They covered the house in stories
Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland
30 May - 22 August 2021

Group exhibition with Xin Cheng, Bridget Rewiti and George Watson. Curated by Amy Weng.

Photos by Sam Hartnett.

Audio broadcast via Audio Foundation

Documentation

Stories of Pupuke Moana Lake Pupuke, 2021
Single-channel sound (by Eleanor Cooper), speaker (by Xin Cheng)

Strands of invasive eelgrass amass in the shallows, 2021
Table (by Eleanor Cooper), cyanotype on plywood, glass, steel

The Enigmas of a Suburban Lake & Other Stories, 2020
Printed booklets (text by Eleanor Cooper, design by Xin Cheng), unlimited edition

Strands of invasive eelgrass amass in the shallows, detail

Bloom, 2021
Sample of lake water from Pupuke Moana including algal bloom sediment, vinyl tube, string

Purple-skinned eels, bullies, and the surprising discovery of a torrentfish, 2021
Old sails, acrylic marker pen, fixings

Purple-skinned eels, bullies, and the surprising discovery of a torrentfish, detail

Bloom, detail

Our Suburban Water Bodies: Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa • Spring & Summer 2020, 2020 (installation view)
Printed booklets (text by Xin Cheng and Eleanor Cooper, design by Xin Cheng), unlimited edition

The Enigmas of a Suburban Lake & Other Stories, detail

Strands of invasive eelgrass amass in the shallows, detail

Purple-skinned eels, bullies, and the surprising discovery of a torrentfish, detail

Purple-skinned eels, bullies, and the surprising discovery of a torrentfish, detail