Installation
Home Movies
Curated by Mark Williams and Laura Duffy
For one-day only, a New Zealand art trail in Newtown. 28 video works in 22 shops, businesses and cultural spaces.
Home Movies was a one-day video art trail that took place in Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand on Saturday 28 September 2019. Inserting 28 artists into 22 shops, businesses and cultural spaces, Home Movies invited visitors to pick up a map from the local library and explore Newtown as a supportive space for minority communities, ethically-driven commerce and artistic production.
Taking place against a backdrop of Newtown’s rising housing costs and gentrification, the event sought to raise questions around how we imagine our communities in the future. Home Movies was curated by Mark Williams with Associate Curator Laura Duffy and presented as part of AURA Festival of Artist Moving Images with the support of Creative New Zealand.
Home Movies was made possible with the generous support of The Tip Shop, Habitat for Humanity, MEANWHILE, Kia Ora Newtown, Newtown Community Centre, Jared Corston, Martin Hanley, all participating venues, Opportunity for Animals, Newtown Library.
Sat 28 Sept. 10am—4.30pm Various venuesFree Admission
Featuring works by:
Gabrielle Amodeo
Arapeta Ashton
Lucy Aukafolau
Denise Batchelor
Louisa Beatty
Anna Briner
MD Brown
Wai Ching Chan
Madeline Cheng
Laura Duffy
Max Fleury
Bryce Galloway
Nathaniel Gordon-Stables
Sam Hamilton
Chevron Hassett
Mike Heynes
Caroline Johnston
Lara Lindsay-Parker
Raewyn Martyn
Pippy McClenaghan
Louie Neale
Elisabeth Pointon
Christina Read
Emiko Sheehan
Erika Sklenars
Terry Urbahn
Peter Wareing
Aliyah Winter
Arapeta Ashton
Lucy Aukafolau
Denise Batchelor
Louisa Beatty
Anna Briner
MD Brown
Wai Ching Chan
Madeline Cheng
Laura Duffy
Max Fleury
Bryce Galloway
Nathaniel Gordon-Stables
Sam Hamilton
Chevron Hassett
Mike Heynes
Caroline Johnston
Lara Lindsay-Parker
Raewyn Martyn
Pippy McClenaghan
Louie Neale
Elisabeth Pointon
Christina Read
Emiko Sheehan
Erika Sklenars
Terry Urbahn
Peter Wareing
Aliyah Winter
Newtown in Wellington is the guinea pig for a planned annual festival of videos celebrating the country's most creative suburbs. The famously multi-cultural inner-city suburb is home to the arts agency, CIRCUIT, that's come up with the idea of a week-long AURA Festival of Artists Moving Image, where participants are invited to create and display work about their suburbs. Lynn Freeman talks with the Festival's Director Mark Williams and with co-curator, artist Laura Duffy. She also hears from contributing artists, Anna Brimmer and Max Fleury. The AURA Festival of Artists Moving Image starts on Saturday September 28 in Newtown.
