Dripfeed.tv Screening Night

19 February. Free entry.

Hosted by The Physics Room at Lumière Cinemas, The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 26 Rolleston Ave, Christchurch Central

No booking required, 128 minutes run time

A one-night only omnibus of five Dripfeed.tv episodes, Tarren Johnson and Joel Cocks’ ongoing video series.

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Tarren Johnson, an American artist and choreographer from Southern California, and Joel Cocks, an artist from Ōtautahi, have collaborated since 2016. Together, they have developed an evolving archive that includes performances in different states of completion, as well as photographs and videos from various productions and their personal lives. Johnson and Cocks recontextualise this material to create new works that explore fragmentation, cultural reproduction, and the peripheries of spectacle.

Their collective work has been presented at Systema, Marseille; Bologna.cc, Amsterdam; and Paris Internationale’s public programme; as well as Volksbühne, Berlin; HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin; Tanzhaus Zürich; Les Urbaines, Lausanne; Sophiensæle, Berlin; and Festspielhaus Hellerau. Tarren has performed at venues and festivals such as Festival d’Avignon; Festival d’Automne à Paris; Faurschou New York; Romaeuropa; Manifesta 11; and Art Basel. Together, they were laureates of La Becque’s 2021 program and the Cité Internationale des Arts residency in Paris in 2024. In March 2025, they will debut their play We Don’t Live Here Anymore at New Theater Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Thank you to Christchurch City Council, Toi Ōtautahi and Toi Auaha for generously supporting this exhibition and related events.