2022
Graphite and paper on canvas
340mm (H) x 285mm (W) x 40mm (D)
We cross through the margin from surface exterior to earth interior, looking for clues, knowledge, transcendence, refuge, as well as the sunken networks of extraction, exploitation and disposal; stone blasted from the ground and rendered fit for our urban environments as concrete, bricks, gravel and tar-seal. This work is a clue and a question, what does the future of art look like?
Natalie Tozer is an artist and experimental filmmaker based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland exploring narratives of the underground to unearth objects and knowledge. Working with time-based processes and materiality across paper, sculpture and video she is interested in mythology, the code of Hammurabi, debt forgiveness, land ownership, land access, science fiction and anarchist anthropology.