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TUESDAY: TAHI MOORE, Skype interview with Christopher LG Hill and James Deutsher
TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 5:30PM
Tahi Moore will join us via Skype from Auckland on Tuesday to talk about his exhibition Psyche Rebuild currently on at Gertrude Contemporary.
A selection of You Tube videos chosen by Tahi will be followed by a
Skype conversation with Christopher LG Hill and James Deutsher, both of
whom have worked with Tahi on previous projects, and exhibition curator
Pip Wallis. The interview will explore Tahi’s filmic and literary influences, his ongoing use of denim and interest in language.
Tahi Moore’s work tends toward philosophical enquiry and sets aside
clarity of perception and narrative in favour of an exploratory
atmosphere.
The exhibition Psyche Rebuild presents an installation and new
video works. The videos pair short cuts of imagery with French and
English subtitles. The relationship between image and language
stretches, opening up associative possibilities. Various psychological
states are evoked as the videos survey suburban and rural landscapes,
sometimes empty, sometimes peopled and often at transitional times of
the day.
Psyche Rebuild weaves together references to film and music
history that intersect as synchronicities. Jeans are often integrated
into Moore’s work as objects of ontological interest. They appear in
this exhibition through a series of plinths painted to reference denim. A
pair of AMCO jeans, made in New Zealand in the 1970s, will be worn by
someone at the exhibition opening.
Tahi Moore lives and works in Auckland. Recent solo exhibitions include Non, Pas La Fortresse!, La Salle de bains, Lyons France, 2014; Autonoir, Artspace Auckland, 2013; Abstract Sequels, Returns, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland 2012; Nonsuch Park, Hopkinson Cundy, Auckland 2011; War against the self, Gambia Castle, Auckland 2010. Moore’s films and performances have been included in 5th Auckland Triennial, 2013; Mexico City Blues, Shanaynay, Paris and New York Gallery, New York, 2012; Caraway Downs, Artspace, Auckland, 2011; Moment Making, Artspace, Auckland, 2007. Moore is represented by Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland.
This exhibition has been made possible with the generous support of the Chartwell Trust.
Image: Tahi Moore, Varience time problems etc, (video still) 2014
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*upcoming October2014
