2023

Birth Foray

A subterranean ‘concierge’ details the independent foray into Tokoroa made by the protagonist soon after birth.

2022. Short, 02.28 mins.

Official Selection for the 2023 Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival

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Subterranean Hotel series, 2019 – present

Screening as part of AMBIENT TELEVISION at the Audio Foundation, Wednesday 4th May, 2022

Curated by Theo Macdonald

Three short animations, Digital Video, Sound, 7 minutes

I. The little lifespans – when a mysterious group claims the protagonist can access broader lifespans, a playful ‘discussion’ with some abstract interludes ensues.

II. The little holidays – an abstract illustration of one of these lifespans, speculated at the end of I.

III. Birth foray – a Subterranean concierge describes the independent foray into Tokoroa that the protagonist made soon after birth.

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Not My Autobiography?

Masons Screen 2019

14 November – 11 December. Hand-animated collage, Digital Video, Sound, 6 minutes

View video here: https://www.circuit.org.nz/film/not-my-autobiography

Read an essay about the 2019 commissions by Thomasin Sleigh (2020): https://bit.ly/3gQvXHj

Hunted by an entity that claims to be their autobiography, Rachel O’Neill teams up with Detective Rex of the Organised Identity Unit to outwit these cunning and volatile memoirs operating out of a secret base somewhere in the Waikato.

Supported by CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa / Wellington City Council