Folded Memory
Nova Paul
Yllwbro
Xin Cheng
Maria Olsen
Emerita Baik
Vivian Lynn
Flora Christeller
Mo H. Zareei
Richard Niania & Joyce Campbell
Bridget Reweti
Taarn Scott & Hana Pera Aoake
Susan Skerman
Richard Frater & Richard Francis
Curated by Susan Ballard and Sophie Thorn
17 November 2023 – 28 March 2024
Podocarpus totara Tōtara, (detail) c.1480, felled 1906, collection of the School of Biological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
Vivian Lynn, Asherim Drawings (detail) c.1985, set of nineteen, pastel and gouache on Fabriano paper, courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Lynn.
Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), Kōwhai 2, 2022, photogram on sea wall stone, courtesy of the artist.
Yllwbro, Tipi Haere: Miss Wētā’s All-Terrain Caravan & Mobile Home, 2017, ‘MAN Road Hauler’ toy articulated truck and caravan, die cast metal, plastic, automotive spray paint, ‘Beehive’ matchbox labels, leaf litter, striker, copper wire, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, gift of the artists and Mokopōpaki.
Emerita Baik, Ride on These Midnight Skies (detail), 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, 170 x 144 x 46 cm, Courtesy the artist and Robert Heald Gallery.
Nova Paul (Te Uriroroi/Te Parawhau, NgāPuhi), Rākau (still), 2022, 16mm b/w hand-processed film developed in pūriri leaves, transfer to HD delivered as H.264, 5 mins, 1 sec, looped, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2023.
Mo H. Zareei, Material Music, 2019, kinetic sound-sculpture consisting of brass, copper, aluminium, steel, hard wood, marble, glass, concrete samples electromechanically excited by 16 actuators, Courtesy the artist.