The sun is always setting somewhere, 2024

The sun is always setting somewhere is a series of photographs that attempts to visually describe movement - of the body, of the spirit and of the ocean. Abstracted hand movements from traditional dance are placed alongside macro textural details of shells, there is no order or structure to the reading of the series but instead a bleeding of movement, gesture and texture from one into the other. 

Being physically separated from ancestral homelands and the stolen land I was raised upon in Aotearoa I often feel as though I am in a constant state of movement and am searching for something to keep me grounded.

Commissioned for TE TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL 2024