Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination
Matthew Galloway
Doris Lusk
Raúl Ortega Ayala
19 April – 30 June 2024
Exterior installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Exterior installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, Think Big (after Bob Brockie), 2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, vinyl, courtesy the artist; and Flyover, 2023, 4K drone digital film, with cinematography by Jon Wilson, Shine on Films, courtesy the artist. Exterior installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker
Matthew Galloway, Think Big (after Bob Brockie), 2024, vinyl on lightbox, courtesy the artist. Exterior installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, Power Hall (still) 2022, 4K drone digital film with cinematography by Jon Wilson, Shine on Films. Image courtesy of the artist.
Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us, 2023, 48 page newspaper, edition of 2000, courtesy the artist. Installation view Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us, 2023, 48 page newspaper, edition of 2000, courtesy the artist. Installation view Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Doris Lusk Imagined Projects: Forty Years On in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Doris Lusk Imagined Projects: Forty Years On in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Doris Lusk, Imagined Projects II, Limeworks, 1983, acrylic, graphite and coloured pencil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 1984.
Doris Lusk, Imagined Projects III, Dam with Lake, 1983, acrylic, graphite and coloured pencil on canvas, Private collection, Auckland. Installation view Doris Lusk Imagined Projects: Forty Years On in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Doris Lusk, Imagined Projects III, Dam with Lake, 1983, acrylic, graphite and coloured pencil on canvas, Private collection, Auckland.
Installation view Doris Lusk Imagined Projects: Forty Years On in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Doris Lusk, Imagined Projects VII, Bush Project, 1984, acrylic, graphite and coloured pencil on canvas, collection of Grant Banbury and Mark Hornby, Christchurch. Installation view Doris Lusk Imagined Projects: Forty Years On in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway Muldoon (after Sid Scales), 2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, vinyl, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway Muldoon (after Sid Scales), (reverse angle), 2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, vinyl, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, Dam Wall, 2023, 4K drone digital film with cinematography by Jon Wilson, Shine on Films, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, Megawattasaurus (after Sid Scales), 2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, Megawattasaurus (after Sid Scales) (detail),2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, The Power that Flows Through Us (still),2022, 4K drone digital film, with cinematography by Jon Wilson, Shine on Films. Image courtesy of the artist.
Matthew Galloway, Lifesaver Part I (after Gordon Minhinnick), 2024, acrylic on wall, courtesy the artist; and Lifesaver Part II (after Gordon Minhinnick), 2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, vinyl stickers, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Matthew Galloway, Lifesaver Part II (after Gordon Minhinnick), 2024, acrylic on MDF, painted steel, vinyl stickers, courtesy the artist. Installation view Matthew Galloway The Power that Flows Through Us in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Raúl Ortega Ayala in collaboration with Roberto Rubalcava and Peter Miles, Field note 10-05-16— 64324 (Wallpaper, Pripyat, Chernobyl), from the series The Zone, 2022, pigment inks on photographic paper, courtesy the artist. Installation view Raúl Ortega Ayala The Zone in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Raúl Ortega Ayala in collaboration with Roberto Rubalcava and Peter Miles, Field note 10-05-16— 64324 (Wallpaper, Pripyat, Chernobyl), from the series The Zone, 2022, pigment inks on photographic paper, courtesy the artist.
Raúl Ortega Ayala in collaboration with Roberto Rubalcava and Peter Miles, Field note 10-05-16—4485 (Interior, Pripyat, Chernobyl), from the series The Zone, 2022, photographic print adhered to wall, courtesy the artist. Installation view Raúl Ortega Ayala The Zone in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Raúl Ortega Ayala in collaboration with Roberto Rubalcava and Peter Miles, Field note 10-05-16—4485 (Interior, Pripyat, Chernobyl), from the series The Zone, 2022, photographic print adhered to wall, courtesy the artist. Installation view Raúl Ortega Ayala The Zone in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Raúl Ortega Ayala in collaboration with Dmytro Konovalov, Valerii Savytskyi, Roberto Rubalcava, DmytroTiazhlov, Iain Frengley, Undergroundsound and Tim Prebble, The Zone, 2020, Single channel HD video, 5.1 audio, 36 minutes, 2 seconds, courtesy the artist. Installation view Raúl Ortega Ayala The Zone in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.
Raúl Ortega Ayala in collaboration with Dmytro Konovalov, Valerii Savytskyi, Roberto Rubalcava, DmytroTiazhlov, Iain Frengley, Undergroundsound and Tim Prebble, The Zone, 2020, Single channel HD video, 5.1 audio, 36 minutes, 2 seconds, courtesy the artist. Installation view Raúl Ortega Ayala The Zone in Infrastructure: power, politics and imagination, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2024. Photo: Ted Whitaker.