Recent Submissions

  • Mother’s Ruin: Refracting the imperial gaze 

    Lowe, Neil (2023)
    By considering the histories of a colonial object on the Taieri Plain in New Zealand, this text invites readers to critically examine dominant narratives and envision alternative ways of perceiving the world. The text ...
  • Unpicking the blanket: Escaping the bed we were made to lie in 

    Brown, Lissie (2023)
    This project focuses on the complexities of womanhood by addressing both physical and psychological aspects of being female. Generational associations between women became the basis for my research as they are instrumental ...
  • The Ageing of Little Red 

    Mohring, Bronwyn G. (2022-09)
    The enduring significance of toys is acknowledged through an examination of the history and cultural commonality of toys, from ancient clay toys to the many and enduring uses of toys up to present times. The concepts of ...
  • The Halloween Party 

    Miller, Pippi (2023)
    My studio project, the final exhibition for which will also be named The Halloween Party, is a mix of individual works and a picture-book. The individual works consist of oil paintings on canvas, and gouache paintings on ...
  • Immersed: Case studies in art and ecology 

    Cameron, Rebecca (Becky) (2022)
    Climate change and biodiversity loss are cultural as much as scientific events, and art can play a role in exploring and debating the current climate crisis. Observational drawing is used as a way of paying careful attention ...
  • Incandescent molecules: An analytical investigation into materiality in contemporary abstract painting 

    Cook, Linda (2022-12)
    This project began by considering abstract painting across the twentieth century, from Malevich to Nozkowski, and subsequently looked at contemporary New Zealand practice. This analysis secured my work within the genres ...
  • Every minute is precious 

    Rowe, Liz (2022)
    This project proceeded under the conceptual frames of materiality and the everyday, alongside a methodology I called the project as process. While projects are intended to create change, processes are designed to resist ...