Critical Thinking: 14 September gallery visit to Artspace & Fresh Gallery

Artspace Gallery, Auckland City.
Exhibition: Offstage 7
Curator: Louisa Afoa

Offstage 7 had works that were performance, and the works were moving images.

Walking into the gallery you had a:
(Left to right)

Screen with a pair of headphones and a set of large pillows to sit on while watching this documentary. Sitting there makes you feel like you're part of the talk that is happening in the moving image.
You walk into this hallway where you have a big area to watch Jermaine Deans moving image of him voguing (type of dance) mostly around Otara and Sylvia Park. There is nothing in the space which makes you want to runway down the space and vogue too.
You then have Matavai Taulangau moving image. Two screens side by side with a seating area to sit on. The level of where the tv is, is high when you sit down which is uncomfortable as you will be there for a while.
Two small grey tvs lay on the ground. You see two faces looking at each other as the tv face each other face to face. I found this really smart because you have the tvs facing each other with the faces of people play. I wasn't able to watch throughout the whole thing as I only stood there for 10 seconds as it was uncomfortable for me to stand there looking down. It makes the viewer get down to that personal level.
I set of what looked like white headstones were laid out with flower leis on top.
A moving image on the right side of the wall as you walk in plays the ocean. A voice over of a lady speaking as you watch the sea.
In the middle of the gallery there was a young lady with an eraser, rubbing out the map. She was sitting on a cushion, on the floor, while leaning and working on a table.