A moving image at Dunedin Public Art Gallery plots the course of a pilgrimage, Lauren Gutsell writes.

Over recent years, moving image artworks have been a developing area of growth within the Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s collection.

Recent acquisitions have included Kawita Vatanajyankur’s Dye (2018), John Vea’s Concrete is as concrete doesn’t (2017), what was or could be today (again) (2019) by Shannon Te Ao, Angela Tiatia’s Holding On (2015) and The Dark Current (2023), and Shireen Taweel’s 5364 nocturne (2024).

In 2024, Shireen Taweel spent five weeks in Aotearoa New Zealand as part of Dunedin Public Art Gallery’s International Visiting Artist Programme (VAP).…