Natalie Tozer | Erotic Geologies - Premiere Screening & Opening Event
Schedule
Sat Sep 21 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Location
Gow Langsford Gallery (Gow Langsford Onehunga) | Auckland, AU
Gow Langsford is pleased to invite you to the opening of Natalie Tozer 'Erotic Geologies' on Saturday 21 September from 2-4pm at our Onehunga Gallery.Erotic Geologies is a sci-fi parable film that seeks knowledge from the underground. Shifting through an otherworldly landscape where rocky outcrops meet tumultuous skies, the setting of the film makes reference to post-earthquake Ōtautahi in Te Waipounamu and the Tongariro Crossing in Te Ika-a-Māui. The narrative follows protagonists Rangi and Liberté, characters inspired by both Māori mythologies surrounding the figures of Ranginui and Papatūānuku’s children, and Greek figures Deucalion and Pyrrha. Archaeology, time and kaitiakitanga are central to the work which merges a local, contemporary narrative with deep time and mythology.
Technically, Erotic Geologies was created with green screen live-action, shot on a 6K Red Camera at 48fps to generate footage, which was then composited in a 3D world with local land features based on NASA geodata (such as Tongariro). It includes Lidar scanned geometry of performers, public art and architecture including Marté Szirmay’s Smirnoff Centenary Sculpture, 1969 in Newmarket, Guy Ngan's bronze sculpture for the Newton Post Office, 1973 and Frances Hodgkins’ painting Still Life in front of Courtyard, 1930. Previous titles of the work include Deucalion & Pyrrha (2022) and An Alternative Archaeology (2021). Deucalion & Pyrrha was selected for the Sluice Biennial in Lisbon, Portugal in 2022. We are delighted to present the work's Aotearoa premiere, with its permanent title Erotic Geologies, which marks the work’s completion.
View the trailer here: https://altarchaeology.site/
Where is it happening?
Gow Langsford Gallery (Gow Langsford Onehunga), 4 Princes Street, Onehunga,Auckland, New Zealand