Episode 117 Wild Wild Life
How is Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland City described outside of official city maps? Is it possible to navigate off-road, off-grid? What discrete spaces exist in the plain sight of everyday work, life and commerce? How are these activated by people, flora and fauna? In front of a live audience, artists Layne Waerea, Leala Faleseuga, Gavin Hipkins, Jae Hoon Lee, Gabriel White and Tia Barrett discuss their video works for Wild Wild Life, a public art project commissioned by Auckland Council, curated by Mark Williams (CIRCUIT) and presented as part of the 2024 Auckland Arts Festival. Installed throughout the CBD, the works were presented in proximity to the construction of the City Rail Network, a massive engineering project that has temporarily remapped the CBD as a construction site, and, when completed, will fundamentally alter the psycho-geography of the inner city.