This Time of Useful Consciousness – Political Ecology Now

To 30 July, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt The need to apply urgency to global environmental issues and halt climate change through collective political action is the fundamental premise in a show that unites a hefty line- up of New Zealand artists including Matthew Galloway, Amy HowdenChapman, Vea Mafile’o, Bridget Reweti, Angela Tiatia and Matavai Taulangau. The exhibition’s title references an aeronautical term describing the period of time a pilot has between loss of air and loss of consciousness, when action can still be taken. dowse.org.nz

Angela Tiatia, Holding On, video still, 2015. Courtesy of Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne.