Contemporary HUM speaks to Brett Graham (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Tainui) about Wastelands (2024), his work in Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Graham joins three other artists and one collective from Aotearoa, who make up the largest number of Aotearoa artists to ever be featured in the Biennale at once, despite there being no New Zealand Pavilion in this edition. Graham discusses Wastelands as a commentary on extractive attitudes to land, the logistics of exhibiting at the Venice Biennale and what it’s like to be included alongside an intergenerational selection of Māori artists, including his father, Fred Graham.

Visit Contemporary HUM for an edited transcript of this episode, published with images from Venice: https://contemporaryhum.com/writing/crossing-currents-episode-2/

New episodes of Crossing Currents: Aotearoa New Zealand Artists in Venice are released every Saturday from 22 June 2024.

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