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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, First Trans Thought (2021). Machine embroidered tapestry, projection, sound, 2 min. © and courtesy the artist. Photo by Sam Hartnett.
Featured review
To cut, stitch, and weave
To cut, stitch, and weave
Thomasin Sleigh stitches material, memory, and meaning in Interlaced: Animation and Textiles at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
Recently added works
Tūhononga (Cluster and Connection) (Part 1) (2024)
The appearances, sensations, and sounds of specific moments and weathers of the environment are recorded by the artist during a hikoi in Te Waipounamu.
Ocean Rain (Part 2) (2023)
Ocean Rain (Part 2) unfolds in a digitally rendered ocean where uncanny geological forms materialise.
Kōea o Tāwhirimātea: Weather Choir, 2024 (2024)
Local weather conditions at eight climate-challenged locations around Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa are traced via audio and video reports as well as recordings of an aeolian harp, an instrument played by the wind that functions as a quasi-art and weather-monitoring instrument.
Mākū: Te Ha O Haupapa (2024)
A collective attunement to the breath of Haupapa (Tasman) Glacier through Kai Tahu cosmologies, instruments of science including audio hydrophones and underwater camera receivers, and more-than-human scales of aural and visual perception.
Writing & podcast
Mapping Rematriation with Pūrākau: seeing Indigenous futures through whakawātea and noa
Mapping Rematriation with Pūrākau: seeing Indigenous futures through whakawātea and noa
In the first of three essays, CIRCUIT'S Kaitiaki Kiriata, artist and curator Tanya Te Miringa Te Rorarangi Ruka explores the guiding mātauranga of Rematriation, a programme of moving image works by contemporary Māori artists.
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Homing Instinct: reflections on home, shelter, and belonging
Homing Instinct: reflections on home, shelter, and belonging
Curator Abby Cunnane reflects on understandings of home, shelter, and belonging through the works in the international touring exhibition Homing Instinct.
The Two-Fold Commitment: entanglements of sound and image at the play_station Film Festival
The Two-Fold Commitment: entanglements of sound and image at the play_station Film Festival
Jane Wallace excavates layers of meaning in the aural and visual registers of the six artists' films shown in the 2024 play_station Film Festival.
News and opportunities
CIRCUIT Artist Survey 2025: Results
Ngā mihi nui to all the artists who responded to our recent Artist Survey. Read on to learn more about the feedback we received