Economies of Deferral
08 Aug - 15 Nov 2026
Economies of Deferral tells a story of development and abandonment from within the heart of New Zealand’s energy industry.
The exhibition includes artists from Taranaki, Aotearoa and working internationally between the 1980s to the present whose work bears witness to, advocates from within, and troubles our understanding of, the profound economic, social and political transformations that have shaped the last four decades.
The exhibition emerges from new research into the archive of Taranaki-born artist Darcy Lange, who played a foundational role in the development of video art in the United Kingdom and Aotearoa New Zealand. Alongside, the exhibition features major new commissions from Fiona Clark, Matthew Galloway and Ngahuia Harrison, and works by Ho Rui An and John Miller.