The Quiet Earth film screening, Te Whare Hēra Gallery. 2016. Photograph by Elena Guimaraes.

Rebecca Pilcher

Rebecca Pilcher - The Quiet Earth at Te Whare Hēra

Artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro recently hosted a screening at the Te Whare Hēra Residency space, of New Zealand sci-fi thriller The Quiet Earth featuring Bruno Lawrence as man-alone in a deserted post-apocalyptic world (partially filmed in Hamilton). This relates to Claire and Sean’s current body of works in progress drawing on classic horror films and uncanny landscapes.

Sometimes the simplest things can be so great, or perhaps a combination of simple things with apt timing…

Read Rebecca Pilcher’s review on her blog.