The Auckland Festival of Photography is proud to present an exclusive showcase by New Zealand artists Ardit Hoxha and Theo Macdonald.
Labyrinth brings together the works of Ardit Hoxha and Theo Macdonald, produced during their 2024 Kōwhai Residencies in Tokyo, Japan.
The exhibition is grounded by a mutual interest in walking, urbanity, and the obsolesced. Drawn to the window display, Hoxha presents images of objects that are offered up for the pleasure of the viewing public. In this work, fragments of the storefront jostle with the displays of the museum, where the commodity meets history.
Macdonald explores the turbulent recent history of Tomioka, a town in the rural Fukushima Prefecture, and draws parallels to its sister city, Auckland. Beyond popular images of disaster and nuclear fallout, Macdonald gleans the landscape for new meaning.
Titled Labyrinth, this exhibition references a shared process of making, of navigating unknown built environments.
The Kōwhai Research and Artist Residencies are enabled by the Auckland Festival of Photography and the Tokyo Institute of Photography.
Labyrinth
In-Venue
Strand Arcade • 8 June - 30 June
Hours
10am-5pm Wed to Sun
Where
235 Queen St, Auckland Central
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Artists
Ardit Hoxha and Theo Macdonald
Theme
Stingray, Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, 2024 – Theo Macdonald
Haniwa House - Ardit Hoxha