te Papa.

Curatorial Resident: Matthew Whiteman

Professional development

Matthew Whiteman is CIRCUIT's 2026/27 emerging curator in residence.

Curatorial Resident: Matthew Whiteman
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