Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Private and Confidential, colour digital c-type prints, 1270 x 1270mm each. Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Private and Confidential, six framed letters each 353 x 268mm (frames). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Post Hoc Relic (detail), 2019, printed paper rolls, canvas and metal strap, dimensions variable. Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Post Hoc Relic, 2019, printed paper rolls, canvas and metal strap, dimensions variable. Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Line/Breath Drawings, 2005, pencil and breath on paper, five sheets, each 490 x 265mm (frames). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Line/Breath Drawings, 2005, pencil and breath on paper, 90 x 265mm (frames). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Recent Acquisitions, 2002, two framed letters each 353 x 268mm (frames). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Recent Acquisitions (detail), 2002, two framed letters each 353 x 268mm (frames). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Recent Acquisitions (detail), 2002, shredded paper in five cardboard boxes, one framed document (reassembled from shredded printed paper), boxes each: 465 x 465 x 360mm, 353 x 258mm (frame). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Recent Acquisitions(detail), 2002, shredded paper in five cardboard boxes, one framed document (reassembled from shredded printed paper), boxes each: 465 x 465 x 360mm, 353 x 258mm (frame). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, Recent Acquisitions (detail), 2002, shredded paper in five cardboard boxes, one framed document (reassembled from shredded printed paper), boxes each: 465 x 465 x 360mm, 353 x 258mm (frame). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell & Tim Checkley, Artspace Totem, 1999 timber and paint, found object, 750 x 690 x 620mm, collection of the artist, gift of Artspace Aotearoa. Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Dane Mitchell, The Art Loss Register, 1998, two framed letters and envelopes, each 450 x 420mm (frames). Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker

Installation view, Dane Mitchell: Letters and Documents, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2020. Photo: Ted Whitaker