14 April -  
20 April 2025

Pōneke Portals

Group show
A hand, palm open, holds white tulle. Thick, raised numerals are embroided on the tulle in white thread. The numbers seem to be in day/month/year format listing dates from the 1960s. Image by Lu Li.
Ambiguous image of large sheets of torn paper, suspended from metal clips. There is a strange quality to the image like early video tape. Is it real or computer generated? Image by Daniel Coombes.
Bright white sticks lying on a rocky shore with looming shadow of the photographer. It is a bird's eye view, on first glance the sticks appear to be standing upright. Are the sticks to measure scale? Is this site documentation or a ritual arrangement? Image by LeandroLopez.
A cracked and mossy concrete path fills the frame, stretching out on sunlight. Woven flax bowls are joined by a strip or bark-like paper enscribed with unreadable words. Image by Shannon Xiao.
Opening
Opening Hours
Tuesday to Sunday: 11am - 7pm

Pōneke Portals is a group show featuring a series of installations inspired by portals. Rather than transporting visitors to another place or time, these portals resist the pull of elsewhere, returning attention to the here and now. The installations invite relationality with more-than-human worlds and counter-colonial ways of seeing. Each portal-based work becomes an opening—amplifying encounters in the present moment while acknowledging the past and possible futures of Pōneke and its surrounding lands. 

 

 

 

ARTISTS

Featuring works by Lu Li, Daniel Coombes, Leandro Lopez, and Shannon Xiao in collaboration with Irihāpeti Hokianga Te Aho, Te Motu Kairangi, Native Land Digital, Posthuman Nexus, & Temporary Show.

 

 

 

CONTACT

Lu Li: Instagram @luli_lilu
Daniel Coombes: danregcoombes@gmail.com
Leandro Lopez: LinkedIn
Shannon Xiao: shannonxiao@temporaryshow.com

 

 

 

 

 

Images:

Lu Li
Daniel Coombes
Leandro Lopez
Shannon Xiao