Nova Paul (Te Uriroroi/Te Parawhau, Ngā Puhi), Rākau, 2022, 16mm b/w hand-processed film developed in pūriri leaves, transfer to HD delivered as H.264, 5 mins, 1 sec, looped, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection; and Podocarpus totara, Tōtara, c.1480, felled 1906, collection of the School of Biological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Podocarpus totara, Tōtara, c.1480, felled 1906, collection of the School of Biological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Podocarpus totara (detail), Tōtara, c.1480, felled 1906, collection of the School of Biological Sciences, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Nova Paul (Te Uriroroi/Te Parawhau, Ngā Puhi), Rākau, 2022, 16mm b/w hand-processed film developed in pūriri leaves, transfer to HD delivered as H.264, 5 mins, 1 sec, looped, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Nova Paul (Te Uriroroi/Te Parawhau, Ngā Puhi), Rākau (still), 2022, 16mm b/w hand-processed film developed in pūriri leaves, transfer to HD delivered as H.264, 5 mins, 1 sec, looped, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2023. 

Yllwbro, Te Tohu o Kōanga, 2017, plywood, baby zincalume, steel screws, panel pin nails, pine dowel, braided wire, Le Corbusier Polychromie acrylic, pāua shell laminate, pīpīwharauroa sound recording on sensor; and Yllwbro, Tipi Haere: Miss Wētā’s All-Terrain Caravan & Mobile Home, 2017, ‘MAN Road Hauler’ toy articulated truck and caravan, die cast metal, plastic, automotive spray paint, ‘Beehive’ matchbox labels, leaf litter, striker, copper wire, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Yllwbro, Te Tohu o Kōanga, 2017, plywood, baby zincalume, steel screws, panel pin nails, pine dowel, braided wire, Le Corbusier Polychromie acrylic, pāua shell laminate, pīpīwharauroa sound recording on sensor, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Yllwbro, Tipi Haere: Miss Wētā’s All-Terrain Caravan & Mobile Home, 2017, ‘MAN Road Hauler’ toy articulated truck and caravan, die cast metal, plastic, automotive spray paint, ‘Beehive’ matchbox labels, leaf litter, striker, copper wire, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Yllwbro, Tipi Haere: Miss Wētā’s All-Terrain Caravan & Mobile Home, 2017, ‘MAN Road Hauler’ toy articulated truck and caravan, die cast metal, plastic, automotive spray paint, ‘Beehive’ matchbox labels, leaf litter, striker, copper wire, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Xin Cheng, Transformations, 2008–2023, installation featuring woollen felt, plant fibre, wire, drawings, prints, natural dyes and stones, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Xin Cheng, Transformations, 2008–2023, installation featuring woollen felt, plant fibre, wire, drawings, prints, natural dyes and stones, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Xin Cheng, Transformations (detail), 2008–2023, installation featuring woollen felt, plant fibre, wire, drawings, prints, natural dyes and stones, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Xin Cheng, Transformations (detail), 2008–2023, installation featuring woollen felt, plant fibre, wire, drawings, prints, natural dyes and stones, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Xin Cheng, Transformations (detail), 2008–2023, installation featuring woollen felt, plant fibre, wire, drawings, prints, natural dyes and stones, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Xin Cheng, Transformations (detail), 2008–2023, installation featuring woollen felt, plant fibre, wire, drawings, prints, natural dyes and stones, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Maria Olsen, Bonestack, 1988, muslin dipped in true gesso over shaped foam painted in raw pigment mixed with Rhoplex medium, fibreglass reinforcement, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection; and Maria Olsen, Untitled, 1987, mixed media, on loan from a private collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Maria Olsen, Bonestack, 1988, muslin dipped in true gesso over shaped foam painted in raw pigment mixed with Rhoplex medium, fibreglass reinforcement, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Maria Olsen, Untitled, 1987, mixed media, on loan from a private collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Mo H. Zareei, Material Music, 2019, kinetic sound-sculpture consisting of aluminium, brass, concrete, copper, glass, marble, steel, wood samples, 16 actuators, electronics, acrylic enclosures and fasteners, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Mo H. Zareei, Material Music, 2019, kinetic sound-sculpture consisting of aluminium, brass, concrete, copper, glass, marble, steel, wood samples, 16 actuators, electronics, acrylic enclosures and fasteners, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Mo H. Zareei, Material Music (detail), 2019, kinetic sound-sculpture consisting of aluminium, brass, concrete, copper, glass, marble, steel, wood samples, 16 actuators, electronics, acrylic enclosures and fasteners, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Flora Christeller, Mobile, 1986, 13 pit fired clay pots suspended from a wooden ring, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Flora Christeller, Mobile, 1986, 13 pit fired clay pots suspended from a wooden ring, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Flora Christeller, Mobile (detail), 1986, 13 pit fired clay pots suspended from a wooden ring, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Vivian Lynn, Asherim Drawings, c.1985, pastel and gouache on paper, courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Lynn. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Vivian Lynn, Asherim Drawings, c.1985, pastel and gouache on paper, courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Lynn. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Vivian Lynn, Asherim Drawings, c.1985, pastel and gouache on paper, courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Lynn. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Vivian Lynn, Asherim Drawings, c.1985, pastel and gouache on paper, courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Lynn. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Vivian Lynn, Asherim Drawings (detail) c.1985, set of nineteen, pastel and gouache on Fabriano paper, courtesy of the Estate of Vivian Lynn. 

Emerita Baik, Ride on these midnight skies, 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, courtesy of the artist and Robert Heald Gallery; and Emerita Baik, Journey through my universe, 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, on loan from the Collection of Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Emerita Baik, Journey through my universe, 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, on loan from the Collection of Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Emerita Baik, Journey through my universe (detail), 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, on loan from the Collection of Massey University Te Kunenga Ki Pūrehuroa. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Emerita Baik, Ride on these midnight skies, 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, courtesy of the artist and Robert Heald Gallery. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Emerita Baik, Ride on these midnight skies (detail), 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, courtesy of the artist and Robert Heald Gallery. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Emerita Baik, Ride on these midnight skies, 2021, silk, sateen wool, cotton, denim and recycled polyester filling, courtesy of the artist and Robert Heald Gallery. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Richard Niania (ngā kupu whakamahuki) & Joyce Campbell (photograph), The Roto, 2010, gelatin silver photograph from ‘Te Taniwha’ series, edition of 3, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, purchased 2023.

Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), Mānuka; Kōwhai; Kōwhai 2; Toetoe; Toetoe 2 & Kawaka, 2023, six photograms on sea wall stone, varying dimensions, courtesy of the artist; and Susan Skerman, Bush Panels, 1981, 16 screenprinted perspex panels, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, formerly the Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), Mānuka; Kōwhai; Kōwhai 2; Toetoe; Toetoe 2 & Kawaka, 2023, six photograms on sea wall stone, varying dimensions, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), Mānuka; Kōwhai; Kōwhai 2; Toetoe; Toetoe 2 & Kawaka (detail), 2023, six photograms on sea wall stone, varying dimensions, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), Mānuka, 2023, photogram on sea wall stone, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Bridget Reweti (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi), Toetoe 2, 2023, photogram on sea wall stone, courtesy of the artist. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Susan Skerman, Bush Panels, 1981, 16 screenprinted perspex panels, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, formerly the Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Susan Skerman, Bush Panels, 1981, 16 screenprinted perspex panels, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, formerly the Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Susan Skerman, Bush Panels (detail), 1981, 16 screenprinted perspex panels, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, formerly the Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009 Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Susan Skerman, Bush Panels (detail), 1981, 16 screenprinted perspex panels, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, formerly the Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009 Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Susan Skerman, Bush Panels, 1981, 16 screenprinted perspex panels, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, formerly the Wellington College of Education Art Collection, accessioned 2009; and Taarn Scott & Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Hinerangi, Tainui/Waikato, Tauranga Moana, Ngāti Waewae), Invasive Weeds, 2022, pressed aluminium tin displayed on pins, 37 plaques of varying dimensions, courtesy of the artists. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Taarn Scott & Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Hinerangi, Tainui/Waikato, Tauranga Moana, Ngāti Waewae), Invasive Weeds, 2022, pressed aluminium tin displayed on pins, 37 plaques of varying dimensions, courtesy of the artists. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Taarn Scott & Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Hinerangi, Tainui/Waikato, Tauranga Moana, Ngāti Waewae), Invasive Weeds (detail), 2022, pressed aluminium tin displayed on pins, 37 plaques of varying dimensions, courtesy of the artists. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Taarn Scott & Hana Pera Aoake (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Hinerangi, Tainui/Waikato, Tauranga Moana, Ngāti Waewae), Invasive Weeds (detail), 2022, pressed aluminium tin displayed on pins, 37 plaques of varying dimensions, courtesy of the artists. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Flora Christeller, Mobile, 1986, 13 pit fired clay pots suspended from a wooden ring, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection; and Richard Frater & Richard Francis, Zealandia (side A) & Tamara Crescent (side B), 2015, two-channel audio, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, gifted by the artists, 2017. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.

Richard Frater & Richard Francis, Zealandia (side A) & Tamara Crescent (side B), 2015, two-channel audio, Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University Art Collection, gifted by the artists, 2017. Installation view, Folded Memory, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2023. Photo: Ted Whitaker.