As part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2025, Sustain [tautinei] theme.
This exhibition presents reproductions of a selection of images from The Afterglow of Industry, a 10-year project (and new publication on Daylight Books) by artist Chris Corson-Scott. Over this period Corson-Scott traveled the length of New Zealand numerous times, from its urban centers to its most remote landscapes.
Through 79 large-format film photographs (and extended texts in the publication) The Afterglow of Industry explores the aftermath of the industrial era, and the part its underlying ideology played within the project to colonise New Zealand. Through this subject and the artist's approach, the work also reflects on how physical labour and production fits into our current late-capitalist period, and the relationship between this era and climate change today.
This exhibition is proudly hosted by Precinct Properties throughout the lobbies of the PwC Tower, HSBC Tower, Aon Centre, Jarden House and Deloitte Centre.
The Afterglow of Industry
In-Venue
PwC Tower, HSBC Tower, Aon Centre, Jarden House and Deloitte Centre lobbies • 30 May - 19 June
Hours
7am-6pm Mon to Fri (Closed Sat and Sun)
Where
15 Customs St West, Auckland Central
yes
Artists
Chris Corson-Scott
Theme
Chris Corson-Scott, Rain Over the Coal Bins at Kiwi Mine, Ten Mile Creek Waianiwaniwa, West Coast, 2018
1400 x 1750 mm | archival pigment print
