Episode 17: Tahi Moore and Light Show CIRCUIT CAST

In this edition of CIRCUIT Cast we interview Tahi Moore about his show Psyche Rebuild at Hopkinson Mossman and discuss how his practice investigates the gap between thought and language; in our round table discussion our guests Mark Jackson and Ahilapalapa Rands discuss the Auckland Art Gallery’s summer blockbuster Light Show. Your host is Mark Amery.

Image: Magic Hour (2004-2007) David Batchelor. Courtesy the artist, Galeria Leme, São Paulo and Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

Guest Bios:
Dr. Mark Jackson is Associate Professor of Design in the School of Art and Design, Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at AUT University, New Zealand. He has published in the fields of design history and theory, the visual arts, film and media as well as architecture and landscape architecture. He has had a number of film and video works exhibited internationally. His current research focus is on ethics and design cultures with particular emphasis on the works of Derrida, Heidegger, Agamben and Levinas.

Ahilapalapa Rands is the outgoing Education Intern at Artspace, a leading contemporary New Zealand gallery located on Karangahape Road in Auckland. In 2013 she co-curated Close To Home, the 6th Tautai Tertiary Exhibition at ST Paul St Gallery with her Mum Melanie Rands followed by her recent curation of Artspace exhibitionW e l co m e in September 2014. Ahi graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts from AUT University. During her studies she worked in video and performance installation. Along with Maila Urale, Linda T, and Chris Fitzgerald she is one of the founding members of D.A.N.C.E. art club who have been working together since 2008. Ahi is a fourth generation New Zealander on her father’s side and second on her mother’s side with links to Hawai‘i, Tongareva, Fiji, Samoan, England & Scotland.

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