Episode 84: an interview with Darcell Apelu

Is time out the most productive time of all? Darcell Apelu talks to Mark Williams about a recent international residency spent contemplating her practice, and a trip back to father's homeland, Niue, in search of cultural roots. The pod begins with Darcell discussing her early performance and video work which used her body as a way to facilitate ideas of ‘otherness’, sometimes drawing on her career as a competitive wood chopper. Also discussed are two new video works, in which Darcell removes herself from the frame but retains a focus on autobiography. Still from Saw (2011) detail, Darcell Apelu Watch Darcell's video on CIRCUIT here: http://www.circuit.org.nz/artist/darcell-apelu