Curated by Jamie R H

HORIZONS PRESENTED BY CHAPMAN TRIPP

CURATED BY JAMIE R H

The image has become ubiquitous as a tool for archive and remembrance. But how does the reproduction of these images continue memory, and how might the unconscious forces of desire reshape them? Both Cosgrave and Jensen engage with the image as a site where memory ebbs, misinterprets, and represses, while desire propagates, yearns, and conjures.

Cosgrave transforms photographs through acetone transfer, obscuring their original form and adorning the result with marks that highlight the often-overlooked artifacts of the habitual. This act of subtraction and addition mirrors how we construct and deconstruct memory—revealing the hidden, sometimes contradictory, flows of desire.

Jensen documents her day-to-day ruminations through frenetic depictions of animal subjects—earthly creatures that double as conduits for both promise and paradise lost. Using them as a foundation, she layers the digital flotsam of her daily algorithms, imprinting found paper objects with the volatile nature of hidden desire and an archival eye.

Through their distinct processes, Cosgrave and Jensen invite us to reconsider the image as a fluid site where memory, desire, and transformation continually intersect, offering new ways to understand how we recall, imagine, and want.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Lewis Vivian Cosgrave (Ngāti Pūkenga)is a Te Whanganui-a-Tara based artist primarily focused on painting and drawing practices. In their work personal narratives are often obscured in order to give primacy to the introspective viewer. Emphasis is placed on experiences of the quotidian – the small, often trivial moments that, despite their mundanity and transience, provide us with space to reflect upon the everyday, its feeling and meaning. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from Massey University in 2024.

Abigail Aroha Jensen is an artist who lives in Kirikiriroa, Hamilton. She holds a BMA from the Waikato Institute of Technology, and Honours from Toihoukura, School of Māori Visual Arts.